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.
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Daws Butler | Death
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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
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
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
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
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
Bryan died of a sudden heart attack on November 30, 1959 in Hollywood. Hal Smith assumed the voice of Elmer Fudd in 1960s "Looney Tunes" productions, and beginning in the early 1970s Mel Blanc would voice this character for various special television appearances. Bryan is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
Arthur Q. Bryan | Death
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
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
According to Andrea Romano, who was Hanna-Barbera's casting director at the time, O'Hanlon found it difficult to read and hear, and in the end, he died doing what he loved. The film was dedicated to him, along with "Jetsons" co-star Mel Blanc who died nearly five months later. Both were replaced by Jeff Bergman to finish the movie. He is interred in Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Cemetery in Westlake Village, California.
George O'Hanlon | Death
Hanna died of esophageal cancer at his home in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on March 22, 2001, at the age of 90. After his death, Cartoon Network aired a 20-second segment with black dots tracing Hanna's portrait with the words "We'll miss you – Cartoon Network" fading in on the right-hand side. This same type of tribute happened for Chuck Jones in 2002 and Hanna's partner, Joseph Barbera in 2006, when each of them died. However, Barbera, unlike the other two, had an audio clip of his voice playing in his Cartoon Network promotional tribute. Hanna is buried at Ascension Cemetery in Lake Forest, California.
William Hanna | Death
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
Bryan died. In 1963, he voiced Dr. Todd Goodheart, Belly Laguna, and Dr. Von Upp in The Funny Company cartoon series. From 1964 to 1966, he was the voice of Yappee in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon shorts "Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey". He was also the voice of Cosgoode Creeps, Asa Shanks, the Farmer, Mr. Greenway and Mr. Bluestone the Great Phantom, on "Scooby-Doo, Where are You!".
Hal Smith (actor) | Voice acting
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
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
From the time of the character's debut until 1988, Yogi was voiced by voice actor Daws Butler. Butler died in 1988; his last performance as Yogi was in the television film "Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears". In 1983, a Yogi Bear balloon made its first appearance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, becoming the final balloon that year. That same year, he appeared on a float named "A Hanna-Barbera Christmas" alongside many other Hanna-Barbera characters, as they cleaned up the streets of Broadway. The performance was bookended with animated segments featuring Yogi and Boo-Boo, voiced by Mel Blanc and Butler, respectively.
Yogi Bear | Voice actors
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
Butler had been diagnosed with a tumour some months previously (which had been removed in an operation), but a check-up following a cycling accident revealed the cancer had spread throughout his body and was inoperable. He died in Brooklyn, New York, aged 58, on January 27, 2018.
Jerry Butler (actor) | Death
Peary continued his career (often billed as Hal Peary) in films and television well into the 1970s; he was especially active as a voice actor for cartoons produced by Rankin-Bass and Hanna-Barbera, among others. He died of a heart attack in 1985. Waterman, who was a regular supporting character on radio's "The Halls of Ivy" while doing his version of "Gildersleeve", died a decade later.
The Great Gildersleeve | After Gildersleeve
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
Ruggeri died of a heart attack on July 4th 2015 at the age of 81. The voices of Herbert and Rabbit were passed on to Angelo Nicotra and Mino Caprio respectively.
Valerio Ruggeri | Death
Actor Dan Butler was terrified of the animal, and he was unable to talk while shooting the scene in the basement. However, Butler's ophidiophobia had an up-side: the show's art department did not need to apply fake sweat to his face.
Die Hand Die Verletzt | Directing and filming
Donald Earle Messick (September 7, 1926 – October 24, 1997) was an American voice actor, best known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons. His best-remembered vocal creations include Scooby-Doo, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, and Hoppy in "The Flintstones", Astro in "The Jetsons", Muttley in "Wacky Races" and "Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines", Boo-Boo Bear and Ranger Smith in "The Yogi Bear Show", Sebastian the Cat in "Josie and the Pussycats"; Gears, Ratchet, and Scavenger in "The Transformers", Papa Smurf and Azrael in "The Smurfs", Hamton J. Pig in "Tiny Toon Adventures", and Dr. Benton Quest in "Jonny Quest".
