Daws Butler

Charles Dawson Butler (November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988), professionally known as Daws Butler, was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company and the Walter Lantz cartoon studio. He originated the voices of many familiar Hanna-Barbera characters, including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey, Auggie Doggie, Loopy De Loop, Wally Gator, Snooper and Blabber, Dixie and Mr. Jinks, Hokey Wolf, Lippy the Lion, Elroy Jetson, Lambsy, Peter Potamus, The Funky Phantom and Hair Bear.[2][3] While at Walter Lantz, he did the voices of Chilly Willy, Smedley, Maxie the Polar Bear, Gooney, and Sam in the Maggie and Sam series.
== Early life and career[edit] ==
Butler was born on November 16, 1916, in Toledo, Ohio, the only child of Charles Allen Butler (1890-1972) and Ruth Butler (1899-1960). The family later moved from Ohio to Oak Park, Illinois, where Butler became interested in impersonating people.[4][5]
In 1935, Butler began performing as an impressionist, entering multiple amateur contests and winning most of them—not with the intention of showing his talent, but as a personal challenge to overcome his shyness. He subsequently won professional engagements at vaudeville theaters.[5]
He then teamed up with fellow performers Jack Lavin and Willard Ovitz, forming the comedy trio The Three Short Waves. They played in theaters, on radio, and in nightclubs, with positive reviews from regional critics and audiences. They dissolved the act in 1941 when Butler joined the U.S. Navy as America entered World War II. He subsequently met his wife-to-be Myrtis at a wartime function near Washington, D.C.[6]
His first voice work for an animated character was in the animated short Short Snorts on Sports (1948), produced by Screen Gems. At the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, Tex Avery hired Butler to provide the voice of a British wolf on Little Rural Riding Hood (1949) and also to narrate several of his cartoons.[5]
Throughout the late 1940s and mid-1950s, Butler had roles in many Avery-directed cartoons: the Fox in Out-Foxed, the narrator/cat in The Cuckoo Clock, the Cobbler in The Peachy Cobbler, Mr. Theeves and Spike (one line) in Droopy's Double Trouble, Mysto the Magician in Magical Maestro, John the Cab and John the B-29 Bomber in One Cab's Family and Little Johnny Jet, and Charlie in The Legend of Rockabye Point.[5]
Beginning with The Three Little Pups, Butler provided the voice for a nameless wolf that spoke in a Southern accent and whistled all the time (the tune was Henry C. Work's "Kingdom Coming"). The character also appeared in Sheep Wrecked, Billy Boy, and many other cartoons. At MGM, Avery wanted Butler to take on the voice of Droopy, at a time when Bill Thompson was unavailable due to radio engagements. Butler did a few lines, then recommended Don Messick, another actor and Butler's lifelong friend, who was better at imitating Thompson. Messick voiced Droopy in several shorts.[5][7]
In 1949, Butler landed a role in a televised puppet show created by former Warner Bros. Cartoons animation director Bob Clampett called Time for Beany. He was teamed with Stan Freberg, with whom he did all the puppets' voices: Butler voiced Beany Boy and Captain Huffenpuff, and Freberg voiced Cecil and Dishonest John. An entire stable of recurring characters were also 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.[8]
In 1952, Butler starred in the live-action short Nice Try, Virgil.[9]
He briefly turned his attention to writing and voicing TV commercials. In the 1950s, Freberg asked him to help him write comedy skits for his Capitol Records albums. Their first collaboration, "St. George and the Dragonet" (based on Dragnet), was the first comedy record to sell over a million copies. Freberg was more of a satirist who did song parodies, but the bulk of his dialogue routines were co-written by and co-starred Butler.[10]
Butler teamed again with Freberg and actress June Foray in a CBS radio series, The Stan Freberg Show, which ran from July to October 1957 as a summer replacement for Jack Benny's program. 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 showcases his career with Butler. In Mr. Magoo, the UPA theatrical animated short series for Columbia Pictures, Butler played Magoo's nephew Waldo (also voiced by Jerry Hausner at various times).[10] In Freberg's "Green Chri$tma$" in 1958, a scathing indictment of the over-commercialization of the holiday, Butler soberly hoped instead that we'd remember "whose birthday we're celebrating".
