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{{Short description|American actor (1952β2016)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2023}} {{use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Joe Alaskey | image = JosephFrancisAlaskeyIII.gif | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = Joseph Francis Alaskey III | birth_date = {{birth date|1952|4|17}} | birth_place = [[Troy, New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|2|3|1952|4|17}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Kiefer |first=Halle |date=February 4, 2016 |title=Looney Tunes Voice Actor Joe Alaskey Dies at 63 |url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/02/looney-tunes-voice-actor-joe-alaskey-dies.html |work=Vulture |quote=According to his spokesperson, prolific voice actor and impressionist Joe Alaskey died of cancer Wednesday night at the age of 63. |access-date=June 19, 2019 }}</ref><!-- February 4, 2016 was a Thursday --> | death_place = [[Green Island, New York]], U.S.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-joe-alaskey-20160205-story.html|access-date=February 5, 2016|date=February 4, 2016|title=Joe Alaskey dies at 63; impersonator was a later voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck|first=Jill|last=Leovy|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian}} | years_active = 1975β2016 | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160204191231/http://www.joealaskey.com/ www.joealaskey.com] (archived) }} '''Joseph Francis Alaskey III''' (April 17, 1952 β February 3, 2016) was an American actor and comedian. He was one of [[Mel Blanc]]'s successors at the [[Warner Bros. Animation]] studio until his death. He alternated with [[Jeff Bergman]], [[Greg Burson]], [[Jim Cummings]], [[Bob Bergen]], [[Maurice LaMarche]] and [[Billy West]] in voicing Warner Bros. [[Character (arts)|cartoon character]]s such as [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Daffy Duck]], [[Porky Pig]], [[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]], [[Tweety]], [[Elmer Fudd]], [[Yosemite Sam]], [[Foghorn Leghorn]], [[PepΓ© Le Pew]], [[Marvin the Martian]], [[Speedy Gonzales]], [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote]], [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Road Runner]] and [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|Taz]], among many others. He also voiced [[Plucky Duck]] on ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' from 1990 to 1995. Alaskey was the second actor to voice [[List of Rugrats characters#Adult characters|Grandpa Lou Pickles]] on the [[Nickelodeon (TV network)|Nickelodeon]] cartoon ''[[Rugrats]]'' (taking over after [[David Doyle (actor)|David Doyle]]'s death in 1997). He voiced Lou again in the ''Rugrats'' spin-off series ''[[All Grown Up!]]''. ==Early life== Alaskey was born in [[Troy, New York]], on April 17, 1952 to Joseph Francis Alaskey Jr. and Domenica "Dorothy" De Sorrento De Luca Alaskey.<ref name="NBC">{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/joe-alaskey-voice-behind-bugs-bunny-daffy-duck-dies-63-n511176|access-date=February 4, 2016|date=February 4, 2016|first=Erik|last=Ortiz|work=[[NBC News]]|title=Joe Alaskey, Voice Behind Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Dies at 63}}</ref><ref name="Obituary"/> At age three, he was looking for a pair of sunglasses or people's cigar butts so that he could portray different characters.<ref name="Split">{{cite web|url=http://splitsider.com/2012/12/sufferin-succotash-looney-tunes-voice-actor-joe-alaskey-on-bugs-bunny-geraldo-why-he-wasnt-in-space-jam/|access-date=February 4, 2016|date=December 3, 2012|first=James|last=Greene Jr.|work=Split Sider|title=Sufferin' Succotash! Looney Tunes Voice Actor Joe Alaskey On Bugs Bunny, Geraldo, & Why He Wasn't In 'Space Jam'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113085840/http://splitsider.com/2012/12/sufferin-succotash-looney-tunes-voice-actor-joe-alaskey-on-bugs-bunny-geraldo-why-he-wasnt-in-space-jam/|archive-date=January 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Alaskey was interested in [[archeology]] at the age of ten.