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
Dewey Robinson film when he played a waiter in George Cukor's "Tarnished Lady", starring Tallulah Bankhead. That performance did not receive screen credit, and this was often the case over Robinson's career, although he was in the billed main cast in "Murder on the Campus" (1934), "Navy Secrets" (1939) and "There Goes Kelly" (1945). Because of his size and physical presence, Robinson worked often during periods when gangster movies were the rage. Notable early roles for Robinson include a polo-playing hood in "Little Giant" (1933) starring Edward G. Robinson, a supervisor of slaves in Eddie Cantor's "Roman Scandals" that same year, and