Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler (November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company where he originated the voices of many familiar characters, including Loopy De Loop, Wally Gator, Yogi Bear, Hokey Wolf, Elroy Jetson, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Peter Potamus, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound.
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Daws Butler
Daws Butler | Introduction
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Nancy Jean Cartwright
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She moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained alongside voice actor Daws Butler.
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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, Mona Marshall, Sherry Lynn, Joey Camen, writer Earl Kress and many more.
Daws Butler | Later life
Butler was born on November 16, 1916, in Toledo, Ohio, the only child of Charles Allen Butler and Ruth Butler. The family later moved from Ohio to Oak Park, Illinois, where Butler became interested in impersonating people. In 1935, 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.
Daws Butler | Early life and career
Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler (November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company where he originated the voices of many familiar characters, including Loopy De Loop, Wally Gator, Yogi Bear, Hokey Wolf, Elroy Jetson, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Peter Potamus, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound.
Daws Butler | Introduction
Once she graduated, Parris moved to Hollywood, California and studied voice acting under the guidance of Daws Butler (voice of "Yogi Bear") as a student in his voice acting workshop. Her first television voice-over role was Shelly on "Jabberjaw" (1976) produced by Hanna-Barbera. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, other voice-over credits included "Yogi's Space Race", "Buford and the Galloping Ghost", "Shirt Tales", "The Littles", "The Smurfs", "Sherlock Hound", "Dumbo's Circus", "", "DuckTales" and "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh", as well as numerous roles on the 1977–1979 Disneyland Records read-along storybook recordings for "Pinocchio", "Bambi", "Cinderella", "Lady and the Tramp", "Mary Poppins" and "Pete's Dragon".
Patricia Parris | Career
She got her start dubbing Italian films into English while living in Rome with her husband Howerton before returning to the States in 1974. Gary started going to voice acting classes taught by Daws Butler. She later claimed, "When I got my first voice over job, I just sent Daws the check ... He believed in me, and I really have him to thank for my career."
Linda Gary | Early career
Butler redesigned these voices, making them his own inventions. Huckleberry Hound was inspired many years earlier, in 1945, by a North Carolina neighbor of Daws' wife's family, and he had in fact been using that voice for a long time, for Avery's laid-back wolf and Lantz' Smedley (and thus only by coincidence resembled the voice of Andy Griffith, whose typical vocal accent also was based on the North Carolina style).
Daws Butler | Inspirations
Gregory Lewis Burson (June 29, 1949 – July 22, 2008) was an American voice actor, best known as a replacement for voice actors Daws Butler and Mel Blanc following their deaths in 1988 and 1989, respectively.
Greg Burson | Introduction
Daws Butler trained many voice actors including Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson), Corey Burton (the voice of Dale in "Chip 'n' Dale"), Bill Farmer (the current voice of Goofy, Pluto, and Horace Horsecollar), Bob Bergen (voice of Porky Pig), Joe Bevilacqua (whom Butler personally taught how to do all of his characters), Greg Burson (voice of Yogi Bear and Bugs Bunny), Mona Marshall (voices in South Park), Sherry Lynn and Joey Camen. Butler's voice and scripts were a frequent part of Bevilacqua's now-defunct XM show. Bevilacqua also wrote Butler's official biography, published by Bear Manor Media. A new book of cartoon scripts written by Daws Butler and Joe Bevilacqua, "Uncle Dunkle and Donnie: Fractured Fables", was scheduled for publication in the fall of 2009.
Daws Butler | Legacy
In the 1970s, he 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", Butler was virtually the entire "Yogi Yahooey" team. He also played the title character in "The Funky Phantom", as well as 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.
Daws Butler | Later life
The judges often suggested to her that she should perform cartoon voices. Cartwright graduated from high school in 1976 and accepted a scholarship from Ohio University. She continued to compete in public speaking competitions; during her sophomore year, she placed fifth in the National Speech Tournament's exposition category with her speech "The Art of Animation". In 1976, Cartwright landed a part-time job doing voice-overs for commercials on WING radio in Dayton. A representative from Warner Bros. Records visited WING and later sent Cartwright a list of contacts in the animation industry. One of these was Daws Butler, known for voicing characters such as Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Elroy Jetson, Spike the Bulldog and Yogi Bear.
Nancy Cartwright | Early life
A problem that arose during production of the movie was the advanced age and poor health of many of the voice actors from the series; all of the major cast members except Don Messick (himself in his early 60s) were over 65 years old by this point. Daws Butler, the voice of Elroy, fell ill with a stroke and pneumonia in early 1988, before he could record any lines for the film, and ultimately died on May 18. Though Butler had been training Greg Burson to succeed him, voice coordinator Kris Zimmerman brought in her then-husband Patric, then a relative unknown, to fill the role of Elroy.
Jetsons: The Movie | Production
Some of the characters with voices by Butler from 1948 to 1978 included: 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").
Daws Butler | Characters
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 Stan Freberg's comedy record "The Honey-Earthers." However, Butler soon changed Yogi's voice, making it much deeper and more sing-songy, thus making it a more original voice. Hokey Wolf began as an impression of Phil Silvers, and Snagglepuss as Bert Lahr. In fact, 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 one in an animated TV commercial.
