Daws Butler

Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler was an American voice actor, who specialized in voicing characters in animated films and television series. He worked mostly for the studio, where he originated the voices of many iconic characters, including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Wally Gator, Mr. Jinks, Elroy Jetson, Dixie, Augie Doggie and Spike Bulldog. He also voiced the Fish/Carlos K. Krinklebine in the 1971 animated TV special adaptation of and Wally Walrus in the series.
His only known Disney work was voicing a Penguin Waiter and a Turtle in Mary Poppins, Reason in Understanding Alcohol Use and Abuse, Geppetto and Stromboli in a Pinocchio record album, Trusty, Jim Dear, and Boris in a Lady and the Tramp record album, and the Gryphon (a character cut from Alice in Wonderland) in a 1950's commercial.
Along with Stan Freberg, Paul Frees, and June Foray, Butler also provided voices for countless Disneyland LP albums featuring recreations of several successful Disney cartoons and films.
Butler also taught and mentored other aspiring voice actors in a converted studio workshop at his Beverly Hills home, with Corey Burton and Nancy Cartwright among them.
He was also a friend of Don Messick.
==Roles==
Mary-poppins-disneyscreencaps.com-5823.jpg|Penguin Waiters(Mary Poppins)
Mary-poppins-disneyscreencaps.com-5242.jpg|Turtles(Mary Poppins)
Reason.jpg|Reason(Understanding Alcohol Use and Abuse)
Profile - Gepetto.jpeg|Geppetto(Pinocchio; 1954 record album)
Profile - Stromboli .jpeg|Stromboli(Pinocchio; 1954 record album)
Profile - Trusty .jpeg|Trusty(Lady and the Tramp; 1955 record album)
Ladyandthetramp2 077.jpg|Jim Dear(Lady and the Tramp; 1955 record album)
Boris LATT.jpg|Boris(Lady and the Tramp; 1955 record album)
Grifo.jpg|The Gryphon(Alice in Wonderland; deleted character)
==Gallery==
Daws Butler (1976).jpg|Daws Butler in 1976.
==Trivia==
*Butler was once suggested to voice a leading character in The Wuzzles, but was later turned down because Disney didn't want a character sounding like a character.
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Category:1910s births
Category:Voice actors
Category:Males
Category:Deceased
Category:Mary Poppins
Category:1980s deaths
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Category:Annie Award Winner
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Category:Pinocchio
Category:Alice in Wonderland
Category:Lady and the Tramp