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Walter Tetley
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Walter Tetley (June 2, 1915 – September 4, 1975) was an American voice actor specializing in child impersonation during radio's classic era, with regular roles on The Great Gildersleeve and The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, as well as continuing as a voice-over artist in animated cartoons, commercials, and spoken-word record albums. He is perhaps best known as the voice of "Sherman" in the Jay Ward-Bill Scott Mr. Peabody TV cartoons.
Walter Tetley's perennially adolescent voice was the result of a medical condition which arrested his development, preventing his voice from breaking into maturity as well as preventing his further physical growth.
In 1971 Tetley was seriously injured in a moto…
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Walter Tetley (June 2, 1915 – September 4, 1975) was an American voice actor specializing in child impersonation during radio's classic era, with regular roles on The Great Gildersleeve and The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, as well as continuing as a voice-over artist in animated cartoons, commercials, and spoken-word record albums. He is perhaps best known as the voice of "Sherman" in the Jay Ward-Bill Scott Mr. Peabody TV cartoons. Walter Tetley's perennially adolescent voice was the result of a medical condition which arrested his development, preventing his voice from breaking into maturity as well as preventing his further physical growth. In 1971 Tetley was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident and used a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He died in 1975 at age 60, having never fully recovered from his injuries. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
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Walter Tetley's Filmography
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A Christmas Story
as Timmy (voice)
Red Garters
as Gun-toting kid (voice) (uncredited)
No Poster
Playful Pelican
as Andy Panda (voice) (uncredited)
There's Good Boos To-Night
as Casper (voice) (uncredited)
The Wacky Weed
as Andy Panda
Apple Andy
as Andy Panda
Reddy Made Magic
as Reddy Kilowatt (voice) (uncredited)
Molly and Me
as Grocery Delivery Boy
Follow the Boys
as Soldier (uncredited)
The Lodger
Mystery Broadcast
as Page Boy (uncredited)
The Gorilla Man
as Sammy
Who Done It?
as 'Shorty', a studio pageboy
Thunder Birds
as Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited)
Thunder Birds
as Messenger Boy
Invisible Agent
as Newsboy (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Cake Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Broadway
as Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
Out of the Fog
Horror Island
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Haunted Mouse
as Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Let's Make Music
as Eddie
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Telegram Boy (uncredited)
Under Texas Skies
as Theodore
Tom Brown's School Days
as Student
My Son, My Son!
as Newsboy
Emergency Squad
as Matt
Tower of London
as Chimney Sweep
First Love
as Willie, Country Club Page
They Shall Have Music
as Rocks Mulligan
The Family Next Door
as Boy
The Spirit of Culver
as Hank
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Boy with Candy Cane (uncredited)
Boy Slaves
as Pee Wee
Prairie Moon
as Clarence Nails Barton
Lord Jeff
as Tommy Thrums
Clock Cleaners
as Stork (voice) (uncredited)
Cupid Gets His Man
as Dan Cupid (voice)
Bold King Cole
as Felix the Cat (voice)
Neptune Nonsense
as Felix the Cat (voice)
The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
as Felix the Cat (voice)