Daws Butler | Inspirations
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."
Daws Butler | Characters
Nicole Cowgill Jaffe David (born May 23, 1941) is a Canadian talent agent and former actress and voice actress, best known as the original voice actress for Velma Dinkley in Hanna-Barbera's "Scooby-Doo" Saturday morning cartoon series from 1969 to 1973.
Nicole Jaffe | Introduction
Joan Gardner (November 16, 1926 – December 10, 1992) was an American actress who was most active in voice over roles. She was also a screenwriter, songwriter, author and composer.
Joan Gardner (voice actor) | Introduction
as a freelance actor who voiced peripheral characters, and unlike Mel Blanc, was not under contract with the studio. In 1955, she was succeeded by June Foray as Warner's premier female voice artist.
Bea Benaderet | Voice acting
His voice acting career began in 1940 and lasted until his death in 2005 at age 91.
Thurl Ravenscroft | Introduction
She was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 16, 1926 to Jack "Jumbo" Gardner, a prominent jazz musician and Adelaide (Cline) Gardner.
Joan Gardner (voice actor) | Early life
His notable roles in this era were Boo Boo Bear, Ranger Smith, Major Minor, Pixie Mouse, Astro, and Dr. Benton Quest. He was used primarily for his narration skills, which were heard on many of those cartoons in which Daws Butler starred. In narrating "The Huckleberry Hound Show" Yogi Bear cartoons, he played Ranger Smith in something close to his natural voice.
Don Messick | Early Hanna Barbera voice work
Patricia Alice Albrecht (January 30, 1953 – December 25, 2019) was an American actress, voice actress, writer, and poet. She was best known for her role of Phyllis "Pizzazz" Gabor, the antagonistic lead singer of the fictional band The Misfits in the animated television series "Jem" from 1985 to 1988. Her other voiceover work included the animated series "The New Yogi Bear Show", "The Snorks", and "New Kids on the Block". Albrecht was born in Detroit, Michigan. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater from Wayne State University. She appeared in a series of live action films and television series throughout the 1970s and early 1980s before transitioning to voiceover roles.
Patricia Alice Albrecht | Introduction
Cartwright replied by sending Maslin a letter insisting she was not cross-eyed, and included a photograph. Later, Cartwright auditioned for the role of Ethel, a girl who becomes trapped in a cartoon world in the third segment of "". She met with director Joe Dante and later described him as "a total cartoon buff, and once he took a look at my resume and noticed Daws Butler's name on it, we were off and running, sharing anecdotes about Daws and animation. After about twenty minutes, he said, 'considering your background, I don't see how I could cast anyone "but" you in this part! It was her first role in a feature film.
Nancy Cartwright | Early career
As Dagwood and Blondie Bumstead, they proved so popular that a succession of 27 sequels was made from 1938 until 1950, with the radio show ending the same year. Singleton's husband Robert Sparks produced 12 of these sequels. Also in 1950, she had her own program, "The Penny Singleton Show", on NBC radio. Singleton held top billing in "Go West, Young Lady" (1941), over her male co-star, Glenn Ford. Only two other female stars (Dorothy Page and Jane Frazee) were top-billed singing cowgirls at the time. She provided the voice of Jane Jetson in the 1962–63 animated series, "The Jetsons".
Penny Singleton | Career
Born in Le Havre, France, she debuted at the Odéon Theatre in 1918 at the age of seven. Primarily a stage actress, she remained there for 28 years, holding the post of "leading lady". Her daughter Catherine chose to use her maiden name, Deneuve, as her stage name. Simonot is Renée's stage name, which she took from an opera singer and family friend. Renée Simonot was one of the first French actresses to begin the dubbing of American films in France from the beginning of the talkies in 1929 through the 1930s. She was the voice of Olivia de Havilland (in most of her films), Sylvia Sidney, Judy Garland, Donna Reed and Esther Williams, among others.
Renée Simonot | Early life and career
A four-volume, 4½-hour audio set of "Uncle Dunkle and Donnie" was to be released simultaneously 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.
Daws Butler | Legacy
Ballantyne began her voice acting career in 1999 for the animated series, "" as the voice of Wasp/Janet Van Dyne. She also voiced Percy in the 2000 fantasy film, "Thomas and the Magic Railroad", replacing Michael Angelis in the final cut. Ballantyne would later priovided the voice of Champ Bear in the Care Bears films, "" and "The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie", as well as the voice of Wicked in the PBS Kids long running children's television series, "Cyberchase".
Linda Ballantyne | Career
While attending UCLA, which did not have a public speaking team, Cartwright continued training as a voice actress with Butler. She recalled, "every Sunday I'd take a 20-minute bus ride to his house in Beverly Hills for a one-hour lesson and be there for four hours ... They had four sons, they didn't have a daughter and I kind of fitted in as the baby of the family." Butler introduced her to many of the voice actors and directors at Hanna-Barbera. After she met the director Gordon Hunt, he asked her to audition for a recurring role as Gloria in "Richie Rich".
Nancy Cartwright | Early career
The series marked the debut of Greg Burson as the voice of Yogi following Daws Butler's death on May 18, 1988, four months prior to the series' debut.