<ref name="Split"/> After archeology, he was interested in becoming a [[priest]] and an [[English studies|English]] [[teacher]].<ref name="Split"/> Alaskey moved to [[New York City]] in the 1970s, where he worked in insurance while preparing to become an actor.<ref name="Split"/> ==Career== After moving to [[New York City]], Alaskey began his show business career as a stand-up comedian and broadcaster.<ref>{{cite news|last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice|url=https://www.thewrap.com/joe-alaskey-voice-of-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-dies-at-63/|title=Joe Alaskey, Voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Dies at 63|website=[[TheWrap]]|date=February 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wang|first=Yanan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/05/joe-alaskey-voice-of-many-childhoods-as-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-dies-at-63/|title=Joe Alaskey, 'voice of many childhoods' as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, dies at 63|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 5, 2016}}</ref> He was occasionally seen onscreen impersonating [[Jackie Gleason]], with whom he shared a physical resemblance.<ref name="Split"/> In the 1980s, Gleason personally chose Alaskey to re-record selected dialogue from the "lost episodes" of ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' found in Gleason's private collection.<ref name="times">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/26/arts/tv-notes-75-honeymooners-episodes-found.html|title=75 'Honeymooners' Episodes Found|access-date=November 26, 2006|last=Kaplan|first=Peter W.|date=January 26, 1985|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> After Gleason died in 1987, the project was shelved.<ref name="Split"/> In 1985, Alaskey provided various voices for ''[[Galtar and the Golden Lance]]''. Alaskey was in several [[television program|television shows]] including ''[[Night Court]]'', ''[[Head of the Class]]'', ''[[Back to the Future (TV series)|Back to the Future]]'', and ''[[Spitting Image#Repeats|Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards]]''. His first major film was ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' as Yosemite Sam.<ref name="ET"/> Alaskey provided a vocal Gleason impersonation in the "Mighty's Wedlock Whimsy" episode of [[Bakshi-Hyde Ventures]]' ''[[Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures]]'' in 1988, and a [[Cary Grant]] impersonation in "The Bride of Mighty Mouse" episode from the same season. Although best known for his ability to successfully impersonate ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' characters,<ref name="AniMag">{{Cite web|title=Animation World Magazine Vol. 2 No. 1 April 1997|url=https://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.1/AWNMag2.1.pdf#page=32|access-date=2025-04-22|language=en|year=1997}}</ref> Alaskey did voice work for non-Warner Bros. characters as well. He has voiced Grandpa Lou Pickles on ''[[Rugrats]]'' (inheriting the role after [[David Doyle (actor)|David Doyle]]'s death in 1997).<ref name="NBC"/><ref name="Metro">{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/04/joe-alaskey-aka-the-voice-of-daffy-duck-and-bugs-bunny-has-died-aged-63-5661453/|access-date=February 4, 2016|date=February 4, 2016|first=Caroline|last=Westbrook|title=Joe Alaskey β aka the voice of Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny β has died aged 63|work=Metro}}</ref> He voiced Lou again in the ''Rugrats'' spin-off series, ''[[All Grown Up!]]''