Bill Melendez
Birthday: Born in 1916-11-15 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Deathday: 2008-09-02
José "Bill" Cuauhtémoc Meléndez (November 15, 1916 – September 2, 2008) was a Mexican–American character animator, voice actor, film director and producer known for his cartoons for Walt Disney Productions (working on four Disney films Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo and Bambi), Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA and the Peanuts series. Melendez provided the voices of Snoopy and Woodstock in the latter as well. In a career spanning over 60 years, he won six Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for thirteen more. In addition, he was nominated for an Oscar and five Grammy Awards. The Peanuts television specials, A Charlie Brown Christmas and What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?, which he directed, were each honored with a Peabody Award.
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The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
Character: Snoopy (voice)
Your favorite Peanuts stories come to life in this animated television series. With short sketches featuring these classic and much-loved characters, it's easy to, as the opening song suggests, “have a party with Charlie Brown and Snoopy.”...
This Is America, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
From the voyage of the Mayflower to the bold exploration of outer space, join the Peanuts gang as they take you on a timeless journey through American history! Groove along with Charlie Brown and Snoopy as they discover the beginnings of jazz and ragtime music, accompanied by Lucy's speech about American heroes. So all aboard with Peanuts because This Is America, Charlie Brown!...
Peanuts Motion Comics
Character: Snoopy (voice)
Twenty animated shorts bundled into ten episodes based on the art and writings of Charles Schulz. Each episode is taken from actual comic strips that Schulz created in the year 1964. Episodes range from stories about Christmas and Halloween, to school elections, baseball games in the summer, and Valentine Day crushes....
This Is America, Charlie Brown
Character: Spike (voice)
From the voyage of the Mayflower to the bold exploration of outer space, join the Peanuts gang as they take you on a timeless journey through American history! Groove along with Charlie Brown and Snoopy as they discover the beginnings of jazz and ragtime music, accompanied by Lucy's speech about American heroes. So all aboard with Peanuts because This Is America, Charlie Brown!...
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It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown!
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
Linus is planning a birthday party. While trying out his new in-line skates in the neighborhood park, he meets a nice little girl with a beautiful singing voice. Linus invites his new friend to the party. The party should be wonderful, but Linus will only be satisfied if the little girl attends. He is completely smitten!...
A Charlie Brown Valentine
Character: Snoopy (voice)
Lovesick Charlie Brown hopes – still – to get a valentine from the Little Red-Haired Girl, as does Sally from Linus, Lucy from Schroeder and Peppermint Patty from Charlie Brown....
Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
A 25th anniversary tribute to the "Peanuts" comic strip....
It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
As the holiday season rolls around and all the Peanuts gang are getting ready for it. Whether it be Charlie Brown struggling to raise money for his girlfriend or Sally and Peppermint Patty struggling to rehearse and memorize their one word lines for the Christmas pageant, these kids try to keep with the Christmas spirit while Snoopy has his mischief to do....
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Spike (voice)
Linus and Lucy's younger brother Rerun wants a dog for Christmas, and Snoopy's brother Spike may be the answer....
You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice) (uncredited)
With the school election looming, Linus is talked into running for school president. With Lucy and Charlie Brown as his campaign manager and Snoopy and Woodstock assisting, he stands a decent chance of victory. Soon however, he makes unrealistic promises and learns the hard way that preaching about the Great Pumpkin can not be considered a sound campaign strategy....
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Character: Snoopy (voice)
When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but it is a frustrating struggle. When an attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir Christmas tree fails, he needs Linus' help to learn the meaning of Christmas....
You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown!
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
The Peanuts Gang competes in a punt, pass and kick contest. The winner gets a new bicycle and a trip to the Super Bowl. Meanwhile, Snoopy coaches the Birds football team (made up of a bunch of Woodstock-like birds) to the AFL (Animal Football League) Super Bowl....
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy (voice)
Join the Peanuts gang for a timeless adventure as Charlie Brown preps for a party, Snoopy sets his sights on the Red Baron, and Linus patiently awaits a pumpkin patch miracle....
It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice) (uncredited)
Charlie Brown, Linus and the entire Peanuts gang are off on a lively Easter egg hunt. They suspect they've spotted the Easter Bunny … but the trouble is, he looks a lot like a certain beagle who's near and dear to Charlie Brown's heart. Is it truly the Easter Bunny, or is it just the irrepressible Snoopy playing a trick on the kids?...
Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?
Character: Snoopy (voice)
Linus has to break devastating news, his father has a new job and has to relocate his family. Charlie Brown and the gang make their goodbyes and prepare for Linus and Lucy's departure....
Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Spike / Woodstock (voice)
After Snoopy displays his usual level of courage and runs away from his sentry duty, he happens to run into a beautiful female. Smitten, he decides to marry her. Now, the gang, and Snoopy's brother, Spike, want to help in an affair that has the usual complications...
Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
After Charlie Brown spots a girl briefly shown in a sports event broadcasting, he is smitten enough to go in search of her with the help of Linus. Unfortunately in his search, he has his usual amount of luck. As Charlie Brown is watching a football game, he spots a girl in the stands that he immediately attaches himself to. When the game ends, he is desperate to find her, so he enlists Linus to help him and, because of his absolute nervousness, to do the talking for him. However, that move could...
You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice) (uncredited)
A motorcross, a race of motorbikes through a series of obstacles, provides the occasion for Charlie Brown's latest attempt to win at something. He selects Linus as his pit crew and goes to a store to select a bike, and due to insufficient funds, he must settle for a tiny, run-down putt-putt. The majority of Charlie's opponents are eliminated in the race, and Charlie, wearing a makeshift helmet carved from a pumpkin, finds himself in close competition with his friend, tomboy Peppermint Patty, and...
It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice) (uncredited)
At the school homecoming, Charlie Brown learns that he is be the escort at the banquet for the red headed girl that he has pined for all his life. With that added pressure, he hopes to put in a good showing at the football where he is placekicker. Unfortunately, Lucy is supposed to hold the ball for him.. It's homecoming night, and Charlie Brown is not only the escort for the homecoming queen (which happens to be the red-haired girl he's been drooling over for goodness knows how long), he is als...
Snoopy, Come Home
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
When Snoopy receives a letter from his original owner Lila, he goes to visit her in the hospital while Charlie Brown and the gang are on the lookout for him. Suddenly, Snoopy feels that he must go live with Lila, but must say goodbye to all his friends. In his adventure to the hospital, he encounters numerous "No Dogs Allowed" signs, an annoying little girl who desires to keep him, and more!...
It's Magic, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
When Snoopy turns Charlie Brown invisible in a magic act, he has trouble changing him back....
Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
Tis the season for the cheer and charm of the Peanuts kids - and this delight special offers five segments full of unforgettable moments. Snoopy works as a bell-ringer to raise money and tries making peace with the ferocious cat next door. Linus strives to strike the right tone in his letter to Santa - and his friendship with an indecisive girl at school. Sally's idea about gift giving and the identity of Santa may be unusual - but her strange notion about how to obtain a Christmas tree surprisi...
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice) (uncredited)
It's the night of Peppermint Patty’s New Year’s Eve bash, but Charlie Brown has to write a book report about War and Peace. Hoping to join the fun for a special dance with the Little Red-Haired Girl, he tries desperately to finish in time....
Snoopy's Reunion
Character: Snoopy / Snoopy's Brothers and Sisters (voice)
Sensing that his canine companion is a bit down in the mouth, Charlie Brown organizes a Daisy Hill Puppy Farm reunion for Snoopy and his seven siblings in this animated special based on the Charles M. Schulz comic strip. While Charlie Brown is dismayed to see that the bucolic farm has disappeared in a sea of urban sprawl, Snoopy and gang are simply delighted to be in one another's company. Pulling out their instruments, they jam on the sidewalk....
Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy (voice)
Angst-ridden Charlie Brown attempts to motivate his team, while Lucy in right field nettles poor Chuck into a nervous wreck. With their losses mounting, Charlie Brown tries every remedy to score a win--even trading his own dog--yet nothing improves the team's dismal record. Then Chuck orchestrates "the greatest trade in the history of baseball."...
Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy (voice)
When the circus comes to town, Snoopy naturally pays a visit. There he falls for a beautiful poodle performing there. He soon runs away to join it. While he quickly becomes a star performer, Charlie Brown is distraught by Snoopy's decision while Snoopy himself has to face some realities of show business himself....
It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
To celebrate Arbor Day, the gang decide to do a great gardening project for Charlie Brown. Unfortunately, Charlie Brown learns that they did it in his baseball diamond, turning it in to a lush garden. With no alternative, he is forced to play against Peppermint Patty's team in that field. However, the bizarre setting seems to be working to his advantage....
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy (voice)
This documentary goes behind-the-scenes with Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. This film paved the way for the future success of the Peanuts animated television specials, bringing together for the first time Schulz, animator Bill Melendez, producer Lee Mendelson, and composer Vince Guaraldi....
Why, Charlie Brown, Why?
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock
A new girl comes to the neighbourhood school and Linus is smitten with her. Unfortunately, she develops the symptoms of leukemia and must go to the hospital for cancer treatment. Linus and Charlie Brown help her through the traumas of chemotherapy as best they can while Snoopy plays at being the world's greatest doctor....