The New Yogi Bear Show | Introduction
Thereafter she started working as a voice actress in earnest and belonged to Sigma Seven in 2011.
Haruka Kudō (voice actress) | Career
At the age of 12, she started her first work in the theater. As a voice artist she first appeared in "Gahan Wilson's The Kid", as the title character. Other roles include "Jane Doe", "Crossed Over", "Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story", and "Gilda Radner: It's Always Something", as comedy writer Anne Beatts. She also appeared on "Queer as Folk" and "Street Time". Her first major animation role was Matt in the PBS animated series "Cyberchase". Her voice has been featured in "Metabots", "Chilly Beach", "Odd Job Jack", and "Fugget About It". She starred in the Christmas special "A Very Barry Christmas" opposite Colin Mochrie.
Jacqueline Pillon | Career
He was caricatured in the Disney cartoons "Mickey's Gala Premiere" (1933), "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood" (1938), and "The Autograph Hound" (1939); all contain a scene in which he is seen laughing so loud that his mouth opens extremely wide. According to the official biography "Daws Butler: Characters Actor", Daws Butler used Joe E. Brown as inspiration for the voices of two Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters: Lippy the Lion (1962) and Peter Potamus (19631966).
Joe E. Brown | In popular culture
In the fall of 1984, while still enrolled in college and the voice acting class, she made her voice acting debut as Patty Pumpkin, the heroine of "Super Power Robot Garat". After debuting, she joined Arts Vision from the voice actor classroom. In 1985, she voiced the main character Judy in "Alpen Rose", after which she continued to lend her voice to many child roles. In 1987 she voiced Sawako Matsumoto, the main character of "Introduction to Manga Nihon Keizai", her first adult role at the age of 24. She voiced Anice Farm in "Sonic Soldier Borgman" in 1988 and Nadia in "" in 1990.
Yoshino Takamori | Biography
Victoria Claire Harwood Butler-Sloss (born 1961, Devon, United Kingdom) is a California-based voice actress and singer who works for anime roles at Geneon Entertainment/New Generation Pictures. Harwood was born in Devon in 1961 to an English father and Armenian mother (Takouhi Avakian). She grew up from the age of two in Nicosia, Cyprus, where her mother's family had lived since 1936. She moved to London when she was 18. Harwood started her career as a dancer before moving into television. She appeared in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Bettina in 'The Accused' released in 1983. She trained at RADA and worked in theater in London and Europe before marrying film producer William Butler-Sloss.
Victoria Harwood | Introduction
McWhirter graduated from DePauw University in 1970, with a degree in speech. She studied acting and improvisational comedy under the guidance of Howard Storm and Charles Conrad. One of her first voice roles was as the title character in "Jeannie", alongside Mark Hamill, Bob Hastings and Joe Besser. She also portrayed the character in her multiple appearances in other Hanna-Barbera series. She did the voice of Kanga in "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore", taking over the role from Barbara Luddy. Her voice acting also includes numerous other animated programs, such as "Casper and the Angels", "Drak Pack", "The Smurfs", "The Flintstone Kids", and the Ruby-Spears series "Thundarr the Barbarian".
Julie McWhirter | Biography
Prior to his audition, Butler had no professional singing experience and had only taken four voice lessons before singing "The Music of the Night" for Lloyd Webber. Katie Holmes, who began working with a vocal coach, was the front-runner for Christine Daaé in March 2003. She was later replaced by Anne Hathaway, a classically trained soprano, in 2004. However, Hathaway dropped out of the role because the production schedule of the film overlapped with "", which she was contractually obligated to make. Hathaway was then replaced with Emmy Rossum. The actress modeled the relationship between the Phantom and Christine after Suzanne Farrell and George Balanchine.
The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film) | Casting
She reprised her role in the 2013 animated movie, "".
Dana Delany | Voice acting
Debbi Besserglick (; November 19, 1955 - March 10, 2005) was an Israeli actress and voice actress.
Debbi Besserglick | Introduction
Welsh was a radio soap opera actress and only appeared in three films, all uncredited. The only movie in which she was seen was the 1940 World War I film "Waterloo Bridge". She was the voice of E.T. in the 1982 film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial". As a chain smoker, she had a raspy voice that gave E.T. his trademark speech sound. She also had been hired by George Lucas to be the voice of Boushh in the film "Return of the Jedi". Lucas had said he was in a laundromat when he thought her ambiguous voice was perfect.
Pat Welsh (actress) | Career
Funnell was born in Kenya and has a twin sister. She moved to Britain when she was four years old, and went on to attend the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art She initially started voice acting in radio drama while still a student at drama school, winning the Carleton Hobbs BBC Radio Drama Award in 1984.
Jenny Funnell | Early life
MacNeille was born Teressa Claire Payne in Los Angeles, California, on June 20, 1951. She loved cartoons as a child and wanted to be a voice actress from the age of eight, but instead chose a "practical" career, feeling she would never be able to realize her ambition. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and attended broadcasting school, becoming a disc jockey.
