Jorge Arvizu

Jorge Arvizu, nicknamed "El Tata," is a Mexican voice actor who has been actively dubbing cartoon characters since the 1950s, earning him a reputation as the Spanish Mel Blanc. He was both seen and heard on Plaza Sesamo, appearing on-camera during the first few seasons as Jose, the storekeeper who loves nature and the outdoors. He was also the original dub voice of both Bert {Beto) and Cookie Monster (Comegalletas).

Arvizu began his career as a magician and appeared in early Mexican television. His voice career begam with the Spanish-language dub of the puppet series Howdy Doody, as Howdy and his friend "Don Burro." He soon established himself dubbing such theatrical cartoon stars as Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, Mr. Magoo, Mighty Mouse, Popeye, and Felix the Cat. In the 1960s, he was often heard in Hanna-Barbera series, as Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones, Choo Choo and Benny the Ball on Top Cat, Magilla Gorilla, So-so the monkey on Peter Potamus and His Flying Balloon, Dr. Doom on The Fantastic ourand Henry Orbit on The Jetsons. Other animation credits included Pedro and Dachsie in the Disney feature Lady and the Tramp and Ringo and George on The Beatles cartoon. In live-action television, Arvizu dubbed Don Adams on Get Smart, Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester on The Addams Family, Burgess Meredith as the Penguin on Batman, and The Robot on the original Lost in Space series. His most recent dubbing assignment was replacing Cheech Marin as Ramon in the Mexican and Argentinian dubs of Pixar's Cars.