Butler provided the voices of many nameless Walter Lantz Productions' characters for theatrical shorts later seen on the Woody Woodpecker program. His characters included the penguin Chilly Willy and his best friend Smedley, a Southern-speaking dog (the same voice used for Tex Avery's laid-back wolf character and for Hanna-Barbera's Huckleberry Hound).[8]
In 1957, when MGM had closed their animation unit, producers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera quickly formed their own company, and Butler and Don Messick were on hand to provide voices. The first, The Ruff and Reddy Show, with Butler voicing Reddy, set the formula for the rest of the series of cartoons that the two helmed until the mid-1960s. He played the title roles in The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Quick Draw McGraw Show, and The Yogi Bear Show, and portrayed a variety of other characters.[11][8][5]
== Characters[edit] ==
Some of the characters voiced by Butler from 1948 to 1988 included:
* Aesop's Son (in the "Aesop and Son" segment of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show)
* Alfy Gator (of Yakky Doodle)
* Albert (Albert in Blunderland/To Be an Ant)
* Ali Gator (in two Lantz theatrical shorts)
* Augie Doggie
* Baba Looey (from Quick Draw McGraw)
* Barney Rubble (from The Flintstones) (1959–1961; The Flagstones pilot and season two episodes 1, 2, 5, 6, and 9 only)
* Big Gruesome
* Bingo (of The Banana Splits)
* "Bring 'Em Back Alive" Clive
* Brutus the Lion (of The Roman Holidays)
* Cap'n Crunch[12]
* Captain Skyhook (of The Space Kidettes)
* Chilly Willy
* Cogswell
* Colonel Pot Shot
* Dixie Mouse (of Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks)
* Droopy (1955; Deputy Droopy)
* Elroy Jetson
* Fibber Fox (of Yakky Doodle)
* Fred Flintstone (1959; The Flagstones pilot only)
* Gabby Gator (of Woody Woodpecker)
* Gooney the "Gooney Bird" Albatross
* Hair Bear (of Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch)
* Henry Orbit
* Hokey Wolf
* Huckleberry Hound
* Hustle (of The CB Bears)
* J. Wellington Wimpy in The All New Popeye Hour
* Jonathan Wellington "Mudsy" Muddlemore (of The Funky Phantom)
* Karlos K. Krinkelbein (from the 1971 animated TV special version of The Cat in the Hat)
* Lambsy (of "It's the Wolf" on Cattanooga Cats)
* Lippy the Lion
* Loopy De Loop
* Louie (from The Dogfather)
* Maxie the Polar Bear
* Mr. Jinks (of Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks)
* Peter Perfect, Red Max, Rock Slag, Rufus Ruffcut, and Sgt. Blast (from Wacky Races)
* Peter Potamus
* Pug (from The Dogfather; first episode only)
* Quick Draw McGraw
* Quisp
* Raggedy Andy (in The Great Santa Claus Caper (1978) and The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile (1979))
* Reddy the dog (from The Ruff & Reddy Show)
* Smedley the Dog (from the Chilly Willy cartoons)
* Snagglepuss
* Snap, Crackle and Pop (of Rice Krispies)
* Super Snooper and Blabber Mouse
* Spike the Bulldog (of Spike and Tyke) (1949–1957)
* Stick and Duke (of Posse Impossible)
* The Whether Man, The Senses Taker, The Terrible Trivium, and the Gelatinous Giant from The Phantom Tollbooth
* Undercover Elephant
* Wally Gator
* Wolf (from the Droopy cartoons)
* Yahooey (from Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey)
* Yogi Bear
Butler voiced most of these characters for 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 played Cap'n from the 1960s to the 1980s. He based the voice on that of character actor Charles Butterworth. In 1961, while Mel Blanc was recovering from a road accident, Daws Butler substituted for him to voice Barney Rubble in five episodes of The Flintstones (The Hit Songwriter, Droop-Along Flintstone, Fred Flintstone Woos Again, The Rock Quarry Story, The Little White Lie). Butler had previously voiced the characters of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble in the 90 second pilot for the series (when it was called The Flagstones).
In 1964, Butler was featured as Huckleberry Hound on a 45rpm record, "Bingo, Ringo", a comedic story combining The Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr and Lorne Greene's hit record "Ringo".