Tress MacNeille | Early life
Hossein Erfani started his career as a voice actor at the Moulin Rouge Studio in Tehran in 1961. He is known for dubbing over Humphrey Bogart roles in Maltese Falcon or Casablanca and Clark Gable role as Rhett Butler From Gone with the Wind. He has also dubbed over some of Orson Welles, Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Gene Hackman, Toshiro Mifune, William Holden, Morgan freeman and Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice roles in films they starred in. He has also dubbed over Iranian actors such as Bahman Mofid's role in Dash Akol Movie, Faramarz Gharibian's role in The Deer and Jahangir Forouhar's role in Daie Jan Napoleon Iranian Television serial in the 1970s.
Hossein Erfani | Voice Acting
Marilyn Schreffler was born in Wichita, Kansas on June 14, 1945. She graduated from Topeka West High School in 1963. She briefly attended Washburn University before moving on to Chicago and Cleveland, where she worked in several comedy groups. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Schreffler had moved to Los Angeles and began her career doing voice-overs for animated TV programs. Her first television voice-over roles for Hanna-Barbera were Brenda Chance on "Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels" and Daisy Mayhem on "Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics" in 1977. (For the "Laff-A-Lympics" segment, she reprised the role of Brenda from "Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels" which was airing concurrently).
Marilyn Schreffler | Biography
Richardson began her career in 1979 and made her West End debut in the 1981 play "Moving", before being nominated for the 1987 Olivier Award for Best Actress for "A Lie of the Mind". Her television credits include "Blackadder" (1986–1989), "A Dance to the Music of Time" (1997), "Merlin" (1998), "The Lost Prince" (2003), "Gideon's Daughter" (2006), the sitcom "The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle" (2007), and "Rubicon" (2010). She was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for "Operation Orangutan". Her other films include "Empire of the Sun" (1987), "The Crying Game" (1992), "The Apostle" (1997), "Sleepy Hollow" (1999), "Chicken Run" (2000), "The Hours" (2002), "Spider" (2002), "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (2005), "The Young Victoria" (2009), "Made in Dagenham" (2010), "Belle" (2013), and "Stronger" (2017).
Miranda Richardson | Introduction
She started her career on the stage. In 1948-1949, she wrote scripts for the television programs "Pantomime Quiz" and "Time For Beany". Apart from writing scripts and books, Gardner also worked as a music composer for films. However, she was most active as an actress for radio and television animated series. She voiced Spunky in "The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole", Tanta Kringle and various other female roles on the Christmas special "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", Bonnie Bonnet and Madame Esmerelda on the TV special "Here Comes Peter Cottontail", played Josephine Bonaparte opposite Groucho Marx's Napoleon in the animated special "The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians" and Zazu the Fairy Godmother on "Pound Puppies".
Joan Gardner (voice actor) | Career
Frequent voice performers are Josh Faure-Brac, Jason Nash, Natasha Leggero, Jordan Peele, Brian Shortall, Rebecca Sage Allen, Jonah Ray, Jerry Minor, Sarah Haskins.
SuperNews! | Voice performers
She continued to voice characters in films, such as "The Animatrix" (2003) and as Vidia in the "Tinker Bell" film series (2008–2015).
Pamela Adlon | Career
Marilyn Sue Schreffler (June 14, 1945 – January 7, 1988) was an American voice actress who provided voice-overs for several animated television series, mostly for Hanna-Barbera Productions.
Marilyn Schreffler | Introduction
Kathleen Herles (born November 13, 1990) is a former American voice actress, best known for being the original voice of Dora on "Dora the Explorer" and "Go, Diego, Go!". Herles was born in Queens, New York. Her parents are from Lima, Peru. She has studied ballet, tap, jazz, drama, and voice. She takes piano lessons. She was discovered by talent manager Shirley Grant of Shirley Grant Management at a talent and modeling convention when she was 4 years old. She graduated from Pace University in 2012. She is a 2008 graduate of Deer Park High School, where she appeared in school productions of "The Wiz" and "Footloose".
Kathleen Herles | Introduction
Her Master's Voice is a 1936 film directed by Joseph Santley. Her Master's Voice may also refer to:
Her Master's Voice (disambiguation) | Introduction
At a young age, Scott was always enchanted by the mimics and impressionists on "The Ed Sullivan Show". He began developing his ability to impersonate voices in high school, doing teacher's voices. In 1972, just after leaving school, Scott was hired by William Hanna, the head of Hanna-Barbera, which had established a large animation studio in Sydney, Australia. He got the gig when he brought in some letters that he had received from Daws Butler (voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, etc.). Hanna gave him a letter of recommendation when he was retrenched from the H-B office, and his name was such a credible one that it got Scott an instant agent, and his voice-over career began.
Keith Scott (voice actor) | Career
Where Sammy Davis Jr. supplied the speaking and singing voice of the Cheshire Cat in the movie, he was constrained from appearing in the audio adaptation because he was under exclusive contract to Reprise Records at the time; but Scatman Crothers provides the vinyl voice of the Cat, giving a rendition of the character and the title song that is at least as delightfully hip and funky. Where others of the TV show cast were concerned, there may have been additional issues involving contracts and royalties, because except for Bill Dana, all of the original celebrity performers were likewise replaced on the album by actors from Hanna-Barbera's stable of reliable A+ voice over actors: Don Messick voiced the White Rabbit (replacing Howard Morris with a performance obviously intended to be as close an imitation as possible); Henry Corden not only reprised Fred Flintstone's singing voice, but assumed his speaking voice as well (replacing Alan Reed; and, indeed, he would officially take over the voice of Fred in 1977 after Reed's death); the character of Hedda Hatter was cut, her material combined with that of the Mad Hatter, and the latter was voiced by Daws Butler (replacing Harvey Korman); and with Butler assuming the Hatter, Mel Blanc moved into Butler's previous role as the March Hare.