It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown
Character: Spike (voice) (uncredited)
Spike waves to a young woman driving a red pickup truck through the desert of Needles, California every day; it is the highlight of his day. In this combined animated and live-action special, we meet an aerobics instructor, Jenny, who wants to be a big city jazz dancer. She and Spike drive around looking at the desert scenery and spending some time at a roller rink. However, when Spike is accidentally thrown out of the skating rink he runs off and is pursued by people on a nighttime coyote hunt....
The Peanuts Movie
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice) (archive sound)
Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their arch-nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest....
Charlie Brown's All-Stars!
Character: Snoopy (voice) (uncredited)
After their humiliating 999th defeat, Charlie Brown's whole baseball team quits on him. All seems lost...until Charlie Brown learns that his team can join the Little League and become an official team with real uniforms! But as the team's enthusiasm sparks, Charlie Brown learns that neither girls nor Snoopy would be allowed to play. Charlie Brown faces the difficult decision of breaking this horrible news to his excited team....
He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy
When the gang loses patience with Snoopy's mischief, he suddenly finds himself back in obedience training. With a vengeance, Snoopy decides it's time to run away to Peppermint Patty's house, but soon realizes life might not be so bad with Charlie Brown after all....
It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy
School is out for the summer and Charlie Brown, Linus, Schroeder and Pig Pen are planning to spend it reading every comic book, watching television, practicing ballplay, and classical music, and having clean thoughts. However, Lucy tells them that she signed them up for camp. The girls are eager to go, but the boys hate the idea.(Linus adding that its like finding out that he was drafted.) The boys shove each other to get on the bus, while the girls line up in order. At camp, Charlie Brown is ch...
What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?
Character: Woodstock/Snoopy
As they begin their journey home from their student exchange term, Charlie Brown and the gang find themselves sidetracked. They have severe car trouble and more importantly, they pass by various monuments to World Wars I & II. With Linus guiding them through these memorials, they learn about the events of the wars and the sacrifices required of the troops who fought them....
Play It Again, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy (voice)
Play It Again, Charlie Brown is the seventh prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. This non-holiday Peanuts special centers on Lucy, her infatuation with Schroeder, and her willingness to do anything to win his affections....
It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown
Character: Self (archive footage)
A musical celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Christmas classic. Hosted by Kristen Bell....
It's Three Strikes, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
It's Three Strikes, Charlie Brown is from the later phases of the Peanuts TV-special saga. Instead of concentrating on a single story (a la A Charlie Brown Christmas), this half-hour animated effort offers eight separate anecdotes. All are derived from continuities originally presented in Charles Schultz' Peanuts comic strip, and all were first telecast on the Saturday morning TV series The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show. And, re the blanket title, all are unified by a central "baseball" theme. ...
Tooth Brushing
Character: Snoopy
Charlie Brown leaves his appointment with his dentist armed with an instructional pamphlet on proper tooth brushing technique. He endeavors to practice toothbrushing with Linus and his dog Snoopy....
It's Dental Flossophy, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy
Lucy van Pelt instructs Charlie Brown and Snoopy in the finer points of proper flossing technique for healthy teeth and gums....
It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy (voice)
As springtime rolls around, Charlie Brown's team is performing the usual hopeless task of getting in shape for the new season. To improve the team's morale, Charlie Brown manages to find a potential team sponsor who agrees to provide uniforms, provided that the team wins the first game of the season. However, considering the usual competence of the team, including new members like Leland who is too young to even tie his shoes, the challenge seems impossible....
She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
Peppermint Patty is in zealous training for a figure skating competition, but with no help from her grumpy coach, Snoopy. He growls coaching tips that don't make sense, and Marcie can't sew the dress Peppermint Patty is dying to wear. Still determined to win, Peppermint Patty turns to Woodstock when disaster looms at the competition....
You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy (voice)
Charlie Brown enters the Junior Olympics decathlon - and one of his rivals is a certain masked beagle!...
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
It's Valentine's Day again and Charlie Brown dreams the seemingly hopeless dream to receiving a valentine from anyone. All the while, the rest of the gang have their own trials whether it be Linus' struggle to get the biggest card he can for his beloved teacher, or Lucy trying to get some token from Schroeder while Snoopy and Woodstock are having fun spearing valentines on each other's nose....
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock
The Peanuts gang, including Snoopy and Woodstock, have gone off to summer camp. After a few days of the usual summer-camp activities, they all take part in a rafting race. Battling treacherous rapids, wild animals and bullies from a rival tent, the teams make their way downriver to the finish line....
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!)
