Charles Dawson Butler (November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for Hanna-Barbera where he originated the voices of many animated characters, including the first voice of Yogi Bear and others.
Career[]
In 1957, after MGM had closed their animation unit, producers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera quickly formed their own company, and Daws 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, as well as a variety of other characters.
Filmography[]
Television series
The Huckleberry Hound Show
- Yogi Bear
- Additional voices
The Yogi Bear Show
- Yogi Bear
- Additional voices
"Yogi's Birthday Party"
- Huckleberry Hound
- Quick Draw McGraw
- Mr. Jinks
- Dixie
- Snagglepuss
- Augie Doggie
- Hokey Wolf
- Super Snooper and Blabber Mouse
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
Laff-a-Lympics
- Yogi Bear
- Augie Doggie
- Blabber Mouse
- Dirty Dalton
- Dixie
- Hokey Wolf
- Huckleberry Hound
- Mr. Jinks
- Quick Draw McGraw
- Snagglepuss
- Super Snooper
- Wally Gator
Yogi's Space Race
- Yogi Bear
- Huckleberry Hound
- Quick Draw McGraw ("Race Through Wet Galoshes")
Galaxy Goof-Ups
- Yogi Bear
- Huckleberry Hound
- Dr. Wacceau ("Captain Snerdley Goes Bananas")
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
- Yogi Bear
- Snagglepuss
- Huckleberry Hound
- Quick Draw McGraw
- Augie Doggie
- Super Snooper and Blabber Mouse
- Baba Looey
- Undercover Elephant
- Yippee Coyote
- Hokey Wolf
- Lippy the Lion
- Mr. Jinks
- Peter Potamus
Films and Specials
- Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! - Yogi Bear, Airplane Pilot, Ranger Tom
- 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 Divey, Top Cat
- Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue - Yogi Bear, Hair Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw and Bingo
- Casper's First Christmas - Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss and Augie Doggie
- Yogi's First Christmas - Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss and Augie Doggie
- Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper - Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, Mr. Jinks, Hokey Wolf, Augie Doggie, Super Snooper and Blabber Mouse, Dixie, Wally Gator
- Yogi's Great Escape - Yogi Bear, Wally Gator, and Snagglepuss
- Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose - Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss and Augie Doggie
- The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound - Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Peter Potamus, Baba Looey and Hokey Wolf
- Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears - Yogi Bear (his last and final film role since his death on May 18, 1988)