Don Messick | Introduction
The special is hosted by that night's guest stars Tony Danza and Annie Potts celebrating 50 years of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's partnership in animation. This is the first animated project to be broadcast in Dolby Surround sound system. It covers their years working for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio and then the history of Hanna-Barbera Productions which was set up in 1957. It features footage and clips from the studio's various cartoons along with new animated/live-action wraparounds and a behind-the-scenes on the then-upcoming newcomer, "". The special was dedicated to the loving memory of Daws Butler, who died during its production, and it was also the last television and film project of both Mel Blanc and George O'Hanlon, who died before the special's telecast.
Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration | Summary
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
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
Thompson's final role was as Uncle Waldo in "The Aristocats", released shortly before his sudden death from septic shock on July 15, 1971, just a week after his 58th birthday. His wife, Mary Margaret McBride, was the daughter of cartoonist Clifford McBride and was not the Mary Margaret McBride of radio fame. Thompson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio, on February 8, 1960.
Bill Thompson (voice actor) | Death
In the summer of 1994, Locchi suffered a heart attack followed by a stroke. He died in November later that year just eleven days after his 69th birthday. After his death, Luciano De Ambrosis became the new Italian voice actor of Sean Connery.
Pino Locchi | Death
He died on 10 July 2007.
Hew Butler | Career
After Butler's death, Greg Burson stepped in to perform the role; Butler had taught Burson personally how to voice Yogi as well as his other characters. Worsening alcoholism and a legal incident led to Burson's firing in 2004 and eventually his death in 2008.
Yogi Bear | Voice actors
Note #1: Choo Choo, Spook, Fancy Fancy, The Brain, Secret Squirrel, Hokey Wolf, Ding-A-Ling Wolf, Chopper, Ruff and Reddy, Dum Dum, Shag Rugg and Sawtooth the Beaver appear, but Marvin Kaplan, Leo De Lyon, John Stephenson, Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Don Messick, Vance Colvig, and Alan Reed recorded no lines for them. Note #2: Hardy Har Har, Atom Ant, Squiddly Diddly, Top Cat, Benny the Ball, and Yakky Doodle are voiced by John Stephenson, Don Messick, Daws Butler, and Walker Edmiston here. It was presumed that Mel Blanc, Paul Frees, Howard Morris, Arnold Stang and Jimmy Weldon weren't available to voice them for this TV movie, while Benny's voice actor Maurice Gosfield had died in 1964.
Yogi's Ark Lark | Cast
The character voice of Mudsy was provided by Daws Butler and was identical to his voice work for Snagglepuss, down to the use of Snagglepuss's catchphrase, "Even." (Butler's Snagglepuss voice was originally an impersonation of comedian Bert Lahr.) Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a studio-created laugh track, and indeed, it was one of the first such productions to do so. Syndicated versions, on Cartoon Network and Boomerang have the track muted.
The Funky Phantom | Production
This film served as Joseph Barbera's first solo animated production effort without longtime partner William Hanna (who died on March 22, 2001, due to throat cancer) and is one of two direct-to-video films to reunite the surviving classic 1970-73 voice cast consisting of Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe, and Heather North. Since Don Messick (the original voice of Scooby) died in 1997, Welker provides Scooby's voice (in addition to voicing Fred Jones).
Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire | Introduction
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
When William Hanna and Joseph Barbera formed their own animation studio, Hanna-Barbera, in 1957, Messick and Butler became a voice-acting team for the company. Messick and Butler's first collaboration was "Ruff and Reddy". Messick was Ruff the cat and the Droopy-sounding Professor Gizmo, while Butler played the dog Reddy. Messick also narrated the show, which had a serialized storyline. From 1958 to 1959, Messick played Tadpole in the animated television series "Spunky and Tadpole," produced by Beverly Hills Productions. From 1957–1965, Butler and Messick gave voice to a large number of characters. Always the sidekick, Messick's characters were not headliners.