. He also created the voice of Thomas Timberwolf for the internet series ''TimberWolf'', created by animation legend [[Chuck Jones]]. He was heard briefly as a voice-over announcer for the [[Toon Disney]] channel (and sometimes Dcom extras on [[Disney Channel]]). He was the voice of [[Curt Connors]] in the ''[[Spider-Man 2 (2004 video game)|Spider-Man 2 video game]]'' and [[Doctor Octopus]] in ''[[Spider-Man: Friend or Foe]]''. Alaskey was in the independent film ''[[The Legend of Sasquatch]]'' and voiced [[Mermaid Man]] in the video games ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!]]'' and ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab]]''. He voiced Stinkie in ''[[Casper (film)|Casper]]'' as well as that film's 1996 animated spin-off, ''[[The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper]]''. Alaskey played Beano Froelich in ''[[Out of This World (American TV series)|Out of This World]]'' but left the show early in its final season, making only infrequent appearances in a few episodes. In the 1980s, he worked as the original announcer on the short-lived game show ''[[Couch Potatoes (game show)|Couch Potatoes]]'', hosted by [[Marc Summers]]. Alaskey made several onscreen appearances, portraying the show's "next door neighbor". For the show's final weeks, he was replaced by [[Jim McKrell]] and the "next door neighbor" concept was dropped. During this time, he was also a panelist on ''[[Hollywood Squares|The New Hollywood Squares]]'', hosted by [[John Davidson (entertainer)|John Davidson]].<ref name="HollySquare1">{{cite web|last1=McCarthy|first1=Sean L.|title=R.I.P. Joe Alaskey (1952-2016)|url=https://thecomicscomic.com/2016/02/04/r-i-p-joe-alaskey-1952-2016/|date=February 4, 2016|publisher=The Comic's Comic|access-date=April 22, 2025}}</ref><ref name="HollySquare2">{{cite web|title=Joe Alaskey Fans on Facebook: "Joe Alaskey On "Hollywood Squares" 1987"|url=https://www.facebook.com/JoeAlaskeyFans/posts/2194356030591570/|date=June 7, 2018|publisher=Facebook|access-date=April 22, 2025}}</ref> In 2003, he took over the roles of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in the film ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]''.<ref name="ET">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/04/joe-alaskey-dead|access-date=February 4, 2016|date=February 4, 2016|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|title=Modern Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck voice actor Joe Alaskey dies at 63|first=Jonathon|last=Dornbush}}</ref> He also, at times, provided the voices for Sylvester, Tweety, and other Looney Tunes characters.<ref name="ET"/> Alaskey was the primary voice for Plucky Duck on ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''.<ref name="ET"/> In 2008, Alaskey participated in a unique interview conducted by [[Logan Leistikow]] and released by TheYellowMic.com. He answered questions and told his story, then went out onto Hollywood Boulevard and talked to people on the street who wanted to hear his famous voices. This was the first time Alaskey had performed in public in this manner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MCq5SXWBsU|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/6MCq5SXWBsU|archive-date=2021-12-12|url-status=live|title=The Yellow Mic: Meet Bugs Bunny|website=[[YouTube]]|date=October 27, 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2014, Alaskey started narrating the television documentary series ''Murder Comes to Town'', which airs on the [[Investigation Discovery|Investigation Discovery Network]]. Alaskey's only [[Leading actor|leading role]] in a live-action film was as [[lovable loser]] Ron Douglas in the [[black comedy]] ''[[Lucky Stiff (film)|Lucky Stiff]]'', directed by [[Anthony Perkins]] and co-starring [[Donna Dixon]] and [[Jeff Kober]]. ==Death== Alaskey died in his apartment in [[Green Island, New York]], from [[cancer]] with his brother by his side on February 3, 2016, at the age of 63. Five days later, his funeral was held at St Patrick's Cemetery in Watervliet.