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? | Audio cast changes
Suzanne Friedline (Born January 14, 1970) is an American actress and voice artist. She has appeared in numerous movies and TV series, as well as in theater dramas.
Suzanne Friedline | Introduction
In the 1990s, Withers did voice acting for Disney animated films. In 1995, she was asked to record several lines of dialogue in imitation of the vocal patterns of Mary Wickes, who had recorded the voice of Laverne the gargoyle in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996) but had died during post-production. Withers reprised the role in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame II" (2002). She also voiced the character of Clarabelle Cow in the animated television series "Mickey Mouse Works" (1999) and "House of Mouse" (2001). Withers has narrated audiobooks, including a reading of "Why Not Try God?" by Mary Pickford which was distributed through a Southern California religious organization.
Jane Withers | Voice work
Her Master's Voice was a 1933 Broadway two act comedy written by Clare Kummer, produced by Max Gordon and staged by C. Worthington Miner with scenic design created by Raymond Sovey. It ran for 224 performances from October 23, 1933 to May 1934 at the Plymouth Theatre. The play was included in Burns Mantle's "The Best Plays of 1933-1934". It was adapted into the 1936 film "Her Master's Voice" directed by Joseph Santley and starring Edward Everett Horton and Peggy Conklin with Laura Hope Crews recreating her role as Aunt Min.
Her Master's Voice (play) | Introduction
Though she passed away in 1995, her voice continues to be used today in many recent animated films via archival recordings. Corey Burton is another notable voice talent who, like Gary, performs in many television series and theatrical features to this day, especially those for the Disney studio. But the film which truly brought about this modern perception, however was "Aladdin" which was marketed with a noted emphasis on Robin Williams' role, against the actor's own wishes. The success of the film eventually spurred the idea of highlighting the voice actors as stars of a film, this becoming the norm in film marketing, with a greater focus on hiring Hollywood celebrities for name power, rather than performers with most experience in voice acting, particularly the "Toy Story" (Tom Hanks and Tim Allen) and "Shrek" (Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas) franchises.
Voice acting in the United States | Rise in use of film actors for voice roles
Sharyn Eileen "Sherry" Alberoni (born December 4, 1946) is an American actress and voice artist. Alberoni got her start as a Mouseketeer on the weekday ABC television program "The Mickey Mouse Club". As an adult, she became a voice artist for Hanna-Barbera Productions. Besides providing voices for numerous incidental characters in series such as "Jeannie", Alberoni is best known as the voice of nasty rich-girl Alexandra Cabot from "Josie and the Pussycats"; "superhero-in-training" Wendy from the first season of "Super Friends"; the heroic robot Bo in "Mighty Orbots"; and Glumdalclitch in "The Three Worlds of Gulliver". In 1971, she starred alongside Patty Andrews in the Sherman Brothers stage musical, "Victory Canteen".
Sherry Alberoni | Introduction
Ward is best known as a voice actress. Her animation voice credits include:
B. J. Ward (actress) | Voice acting career
Kerry departed on 10 September 1990, but Hartley-Clark returned in 2004 and 2006 to record voice-overs. She also made an appearance in 2005 as Kerry's look-alike Gabrielle Walker.
Kerry Bishop | Introduction
She was at the height of her career in 1929. With the advent of sound films, her career suffered due to what critics dubbed as a grating voice. She had only one film role in 1930, and did not have another until 1934.
Doris Dawson | Life and career
Nancy Jean Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress and voice actress. She is known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series "The Simpsons". Cartwright also voices other characters for the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney, Database, and Maggie (previously voiced by fellow co-star, Yeardley Smith). Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio. Cartwright moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained alongside voice actor Daws Butler. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated series "Richie Rich", which she followed with a starring role in the television movie "Marian Rose White" (1982) and her first feature film, "" (1983).
Nancy Cartwright | Introduction
Farnon did voice several incidental characters, such as Lois Lane and Hawkgirl on some of the series and also played Kim Butler in "Valley of the Dinosaurs" in 1974, but mainly she did the voice of Wonder Woman. She made a guest appearance in the television show "Emergency!" (1977 S6E21 “Limelight”) as Mrs. Robinson. However, in 1984, her prominent character was recast in "", when the role was given to Constance Caufield and later to B.J. Ward. This case has often been given as an example of injustice in the television and animation industry. Mary McDonald-Lewis voiced Wonder Woman in an episode of "Superman".
Shannon Farnon | Career
Her voice was also used for non-singing stars in the film of the musical "Oliver!", she made cast recordings of both "The Sound of Music" and "The Boys from Syracuse" and appeared as a television announcer in the 1960s.
Wendy Bowman | Career
In the 1990s, she was interviewed on numerous television documentary retrospectives of the Golden Age of Hollywood. She herself was profiled in a 45-minute A&E Biography which aired in 2003.
