Daws Butler in 1976. Photo by Alan Light.

Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler (November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was a voice actor born in Toledo, Ohio. He originated the voices of many famous animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (555x627, 242 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Daws Butler ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (555x627, 242 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Daws Butler ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Nickname: The Glass City Location in the state of Ohio Country United States State Ohio County Lucas Mayor Carty Finkbeiner (D) Area    - City 217. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn) film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot (even if it is a very short one). ... Yogi Bear Yogi Bear is a fictional cartoon bear created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. ... Huckleberry Hound is a fictional cartoon character created by Hanna-Barbera, and the star of the late 1950s animated series The Huckleberry Hound Show, Hanna-Barberas second series made for television after The Ruff & Reddy Show. ...

One of his first voice roles was that of Snap, one of the Rice Krispies elf mascots Snap, Crackle and Pop. His first major success, however, came in the mid-1940s at MGM. Tex Avery hired Butler to provide narration work for several of his cartoons. In many cartoons there was a nameless wolf who spoke in a southern accent and whistled all the time. Butler provided the voice for this wolf. While at MGM, Avery wanted Butler to try to do the voice of Droopy Dog, a character that Bill Thompson regularly voiced. Butler performed the voice for a few cartoons, but he then told Avery about Don Messick, another voice actor and Butler's life-long friend. Messick quickly became a legendary voice actor. Snap, Crackle and Pop as they are usually portrayed today. ... A Rice Krispies box from the 1990s Rice Krispies (called Rice Bubbles in Australia) is a brand of breakfast cereal that has been produced by Kelloggs since 1928. ... Snap, Crackle and Pop as they are usually portrayed today. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Frederick Bean Fred/Tex Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during the Golden Age of Hollywood. ... The Southern United States Red states show the core of the American South. ... Droopy Dog in Señor Droopy. ... Bill Thompson (July 8, 1913 - July 15, 1971) was an American radio actor and voice actor whose career stretched from the 1930s until his death. ... Autographed photo of Don Messick. ...

In 1949 Butler landed a role in a televised puppet show created by Warner Brothers cartoon director Bob Clampett called Time for Beany. 33-year-old Butler was teamed up with 23-year-old Stan Freberg, and together they did all the voices of the puppets. Butler voiced Beany Boy and Captain Huffenpuff. Freberg voiced Cecil and Dishonest John. An entire stable of recurring characters were seen. The show's writers were Charles Shows and Lloyd Turner, whose dependably funny dialog was still always at the mercy of Butler's and Freberg's ad libs. Time for Beany ran from 1949 to 1954 and won several Emmy Awards. It was the basis for the cartoon Beany and Cecil. 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Wayang shadow-puppet created in Bali, in the early 20th century. ... Warner Bros. ... Robert Emerson Bob Clampett (May 8, 1913–May 4, 1984) was an animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes series of cartoons from Warner Bros. ... Time for Beany was a television series, with puppets for characters, which aired circa 1949-1955. ... Stanley Victor Freberg (born August 7, 1926 in Los Angeles) is a voice actor, comedian, and advertising creative. ... See AdLib for the computer sound card manufacturer. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Emmy Award. ... Beany and Cecil was a cartoon that ran from 1962 to 1967. ...

Butler briefly turned his attention to TV commercials, although he quickly moved to providing the voice to many nameless Walter Lantz characters on the Woody Woodpecker program. His notable character was the penguin "Chilly Willy" and his sidekick, the southern-speaking dog Smedley. Also in the 1950s, Stan Freberg asked Butler to help him write comedy skits for his Capitol Records albums. Their first collaboration, "St. George and the Dragon-Net" (based on Dragnet), was the first comedy record to sell over one million copies. Freberg was more of a satirist who did song parodies, but the bulk of his "talking" routines were co-written by, and co-starred, Daws Butler. Freberg's box-set, Tip of the Freberg (Rhino Entertainment, 1999) chronicles every aspect of Freberg's career except the cartoon voice-over work, and it showcases his career with Daws Butler. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Woody Woodpecker in the 1948 short Wacky-Bye Baby, directed by Dick Lundy. ... Chilly Willy is a fictional cartoon character, a diminutive anthropomorphic penguin, created by Tex Avery and Paul J. Smith for the Walter Lantz studio in 1953. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... St. ... Dragnet opening frame from the 1967 version. ... Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In 1957 Hanna-Barbera left MGM. Daws Butler and Don Messick were on-hand to provide voices. The first, The Ruff & Reddy Show, set the formula for the rest of the series of cartoons that the two would helm until the mid 1960s. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... The Ruff & Reddy Show was a Hanna-Barbera animated series starring Ruff, a cat voiced by Don Messick, and Reddy, a dog voiced by Daws Butler. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...