<ref name="Obituary" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Sorto|first=Gabrielle|title=Joe Alaskey, voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, dies at 63|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/entertainment/joe-alaskey-dead/index.html|work=[[CNN]]|date=February 4, 2016|access-date=February 4, 2016|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Joe Alaskey, Troy native, voice of Daffy Duck, dies at 63|url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Joe-Alaskey-Troy-native-voice-of-Daffy-Duck-6810838.php|last=Grondahl|first=Paul|date=February 5, 2016|access-date=June 28, 2020|work=Time Union}}</ref> ==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of voice performances in feature and direct-to-video films |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1988 | ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' | [[Yosemite Sam]] | <ref name="btva">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Joe-Alaskey/|title=Joe Alaskey (visual voices guide)|website=Behind The Voice Actors|type= A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"|1990 | ''[[Spaced Invaders]]'' | Dr. Ziplock | |- | ''The Jungle Book'' | [[Kaa]] | |- | rowspan="2"|1991 | ''Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes'' | [[Daffy Duck]], [[Marvin the Martian]] | [[Direct-to-video]] |- | ''[[A Wish for Wings That Work]]'' | Truffles, The Ducks | |- | 1992 | ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation]]'' | [[List of Tiny Toon Adventures characters|Plucky Duck]], [[Elmer Fudd]], Tupelo Toad, [[Johnny Carson]], [[Ed McMahon]] | Direct-to-video<ref name="btva"/> |- | rowspan="3"|1995 | ''[[Casper (film)|Casper]]'' | [[Ghostly Trio|Stinkie]] |<ref name="btva"/> |- | ''[[Carrotblanca]]'' | Daffy Duck, [[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]] | Short |- | ''Another Froggy Evening'' | Marvin the Martian | Short |- | 1996 | ''[[Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension]]'' | [[Duck Dodgers]], [[K-9 (Looney Tunes)|K-9]], [[Marvin the Martian|Martian Commander]] | Short |- | 1997 | ''[[Father of the Bird]]'' | Sylvester | Short |- | rowspan="4"|1998 | ''Bugs Bunny's Silly Seals'' | Daffy Duck, Sylvester, [[Henery Hawk]], [[Sylvester Junior]], [[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote]], [[Slowpoke Rodriguez]]<ref name="btva"/> | rowspan="3"|Direct-to-video |- | ''Looney Tunes Sing-Alongs'' | Daffy Duck, [[Tweety]] |- | ''Quest for Camelot Sing-Alongs'' | Daffy Duck, Tweety |- | ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'' | [[List of Rugrats characters#Grandpa Lou Pickles|Grandpa Lou Pickles]] |<ref name="btva"/> |- | rowspan="2"|2000 | ''[[Tweety's High Flying Adventure]]'' | Tweety, Sylvester, [[Bugs Bunny]], Daffy Duck, [[PepΓ© Le Pew]], Marvin the Martian, Henery Hawk, Colonel Rimfire | Direct-to-video |- | ''[[Rugrats in Paris: The Movie]]'' | Grandpa Lou Pickles |<ref name="btva"/> |- | rowspan="1"|2001 | ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase]]'' | Officer Wembley<ref name="btva"/> | Direct-to-video |- | 2002 | ''[[Balto II: Wolf Quest]]'' | Hunter, Nuk<ref name="btva"/> | Direct-to-video |- | rowspan="4"|2003 | ''[[Rugrats Go Wild]]'' | Grandpa Lou Pickles<ref name="btva"/> | |- | ''Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction'' | Daffy Duck, Sylvester, [[Sylvester Jr.]], Tweety, Marvin the Martian | rowspan=2| Direct-to-video |- | ''Looney Tunes: Reality Check'' | Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety, Wile E. Coyote, [[Cecil Turtle]], [[Beaky Buzzard]] |- | ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'' | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Beaky Buzzard, [[The Three Bears (Looney Tunes)|Mama Bear]] | Nominated - [[Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production]]<ref name="btva"/> |- | rowspan="2"|2004 | ''[[Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' | Bugs Bunny | rowspan=2| Short |- | ''[[Daffy Duck for President]]'' | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck |- | rowspan="2"|2006 | ''[[The Legend of Sasquatch]]'' | Dave | |- | ''[[Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas]]'' | Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Marvin