In Wacky Races, Butler provided the voices for a number of the racers, Rock Slag, Big Gruesome, the Red Max, Sgt. Blast, Peter Perfect, and Rufus Ruffcut. He voiced a penguin and a turtle in the movie Mary Poppins, his only known work for Disney. Along with Stan Freberg, Paul Frees and June Foray, Butler also provided voices for children's records featuring recreations of several successful Disney cartoons and films.
== Inspirations[edit] ==
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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 Brothers, and on Stan Freberg's comedy record "The Honey-Earthers". However, he soon changed Yogi's voice, making it much deeper and more sing-songy.
Hokey Wolf began as an impression of Phil Silvers, and Snagglepuss as Bert Lahr. When Snagglepuss began appearing in commercials for Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies in 1961, Lahr threatened to sue Butler for "stealing" his voice. As part of the settlement, the disclaimer "Snagglepuss voice by Daws Butler" was required to appear on each commercial, making him the only voice actor ever to receive credit in an animated TV commercial. Huckleberry Hound was inspired by a North Carolina neighbor of Butler's wife's family; he previously used the voice for Tex Avery's laid-back wolf and Walter Lantz's Smedley.
== Later life[edit] ==
In the 1970s, Butler was the voice of "Hair Bear" on Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! and a few characters in minor cartoons such as C.B. Bears. On Laff-a-Lympics, he was virtually the entire "Yogi Yahooey" team. He also played the title character in The Funky Phantom, and Louie and Pug on The Pink Panther Show. In 1977, he guest-starred as Captain Numo and his lackey Schultz on the What's New, Mr. Magoo? episode "Secret Agent Magoo".
Butler remained somewhat low-key in the 1970s and 1980s until a revival of The Jetsons and Hanna-Barbera's crossover series Yogi's Treasure Hunt, both in 1985. Also in 1983, he voiced the title character Wacky WallWalker in Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls.
In 1975, Butler began an acting workshop which spawned such talents as Nancy Cartwright, Corey Burton, Joe Bevilacqua, Bill Farmer, Pat Parris, Tony Pope, Linda Gary, Bob Bergen, Greg Berg,[13] Greg Burson, Mona Marshall, Brian Cummings,[14] Sherry Lynn, Joey Camen, Keith Scott, Sonny Melendrez, Charles Howerton, Hal Rayle, and writer Earl Kress.
In the year of his death, The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound was released, featuring most of his early characters.
== Personal life[edit] ==
Daws met and married Myrtis Martin in 1943 while he was in the United States Navy during World War II.[15][16] They had four sons, David, Don, Paul and Charles, and remained married until his death in 1988.[17]
== Death[edit] ==
Butler died of a heart attack on May 18, 1988, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at age 71. A few months before he died, he contracted pneumonia, and had suffered a stroke a few months before that.[11][16] The television special Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration was dedicated to him. Many of his roles were assumed by Greg Burson, whom Butler personally trained until his death.[18]
Myrtis Mayfield Martin Butler (born January 13, 1917, Stanly County, North Carolina) died on November 15, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 101. She was buried next to Daws in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City.[19]
== Legacy[edit] ==
Butler trained many voice actors, including Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson), Corey Burton (the voice of Count Dooku in several animated Star Wars series, as well as Dale in Chip 'n' Dale),[20] Bill Farmer (the current voice of Goofy, Pluto, and Horace Horsecollar), Bob Bergen (the voice of Porky Pig), Joe Bevilacqua (whom Butler personally taught how to do all his characters), Greg Burson (the voice of Yogi Bear and Bugs Bunny), and Mona Marshall (the voice of various characters in South Park). Butler's voice and scripts were a frequent part of Bevilacqua's now-defunct XM show.[21]
Bevilacqua also wrote Butler's official biography, published by Bear Manor Media.[22] A new book of cartoon scripts written by Butler and Joe Bevilacqua, Uncle Dunkle and Donnie: Fractured Fables, was scheduled for publication in the fall of 2009. A four-volume, 4½-hour audio set of Uncle Dunkle and Donnie was to be simultaneously released, with Bevilacqua performing all 97 characters in 35 stories. Butler also trained Hal Rayle, who ultimately determined that his best-known character of Doyle Cleverlobe from Galaxy High School should sound like "Elroy Jetson after he finished puberty".[23]
== In popular culture[edit] ==
* The video Daws Butler: Voice Magician is a 1987 documentary of Butler's career, from his pre-MGM days through his teaming with Freberg in 1949 and teaming with Don Messick in 1957. It was originally seen as a PBS pledge-drive special.