Don Messick | Early Hanna Barbera voice work
Due to Daws Butler's death in 1988, he voiced Elroy Jetson in the 1990 film "". He also did the voices of Augie Doggie and Dixie in Hanna-Barbera's "Yo Yogi!", both roles that Butler had originated. He continued his career in the 1990s where he provided the voices for characters in the animated television series "TaleSpin" and "Tom & Jerry Kids". In 1995, Zimmerman appeared in person in the 1995 movie "Stripteaser" with Maria Ford and Rick Dean. Zimmerman is perhaps most well known among video game aficionados as the first (and most well-known) voice of Revolver Ocelot in "Metal Gear Solid, , " and "".
Patric Zimmerman | Career
Gōri's death was then ruled a suicide; he was three weeks short of his 58th birthday. His ongoing roles were replaced primarily by Ryūzaburō Ōtomo and Unshō Ishizuka, as well as other voice actors.
Daisuke Gōri | Death
Bernard Yves Raoul Dhéran (17 June 1926 – 27 January 2013) was a French actor, who was active in film, television and theatre in a career spanning over six decades. Dhéran was well remembered in French cinema's as the French dub of David Niven, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer, Ian McKellen and Leslie Nielsen. He was also recognized in dubbing as the voice of Count Dooku in the animated series "", he also dubbed Christopher Lee's performance in "" and "". In 1961, Dhéran was inducted into Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française. He died at his home in Marrakech on the 27 January 2013, he had originally been commissioned to record his lines for Odin in the French dub of , but due to his death Jean-Pierre Moulin (who is the official French dub of Hopkins) recorded the lines.
Bernard Dhéran | Introduction
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
Allwine died of heart failure caused by complications from acute diabetes at age 62 on May 18, 2009, at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. His prospective understudy, Bret Iwan, assumed the role of voicing Mickey Mouse.
Wayne Allwine | Death
On January 13, 2010, he suffered a heart attack in his Tokyo home and was found dead by family members. He was 77 years old at the time of his death. His final performance was in "Marie & Gali" as the voice of Leonardo da Vinci. Memorial services were held in Tokyo Memolead Hall on January 19, 2010. He is survived by his older brother Hiroshi. unknown date
Isamu Tanonaka | Death
Fiedler died of cancer on June 25, 2005, in Englewood, New Jersey, at the Lillian Booth Actors Home, a residence for retired entertainers sponsored by the Actors' Fund of America. Fiedler's friend and "Winnie-the-Pooh" co-star, Paul Winchell, who voiced Tigger, died the previous day due to natural causes. Fiedler was cremated and his ashes were scattered on Long Island, New York. Travis Oates has since replaced Fiedler as the voice of Piglet.
John Fiedler | Death
According to fellow voice actors, Gōri was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus a few years prior to his death and his vision was affected by retinal detachment as a result of the disease. He complained to coworkers, During an "Anpanman" recording session in late 2009, a depressed-sounding Gōri told his close friend voice actor Kazuhiko Inoue, "I've grown old". On January 17, 2010 at approximately 3:00 P.M., Gōri was found lying on his stomach with blood dripping from his wrists in the middle of a street in Nakano, Tokyo by a passerby, who then notified the police. Authorities from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Nakano station discovered a utility knife under his body as well as a suicide note (with the words and scrawled on it) addressed to his family in his pants pocket.
Daisuke Gōri | Death
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
Jones died of heart failure on February 22, 2002, at the age of 89. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea. After his death, the Looney Tunes cartoon "Daffy Duck for President", based on the book that Jones had written and using Jones' style for the characters, originally scheduled to be released in 2000, was released in 2004 as part of disc three of the "" DVD set.
Chuck Jones | Death
Cathey died at his home in New York City on February 9, 2018, at the age of 59. He was reported to have had lung cancer. He was cremated, and his ashes were spread somewhere in New York City. Around the time of his death, Cathey provided the voice of Captain Quaid in "Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure". When Cathey died, his character's remaining lines had to be provided by Keith David.