the Martian, [[Foghorn Leghorn]], PepΓ© Le Pew<ref name="btva"/> | Direct-to-video |- | 2007 | ''[[Elf Bowling the Movie: The Great North Pole Elf Strike]]'' | [[Santa Claus]], Bagger, Chief Manamana |<ref name="btva"/> |- | 2008 | ''[[Justice League: The New Frontier]]'' | Bugs Bunny<ref name="btva"/> |rowspan=6| Direct-to-video |- | 2009 | ''[[The Haunted World of El Superbeasto]]'' | Erik the Newscaster, Van Sloan<ref name="btva"/> |- | 2011 | ''[[Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz]]'' | [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|The Wizard of Oz]], [[Butch Dog (Tex Avery)|Butch]], [[Droopy Dog]]<ref name="btva"/> |- | 2012 | ''[[Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse]]'' | Friar Tuck, Droopy Dog<ref name="btva"/> |- | 2013 | ''[[Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure]]'' | Droopy Dog, King Droopy<ref name="btva"/> |- | 2015 | ''[[Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest]]'' | Droopy Dog<ref name="btva"/> |- | 2016 | ''[[Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz]]'' | The Wizard of Oz, Butch, Droopy Dog | Posthumous release<br />Direct-to-video<br />(final film role), dedicated in memory.<ref name="btva"/> |} ===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of voice performances in television shows |- ! Year!!Title!!Role!!Notes |- |1988||''[[Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures]]''||Sourpuss||6 episodes |- |1990β1992||''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''||[[Plucky Duck]], Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote, [[Roger Rabbit]], Hugo the Abominable Snowman, Additional voices||Main Role<br />85 episodes |- | rowspan="3" |1991||''[[Back to the Future (TV series)|Back to the Future]]''||The Sheriff||2 episodes |- |''[[Where's Wally?: The Animated Series|Where's Waldo?]]''||Additional voices||13 episodes |- |''[[Tom & Jerry Kids]]''||Mouse Scarlet||Episode: "Jerry Hood and His Merry Meeces/Eradicator Droopy/Tyke on a Hike" |- | rowspan="2" |1992||''[[The Little Mermaid (TV series)|The Little Mermaid]]''||Lobster Mobster||3 episodes |- |''[[The Plucky Duck Show]]''||Plucky Duck, Plucky's Dad, and Wade Pig||Main Role<br /> 13 episodes |- |1993||''[[Bonkers (American TV series)|Bonkers]]''||Flaps the Elephant, Arnie and Silas Stork||4 episodes |- |1994β1996||''[[Duckman]]''||Dream Sequence Criminal||3 episodes |- |1995β2002||''[[The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries]]''||Sylvester, Tweety, Daffy Duck, and Marvin the Martian||52 episodes |- |1995||''[[The Baby Huey Show]]''||Baby Huey||Season Two only<ref name="btva"/> |- |1996||''[[Life with Louie]]''||Johnny Love||Episode: "A Fair to Remember" |- |1996β1998||''[[The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper]]''||[[Ghostly Trio|Stinkie]] and Gorey Narrator||Recurring Role<br />52 Episodes |- |1997||''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]''||Sturt||3 episodes |- |1997β2004||''[[Rugrats]]''||[[List of Rugrats characters|Grandpa Lou Pickles]], Additional voices||49 episodes |- |1998||''[[The Drew Carey Show]]''||Daffy Duck||Episode: "My Best Friend's Wedding" |- | rowspan="3" |1999||''[[Timon & Pumbaa (TV series)|Timon & Pumbaa]]''||Little Jimmy||2 episodes |- |''[[Hey Arnold!]]''||German Major and Soldier #2||Episode: "Veterans Day" |- |''[[Men in Black: The Series]]''||Short Bug and Truck Driver||Episode: "The Mine, Mine, Mine Syndrome" |- |2000||''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''||Soda Vendbot and Newspaper Vendbot||Episode: "The Slayer"<ref name="btva"/> |- | rowspan="3" |2001||''[[Johnny Bravo]]''||Jean Paul, Piney, and Platypus||Episode: "Lumberjack Johnny"<ref name="btva"/> |- |''[[Time Squad]]''||Robin Hood, [[Wright Brothers|Wilbur Wright]], [[Samuel Morse|Samuel F. B. Morse]]||Episode: "If It's Wright, It's Wrong/Recruitment Ad/Killing Time" |- |''[[Samurai Jack]]''||General and Alien #3||Episode: "Episode VII"<ref name="btva"/> |- | rowspan="2" |2003||''[[Teamo Supremo]]''||Chief||Episode: "The Chief of Cheer" |- |''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]''||Peter Potamus, FEAR #1, and Employee||2 episodes<ref name="btva"/> |- |2003β2005|| ''[[Duck Dodgers (TV series)|Duck Dodgers]]''|| [[Duck Dodgers|Captain Duck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Dodgers]], Additional voices||Main role, 39 episodes<ref name="btva"/> |- |2003||''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'' ||Ivan, Storeowner #3, and Eyedrop Salesman||Episode: "See No Evil"<ref name="btva"/> |- |2003β2008||''[[All Grown Up!]]''