Jane Withers | Voice work
Dorothée Jemma (born 16 June 1956) is a French voice actress specializing in dubbing. She is the dub voice of Jennifer Aniston, Melanie Griffith and Sheryl Lee.
Dorothée Jemma | Introduction
The team played in theaters, on radio, and in nightclubs, generating positive reviews from regional critics and audiences. They dissolved their act in 1941 when Daws Butler joined the U.S. Navy as America entered World War II. Some time after, he met his wife Myrtis during a wartime function near Washington, D.C.
Daws Butler | Early life and career
Nevison worked on stage, in film and on television. She also dubbed voices for both young and old. She appeared in the films "Foxhole in Cairo" (1960), "Light in the Piazza" (1962), "Mrs. Gibbons' Boys" (1962), "Ring of Spies" (1964), "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965), "For the Love of Ada" (1972), "Symptoms" (1974), "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977), "S.O.S. Titanic" (1979), "Le Pétomane" (1979), "Raise the Titanic" (1980), "Young Sherlock Holmes" (1985), and "Mrs Dalloway" (1997).
Nancy Nevinson | Career
Beatrice Benaderet ( ; April 4, 1908 – October 13, 1968) was an American radio and television actress and voice actress and comedian. Born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, she began performing in Bay Area theatre and radio before embarking on a Hollywood career that spanned over three decades. Benaderet first specialized in voiceover work in the golden age of radio, appearing on numerous programs while working with comedians of the era such as Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, and Lucille Ball. Her expertise in dialect and characterization led to her becoming Warner Bros.' leading voice of female characters in their animated cartoons of the early 1940s through the mid-1950s.
Bea Benaderet | Introduction
The supporting roles were Broomhilde in "" (1993) and Essie in "" (1995). Other films include supporting roles in Ivan Reitman's "Junior" (1994) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, and Emma Thompson, and Disney's "That Darn Cat" starring Christina Ricci and Doug E. Doug. She voiced Judy Neutron and Sasha Vortex in the Oscar-nominated animated feature "".
Megan Cavanagh | Film
Dorothy Compton was an American voice actress born in the early 1900s. An early friend of Walt Disney, she made her first acting debut in "The Three Little Pigs" (1933) as the voice of Fifer Pig. From 1933 onward she made more appearances in the next 3 installments of the Three Little Pigs: "The Big Bad Wolf" (1934), "The Three Little Wolves" (1936) and "The Practical Pig" (1939) along with minor appearances in "It's Great to Be Alive" (1933) and "I Married an Angel" (1942). She was a member of the vocal trio The Rhythmettes, which also included Bonnie Poe, Mae Questel And Mary Moder.
Dorothy Compton | Introduction
The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors () is a 367-page book by Tim Lawson and Alisa Persons, chronicling the artistic achievements and history of cartoon voice actors from the past and the present. It was published by the University Press of Mississippi in December 2004. Drawn from dozens of personal interviews, the book features various biographies, anecdotes, credit listings, and photographs pertaining to thirty-nine of the hidden artists of show business. The featured biographies span many animation studios and production companies, and discuss many details about well-known and distinguished voice actors, such as "Beavis and Butthead" and "King of the Hill" creator and lead voice artist Mike Judge, who got his start as an engineer for a weapons contractor); Bart Simpson's voice actress Nancy Cartwright, an Ohio native who became the star protégé of Daws Butler (voice artist for Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw); and Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor, the real-life husband-and-wife duo who, at the time of this book's publication, were the current voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse, respectively.
The Magic Behind the Voices | Introduction
She has also lent her voice to animated films such as "" (2004) and "Open Season" (2006).
Debra Messing | Introduction
She made two voiceover appearances on 8 and 25 December 2017.
Jane Beale | Introduction
Brett Butler is now a current member of the Los Angeles-based Black American sketch comedy group Slow Children Crossing featuring Alem Brhan Sapp, Ivy Lindsey, Destini Meshack, Saudia Rashed and Tiffany Thomas.
Brett Butler (voice actor) | Introduction
In late September 1996, Messick retired from acting after he suffered a stroke while recording voices at Hanna-Barbera. On October 12, 1996, he had a "retirement party" at his favorite Chinese restaurant (Joe Barbera personally sent a limo to Messick and his wife, and the two were chauffeured). Many of his companions and peers during his career who had come to pay tribute to him included Henry Corden, Casey Kasem, Lucille Bliss, Maurice LaMarche, Gregg Berger, Neil Ross, June Foray, Sharon Mack, Greg Burson, Walker Edmiston, Marvin Kaplan, Gary Owens, Howard Morris, Teresa Ganzel, Jean Vander Pyl, and Myrtis Martin Butler (Daws' widow).
Don Messick | Retirement
Dorian Harewood (born August 6, 1950) is an American actor and voice-over artist.
Dorian Harewood | Introduction
Barbara Luddy (May 25, 1908 – April 1, 1979) was an American motion picture and radio actress best known for her voiceover work for Walt Disney Studios in the 1950s and '60s.
Barbara Luddy | Introduction
Her Master's Voice is a 1936 film directed by Joseph Santley and based on the 1933 play "Her Master's Voice" by Clare Kummer.
