
Birthday:
11-04-1898
Deathday:
04-19-1978 (79 years)
Birthplace:
Columbia, Missouri, USA
Biography
Joseph "Joe" Tapley Dougherty was an American voice actor who provided the original voice of the Warner Brothers animation character, Porky Pig, starting with the character's debut in I Haven't Got a Hat in 1935 until Porky's Romance in 1937. After that, Mel Blanc took over the role and voiced Porky for 52 years. Dougherty spoke with a stutter which became one of the character's trademarks.
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Storm Warning
Act like Townsman (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.6
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A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.
I Love to Singa
Act like Stuttering Bird (voice)
event1936 star_border 6.8
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I Love to Singa depicts the story of a young owl who wants to sing jazz, instead of the classical music that his German parents wish him to perform. The plot is a lighthearted tribute to Al Jolson's film The Jazz Singer.
I Haven't Got a Hat
Act like Porky Pig (voice) (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 5.9
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It's recital day at the schoolhouse. First up: Porky, who recites The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. A nervous kitten recites Mary Had a Little Lamb. The puppies Ham and Ex sing the title song. Oliver Owl plays the piano; Beans the cat puts a cat and dog inside, and they play a tune as well.
Porky's Romance
Act like Porky Pig
event1937 star_border 5.8
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The introduction cartoon for Petunia Pig deals with Porky's courtship with her. Once he's won her hand in marriage, he fantasizes about his future with her, which doesn't seem very appealing.
Porky's Road Race
Act like Porky Pig (voice) (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 6.2
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It's race day, and first prize is $2 million (less $1,999,998.37 in taxes). Porky's little car is matched against cars driven by stars of yesteryear, including Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin. When the black #13 driven by "Borax Karoff" makes a bid for the finish line, can Porky fend him off?
Porky's Pet
Act like Porky Pig (voice)
event1936 star_border 5.6
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Porky and his pet ostrich, Lulu, get invited to perform on Broadway for $75/week. But first they have to get there, and the train conductor won't let the ostrich board. Porky sneaks her on. She gets loose and eats a sleeping woman's wig, a boy's toy airplane, and a concertina. Porky hides her in a guitar case, but she gets out as the conductor comes by, and they are both thrown off. They enlist a hand cart and a cow to outrun the train.
Westward Whoa
Act like Porky Pig (voice)
event1936 star_border 5
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Porky Pig and his friends Beans, Little Kitty and Ham and Ex, travel as pioneers toward the western frontier. As their wagon travels across the prairie, Ham and Ex cause trouble by pretending to be Indians. Then the real Indians show up!
Porky the Wrestler
Act like Porky Pig (voice) (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 6
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Porky Pig, hitchhiking to the big wrestling match, gets a ride from the challenger and unexpectedly winds up also in the ring.
Shanghaied Shipmates
Act like Porky Pig (voice)
event1936 star_border 5.9
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Porky and some of his fellow sailors are on shore leave in a bar. A pirate captain discovers that his own crew has jumped ship and forces everyone in the bar to become his crew. The captain treats the crew badly, particularly denying them food (eating the meat off bones, then passing them only the bones). The crew mutinies after a week; the captain tries to fend them off with a cannon, but ends up sending himself into the explosives stores.
Boom Boom
Act like Porky Pig (voice)
event1936 star_border 6.3
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World War I, apparently. There is a series of quick blackout gags, including a soldier that throws the pin...
The Village Smithy
Act like Porky Pig (voice)
event1936 star_border 6.2
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The narrator sets the scene for a warped version of the classic poem, and the hijinks when assistant Porky gives the blacksmith a rubber horseshoe, then a hot horseshoe on the horse's backside by accident.
Fish Tales
Act like Porky Pig (voice) (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 5.9
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Porky Pig goes fishing. It's not quite the outing he anticipated.
