Walter Tetley

Walter Tetley

1915-06-02 – 1975-09-04 (age 60) Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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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 Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees

1942

as Cake Delivery Boy (uncredited)

The Lodger
Invisible Agent
Invisible Agent

1942

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Lord Jeff
Lord Jeff

1938

as Tommy Thrums

Tower of London
Tower of London

1939

as Chimney Sweep

My Son, My Son!
My Son, My Son!

1940

as Newsboy

Out of the Fog
Broadway
Broadway

1942

as Western Union Messenger (uncredited)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

1939

as Boy with Candy Cane (uncredited)

Clock Cleaners
Clock Cleaners

1937

as Stork (voice) (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music
They Shall Have Music

1939

as Rocks Mulligan

Thunder Birds
Thunder Birds

1942

as Messenger Boy

Thunder Birds
Thunder Birds

1942

as Red Cross Nurse Trainee (uncredited)

Who Done It?
Who Done It?

1942

as 'Shorty', a studio pageboy

Follow the Boys
Follow the Boys

1944

as Soldier (uncredited)

Tom Brown's School Days
First Love
First Love

1939

as Willie, Country Club Page

Horror Island
Horror Island

1941

as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story

1972

as Timmy (voice)

Molly and Me
Molly and Me

1945

as Grocery Delivery Boy