Her Master's Voice | Introduction
Trudi Wilkes (born 25 February 1973) is a British voiceover artist based in London. Wilkes was born in Nottinghamshire. She grew up doing youth theatre in Mansfield before landing an equity contract at the Nottingham Playhouse. Work brought her to London where she currently resides, specializing in voice acting.
Trudi Wilkes | Introduction
Janet Marie Waldo Lee (February 4, 1919 – June 12, 2016) was an American radio and voice actress. In animation, she voiced Judy Jetson, Nancy in "Shazzan", Penelope Pitstop, Princess from "Battle of the Planets", and Josie in "Josie and the Pussycats". On radio, she voiced the title character in "Meet Corliss Archer".
Janet Waldo | Introduction
She was also the singing voice of many film actresses, notably singing for Marjorie Reynolds in the debut of "White Christmas" in the movie "Holiday Inn" (1942), for Rita Hayworth in "Cover Girl" and for two of Lucille Ball's songs in "DuBarry Was a Lady" (1943). Her other movie credits include dubbing the singing voices of actresses such as Claudette Colbert, Loretta Young, Hedy Lamarr, Veronica Lake, and Eva Gabor.
Martha Mears | Film
Hilary Thomas (born October 14, 1982) is a voice actress, project manager, scriptwriter, assistant producer and novelist. Hilary was born in Oklahoma, and later on moved to New York City to pursue her acting career. She holds a BA in Musical Theater from the University of Tulsa. Hilary is best known as the voice of Anabel and Marian in the internationally acclaimed Pokémon series. She also played the titular Justine in the musical Dogboy & Justine. "Knave" is Hilary's debut novella. Hilary competed in the Big Apple Anime Fest's Anime Idol Voice Acting Contest as the first runner-up.
Hilary Thomas | Introduction
She started her career in 2005 when she had a small role in "Conversations with Other Women". Soon after she appeared in the television series "Numb3rs", "Close to Home", "", "Shameless", and "Hot Properties". In 2006, Davenport's voice could be heard in "Over the Hedge" as Quillo, one of the porcupines in the film. She also had a guest starring role in "Bones" as Megan, a little girl who helps Temperance Brennan and Seeley Booth. Davenport appeared in "Legion of Super Heroes" and "While the Children Sleep" in 2007. In 2008, Davenport was seen in "ER" and also had a voice over appearance in "Special Agent Oso" as Stacey & Fiona.
Madison Davenport | Career
Questel returned as her voice in 1944, starting with the cartoon "The Anvil Chorus Girl". Questel would remain so until after the King Features Syndicate made-for-TV "Popeye" shorts in 1960.
Olive Oyl | History
Joyce Hedy Kurtz (born June 25, 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio), better known as Joyce Kurtz is a voice actress and founder of the loop group Joyce's Voices. Some of her television credits are as follows:
Joyce Kurtz | Introduction
In August 1953, Berner provided the debut voice of another Walter Lantz character, the anthropomorphic penguin Chilly Willy. Though she received onscreen credit for her work, her duties consisted only of her singing the cartoon's opening theme, as the character himself was mute until his speaking voice was developed by Daws Butler in the 1960s.
Sara Berner | Animation
Jesse Welles Nathan (born 16 April 1946) is a former actress, perhaps known best for her voice work in the animated classic "Wizards" (1977).
Jesse Welles | Introduction
Debra Renee Wilson (born April 26, 1962), also known as Debra Wilson Skelton or Debra Skelton, is an American actress, voice actress, comedian and television presenter. Wilson is known for being the longest-serving original cast member on the sketch comedy series "Mad TV", having appeared for the show's first eight seasons. She has also done voice work for various productions including "Avatar", "American Dad!", "Family Guy", "Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil", "The Proud Family", "" and "The Boondocks". Her voice acting has also been used for video games including "" and ""
Debra Wilson | Introduction
She provides the narration for three streaming on-demand biographies of Jennifer Aniston, Adam Sandler, and Joe Biden. According to her IMDB profile, she voiced the teenage character, Megan, in the animated TV series Mew Mew Power (2003). She is also a writer/filmmaker of two award-winning short comedies, The Script Re-Right and Emojional Breakdown.
Sharon Feingold | Introduction
In the mid-1980s, Hanna-Barbera revived "The Jetsons" and brought back its original voice cast of O'Hanlon, Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, Don Messick, Penny Singleton, Jean Vander Pyl, and Janet Waldo. O'Hanlon had suffered a stroke and was blind and suffering from limited mobility. He recorded his dialogue in a separate session from the other cast members by having all lines read to him by the recording director Gordon Hunt and then recited one at a time. On February 11, 1989, just after recording dialogue for "". O'Hanlon complained of a headache and was taken to Saint Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California where he died of a second stroke.
George O'Hanlon | Death
Dorothy Kathleen Gulliver (September 6, 1908 – May 23, 1997) was an American silent film actress, and one of the few to make a successful transition when films began using sound. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1908, Gulliver was named as a 1928 WAMPAS Baby Star. Gulliver was part of "The Collegians" silent series of the late 1920s, and did some silent serials with William Desmond, Jack Hoxie, and Hoot Gibson. With the beginning of sound films, she became a popular heroine in 1930s "cliffhangers", including "The Galloping Ghost", "Phantom of the West", "The Shadow of the Eagle", "The Last Frontier", and the 1936 "Custer's Last Stand".
