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Fictional character
Tom Cat
Tom and Jerry character
Tom's design in the Hanna-Barbera shorts.
First appearance
Jasper:
Puss Gets the Boot (1940)
Tom or Thomas:
The Midnight Snack (1941)
Created by
William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voiced by
Harry E. Lang (1940–1953)
William Hanna (1941–1958, 2006, 2014–present)
Mel Blanc (1946, 1953–1956, 1963–1967)
Daws Butler (1957)
Allen Swift (1961–1962)
Terence Monk (1964, 1967)
June Foray (1966)
John Stephenson (1975)
Lou Scheimer (1980)
Frank Welker (1990–1993)
Richard Kind (also speaking; 1992)
Alan Marriott (2000)
Jeff Bennett (2002)
Marc Silk (2002)
Bill Kopp (2005)
Spike Brandt (2005–2017)
Don Brown (2006–2008)
Rich Danhakl (2014–2021)
Andrew Dickman (2021)
Kaiji Tang (2021)
Eric Bauza (2022)
Megumi Aratake (2022)
Developed by
William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
In-universe information
Full name
Thomas Jasper Cat Sr.[1]
Species
Tuxedo British Cat
Gender
Male
Relatives
George (identical cousin)
Nationality
American
Thomas Jasper "Tom" Cat Sr. is a fictional character and one of the two titular main protagonists (the other being Jerry Mouse) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of Tom and Jerry theatrical animated short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, he is a grey and white anthropomorphic (but usually silent) domestic short haired tuxedo British cat who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short Puss Gets the Boot.[2] The cat was known as "Jasper" during his debut in the short;[3] however, beginning with his next appearance in The Midnight Snack he was known as "Tom" or "Thomas".
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^Mark Christopher Carnes (2002), American national biography, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-522202-9
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