Porky's Poultry Plant
Act like Porky Pig (voice) (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 6.2
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Porky Pig is raising chickens, ducks, and geese. Many birds have fallen victim to the hawk. Porky's going to do everything he can to fight back.
Milk and Money
Act like Porky Pig, Porky's Poppa (voice / uncredited)
event1936 star_border 6.6
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Porky's father is going to lose his farm. Porky goes to town with his horse and works a milk route, with a warning that if he breaks a bottle he's fired. As he's delivering, cats follow along behind draining the bottles. Meanwhile, Hank Horsefly follows them into town. He stings Dobbin, who crashes and breaks many bottles. They happen upon a horse race and accidentally enter; the horse is merely plodding along until it gets stung again.
Little Beau Porky
Act like Porky Pig
event1936 star_border 6.7
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Porky's in the foreign legion. But he's not allowed to fight; all he can do is scrub camels, and he's not particularly good at that. The other soldiers ride off to find the evil Ali Mode, leaving Porky behind. Ali Mode notices, and tries to gain entrance to the fort, first by tricking Porky, then by tunnelling, then by military assaults, but Porky rebuffs all attempts, ultimately landing Ali Mode in a big vat of "Cairo Syrup" and collecting a chestful of medals.
Gold Diggers of '49
Act like Porky Pig (voice) (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 5.6
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Porky and Beans are prospectors during the Gold Rush, but when a villain steals Porky's bag of loot Beans races to get it back so he can marry Porky's daughter Little Kitty.
Knock on Any Door
Act like Man (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 6.1
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An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
Porky in the North Woods
Act like Porky Pig (voice) (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 7
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Porky Pig runs a game refuge. Despite the abundant signs to the contrary, Jean-Baptiste the trapper sets numerous traps, ensnaring many animals.
A Star Is Born
Act like Makeup Artist (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 7.1
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A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Shakedown
Act like Man (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6.1
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Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.
East of Eden
Act like Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 7.5
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In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.
Around the World in Eighty Days
Act like Extra (uncredited)
event1956 star_border 6.6
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Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Berth Quakes
event1938
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Noted child psychologist Errol marries a widow with a nasty brat, and finds none of his theories seem to work when trapped in a pullman car on the way to his honeymoon at Niagara Falls.
The Blow Out
Act like Porky Pig (voice) (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 6.5
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A crazed bomber is terrorizing the city. Meanwhile, a young Porky Pig is a few cents shy of buying an ice cream soda; he starts earning it by picking up items people drop and handing them back to them.
Porky's Moving Day
Act like Porky Pig (voice) (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 4.7
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A woman's house, on the side of the cliff, is about to fall into the sea, due to waves washing away the cliff. In a panic, she call's Porky's moving company. Porky's assistant, a former boxer, starts swinging when he hears a bell until hit on the head, when he stops and says, "Okay, boss." They get to the house and have various adventures while moving the furniture, mostly because the entire house keeps tilting back and forth on the shaky ground.
Into Your Dance
Act like Singing Dog (voice) (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 5
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The showboat comes to town, piloted by Captain Benny. A quartet sings "Go Into Your Dance" in honor of its originator, Al Jolson. They introduce the conductor, who is a pig caricature of orchestra leader Paul Whiteman. One of the musicians plugs the pig's tail into a light socket so he conducts at super speed. Then Captain Benny announces the start of the amateur hour, with an operatic cow and a tough guy reciting poetry with sound effects.
Porky the Rain-Maker
Act like Porky Pig / Porky's Poppa (voice) (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 6.4
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The farm is suffering through a terrible drought. Porky's father sends him to the store to buy some feed with their last dollar...
Picador Porky
Act like Porky Pig (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 5.9
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Porky and two pals stumble onto a Mexican town on the day of the town's annual bullfight. When they learn the contest winner gets $1,000...
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Act like Floyd Sullivan (1 ep.)
event1966 star_border 7.5
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Pistols 'n' Petticoats is an American Western sitcom
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