Reg E. Cathey | Death
On TV, he lent his voice, lips and artistic talents to Cambria Studios' production of the Syncro-Vox series "Captain Fathom" (1965), and is credited as story director on Hanna-Barbera's "ABC Saturday Superstar Movie" (1972) and "Challenge of the Super Friends" (1978). He also played the character Gator in the "Dos Pinos" episode of the TV series "The Westerner" (1960). He was killed in 1982, in the crash of an airplane of his own design that he was piloting. He was living in El Dorado County, California, at the time.
Warren Tufts | Television
On September 6, 2008, "America's Most Wanted" showed a visual with a picture of him with words below that said "In Memoriam: Don LaFontaine August 26, 1940 – September 1, 2008." John Walsh had announced, prior to the dedication sign, that LaFontaine—who had been the show's announcer since 1988—had died at the age of 68. On the evening of September 7, 2008, "Adult Swim" had a bumper that said: Don LaFontaine [1940-2008]. "The Apprentice Scout", an episode of "Chowder", is dedicated to LaFontaine. The episode dedicated his memory and said "To Don LaFontaine 1940-2008". The show "Phineas and Ferb" from Disney also dedicated the episode "The Chronicles of Meap" which he provided the narration for.
Don LaFontaine | Legacy
From 1929 to 1934, he animated the Bosko character in the Harman and Ising studio. He was one of the few animators who remained with Leon Schlesinger after Harman and Ising left in 1933. In Schlesinger's studio, he animated Buddy, Beans the Cat, and Porky Pig. He then worked as a freelance animator until 1940. He died in 1951 of a heart attack.
Rollin Hamilton | Introduction
His death came shortly before voice actors were being hired for "The Rescuers Down Under"; in acknowledgement of Jordan's death, Roy E. Disney wrote his character out of the script (John Candy would play the character's brother instead). He is buried next to Marian Jordan in the Saint Ann section of Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, and is next to the plot of Sharon Tate.
Jim Jordan (actor) | After Marian
Chuck Riley died at age 66 of renal complications on May 10, 2007 in Sherman Oaks, California. He was survived by his five children.
Chuck Riley (voice actor) | Death
animated television series, films, toys, and video games. He also voiced Yogi Bear on "The New Yogi Bear Show" (after the death of Daws Butler, who was his acting mentor, as well as one of his influences in 1988) and many other characters in Hanna-Barbera-related shows and Mr. Magoo in the animated segments of the live action feature film of the same name in 1997 (after Jim Backus died in 1989). His other voice work includes shows such as "CatDog", "", "All-New Dennis the Menace", "Mother Goose and Grimm", "The Angry Beavers", "Johnny Bravo", "Samurai Jack", "The Smurfs", "Super Friends", "The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat" and "Garfield and Friends", the feature film "Jurassic Park" and the three "Star Wars" video games "", "" and "The Gungan Frontier".
Greg Burson | Career
James Franklin Baskett (February 16, 1904 – July 9, 1948) was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Uncle Remus, singing the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" in the 1946 Disney feature film "Song of the South". In recognition of his portrayal of the famous black storyteller he was given an Honorary Academy Award, making him the first black male performer to receive an Oscar. Despite his leading role, Baskett was not considered for a competitive Academy Award for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor.
James Baskett | Introduction
Wickes suffered from numerous ailments in the last years of her life that cumulatively resulted in her hospitalization, where she fell and broke her hip, prompting surgery. She died of complications following that surgery on October 22, 1995, aged 85. Her final film role, voicing Laverne in Disney's animated feature "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", was released posthumously in 1996. Wickes reportedly had only one voice recording session left for the film when she died. Jane Withers came in to finish the character's remaining six lines of dialogue. She was interred beside her parents at the Shiloh Valley Cemetery in Shiloh, Illinois.
Mary Wickes | Death and legacy
A gag line that he had left was found: "These last few days are among the happiest I've ever ignored." National Lampoon's tribute to him was an editorial by Matty Simmons and a cartoon showing a sign next to the edge of a cliff with the inscription, "Doug Kenney Slipped Here."