* Former Butler protégé Joe Bevilacqua hosted a radio series on XM Satellite Radio's Sonic Theater Channel called The Comedy-O-Rama Hour. It had a regular segment, What the Butler Wrote: Scenes from the Daws Butler Workshop, with rare scripts of Butler's performed by his students (including Nancy Cartwright) and rare recordings of Butler himself. Bevilacqua has also co-authored (with Ben Ohmart) the authorized biography book Daws Butler, Characters Actor, and edited the book Scenes for Actors and Voices written by Butler, both published by Bear Manor Media.
* Butler was a contestant on Groucho Marx's quiz show You Bet Your Life in 1960. The studio audience did not recognize him until he began speaking like Huckleberry Hound. He and his partner Marie Gómez split the top prize of $10,000.[24]
* In 1985, Butler was interviewed about his career on Dr. Demento's radio show.
== Filmography[edit] ==
=== Animated films and theatrical shorts[edit] ===
Year 	Title 	Roles 	Notes
1948 	Short Snorts on Sports 	 	Screen Gems (Columbia) Theatrical short
1949 	Little Rural Riding Hood 	City Wolf / Telegram Boy[25] 	MGM Theatrical short
1949 	Out-Foxed 	Fox / Kennel Master[25] 	Droopy Theatrical short
1949 	The Sailor and the Seagull 	Seagull / Bartender / Boss on phone / Insurance Notary[25] 	UPA Theatrical short
1950 	Punchy de Leon 	Crow 	UPA Theatrical short
1950 	Albert in Blunderland(a.k.a. To Be an Ant) 	Albert / Movie Narrator / Guard 	MGM Theatrical short
1950 	The Chump Champ 	Spike / Master of Ceremonies / Fortune Teller / Queen of Sports[25] 	Droopy Theatrical short
1950 	The Peachy Cobbler 	Narrator / The Cobbler[25] 	MGM Theatrical short
1950 	The Cuckoo Clock 	Narrator (The Cat)[25] 	MGM Theatrical short
1951 	Jerry and the Goldfish 	Chef Francois 	Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
1951 	Droopy's Double Trouble 	Mr. Theeves / Spike (one line)[25] 	Droopy Theatrical short
1952 	Gift Wrapped 	Narrator 	Sylvester and Tweety Theatrical short
1952 	Magical Maestro 	Mysto the Magician[25] 	MGM Theatrical short
1952 	One Cab's Family 	John the Cab / Doctor[25] 	MGM Theatrical short
1952 	A Case for Hypnosis 	Doctor Twiddle 	
1953 	Little Johnny Jet 	John the Bomber[25] 	MGM Theatrical short
1953 	The T.V. of Tomorrow 	Gambler[25] 	Theatrical short
1953 	The Three Little Pups 	Wolf / Narrator[25] 	Droopy Theatrical short
1954 	Crazy Mixed-Up Pup 	Samuel / The Dog/Milkman 	Theatrical short
1954 	Billy Boy 	Wolf 	MGM Theatrical short
1954 	Under the Counter Spy 	Hammerer 	Woody Woodpecker Theatrical short
1954 	Pet Peeve 	George 	Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
1954 	Convict Concerto 	Police Officer 	Woody Woodpecker Theatrical short
1954 	I'm Cold 	Smedley 	Chilly Willy Theatrical short
1955 	Pecos Pest 	Announcer 	Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
1955 	Deputy Droopy 	Sheriff / Droopy / Tall Robber (ending lines) 	Droopy Theatrical short
1955 	Hot and Cold Penguin 	Smedley 	Chilly Willy Theatrical short
1955 	Heir-Conditioned 	Cat 	Sylvester and Tweety Theatrical short
1955 	The Tree Medic 	Tree Surgeon 	Walter Lantz Theatrical short
1955 	Sh-h-h-h-h-h 	Mr. Twiddle / Doctor / Hotel Manager 	Walter Lantz Theatrical short
1955 	Pup on a Picnic 	Spike 	Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
1955 	Smarty Cat 	Butch 	Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
1956 	Down Beat Bear 	Radio Announcer 	Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
1956 	Barbary Coast Bunny 	Nasty Canasta 	Looney Tunes Theatrical short
1956 	Wideo Wabbit 	Bugs Bunny imitating Groucho Marx / Bugs Bunny imitating Ed Norton 	Merrie Melodies Theatrical short