During the 1957–1965 era, Daws Butler gave voice to the following characters, among others: 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

• Reddy the dog
• Huckleberry Hound
• Yogi Bear
• Snagglepuss
• Quick Draw McGraw
• Baba Looey
• Loopy De Loop
• Dixie Mouse
• Mr. Jinks
• Super Snooper and Blabber Mouse
• Fibber Fox
• Aesop's Son (in the "Aesop and Son" segment of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show)
• Wimpy (from the Popeye cartoons)
• Augie Doggie
• Hokey Wolf
• Wally Gator
• Alfie Gator
• Peter Potamus
• Lippy the Lion
• Elroy Jetson
• Cogswell
• Henry Orbit
• Captain Skyhook
• Rock Slag
• Big Gruesome
• Red Max
• Sgt. Blast
• Peter Perfect
• Ruffus Ruffcut
• Scooby-Dum
• Bingo

Butler would voice most of these characters for many decades, in both TV shows and in some commercials. The breakfast cereal mascot Cap'n Crunch became an icon of sorts on Saturday morning TV through many commercials produced by Jay Ward. Butler gave voice to the Cap'n from the 1960s to the 1980s. He based the voice on an old character actor named Charlie Butterworth (who was also the inspiration for the voice of Quick Draw McGraw, with a Western twang added). In the 1970s he was the voice of "Hair Bear" and a few characters in minor cartoons such as C.B. Bears. On Wacky Races Butler provided the voice for a number of the racers. On Laff-a-Lympics, Butler was virtually the entire "Yogi Yahooey" team. The Ruff & Reddy Show was a Hanna-Barbera animated series starring Ruff, a cat voiced by Don Messick, and Reddy, a dog voiced by Daws Butler. ... 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Butler based some of his voices on popular celebrities of the day. Yogi Bear began as an Art Carney impression (Butler had done a similar voice in several of Robert McKimson's films at Warner Bros and Stan Freberg's comedy record "The Honey-Earthers"). However, Butler soon changed Yogi's voice making it much deeper and more sing-songy, thus making it a more original voice. Hokey Wolf began as an impression of Phil Silvers, and Snagglepuss as Bert Lahr. Again, Butler redesigned these voices, making them his own inventions. Huckleberry Hound was inspired many years earlier, in 1945, by the North Carolina neighbor of Daws's wife's family. Art Carney starring as Ed Norton from The Honeymooners Art Carney as Saun Dann in The Star Wars Holiday Special. ... Robert Bob McKimson, Sr. ... Phil Silvers TV Guide cover Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor. ... Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion. ...

When Mel Blanc was recovering from a motor vehicle accident, Butler stepped in to provide the voice of Barney Rubble (another rather Carney-esque voice) in four episodes of Flintstones. Aside from The Jetsons, Butler remained somewhat low-key in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1975, Butler began an acting workshop that spawned such talents as Nancy Cartwright (The Simpsons), Corey Burton (Old Navy, Disney), and Joe Bevilacqua (NPR). Melvin Jerome Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was a prolific American voice actor, performing on radio, in television commercials, and most famously, in hundreds of cartoon shorts for Warner Bros. ... Barney Rubble. ... The Flintstones, an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, is one of the most successful animated television series of all time. ... The Jetsons was a prime-time American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and aired from September 23, 1962 to March 3, 1963. ... Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress and voice actor. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Corey Burton (born August 3, 1955), is a voice actor. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Joe Bevilacqua Joe Bevilacqua (born 1959) is an award-winning voice actor, radio producer, dramatist, humorist, and documentarian. ... NPR logo For other meanings of NPR see NPR (disambiguation) National Public Radio (NPR) is a private, not-for-profit corporation that sells programming to member radio stations; together they are a loosely organized public radio network in the United States. ...

In the year of his death The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound was released, a tour-de-force featuring most of his classic early characters.

Daws Butler died of a heart attack on May 18, 1988. He was 71. Daws Butler is interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Many of his roles were assumed by Greg Burson, who had personally studied with Butler for years. Culver City Seal Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

For further information

• The video Daws Butler: Voice Magician is a 1987 documentary of Butler's career from his pre-MGM days on up through his teaming with Freberg in 1949 and the teaming with Don Messick in 1957.

• Former Butler protege Joe Bevilacqua hosts a radio series on XM Satellite Radio's Sonic Theater Channel (163) called The Comedy-O-Rama Hour which features a regular segment called What the Butler Wrote: Scenes from the Daws Butler Workshop with rare scripts of Daws performed by his students, including Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson, and whose autobiography cites Butler as being her mentor, and the greatest influence on her life), and rare recordings of Daws himself. Bevilacqua has also co-authored the authorized (with Ben Ohmart) biography book Daws Butler, Characters Actor, and edited the book Scenes for Actors and Voices written by Daws Butler, both published by Bear Manor Media.

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External links

• The Official Daws Butler Website
• Comedy-O-Rama and Scenes From the Daws Butler Workshop
• Daws Butler at the Voice Chasers Database
• Daws Butler at the Internet Movie Database