Real Name: Vance DeBar Colvig
Date of Birth: 11 August 1892
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Oregon
Date of Death: 03 October 1967

Trivia: Pinto Colvig originated the role of Bozo for Capitol Records, and was also the first TV Bozo. Son Vance Colvig Jr. continued to play Bozo for years, and was a voice actor in his own right. Colvig had worked as a circus barker and musician (playing the clarinet) before establishing himself as a cartoonist and animator (working with Walter Lantz), and then serving as longtime gag and story man for both Disney and Fleischer. He wrote the lyrics to the song "The World Owes Me a Living" from the Silly Symphony "The Grasshopper and the Ants" (which he performed as the title character, and re-used for Goofy in "On the Ice.")

According to John Canemaker, Colvig was probably the one who suggested the use of musical instruments to provide the "voices" of the characters in "Music Land."

Relations: Father of Vance Colvig.