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty and Marcie travel to France as foreign exchange students. Also along is Snoopy and Woodstock. While everyone is excited about the opportunity to travel to a foreign country, Charlie is disturbed by a letter he receives from a mysterious girl from France who invites him as a her guest only to find that he does not seem welcomed to her Chateau....
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy (voice)
Poor Charlie Brown. He can't fly a kite, and he always loses in baseball. Having his faults projected onto a screen by Lucy doesn't help him much either. Against the sage advice and taunting of the girls in his class, he volunteers for the class spelling bee...and wins!...
What Next, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy (voice)
Compilation of 13 shorts from "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show"...
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice) (uncredited)
Turkey, cranberries, pumpkin pie... and the Peanuts gang to share them with. This is going to be the greatest Thanksgiving ever! The fun begins when Peppermint Patty invites herself and her pals to Charlie Brown's house for a REALLY big turkey party. Good grief! All our hero can cook is cold cereal and maybe toast. Is Charlie Brown doomed? Not when Linus, Snoopy and Woodstock chip in to save the (Thanksgiving) Day. With such good friends, Charlie Brown - and all of us - have so many reasons to b...
What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown!
Character: Snoopy (voice)
What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! is the 17th primetime animated TV specials based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. The plot is similar to that of Jack London's Call of the Wild....
He's a Bully, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy (voice)
Charlie Brown and a few of his friends attend a camp, and there they meet Joe Agate, a lying bully who offers to teach kids the game of Marbles without telling them it's for keep. Then he takes their marbles for good. When Rerun is tricked and gets his marbles taken, Charlie Brown must use his own marbles to help get the other kids their marbles back. The only problem is, Charlie Brown doesn't know how to play....
The One and Only June Foray
Character: Self
This film is about the life and times of legendary voice actress June Foray. From her beginnings as a child wanting to be an actress, to becoming one of the greatest voice talents in the golden age of animation....
You're in Love, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy (voice)
With the school year coming to a close, Charlie Brown is trying to work up the courage to meet his dream girl, whom he only knows as "The Little Red Haired Girl." However, he's too nervous to go meet her upfront and all his attempts to impress her at school backfire disastrously. His friends, Linus and Peppermint Patty, try to help, but only aggravate the situation, while Charlie Brown desperately tries to find a solution to this romantic conundrum....
There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy (voice) (uncredited)
Charlie Brown's last chance to salvage his grades seems doomed when he confuses a supermarket for an art gallery he has to do a paper on....
A Charlie Brown Celebration
Character: Snoopy (voice)
Several new different Peanuts sketches are featured in this TV special, adapted from the comic strip, including Peppermint Patty's stint at dog training school and Charlie Brown spending time in the hospital....
Snoopy: The Musical
Character: Woodstock (voice) (uncredited)
The animated adaption of the second stage musical based on the "Peanuts" comics strip, focusing on Snoopy....
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice) (uncredited)
The Peanuts gang perform the classic Broadway musical. In addition to the classic songs, we see Charlie Brown and his friends perform the various comedy sketches of the play....
It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice) (uncredited)
This hour-long anthology presents six animated shorts. "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz appears on camera to introduce these adaptations of some of his favorite strips, which include Charlie Brown spending two unexpectedly pleasant weeks at summer camp; Peppermint Patty and Marcie taking jobs as golf caddies, with disastrous results; and Lucy trying to cure Linus' dependence on his security blanket....
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
Character: Himself
A documentary about Frank Tashlin's cartoons....
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Character: Himself
A documentary on the Looney Tunes. Including interviews from people who worked on it, and their family....
The Making of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
Character: Self
Now, years later, fans can get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Christmas favorite. Hosted by comedienne Whoopi Goldberg, this program includes interviews with some of the actors who brought the Peanuts gang to life, and archive footage of the creator himself, Charles Schulz....
It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
Based on the legend of the Pied Piper, it stars Snoopy as the title character, who tries to rid the Peanuts' gang's hometown of mice by playing his concertina, in return for a year's supply of dog food....
It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown
Character: Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
The story begins at a big football game where Snoopy wins a game from Peppermint Patty's team. That night, Snoopy gets out a radio, learns some 80's dance moves, and becomes Flashbeagle....
A Christmas Miracle: The Making of A Charlie Brown Christmas
Character: Self
A behind the scenes look at how A Charlie Brown Christmas was made....
We Need a Blockbuster, Charlie Brown
Character: Self
A documentary short detailing the making of the classic cartoon "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," and the particular pressure the creative team felt after the massive success of its former creation, "A Charlie Brown Christmas."...
Popcorn and Jellybeans: Making a Thanksgiving Classic
Character: Self
Documentary on the making of the Peanuts Thanksgiving special....
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
Character: Himself
A documentary about the Fleischer brothers and how they revolutionized animation....