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- Daws Butler is a voice actor who provided the voice for J. Wellington Wimpy in Hanna-Barbera Productions' Popeye series The All-New Popeye Hour. He was noted for portraying Wimpy's voice in a very distinct style compared to past performances, as his portrayal of Wimpy was inspired by the comic persona of golden age actor W. C. Fields.
- He originated the voices of many famous characters, such as: Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Huckleberry Hound, Wally Gator, Peter Potamus, Baba Louey, Hokey Wolf, Chilly Willy, Elroy Jetson, and Mr. Jinks. On Wacky Races, he voiced Peter Perfect, Rufus Ruffcut, Sergeant Blast, Rock Slag, Big Gruesome, and Red Max. He also was the original voice for Captain Crunch. He was the mentor of Nancy Cartwright.
- Daws Butler (1916–1988) was one of the most prolific—and best-loved voice actors from the early days of television animation. Besides his work for Hanna-Barbera, he did character voices during The Golden Age of Animation for Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Jay Ward Productions, Warner Bros, Walter Lantz and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. Signature characters include Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound and Elroy of The Jetsons. The earlier part of Butler's career included several collaborations with Stan Freberg, including featuring in and co-writing The Stan Freberg Show.
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- Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler (November 16, 1916 - May 18, 1988) was an American voice actor originally from Toledo, Ohio. He is best remembered for his Hanna-Barbera roles, including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Elroy Jetson and others. He voiced a penguin and a turtle in Mary Poppins, his only known work for Disney. Along with Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg, Paul Frees and June Foray, Butler also provided voices for countless children's records featuring recreations of several successful Disney cartoons and films.
- Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler (November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was a voice actor originally from Toledo, Ohio. He worked mostly for Hanna-Barbera and originated the voices of many famous animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound.
- Daws Butler was born on November 16, 1916 in Toledo, Ohio, the only child of Ruth Butler and Charles Allen Butler. The family later moved from Ohio to Oak Park, Illinois, where Butler got interested in impersonating people. In 1934, the future voice master started as an impressionist, entering multiple amateur contests and winning most of them. He had entered them, not with the intention of showing his talent but as a personal challenge to overcome his shyness, with success. Nonetheless, Butler won professional engagements at vaudeville theaters. Later he teamed up with fellow performers, Jack Lavin and Willard Ovitz to form the comedy trio The Three Short Waves. The team played in theaters, radio and nightclubs, generating positive reviews from regional critics and audiences. They dissolv
- Daws Butler was an American voice actor, famous for creating many of the voices for Hanna-Barbera characters including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Huckleberry Hound, and Elroy Jetson from The Jetsons (co-starring Don Messick, Mel Blanc and Janet Waldo). In the formative years of the company, Butler and Messick provided almost all the voices heard. Most of his roles were taken over by Greg Burson, his protégé. Other people he trained includes the likes of Nancy Cartwright, Corey Burton, and Bill Farmer.
- Butler began his career doing various voices for MGM, as well as Walter Lantz's Smedley the dog (this voice would later be transferred to Huckleberry Hound). He joined Hanna-Barbera in 1957 with their first TV cartoon, The Ruff & Reddy Show. Butler often used various celebrities of the day as the starting point for his vocal characterizations, but would adapt them until the characters were distinctively his own. Yogi Bear was originally based on Art Carney, Hokey Wolf came from Phil Silvers and Snagglepuss was based on Bert Lahr.
- Daws Butler (born Charles Dawson Butler; November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was a voice actor originally from Toledo, Ohio. He originated the voices of many famous animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound.
- Butler began his vocal career as an impressionist. After a tour of duty in the Naval Reserves during World War II, he slowly began establishing himself as a radio actor on such series as The Whistler and Family Theater. In 1946, he auditioned for MGM director Tex Avery and landed his first cartoon role, as the country wolf in Little Rural Riding Hood. He was subsequently heard as Spike the bulldog in the Tom and Jerry entries and a Southern-accented wolf (who would eventually develop into Huckleberry Hound). In the early television era, he collaborated with Stan Freberg on Bob Clampett's puppet series Time for Beany in 1949, as the voice and puppeteer of Beany Boy, Professor X, and others. He continued to work with Freberg in radio, first on the sitcom That's Rich and then as co-star and w
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