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Daws Butler was an American voice actor who worked for Hanna-Barbera and Walter Lantz. He voiced many famous characters, such as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Chilly Willy, and Beany Boy.
Daws Butler was a prolific and versatile voice-over actor who created many iconic cartoon characters, such as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Elroy Jetson and Snap, Crackle and Pop. He also worked in radio, TV, comedy records and acted in live theater.
- January 1, 1
- Toledo, Ohio, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Daws Butler was a prolific voice actor who voiced many classic cartoon characters, such as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Snagglepuss. See his biography, credits, images, and sounds on Behind The Voice Actors website.
Learn about the life and career of Daws Butler, a legendary voice-over actor who created iconic characters like Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Snagglepuss. Find out his birth name, height, awards, trivia, and family.
- November 16, 1916
- May 18, 1988
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Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler (16 November 1916 – 18 May 1988) was a voice actor originally from Toledo, Ohio. He worked mostly for Hanna-Barbera and originated the voices of many famous animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound.
Daws Butler trained many working actors including Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson), Corey Burton (the voice of Dale in Chip 'n' Dale and Captain Hook in Return to Never Land), Joe Bevilacqua (whom Butler personally taught how to do all of his characters), Bob Bergen (the voice of Porky Pig and Luke Skywalker in Star Wars video games), Bill Farmer (the voice of Goofy and Yosemite Sam, Sylvester, and Foghorn Leghorn in Space Jam), Greg Burson (who succeeded Butler after his death and voiced several of Mel Blanc's characters following his death), Tony Pope (the voice of Goofy in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Furby), and Keith Scott (the voice of Bullwinkle in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and several Looney Tunes characters in commercials produced in Australia). 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. 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 should sound like Elroy Jetson after he finished puberty.
Butler did a few voices in the Looney Tunes franchise. See Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Daws Butler and Category:Characters voiced by Daws Butler
Daws Butler was a voice actor who created many Hanna-Barbera characters, such as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Snagglepuss. He also trained and influenced many other voice actors, and won an Emmy Award for Time for Beany.
Jul 15, 2003 · Learn about the life and career of Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound and more. The site features rare sound files, photos and tributes to the late voice actor/teacher/writer.
May 20, 1988 · Daws Butler, who for three decades carried on the conversations of such diverse cartoon characters as Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound and of Beany, television’s beloved boy puppet, died Wednesday...