Douglas Kenney | Death
Rogers was killed in the crash of a training flight at Pensacola, Florida, while he was an Ensign in the United States Navy during World War II, on July 9, 1944, 22 days before his 21st birthday. Stan Freberg then replaced Rogers as the voice of Junior Bear, while Mel Blanc took over as the voice of Beaky Buzzard, though that character's appearances were limited after Rogers' death. Rogers is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kent Rogers | Death
Joker was unaware of the fact that the bones of the kidnapped children are used by Doctor as material for the prosthetic limbs, nor did he know that the workhouse never existed. He, like every first-string performer, referred to Baron Kelvin as "Father", because Baron Kelvin took him off the streets of the East End as a child and raised him in addition to providing artificial limbs. He died from extensive hemorrhaging, Sebastian having severed his other arm, as he attempted to defend Baron Kelvin from Ciel. He is voiced by in Japanese and by Doctor was the kind, wheelchair-bound doctor who cared for the performers of the circus.
List of Black Butler characters | Noah's Ark Circus
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
Snagglepuss's appearance in a 1960s run of Kellogg's cereal television commercials prompted legal action by actor Bert Lahr, who said the similarity of the character's voice to his own could lead viewers to the false conclusion that Lahr himself had endorsed the product. As part of the settlement, the disclaimer "Snagglepuss voice by Daws Butler" was required to appear on each commercial. This made Butler one of the few voice artists to receive screen credits in a TV commercial. Butler reused his Snagglepuss voice for two other Hanna-Barbera characters: Jonathan Wellington "Mudsy" Muddlemore from "The Funky Phantom" and Brutus the lion from "The Roman Holidays".
Snagglepuss | History
Winchell retired in 1999, and died of natural causes six years later on June 24, 2005, at age 82. Winchell's friend and "Winnie-the-Pooh" co-star John Fiedler, who supplied the voice of Piglet, died the following day of cancer at age 80. After Winchell's retirement, Jim Cummings, who also supplies the voice of Pooh Bear, took-over as Tigger.
Paul Winchell | Death
On Friday, August 22, 2008, LaFontaine was at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, with a pulmonary embolism and was reported to be in critical condition the following Tuesday. His family made a public appeal for prayers on Mediabistro. Ten days later, LaFontaine died on September 1, 2008, six days after his 68th birthday, following complications from a pneumothorax. He is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. His final television voice over role was for the "Phineas and Ferb" episode "The Chronicles of Meap" in which he said in his final line: "In a world... There, I said it. Happy?" The episode also ended with a short tribute to him, although the iTunes, UK, and Spanish versions of the episode omitted the dedication.
Don LaFontaine | Health and death
He also voiced Granny in "4 More Adventures of Bugs Bunny" (1974) and "Bugs Bunny’s High-Fructose Christmas Record" (1974), in place of June Foray, and replaced the late Arthur Q. Bryan as Elmer Fudd's voice during the post-golden age era.
Mel Blanc | Voice work for Hanna-Barbera and others
However, when The Sync closed during the dot-com industry collapse, his visibility waned. Several episodes of the program remain online. Performing under the name Terry McCrea, Crummitt had small roles in films and television shows that were shot in the Washington and Baltimore areas, including "Gods and Generals" and "Cecil B. Demented". Crummitt was killed in an automobile accident in Laurel, Maryland, his home town, on May 13, 2004; he was 31 years old.
Snack Boy | Introduction
On Saint Patrick's Day of 2006, Papenbrook died of chronic lung problems at the age of 50. The 2008 DVD "Adventures in Voice Acting" was dedicated to him (whose appearance was filmed before his death).
Bob Papenbrook | Death
He also is a cartoon voice actor best known for being the voice of many Hanna Barbera characters including Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy Doo.
WZRH | As WRKN
Butler died in Gainsboro on February 13, 1917. He is interred in Gainesboro Cemetery.
Mounce Gore Butler | Death
Blanc is regarded as the most prolific voice actor in the history of the industry. He was the first voice actor to receive on-screen credit. Blanc's death was considered a significant loss to the cartoon industry because of his skill, expressive range, and sheer volume of continuing characters he portrayed, which are currently taken up by several other voice talents. Indeed, as movie critic Leonard Maltin once pointed out, "It is astounding to realize that Tweety Bird and Yosemite Sam are the same man!" According to Blanc, Sylvester the Cat was the easiest character to voice because "It's just my normal speaking voice with a spray at the end." Yosemite Sam was the hardest because of his loudness and raspiness.