1956 	Yankee Dood It 	Shoemaker 	Looney Tunes Theatrical short
1956 	Rocket-Bye Baby 	Narrator /Joe Wilbur / Capt. Schmideo / Lecturer 	Merrie Melodies Theatrical short
1956 	Barbecue Brawl 	Spike 	Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
1956 	Stupor Duck 	Narrator / Newspaper Editor / Mountain Climber #2 	Daffy Duck Theatrical short
1956 	Magoo's Puddle Jumper 	Waldo 	Mr. Magoo Theatrical short
1956 	After the Ball 	Lumberjack Bear 	Woody Woodpecker short
1956 	Woody Meets Davy Crewcut 	Davy Crewcut 	Woody Woodpecker short
1956 	The Ostrich Egg and I 	Sam 	Walter Lantz short
1956 	Operation Cold Feet 	Smedley 	Chilly Willy short
1956 	Hold That Rock 	Smedley 	Chilly Willy short
1956 	Half-Fare Hare 	Ralph Kramden / Ed Norton 	Bugs Bunny short
1956 	The Honey-Mousers 	Ralph Krumden / Ned Morton 	Looney Tunes short
1956 	Raw! Raw! Rooster! 	Rhode Island Red 	Looney Tunes short
1957 	Tops with Pops 	Spike 	Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
1957 	Tom's Photo Finish 	George / Spike 	Tom and Jerry short
1957 	Give and Tyke 	Spike / Stray Dog / Dog Catcher 	Spike and Tyke short
1957 	Scat Cats 	Spike / George / Lightning/Meathead 	Spike and Tyke short
1957 	Blackboard Jumble 	Wolf / Teacher 	Droopy short
1957 	Drafty, Isn't? 	Narrator / Ralph Phillips 	
1957 	Mucho Mouse 	Tom / Jerry / Lightning 	Tom and Jerry short
1957 	Go Fly a Kit 	Counter Man 	Looney Tunes short
1957 	International Woodpecker 	George Washington 	Woody Woodpecker short
1957 	The Unbearable Salesman 	Bear 	Woody Woodpecker short
1957 	Cheese It, the Cat! 	Ralph Krumden / Ned Morton 	Looney Tunes short
1957 	Fodder and Son 	Windy and Breezy 	Walter Lantz short
1958 	Mutts About Racing 	Announcer 	Droopy short
1958 	Sheep Wrecked 	Wolf 	Droopy short
1958 	Everglade Raid 	Al I. Gator 	Woody Woodpecker short
1958 	Watch the Birdie 	Birdwatcher 	Woody Woodpecker short
1958 	Tree's a Crowd 	Colonel Munch 	Woody Woodpecker short
1958 	A Bird in a Bonnet 	Sewer Worker 	Looney Tunes short
1958 	A Chilly Reception 	Smedley 	Chilly Willy short
1958 	Polar Pests 	Clyde 	Chilly Willy short
1958 	Little TeleVillain 	Smedley / Mr. Stoop / Car Salesman 	Chilly Willy short
1958 	A Waggily Tale 	Junior / Elvis / Dad / Johnny / Melvin 	Looney Tunes short
1959 	Truant Student 	Windy / Breezy / Truant Officer Willoughby 	Walter Lantz short
1959 	The Alphabet Conspiracy 	Jabberwock 	TV movie
1959 	1001 Arabian Nights 	Omar the Rugmaker 	UPA's first animated feature film
1959 	Robinson Gruesome 	Narrator / Robinson Gruesome / Ape 	Walter Lantz short
1959 	Trick or Tweet 	Sam 	Sylvester and Tweety short
1959 	Yukon Have It 	Smedley / Caribou Lou 	Chilly Willy short
1959 	Merry Minstrel Magoo 	Waldo / Dentist 	UPA short
1959 	Here Today, Gone Tamale 	Mice 	Looney Tunes short
1959 	Romp in a Swamp 	Al I. Gator 	Woody Woodpecker short
1959–1964	Loopy De Loop 	Loopy De Loop / additional voices 	48 Theatrical shorts
1960 	Mice Follies 	Ralph Crumden / Ned Morton 	Looney Tunes short
1960 	Mouse and Garden 	Sam the Cat 	Looney Tunes short
1960 	Southern Fried Hospitality 	Narrator / Gabby Gator 	Walter Lantz short
1964 	Hey There, It's Yogi Bear 	Yogi Bear / Airplane Pilot / Ranger Tom / Twippo 	Hanna-Barbera's first animated feature film
1964 	Mary Poppins 	Turtle / Penguin 	His only work for Disney
1965 	The Beary Family 	Charlie Beary / Junior Beary 	"Guess Who?" short
1970 	The Phantom Tollbooth 	Whether Man / Senses Taker / The Terrible Trivium / The Gelatinous Giant 	Animated feature film
1974-1975	The Dogfather 	Louie / Pug (first episode only) 	Theatrical cartoon series
1980 	Yogi's First Christmas 	Yogi Bear / Snagglepuss / Huckleberry Hound / Augie Doggie 	Animated TV movie
