Edward G. Robinson character based on Robinson's tough-guy image was The Frog (Chauncey "Flat Face" Frog) from the cartoon series "Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse". The voice of B.B. Eyes in "The Dick Tracy Show" was based on Robinson, with Mel Blanc and Jerry Hausner sharing voicing duties. The animated series "Wacky Races"' character 'Clyde' from the Ant Hill Mob was based on Robinson's Little Caesar persona. In the 1989 animated series "C.O.P.S." the mastermind villain Brandon "Big Boss" Babel's voice sounded just like Edward G. Robinson when he would talk to his gangsters. Then years later voice actor Hank Azaria has noted
As I Lay Dying (film) As I Lay Dying (film) As I Lay Dying is a 2013 American drama film directed and co-written by and starring James Franco, based on William Faulkner's novel of the same name published in 1930. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard Section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The story is based on the loss of a mother and the struggles the family endure by going the distance to her burial ground in her home town. James Franco decided to write a screenplay of the novel with a fellow Yale graduate student Matt Rager. The novel "As