||Grandpa Lou Pickles and Rustler #2||15 episodes |- |2006β2007|| ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''||Dealer and Broadsword Man||2 episodes |- |2006||''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''||Principal Smelling||Episode: "Operation R.E.C.E.S.S." |- |2006β2007||''[[Loonatics Unleashed]]''||Melvin the Martian, Sylth Vester, The Royal Tweetums, and Stoney the Stone||5 episodes<ref name="btva"/> |- |2008β2013||''[[The Garfield Show]]''||Additional voices||5 episodes |- |2009||''[[The Looney Tunes Show|Looney Tunes: Laff Riot]]''||Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck||Unaired pilot for ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/laff-riot|title=Laff Riot (full Unaired Pilot)|date=November 4, 2009|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Replaced by [[Jeff Bergman]] |} ===Video games=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of voice performances in video games |- ! Year!!Title!!Role!!Notes |- |1994||''[[Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers]]''||Sylvester|| |- |1995||''[[Daffy Duck in Hollywood (video game)|Daffy Duck in Hollywood]]''||Daffy Duck||[[Sega Genesis]] version |- |1996||''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster and the Beanstalk]]''||[[Plucky Duck]]||Credited as '''Joe Alasky''' |- |rowspan=2|1997||''[[Dilbert's Desktop Games]]''||Phil The Prince of Insufficient Light, Accounting Troll|| |- |''[[The X-Fools]]''|||| |- |rowspan=4|1998||''[[Microshaft Winblows 98]]''||Additional voices|| |- |''Rugrats Adventure Game''||rowspan=2|Grandpa Lou Pickles||<ref name="btva"/> |- |''[[Rugrats: Search for Reptar]]''|| |- |''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: The Great Beanstalk]]''||Plucky Duck||Uncredited |- |rowspan=4|1999||''[[Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time]]''||Marvin the Martian, Rocky and Mugsy||<ref name="btva"/> |- |''[[Star Wars: Episode I β The Phantom Menace (video game)|Star Wars: Episode I β The Phantom Menace]]''||Important Merchant, Interpreter, Watto's Flunky|| |- |''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: Toonenstein]]''||Plucky Duck|| |- |''[[Rugrats: Studio Tour]]''||Grandpa Lou Pickles||<ref name="btva"/> |- |rowspan=6|2000||''[[Vampire: The Masquerade β Redemption]]''|||| |- |''[[Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck]]''||Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian, Dr. I.Q. Hi||<ref name="btva"/> |- |''[[Escape from Monkey Island]]''||Digg the Lucre Lawyer, Judge Edd|| |- |''[[Looney Tunes Racing]]''||Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Gossamer, Rocky, Marvin the Martian, Tweety, Smokey the Genie, Evil Scientist||<ref name="btva"/> |- |''[[Looney Tunes Space Race]]''||Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Marvin the Martian, Tweety||<ref name="btva"/> |- |''[[Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters]]''||[[Transylvania 6-5000 (1963 film)|Count Blood Count]], Daffy Duck, Tweety, Bubba Chop||<ref name="btva"/> |- |2001||''[[Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf]]''||Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian, [[Gossamer (Looney Tunes)|Gossamer]], Phantom||<ref name="btva"/> |- |rowspan=5|2002||''[[Rugrats: Royal Ransom]]''||Grandpa Lou Pickles||<ref name="btva"/> |- |''[[Loons: The Fight for Fame]]''||Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Rocky