1987 	Yogi's Great Escape 	Yogi Bear / Quick Draw McGraw / Wally Gator / Snagglepuss 	Animated TV movie
1987 	The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones 	Elroy Jetson / Henry Orbit / Cogswell 	Animated TV movie
1987 	Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose	Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw/ Snagglepuss / Augie Doggie 	Animated TV movie
1988 	The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound 	Huckleberry Hound / Yogi Bear / Quick Draw McGraw / Snagglepuss / Hokey Wolf / Baba Looey / Peter Potamus	Animated TV movie
1988 	Rockin' with Judy Jetson 	Elroy Jetson 	Animated TV movie; posthumously released
1988 	Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears 	Yogi Bear 	Animated TV movie; posthumously released (final role)
=== Television[edit] ===
Year 	Title 	Roles 	Notes
1949–1954 	Time for Beany 	Beany Boy / Captain Huffenpuff 	His television debut
1957–1960, 1962–1964	The Ruff and Reddy Show 	Reddy / Pinky / Olaf / Scary Harry / Safari / Killer / various 	
1958–1961 	The Huckleberry Hound Show 	Huckleberry Hound / Yogi Bear / Dixie / Mr. Jinks / Hokey Wolf / various 	
1958–1961 	Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks 	Dixie / Mr. Jinks / additional voices 	
1959–1960 	Rocky and His Friends 	Various Fairy Tale characters 	
1959–1961 	The Quick Draw McGraw Show 	Quick Draw McGraw / Baba Looey / Snuffles / various 	
1959–1961 	Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy 	Augie Doggie / Snagglepuss / various 	
1959–1961 	Snooper and Blabber 	Super Snooper / Blabber Mouse / various 	
1960 	The Bugs Bunny Show 	Various characters 	
1960–1961 	Hokey Wolf 	Hokey Wolf 	
1960-1966 	The Flintstones 	Barney Rubble / Yogi Bear / additional voices 	Note: He appeared in 24 episodes and he played Barney Rubble in six of those episodes and Yogi Bear in another episode.
1961–1962 	The Yogi Bear Show 	Yogi Bear / Snagglepuss / Fibber Fox / Alfy Gator / Hokey Wolf / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw / Augie Doggie / Super Snooper / Blabber Mouse / Baba Looey / Dixie / Mr. Jinks / additional voices 	
1961–1962 	Snagglepuss 	Snagglepuss 	
1961–1962 	Yakky Doodle 	Fibber Fox / The Cat / Alfy Gator 	
1961 	Top Cat 	A.T. Jazz (All That Jazz) 	Episode: "All That Jazz"
1961 	The Bullwinkle Show 	Aesop Jr. / Additional voices (voice, uncredited) 	
1962 	Wally Gator 	Wally Gator / additional voices 	
1962 	Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har 	Lippy the Lion / additional voices 	
1962/1985–1987 	The Jetsons 	Elroy Jetson / Cogswell Coggs / Henry Orbit 	
1964 	The Woody Woodpecker Show 	Chilly Willy / Andy Panda / Smedley 	
1964 	Jonny Quest 	Maharaja / Corbin / Gunderson 	
1964–1965 	The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo 	various voices 	
1964–1966 	The Peter Potamus Show 	Peter Potamus 	
1964–1966 	Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey 	Yahooey 	
1966 	Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This?	The King of Hearts / The March Hare / Sportscaster 	TV special
1966–1967 	The Space Kidettes 	Captain Skyhook 	
1967 	George of the Jungle 	"Tiger" Titheridge / Additional Voices 	
1967–1968 	Off to See the Wizard 	Scarecrow / Tin Man / Wizard of Oz 	
1968 	The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour 	Various Characters 	
1968–1969 	Wacky Races 	Rock Slag / Big Gruesome / Red Max / Sergeant Blast / Peter Perfect / Rufus Ruffcut 	
1968–1969 	The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 	Various voices 	
1969 	The Banana Splits Adventure Hour 	Bingo 	
1969–1971 	Cattanooga Cats 	Lambsy / Crumden 	
1970 	Harlem Globetrotters 	 	Uncredited
