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Donald "Don" Messick (September 7, 1926 – October 24, 1997) was a voice actor, one of the most prolific voice actors of the second half of the 20th century. is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
Messick, a native of Buffalo, New York, was most famous as the voice of several Hanna-Barbera characters, including Scooby and Scrappy-Doo, Ranger Smith, Boo-Boo Bear, Muttley, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Astro, and Dr. Benton Quest. Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State County Government - Mayor Byron Brown (D) Area - City 52. ...
Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ...
Scooby-Doo Scoobert Scooby-Doo is a fictional dog and the eponymous character of the popular television series Scooby-Doo. ...
Scrappy-Doo is the unchangeable and exuberant nephew of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon dog Scooby-Doo. ...
Ranger Smith was an animated short created for Cartoon Network directed, produced, and created by Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi. ...
The term boo boo may also refer to an unitentional error or the partner of Yogi Bear ...
Muttley, as seen on Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines Muttley is a Hanna-Barbera animated fictional character created by Iwao Takamoto and originally voiced by Don Messick (who also voiced Scooby-Doo); he is now voiced by Billy West. ...
Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble, as infants. ...
Astro the dog is a canine character on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, The Jetsons. ...
Jonny Quest was a science fiction animated series created by Doug Wildey for Hanna-Barbera which had its debut on ABC in 1964. ...
Messick first wanted to be a ventriloquist, and even for a time supported himself as one. His big break came in the mid-1940s. At MGM, Tex Avery was doing the Droopy Dog cartoons. The regular voice actor, radio actor Bill Thompson, was not available. Daws Butler, who voiced characters for MGM, suggested that Avery seek out Messick. And so, Messick was called on to voice Droopy. Later, in the mid-1950s, when Bill Thompson parted ways with MGM, Messick took over the role of Droopy. A standard Droopy opening title card from the early 1950s. ...
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. ...
Daws Butler in 1976. ...
Messick and Butler became a voice acting team for the Hanna-Barbera unit in 1957 with the arrival of Ruff and Reddy. Don was Ruff the cat and the Droopy-sounding Professor Gizmo. Butler was the southern-speaking dog, Reddy. Messick also narrated the show, which played out like an animated soap opera. 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. ...
From 1957 to 1965, Butler and Messick gave voice to a staggering number of characters. Always the side-kick, Messick’s characters weren’t headliners. His notable roles in this era were “Boo-Boo”, “Ranger Smith”, “Major Minor”, “Pixie Mouse”, and “Astro.” Yogi Bear Yogi Bear is a fictional anthropomorphic bear who appears in animated cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera Studios. ...
Yogi Bear Yogi Bear is a fictional anthropomorphic bear who appears in animated cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera Studios. ...
Snagglepuss is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character created in 1959; a pink anthropomorphic mountain lion voiced by Daws Butler. ...
Pixie, Dixie, and Mr. ...
Astro the dog is a canine character on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, The Jetsons. ...
Messick was used primarily for his narration skills, which were heard on all of those cartoons in which Daws Butler starred. The off-camera voice telling us about the latest fiasco Quick Draw McGraw got himself into was Don Messick. Butler was Quick Draw and his Mexican side-kick, Baba Looey. Messick would eventually star in a cartoon series: Ricochet Rabbit. This character was paired with the slow-poke Deputy Droop-a-Long (Mel Blanc voiced the deputy). El Kabong redirects here. ...
Baba Looey is a fictional character of the animated cartoon series Quick Draw McGraw. ...
Ricochet Rabbit was a cartoon antropomorphic rabbit who worked as a sherrif in a Western setting called Hoop n Holler. ...
Melvin Jerome Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was a prolific American voice actor. ...
The outer space cartoons were where Messick really shone. His unique gift at creating noises and sounds for weird space creatures and aliens really helped the space cartoons in a big way. His “Ranger Smith” voice was often heard as space villains. His narrator voice was given to “Vapor Man,” “Dr. Benton Quest,” and “Multi Man.” His narrating voice was also heard on Hong Kong Phooey (1974) and Laff-A-Lympics (1977). Jonny Quest was a science fiction animated series created by Doug Wildey for Hanna-Barbera which had its debut on ABC in 1964. ...
The Impossibles. ...
Hong Kong Phooey Hong Kong Phooey is a 16-episode (31 shorts) Hanna-Barbera animated series that first aired on ABC Saturday morning from September 7, 1974 to September 4, 1976. ...
Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
Laff-A-Lympics title screen Laff-A-Lympics was the co-headlining segment, with Scooby-Doo, of the package Saturday morning cartoon series Scoobys All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. ...
Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...
In 1969, he was cast as the cowardly canine “Scooby-Doo” on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. This role would remain Messick’s biggest and best-known. He voiced the Great Dane through all of the various versions of Scooby-Doo: on TV in numerous formats from 1969 to 1985, four telefilms, and a number of commercials as well. Messick was still voicing the role when A Pup Named Scooby-Doo came along from 1988 to 1991. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is the first incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. ...
In the 1980s his biggest role was Papa Smurf on the Smurfs series from 1981 to 1990. He also voiced Ratchet (the Autobot doctor), Gears, and Constructicon Scavenger on The Transformers. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
The Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs in French) are a fictional race of small blue creatures who live in a forest somewhere in Europe. ...
The year 1981 in television involved some significant events. ...
The year 1990 in television involved some significant events. ...
Ratchet is the name of several characters in the Transformers universes. ...
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Gears is the name of a fictional character in the Transformers toy line and fictional storyline. ...
Devastator Devastator (Japanese: Devstar) is the name of the first gestalt created in the Transformers fictional universe. ...
Scavenger is the name of several characters in the Transformers universes. ...
The Transformers (G1) 1984-1987, U.S. This page is a partner page to Transformers Universes, listing the various television series that the Transformer toyline has spawned since its creation in 1984. ...
In the mid-1980s, new episodes of The Jetsons were produced. Messick was back as Astro, RUDI, and new voice Uniblab, a pesky robot that worked for Mr. Spacely (voice of Mel Blanc). The Jetsons is a prime-time animated television series that was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. ...
The Jetsons is a prime-time animated television series that was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. ...
Cosmo G. Spacely is a fictional character in the animated series The Jetsons, voiced by Mel Blanc. ...
In the 1990s, he voiced Hamton J. Pig in FOX’s Tiny Toon Adventures and its spin-offs from 1991 to 1995. FOX also had Messick return to his Droopy character for Droopy: Master Detective in 1993. Hamton Hamton Joseph Pig (usually just called Hamton) is a fictional anthropomorphic pig from the 1990s animated series Tiny Toon Adventures. ...
The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ...
Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures (also known as Tiny Toon Adventures or Tiny Toons) is an American animated television series created and produced as a collaborative effort between Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros. ...
In 1996, at the age of 70, Messick suffered a stroke while inside a cartoon studio recording voices. It has been said[citation needed] that Messick turned pale, looked over at the director and said, “I can’t do this anymore”, then stumbled out to his car and drove home. A week later, Messick’s agent sent word that he had retired.
On October 24, 1997, at age 71, Messick suffered a second stroke and died of complications shortly afterward. is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
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