Mel Blanc | Legacy
The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound is a 1988 animated Western television film produced by Hanna-Barbera for syndication as part of the "Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10" series. The film parodies various Western films; the film's title is a take-off of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Huckleberry is constantly referred to as a "mysterious, steely-eyed, and silent-type stranger" (though Huck is just being himself), spoofing the Western stock character of the Man with No Name. Several other plot points are lifted from well-known film Westerns, such as "High Noon" and "High Plains Drifter". This film marks the final time Daws Butler voiced Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey, Snagglepuss, Hokey Wolf, and Peter Potamus, as he died three days after its telecast from a heart attack.
The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound | Introduction
On June 28, 2011, Kobayashi died of pancreatic cancer at age 76. His company closed after his death.
Osamu Kobayashi (voice actor) | Death
"Yo Yogi!" last aired in syndication as part of "The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera". Modern voice actors played the voices of certain characters not only because some of them are teenagers, but due to the deaths of Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, and Paul Frees before this series began.
Yo Yogi! | Production
They were replaced by newcomer Joshua Fardon as Luke Skywalker and character actor Arye Gross as Lando Calrissian. John Lithgow voiced Yoda, whose voice actor in the films has always been Frank Oz. Bernard Behrens returned as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Brock Peters reprised his role as Darth Vader. Veteran character actor Ed Begley, Jr. played Boba Fett. Edward Asner also guest-starred speaking only in grunts as the voice of Jabba the Hutt. The radio drama had a running time of three hours. Principal production of the show was completed on February 11, 1996. Only hours after celebrating its completion with the cast and crew of the show, Daley died of pancreatic cancer.
Return of the Jedi | Radio drama
Voiced by (English): Richard EpcarVoiced by (Japanese): Jōji Nakata
List of Dead or Alive characters | Fame Douglas
Shiozawa graduated from Nihon University Second Senior High School, where he learned to perform in its art department. On May 9, 2000, at 4pm, Shiozawa fell down the stairs of his home in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Despite claiming that he was “alright”, Shiozawa fell unconscious and was rushed to the Tokyo Medical University Hospital; he died of a cerebral contusion at 12am on May 10, at the age of 46. Fellow voice actor Hidekatsu Shibata was one of the attendees at his funeral. Shiozawa's ongoing roles were replaced with other voice actors after his death. Hikaru Midorikawa said, "Kaneto Shiozawa was my hero."
Kaneto Shiozawa | Life and career
Originally released to theaters by Warner Bros. on July 6, 1957, "What's Opera, Doc?" features the speaking and singing voices of Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan as Bugs and Elmer, respectively. The short is also sometimes informally referred to as "Kill the Wabbit" after the line sung by Fudd to the tune of Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries", the opening passage from Act Three of "Die Walküre" (which is also the leitmotif of the Valkyries). This is the third of the three Warner Bros. shorts (the others being "Hare Brush" and "Rabbit Rampage") in which Elmer defeats Bugs (though here the former shows regret for defeating the latter), as well as the last Elmer Fudd cartoon directed by Jones.
What's Opera, Doc? | Production notes
Legendary voice artist Mel Blanc originated the character's voice. After the Golden Age of American Animation came to an end, Blanc continued to voice the character in TV specials, commercials, music recordings, and films, such as 1988's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", which was one of Blanc's final projects as Tweety. Before and after Blanc's death in 1989, several voice actors have provided the voice in his stead. These voice actors are:
Tweety | Voice actors
Jeffrey Alan Winkless (June 2, 1941 – June 26, 2006) was an American film actor, voice actor and music composer. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Two of his younger brothers, Terence H. Winkless and Daniel Owen Winkless, worked with him on "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour". He was also credited as Jeffrey Brock. He did voice-overs for several anime titles including "Doomed Megalopolis", "Space Adventure Cobra", "Vampire Hunter D", "Crying Freeman" and "Lily C.A.T." Winkless died of a brain tumor on June 26, 2006.