1971 	The Cat in the Hat 	Karlos K. Krinklebein 	Animated TV special
1971 	The Funky Phantom 	Jonathan Wellington "Mudsy" Muddlemore/Fingers 	
1971 	Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! 	Hair Bear / Bumbo the Elephant / Bananas the Gorilla / Furface the Lion / Film director 	
1972 	The New Scooby-Doo Movies 	Larry Fine / Curly Joe / Various Characters 	
1972 	A Christmas Story 	Gumdrop 	TV special
1972 	The Roman Holidays 	Brutus the Lion 	
1972 	Yogi's Ark Lark 	Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw / Snagglepuss / Wally Gator / Peter Potamus / Augie Doggie / Lippy the Lion / Dixie / Baba Looey / Lambsy / Top Cat 	TV special
1972 	The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park 	Bingo / Frog / Octopus 	TV special
1972 	The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik 	Scrounger / Richard 	TV special
1972 	Wait Till Your Father Gets Home 	various voices 	
1972–1978 	Sesame Street 	Warning Cartoon Man / J Train Commentator / various voices 	7 episodes
1973 	Yogi's Gang 	Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw / Snagglepuss / Wally Gator / Peter Potamus / Augie Doggie / Hokey Wolf / Lippy the Lion / Baba Looey / Tantrum 	
1974 	Hong Kong Phooey 	Blubber / Stick / Big Duke 	episode: Comedy Cowboys
1976 	The Sylvester & Tweety Show 	Various Characters 	
1976 	Aesop & Son 	Additional Voices 	
1977 	CB Bears 	Hustle / Stick / Duke 	
1977 	Laff-A-Lympics 	Yogi Bear / Augie Doggie / Blabber / Dirty Dalton / Dixie / Hokey Wolf / Huckleberry Hound / Mr. Jinks / Quick Draw McGraw / Snagglepuss / Super Snooper / Wally Gator 	
1977 	Fred Flintstone and Friends 	 	
1978 	The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour 	 	TV special
1978 	Yogi's Space Race 	Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound /Quick Draw McGraw 	
1978 	Galaxy Goof-Ups 	Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound 	
1978 	The All New Popeye Hour 	Wimpy 	
1978 	Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue 	Yogi Bear / Hair Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Snagglepuss / Quick Draw McGraw / Bingo 	TV special
1979 	The Hanna-Barbera Hall of Fame: Yabba Dabba Doo II 	Himself – Various Character Voices 	TV special
1979 	Casper's First Christmas 	Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw / Snagglepuss / Augie Doggie 	TV special
1982 	Woody Woodpecker and His Friends 	Various Voices 	
1982 	Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper 	Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Snagglepuss / Quick Draw McGraw / Mr. Jinks / Hokey Wolf / Augie Doggie / Snooper and Blabber / Dixie / Wally Gator 	TV special
1985–1988 	Yogi's Treasure Hunt 	Yogi Bear / Snagglepuss / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw / Augie Doggie / Snooper and Blabber / Baba Looey / Undercover Elephant / Yippee Coyote / Hokey Wolf / Lippy the Lion / Mr. Jinks / Peter Potamus	
1986 	The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show 	Various Characters 	
1986 	The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration 	Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw 	TV special
=== Live-action roles[edit] ===
Year 	Title 	Roles 	Notes
1952 	Nice Try, Virgil 	Virgil 	Short film written by Larry Clemmons
1960 	You Bet Your Life 	Himself 	TV Episode
1965 or 1966	Lapwing 	Unknown 	Silent workprint
1975 	Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze	Haebius Corpus 	Pig grunts; uncredited
1978 	Barnaby and Me 	Barnaby the Koala	TV film
2002 	8 Mile 	Woody Woodpecker 	Screaming
2023 	Five Nights at Freddy's 	The Chef 	Screaming
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