Dorothy Gulliver | Introduction
The advent of sound film brought a premature end to Poulton's film career. The addition of the microphone revealed Poulton's broad Cockney accent, which was at odds with the characters she had become identified with. Like Clara Bow who faced the same problem as a result of her Brooklyn accent, Poulton struggled to maintain her status. Also, like Bow, she attempted to mount a comeback in the mid-1930s, which was well publicised but unsuccessful. She made her final film appearance in 1938.
Mabel Poulton | Career
Elizabeth Noyes Hand (October 11, 1912 – December 24, 1987) was a singer and actress best known for dubbing two of Debbie Reynolds' numbers in the 1952 film "Singin' in the Rain." Today, this is a well-known example of dubbing in a movie musical: While Reynolds's character was the "ghost singer" dubbing for another character, her singing voice was actually dubbed by Noyes. She is also known for singing the song "Baby Mine" in the Disney film "Dumbo" (1941), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. However, she was not given screen credit for this performance.
Betty Noyes | Introduction
Despite this body of work, the Spanish public recognizes her less for her face than for her voice. She worked in dubbing in the 1960s, and began to do so exclusively in 1973, devoting more than 40 years (until a few months before her death) to this facet of film and television performance. She voiced famous cartoon characters like Pedro the goatherd in "Heidi, Girl of the Alps" (1974), Concetta in "" (1976), Pedrito in "Once Upon a Time... Man" (1978), Kira in "Once Upon a Time... Space" (1982), and Tom Sawyer in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1980). She also dubbed, among hundreds of others, the actresses Carole André (Mariana) on "Sandokan" (1976), Linda Evans (Krystle Carrington) on "Dynasty" (1982), Victoria Principal (Pamela Ewing) on "Dallas" (1989), and Joanna Cassidy (Margaret Chenowith) on "Six Feet Under" (2004).
Conchita Núñez | Biography
She was born on the same day as Hazel O'Connor. Mackenzie was educated at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and is a trained voice coach.
Deborah Mackenzie | Early life
Her notable live action credits included guest roles in "Remington Steele" and the 1980 comedic film, "Midnight Madness". In 1985, Albrecht was cast as Pizzazz in the animated series, "Jem", which aired from 1985 to 1988. Her character was the lead vocalist in the fictional band, The Misfits, who were the rivals of the lead characters, Jem and the Holograms. She went on to voice a number of characters in animated films and series throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including "The New Yogi Bear Show", "The Snorks", "New Kids on the Block", "", "", and "The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries".
Patricia Alice Albrecht | Introduction
Born in Rome and the daughter of silent film actor and director Carlo Simoneschi, she began her acting career when she was very young in Camillo Pilotto's stage company; in the early 1930s she made her film debut, but her inconspicuous physical appearance did not help her in front of the camera. However, her persuasive, passionate and sophisticated voice paved the way for her to become a voice actress. From the early 1940s until the first half of the 1960s, Simoneschi became one of the most prominent Italian voice actresses, lending her voice to almost all the greatest Hollywood and European divas which include Barbara Stanwyck, Susan Hayward, Ingrid Bergman, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Olivia de Havilland, Vivien Leigh and Maureen O'Hara.
Lydia Simoneschi | Biography
Daws Butler died from a heart attack on May 18, 1988 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He had suffered a stroke and been battling pneumonia in the last few months before he died. The television special "" was dedicated to him. Many of his roles were assumed by Greg Burson, who had been personally trained by Butler until his death. Myrtis Mayfield Martin Butler (born 31 January 1917, Stanly County, North Carolina) died on 15 November 2018 in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 101. The four aforementioned sons all survive.
Daws Butler | Death
and provided the recurring female computer voice in "A Man Called Sloane" (1979–80). Carey retired from acting in 1984 but made a brief comeback in the film "In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro" (1986) which would be her last performance. She also appeared as Crystal in a 1982 episode of the television series "The Fall Guy".
Michele Carey | Career
Conn made her debut as an actress in the 1960s. Her notable characters since the 1970s, when she first became prominent, include: Conn provided the voice for Raggedy Ann in the animated feature "" (1977) directed by Richard Williams. Her voice is one of her trademarks. She appeared as a celebrity guest on game shows like "Match Game", "The $20,000, $25,000, $50,000, and $100,000 Pyramids", "Chain Reaction", and "Go". In 2013, she starred as Pearl in the play "A Heap of Livin"' by Elliot Shoenman at The Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles.
Didi Conn | Career
Cartwright called him and left a message in a Cockney accent on his answering machine. Butler immediately called her back and agreed to be her mentor. He mailed her a script and instructed her to send him a tape recording of herself reading it. Once he received the tape, Butler critiqued it and sent her notes. For the next year, they continued in this way, completing a new script every few weeks. Cartwright described Butler as "absolutely amazing, always encouraging, always polite". Cartwright returned to Ohio University for her sophomore year, but transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) so she could be closer to Hollywood and Butler.
Nancy Cartwright | Early life