and Mugsy|| |- |''[[Taz: Wanted]]''||Daffy Duck, Tweety|| |- |''[[Hot Wheels Velocity X]]''||Rupert, Backroads, Opponent||<ref name="btva"/> |- |''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: Defenders of the Universe]]''||Plucky Duck||Cancelled Game |- |2003||''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action (video game)|Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]''||Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, [[Acme Corporation|Mr. ACME Chairman]], Sylvester, Marvin the Martian|| |- |rowspan=2|2004||''[[Spider-Man 2 (2004 video game)|Spider-Man 2]]''||[[Lizard (character)|Dr. Connors]], Thug||<ref name="btva"/> |- |''[[The Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee]]''||rowspan2| |- |rowspan=2|2005||''[[Fantastic Four (2005 video game)|Fantastic Four]]''||Additional voices||Credited as '''Joe Alasky''' |- |''[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!]]''||[[Mermaid Man]]||<ref name="btva"/> |- |rowspan=4|2006||''[[Gothic 3]]''||||English Dub |- |''[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab]]''||Mermaid Man|| |- |''[[The Sopranos: Road to Respect]]''|||| |- |''[[Superman Returns (video game)|Superman Returns]]''||The Citizens of Metropolis|| |- |rowspan=3|2007||''[[Spider-Man: Friend or Foe]]''||[[Otto Octavius (film character)|Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus]]||<ref name="btva"/> |- |''[[Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck]]''||Daffy Duck|| |- |''[[Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal]]''||Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Marvin the Martian||<ref name="btva"/> |- |rowspan=2|2008||''[[Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor]]''||Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, [[Barnyard Dawg]], Marvin the Martian, [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Road Runner]], Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester||<ref name="btva"/><ref name="Joe Alaskey">{{cite web|title=Joe Alaskey interview (Tiny Toon Adventures, Looney Tunes, Who Framed Roger Rabbit)|url=http://www.saturdaymorningrewind.com/joe-alaskey-podcast-interview.html|publisher=Saturday Morning Rewind|quote=Since 1981, over the past 30 years, I've been doing Bugs, Daffy and the other characters. I'm the only guy in the talent pool who has played all of the major characters, includingβ¦ yes, including Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, but also Porky. You have to hunt for some of these credits, but I have done them all at one point; Hubie and Bertie, and Henery Hawk, all those characters.|postscript=Joe Alaskey voiced Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.|access-date=June 12, 2021}}</ref> |- |''[[White Knight Chronicles]]''||Drisdall||English Dub<ref name="btva"/> |- |2011||''Looney Tunes Click 'N READ Phonics''||Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester, Tweety, [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|Tasmanian Devil]]||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9qadNfxps8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/X9qadNfxps8| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Looney Tunes ClickN READ Phonics clips|website=YouTube|date=June 2011 |access-date=June 3, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- |2014||''[[Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham]]''||[[Duck Dodgers|Green Loontern]]|| |} ===Live-action=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of acting performances in television and feature films |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1986 | ''[[Night Court]]'' | Thomas Dobbs | Episode: "Author, Author" |- | 1987 | ''[[Head of the Class]]'' | Jack | Episode: "Ode to Simone" |- | 1987β1988 | ''[[Super Password]]'' | Himself | 10 episodes |- | 1987β1991 | ''[[Out of This World (American TV series)|Out of this World]]'' | Beano Froelich | 68 episodes |- | 1988 | ''[[Lucky Stiff (film)|Lucky Stiff]]'' | Ron Douglas | |- | 1989 | ''[[Couch Potatoes (game show)|Couch Potatoes]]'' | Himself, The Neighbor | 9 episodes |- | rowspan="2" |1992 |''[[Nurses (American TV series)|Nurses]]'' |Trekker #1 |Episode: "Eat Something" |- |''[[The Golden Palace]]'' |Mr. Smith #3 |Episode: "Camp Town Races Aren't Nearly as Much Fun as They Used to Be" |- | rowspan="2"|1993 | ''[[Bank Robber (film)|Bank Robber]]'' | Night Clerk #2 | |- | ''The Waiter'' | Producer | [[Short film|Short]] |- | 1994 | ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' | President [[Richard Nixon]] (voice) |<ref name="btva"/> |- | rowspan="2"|2015 | ''Murder Comes to Town'' | Narrator (voice) | [[Investigation Discovery]] [[true crime]] television series<br>Episode: "Cowboys from Hell" |- | ''Dark Seduction'' | Fatman | |} ===Theme parks=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of voice performances in theme park attractions |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1991 | ''[[Looney Tunes River Ride]]'' |[[Daffy Duck]]<br>[[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]]<br>[[Speedy Gonzales]] | rowspan="7" |<ref name="btva" /> |- |1992 |''[[Yosemite Sam and the Gold River Adventure!]]'' |Daffy Duck<br>Sylvester<br>Speedy Gonzales |- |1993 |''[[Six Flags Great America|The Toonite Show Starring Bugs Bunny]]'' |Daffy Duck<br>[[Foghorn Leghorn]] |- |1995 |''[[Six Flags Great Adventure|The Bugs Bunny Wacky World Games]]'' |Daffy Duck |- |1999 |''[[Six Flags Great Adventure|Looney Tunes: What's Up, Rock?]]'' |Daffy Duck<br>Sylvester |- |2000 |''[[Six Flags New England|The Looney Tunes Rockin' Road Show]]'' |Daffy Duck<br>Sylvester |- |2010 |''Looney Tunes Dance Off'' |Bugs Bunny<br>Daffy Duck<br>Sylvester<br>[[Tweety Bird]] |} ===Web series=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of voice performances in web series |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2001 | ''Timber Wolf'' | Thomas Timber Wolf | |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160204191231/http://www.joealaskey.com/ Official website] (archived copy) * {{IMDb name|0016085}} * [http://www.tv.com/people/joe-alaskey/ Joe Alaskey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008185447/http://www.tv.com/people/joe-alaskey/ |date=October 8, 2017 }} at [http://www.tv.com/people/ TV.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412054625/http://www.tv.com/people/ |date=April 12, 2019 }} {{S-start}} {{s-bef|before=[[Jeff Bergman]] <small>(1990-93; 2011-present)</small>}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Daffy Duck|Voice of Daffy Duck]]|years=1990β2014}} {{s-aft|after=[[Maurice LaMarche]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[David Doyle (actor)|David Doyle]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of Rugrats characters#Adult characters|Voice of Grandpa Lou Pickles]]|years=1998β2008}} {{s-aft|after=[[Michael McKean]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Billy West]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Bugs Bunny|Voice of Bugs Bunny]]|years=2000β2011}} {{s-aft|after=Jeff Bergman}} {{s-bef|before=Jeff Bergman}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Droopy Dog|Voice of Droopy Dog]]|years=2011β2016}} {{s-aft|after=Jeff Bergman}} {{S-end}} {{Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program}} {{Portal bar|Biography|New York City|Film|Television}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Alaskey, Joe}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Troy, New York]] [[Category:American impressionists (entertainers)]] [[Category:American male video game actors]] [[Category:American male voice actors]] [[Category:American male comedians]] [[Category:Audiobook narrators]] [[Category:Comedians from Los Angeles]] [[Category:Comedians from New York (state)]] [[Category:Deaths from cancer in New York (state)]] [[Category:Daytime Emmy Award winners]] [[Category:Male actors from New York (state)]] [[Category:People from Encino, Los Angeles]]
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