his own short-lived series. He also voiced Bluto for the studio's Popeye the Sailor cartoons, replacing Gus Wickie, who had decided to stay in New York rather than move to Miami. Colvig's departure from Disney meant that the increasingly popular Goofy went voiceless for a number of years. A select few shorts during the interim period of leave featured a soundalike voice for Goofy provided by impersonator Danny Webb, who also did the voice of Egghead in Looney Tunes. He began working on radio, providing voices and sound effects, including the sounds of Jack Benny's Maxwell on The Jack Benny Program, later performed by Mel Blanc. In 1939, Colvig returned to California, and began to devote himself to acting, appearing for the Warner Bros. animation studio and MGM, where he voiced a Munchkin in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. In 1946, Colvig was cast as Bozo the Clown for Capitol Records. He played the role for a full decade, which also included portraying the character on television. During this period, Colvig also recorded the "Filbert the Frog" song, which featured Colvig's virtuoso use of the glottal stop as a musical instrument in itself. In 1967, Colvig's last known performance, as Goofy, was for the Telephone Pavilion at Expo 67. Colvig's dialogue for this exhibit was recorded six months before his death. Personal life Colvig married Margaret Bourke Slavin (1892–1950) in 1916, and settled with her in San Francisco, where four of their five boys were born; later, their last son was born in Los Angeles. Colvig was the father of the character and voice actor Vance Colvig, who also later portrayed Bozo the Clown on a live TV program. A lifelong smoker, Colvig was one of the pioneers in advocating warning labels about cancer risk on cigarette packages in the United States. Death Colvig died of lung cancer on October 3, 1967, at Motion Picture Country Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at age 75. He was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City. Filmography Discography Bozo At The Circus (Capitol, 1946) as Bozo the Clown Mickey and the Beanstalk (Capitol, 1947) as Goofy Here Comes...Colonna's Trolley (Capitol, 1947) as Additional Voice Characterizations Bozo and his Rocket Ship (Capitol, 1948) as Bozo the Clown Bozo Under The Sea (Capitol, 1948) as Bozo the Clown Bozo and the Birds (Capitol, 1949) The Grasshopper And The Ants (Capitol, 1949) as