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Paul Julian

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Paul Hull Husted (25 June 1914 - 5 September 1995), better known as Paul Julian, was an American animator, painter, and voice actor, best known for voicing Road Runner for director Chuck Jones and drawing backgrounds (often suburban ones) for Friz Freleng's Tweety and Sylvester series.

Julian first made the "beep, beep" noise in the Warner Bros. parking lot as a polite means of telling people to get out of his way. Paul recorded several versions of this, and sound engineer Treg Brown sped some of them up and looped them together. These recordings were ultimately used for the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons. However, Paul was uncredited for his work, as Mel Blanc's contract with Warner Bros. stipulated that he was the only credited Looney Tunes voice actor.

Julian was still working as an artist when he died in Van Nuys, California, in 1995.

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