Walter Tetley
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-06-02
Day of Death
1975-09-04 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Walter Tetley
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.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For
Acting
(1972)
A Christmas Story
as Timmy (voice)
(1948)
Playful Pelican
as Andy Panda (voice) (uncredited)
(1948)
There's Good Boos To-Night
as Casper (voice) (uncredited)
(1946)
Apple Andy
as Andy Panda
(1946)
The Wacky Weed
as Andy Panda
(1945)
Molly and Me
as Grocery Delivery Boy
(1944)
(1943)
The Gorilla Man
as Sammy
(1943)
Mystery Broadcast
as Page Boy (uncredited)
(1942)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Cake Delivery Boy (uncredited)
(1942)
Who Done It?
as 'Shorty', a studio pageboy
(1942)
Invisible Agent
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1942)
Thunder Birds
as Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited)
(1942)
Thunder Birds
as Messenger Boy
(1942)
Broadway
as Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
(1941)
(1941)
Horror Island
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
(1941)
The Haunted Mouse
as Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
(1940)
Emergency Squad
as Matt
(1940)
Tom Brown's School Days
as Student
(1940)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Telegram Boy (uncredited)
(1940)
My Son, My Son!
as Newsboy
(1940)
Under Texas Skies
as Theodore
(1939)
They Shall Have Music
as Rocks Mulligan
(1939)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Boy with Candy Cane (uncredited)
(1939)
Tower of London
as Chimney Sweep
(1939)
First Love
as Willie, Country Club Page
(1939)
Boy Slaves
as Pee Wee
(1939)
The Spirit of Culver
as Hank
(1939)
The Family Next Door
as Boy
(1938)
Prairie Moon
as Clarence Nails Barton
(1938)
Lord Jeff
as Tommy Thrums
(1937)
Clock Cleaners
as Stork (voice)
(1936)
The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
as Felix the Cat (voice)
(1936)
Neptune Nonsense
as Felix the Cat (voice)
(1936)
Bold King Cole
as Felix the Cat (voice)
(1936)
Cupid Gets His Man
as Dan Cupid (voice)