Star Facts

  • Category Recording

    Address 6145 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
Stan Freberg
Born:
1926-08-07,
Los Angeles,
California,
USA
Education:
Alhambra High School
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
2015-04-07
Addition Websites

Stan Freberg

In memory of Walk Of Famer Stan Freberg, flowers were placed on his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 10:00 AM PDT. The star in the category of Recording is located at 6141 Hollywood Boulevard. “Laugh among the stars Stan. RIP.” Ana Martinez, Producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame signed the card on behalf of the Hollywood Historic Trust and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Hollywood Sign are registered trademarks of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

Stanley Victor "Stan" Freberg is an American author, recording artist, animation voice actor, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer, and advertising creative director.

The son of a Baptist minister, Stan Freberg was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Pasadena, California. His traditional upbringing is reflected both in the gentle sensitivity that underpins his work and in his refusal to accept alcohol and tobacco manufacturers as sponsors?an impediment to his radio career when he took over for Jack Benny on CBS radio. As Freberg explained to Rusty Pipes:

Stan Freberg's first wife, Donna, died in 2000. He married Betty Hunter in 2001, and she adopted the name Hunter Freberg.

Freberg was employed as a voice actor in animation shortly after graduating from Alhambra High School. He began at Warner Brothers in 1944 by getting on a bus and asking the driver to let him off "in Hollywood." As he describes in his autobiography, It Only Hurts When I Laugh, he did this, getting off the bus and finding a sign that said "talent agency." He walked in and the agents there arranged for him to audition for Warner Brothers cartoons where he was promptly hired.

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