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Caricatures of famous celebrities have long appeared in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. Among the stars that have been so immortalized are:

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

Fred Allen

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson

George Arliss

Louis Armstrong

Edward Arnold

Jean Arthur

Fred Astaire

Mischa Auer

Lauren Bacall

Elaine Barrie

John Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Freddie Bartholomew

Wallace Beery

Jack Benny

Edgar Bergen

Milton Berle

Ben Bernie

Joe Besser

Joan Blondell

  • A Star is Hatched

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart appears in:

Charles Boyer

Joe E. Brown

Fanny Bryce

James Cagney

Cab Calloway

Eddie Cantor

Charlie Chaplin

Ronald Colman

Jerry Colonna

Bill Comstock

  • The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - his character, Tizzie Lish, from Al Pearce's radio show is caricatured as a fish named Tizzie Fish
  • Jungle Jitters - the Queen's voice is an imitation of Comstock's character Tizzie Lish from Al Pearce's radio show

Gary Cooper

Bing Crosby

Cass Daley

Bette Davis

Andy Devine

Tommy Dorsey

Jimmy Durante

Deanna Durbin

Stepin Fetchit

W.C. Fields

Henry Fonda

Errol Flynn

Clark Gable

Clark Gable appears in:

Greta Garbo

Judy Garland

Benny Goodman

Bert Gordon

  • Hare Ribbin' - the Russian dog is a caricature of his Mad Russian character
  • Slap Happy Pappy - a cow does an impression of him and says his catchphrase, "How do you do-o-o-o?"
  • Kristopher Kolumbus Jr. - the chief does an impression of him and says his catchphrase, "How do you do-o-o-o?"
  • Circus Today - a gorilla does an impression of him and says his catchphrase, "How do you do-o-o-o?"
  • Awful Orphan - Charlie Dog dresses as a Russian and says his catchphrase, "How do you do-o-o-o?"
  • Porky's Movie Mystery - the police chief greets Porky, as Mr. Motto, by saying his catchphrase, "How do you do-o-o-o?"
  • Russian Rhapsody - a gremlin does an impression of him
  • Paying the Piper - the Supreme Cat does an impression of him
  • Fresh Fish - the Whim-Wham Whistling Shark does an impression of him and says, "How do you do-o-o-o?"

Cary Grant

Wendell Hall

Ernie Hare

Phil Harris

Richard Haydn

Rita Hayworth

Sonja Henie

Katherine Hepburn

Hugh Herbert

Bob Hope

Leslie Howard

Al Jolson

Billy Jones

Boris Karloff

Danny Kaye

  • Book Revue - Daffy imitates him throughout the cartoon

Buster Keaton

Ruby Keeler

Kay Kyser

Veronica Lake

Dorothy Lamour

Charles Laughton

  • Porky's Road Race
  • Have You Got Any Castles? - William Bligh is a caricature of him
  • Buccaneer Bunny - Bugs disguises himself as Captain Bligh (effecting the voice and thick-lipped appearance of Charles Laughton in his portrayal of Bligh in Mutiny On The Bounty)
  • Roman Legion-Hare - Emperor Nero is a caricature of actor Charles Laughton who played him in 1932's The Sign of the Cross.
  • Shishkabugs - The Spoiled King is a caricature of him

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

Lew Lehr

Mary Livingston

Peter Lorre

Jimmie Lunceford

The Marx Brothers

  • Hollywood Steps Out - Groucho Marx is disguised as a woman who Clark Gable follows and Harpo Marx also appears giving Greta Garbo a hotfoot and popping Sally Strand's bubble with a slingshot
  • The CooCoo Nut Grove - Groucho Marx and Harpo Marx, as a bird, appear
  • Porky's Hare Hunt - the rabbit quotes Groucho Marx and says, "Course you know that this means war!"
  • Elmer's Pet Rabbit - Bugs quotes Groucho Marx and says, "Of course you know that this means war!"
  • Slick Hare - Bugs and Elmer dress up like Groucho and Harpo respectively
  • Bosko's Knight-Mare

Victor Mature

  • The Hep Cat - the cat's face turns into a caricature of him when he claims be a "gorgeous hunk of man"

Victor McLaglen

The Mills Brothers

Vaughn Monroe

Grace Moore

Victor Moore

Helen Morgan

Paul Muni

Edna May Oliver

Harry Parke

Al Pearce

Gregory Peck

Joe Penner

Lily Pons

Dick Powell

William Powell

Tyrone Power

George Raft

Sally Rand

Martha Raye

Bill Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson appears in:

Ginger Rogers

Cesar Romero

Mickey Rooney

Lanny Ross

Ann Sheridan

Frank Sinatra

Red Skelton

C. Aubrey Smith

Ned Sparks

James Stewart

Leopold Stokowski

Lewis Stone

The Three Stooges

Robert Taylor

Spencer Tracy

Arthur Treacher

Sophie Tucker

Lupe Velez

Fats Waller

Johnny Weissmuller

Mae West

Jane Withers

Walter Winchell

Alexander Woollcott


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