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Walter Tetley

Acting Born Jun 2, 1915 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

The Bullwinkle Show

as Sherman (voice)
Film

Nowhere to Run

as Dusty (voice)

Full filmography

  • The Bullwinkle Show (1959) as Sherman (voice)
  • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (1959) as Walter Tetley Sherman (voice)
  • The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show (1956) as Dusty (voice)
  • The Dudley Do-Right Show (1969)
  • The Lodger (1944)
  • Thunder Birds (1942) as Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited)
  • Thunder Birds (1942) as Messenger Boy
  • The Pride of the Yankees (1942) as Cake Delivery Boy (uncredited)
  • Tower of London (1939) as Chimney Sweep
  • Invisible Agent (1942) as Newsboy (uncredited)
  • They Shall Have Music (1939) as Rocks Mulligan
  • You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) as Boy with Candy Cane (uncredited)
  • Lord Jeff (1938) as Tommy Thrums
  • Who Done It? (1942) as 'Shorty', a studio pageboy
  • Tom Brown's School Days (1940) as Student
  • The Haunted Mouse (1941) as Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
  • Clock Cleaners (1937) as Stork (voice) (uncredited)
  • Follow the Boys (1944) as Soldier (uncredited)
  • My Son, My Son! (1940) as Newsboy
  • First Love (1939) as Willie, Country Club Page
  • Out of the Fog (1941)
  • Horror Island (1941) as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
  • Emergency Squad (1940) as Matt
  • Molly and Me (1945) as Grocery Delivery Boy