Jeff Winkless | Introduction
Fattoretto died of unspecified causes on June 30, 2013 at the age of 57. Angelo Nicotra took over as the voice of Zoidberg in the remaining episodes of "Futurama" as well as "Simpsorama" (The special crossover episode of "The Simpsons").
Claudio Fattoretto | Death
Wilson died of pneumonia on April 30, 2003, at the age of 79.
Lionel Wilson (voice actor) | Death
Butler died in London at the age of 78. He is buried in the section of modern graves in the north-east quadrant of the eastern half of Highgate Cemetery in north London.
David Butler (screenwriter) | Death
A tribute podcast to Oum took place the day after his death. An episode of the popular series "Death Battle" – whose animator and cast were heavily influenced by Oum – dedicated the episode "Boba Fett vs Samus Remastered" to him and also had an animated dance sequence that paid tribute to his work, though the song used ("Real Emotion" from the "Final Fantasy X-2" soundtrack) was removed due to copyright violations some weeks after. One of Monty's brothers, Neath, then carried on his role as the voice of Lie Ren in "RWBY" following his death. A tribute to Oum was included in Volume 3 of "RWBY".
Monty Oum | Tributes
Eddie Selzer died in 1970. Upon his death, some of his five Academy Award "Oscar" statues for the winning cartoons he produced were distributed to the crews behind the cartoons; the one for 1957's "Birds Anonymous" was given to voice artist Mel Blanc while the one for "Tweetie Pie" was given to Freleng; the remaining awards are with his family.
Edward Selzer | Death
He died in 1947 of a brain tumour. In their review of the film "Hungry Hill" (also 1947), "The New York Times" wrote, "As the butler who served John Brodrick, his sons, and their sons in turn, the late F. J. McCormick is truly magnificent, giving an even more subtle portrayal of Irish character than he did as the wily tramp in "Odd Man Out"."
F. J. McCormick | Introduction
Harnell self-published an autobiography entitled "Counterpoint" in 2000, co-authored with television producer/director Ira Skutch, and died of heart failure on July 14, 2005. Harnell and his family had been residents of Teaneck, New Jersey. His son, Jess Harnell, is a voice actor and singer, best known as the voice of Wakko Warner on the Steven Spielberg-produced animated television series "Animaniacs".
Joe Harnell | Personal life
Felix Felton died in London in 1972 aged 61.
Felix Felton | Voice actor
Jones died after a fall at his home on the evening of July 7, 2014, at the age of 87. Jones is survived by his wife, four children, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. At the time of his death, he was the last surviving cast member of the 1940 animated film "Pinocchio".
Dick Jones (actor) | Death
Douglas Hiram Young (December 21, 1919 – January 7, 2018) was an American voice actor, who worked on radio programs and in animated cartoons.
Doug Young (actor) | Introduction
Accolla died on July 14th 2013 after suffering a long illness. The voice of Homer Simpson was passed on to voice actor and comedian Massimo Lopez.
Tonino Accolla | Death
Radio personality Scott Innes ended up voicing Scooby-Doo, as Don Messick, the character's original voice actor, died in 1997. Mary Kay Bergman was cast as Daphne, while B.J. Ward, who played Velma in a "Johnny Bravo" crossover episode, reprised her role for this film. Frank Welker is the only actor from the original series to reprise his role, as Fred Jones. He had initially worried that the producers would replace him as well, given that the producers believed his voice had gone down an octave. The voice director kept requesting Welker perform the voice at a higher pitch. Welker insisted his voice was the same, as Fred's voice is close to his natural speaking voice.
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island | Casting
John at the water balloons, complained that he had been cheated and that she needed more wins to get the stuffed animal that, unknowing, contained the diamonds. Dubin was also a prominent voice actor in dubbing for Japanese animation throughout the 1990s to the early 2000s. He has also acted in many other projects, his most recent being "RockBarnes: The Emperor in You". He died on October 8, 2016, from bone cancer, a sibling of his revealed.
Gary Dubin | Introduction
In the 1997 animated adaptations of "Soul Music" and "Wyrd Sisters", Death was voiced by Christopher Lee.
