Harry Edward Lang (December 29, 1894 – August 5, 1953) was an American actor who appeared in The Cisco Kid. He was known for working at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.

Biography Lang was born on December 29, 1894, in New York City. He made his film debut in the 1929 Vitaphone short, Who's Who?, in which he and partner Bernice Haley performed an early version of Who's on First?"Examining the Origins of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?". Retrieved May 1, 2018. Lang and Haley also performed in a 1930 comedy skit named "Who's Your Boss?".

He provided vocal effects for Tom in the Tom and Jerry cartoons from 1940 to 1953, and occasionally did the speaking voice for Tom from 1943 to 1946.

In 1946, he was cast as Pancho in The Cisco Kid radio series, opposite Jack Mather in the title role."The Cisco Kid Volume 4. Retrieved May 1, 2018.

Death In 1953, Lang fell ill with heart trouble and was forced to leave The Cisco Kid. After a brief return to the show, he died from a heart attack on August 5, 1953, at his home in Hollywood, California. Mel Blanc replaced him as Pancho until the series ended in 1956.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1929 Who's Who? Skit Performer Uncredited 1933 Parade of the Wooden Soldiers Voice, uncredited 1936 Wash Your Step 1937 The Wayward Pups Cat Voice, uncredited 1938 Buried Treasure Leopard There Goes My Heart Newsboy Uncredited 1939 Jitterbug Follies Announcer, Heckling Penguin singing Voice, uncredited The Little Goldfish Undersea Creatures Bad Boy Vanetti Uncredited Dick Tracy's G-Men Barossa Rio Taxi Driver 1940 Puss Gets the Boot Jasper Voice, uncredited The Egg Hunt Jeeves, Platypus 1941 The Alley Cat Tom, Toodles Galore, Butler The Midnight Snack Tom Cat Sing for Your Supper Musician Uncredited The Fox and the Grapes Fox (whistling) Voice, uncredited The Tangled Angler Fish (whistling) The Night Before Christmas Tom Cat 1942 Fraidy Cat Chips off the Old Block Butch A Battle for a Bottle Cat Old Blackout Joe Air Raid Warden, "All clear!" Song of Victory Hitler Vulture The Gullible Canary Crow Fine Feathered Friend Tom Cat Malice in Slumberland Vocal effects 1943 Sufferin' Cats! Tom Cat, Meathead, Tom's Conscience Kindly Scram Igor Puzzlewitz, Bull Plenty Below Zero Crow (saying "Moron") The Lonesome Mouse Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse, Jerry's Inner Voice Reason and Emotion Radio News Voice, Listener, Dummy, Donkey Man, Adolf Hitler Nursery Crimes Mouse The Cocky Bantam Freddy Falcon, Japanese Baby Puss Tom Cat, Topsy Cat The Herring Murder Mystery Igor Puzzlewitz, Sherlock Shad, Bailiff, Smoked Salmon, Mackerel, Sliverfish, Herring 1944 The Greatest Man in Siam King Size, Smartest Man in Siam, Draft Board Man, Richest Man in Siam, Fastest Man in Siam, Hottest Man in Siam, additional voices Giddy Yapping Igor Puzzlewitz Mr. Fore by Fore Igor Puzzlewitz, Bull Fish Fry Andy Panda The Bodyguard Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse As the Fly Flies Igor Puzzlewitz Mouse Trouble Tom Cat 1945 Dog, Cat and Canary Flippity and Flop The Pied Piper of Basin Street Mayor Mouse in Manhattan Jerry Mouse, Alley Cat Booby Socks Cat Donald's Crime Donald's Conscience Duck Pimples Leslie J. Clark Phoney Baloney Newsboy #2 Captain Tugboat Annie Man Uncredited Speaking of Animals: From A to Zoo Hippopotamus Voice, uncredited Quiet Please! Tom Cat 1946 Catnipped Surgeons, Flippity and Flop The Hick Chick Charles (screeching sounds) Solid Serenade Tom Cat Cagey Bird Flippity Mysto Fox M.C. Silent Tweetment Flippity 1947 Woody the Giant Killer Buck Beaver Down the Drain Cat Speaking of Animals: Ain't Nature Grand Rabbit Speaking of Animals: Dog Crazy Mr. Jackson the Dog, and the Goat 1948 Kiddie Koncert Wally Walrus, Sniffs, "That's my boy", "Food!!" Playful Pelican Andy Panda (whistling), Paddy Pelican, Baby Pelican 1949 Jerry's Diary Uncle Dudley, Tom Cat 1950 A Lady Without Passport Clerk Uncredited 1951 Soldiers Three Shopkeeper 1952 Triplet Trouble Tom Cat Voice, uncredited Push-Button Kitty Cruise Cat 1953 The Missing Mouse Abbott and Costello Go to Mars French Waiter Uncredited The Golden Blade Magician Uncredited, released posthumously Two Little Indians Tom's Coonskin Cap Archive recording, uncredited released posthumously The Three Little Pups Cat Puppet Archive recording from The Alley Cat, uncredited, released posthumously 1954 Socko in Morocco Legionnaire Sergeant Voice, uncredited, released posthumously

Radio Year Title Role Notes 1946–1953 The Cisco Kid Pancho

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