Death (Discworld) | Animated
William H. Thompson (July 8, 1913 – July 15, 1971) was an American voice actor, radio comedian and actor, whose career stretched from the 1930s until his death. He was a featured comedian playing multiple roles on the "Fibber McGee and Molly" radio series, and was the voice of Droopy in most of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer theatrical cartoons from 1943 to 1958.
Bill Thompson (voice actor) | Introduction
Barnyard Dawg was originally voiced by Mel Blanc from the character's debut until 1963. After Blanc's death in 1989, the character has been voiced by Billy West, Jeff Bergman, Greg Burson, Joe Alaskey, Ben Falcone and Eric Bauza.
Barnyard Dawg | Voice
Duvall died in 1969, the same year as the last Looney Tunes cartoon was released.
Earl Duvall | Death
Also, there was a running gag of raccoons jumping out of things and scratching Peter in the face. In addition to the regular cast, actors Brian Dunkleman and Kathleen Wilhoite, voice actors Dakota Fanning, Ralph Garman, and Rachael MacFarlane, and singer Waylon Jennings, guest starred in the episode. Recurring guest voice actors and writers Mike Henry and Danny Smith made minor appearances.
To Love and Die in Dixie | Production
On the morning of May 13, 2012, Dunn died in his sleep after finishing his fifth double show at the Blue Note nightclub in Tokyo with Cropper the night before. He had been in Japan as part of an ongoing tour with Cropper and Eddie Floyd.
Donald &quot;Duck&quot; Dunn | Death
Wynn's distinct voice was deliberately emulated by Alan Tudyk for the character King Candy in Disney's animated film "Wreck-It Ralph", by Daws Butler for the character of "Wally Gator", and by Paul Frees for the characters of Captain Peter "Wrongway" Peachfuzz on "Rocky and Bullwinkle" and Fred the lion from the Super Chicken segment of "George of the Jungle". Wynn was posthumously named a Disney Legend on August 10, 2013.
Ed Wynn | Legacy
William "Hicks" Lokey (April 5, 1904 – November 4, 1990) was an American animator. He is best known for his work at Fleischer Studios. Lokey was born in Alabama. He worked as an animator for Fleischer Studios (1934-1938), the Walter Lantz Studio (1938–39), Walt Disney Productions (1940–41, where he provided character animation for the "Pink Elephants on Parade" segment in "Dumbo" and "The Dance of the Hours" in "Fantasia"), and Hanna-Barbera (1959-1986). In 1990 Lokey received the Winsor McCay Award for his lifetime of work in the field of animation. Lokey died in Los Angeles on November 4, 1990.
Hicks Lokey | Introduction
, better known as , was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Ōhito, Shizuoka (now Izunokuni, Shizuoka) attached to Mausu Promotion. He died of gallbladder cancer at the age of 87.
Takanobu Hozumi | Introduction
Moore was already at work animating the mermaids and the lost boys for "Peter Pan" when both he and his second wife, Virginia, were injured in a traffic accident early on the evening of Saturday, November 22, 1952, when their car was struck head-on while she made a U-turn on a rural highway through Big Tujunga Canyon near the Angeles National Forest. The Moores were reportedly returning from a day spent watching a football game with fellow Disney artist Jack Kinney. Moore died the following day at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California, located across the street from the Disney Studios, from a cerebral hemorrhage resulting from a concussion.
Fred Moore (animator) | Accident and death
The narration of the series was provided by the actor Richard Briers. On 17 February 2013, Briers died, followed four days later by animator Godfrey.
Roobarb | Introduction
George O'Hanlon, who had already been in ill health throughout the 1980s run of the series, died of a stroke on February 11, 1989 after he finished recording; Voice director Andrea Romano later recalled that he could record only an hour at a time due to ill health and had his final stroke while at the studio. Mel Blanc also died during production of the film on July 10, 1989. Voice actor Jeff Bergman would later step in and fill in for both O'Hanlon and Blanc as George Jetson and Mr. Cosmo Spacely to complete their dialogue in the film.
Jetsons: The Movie | Production