Daws Butler
Biography
Daws Butler was an American voice actor who worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon company and the Walter Lantz studio. Born in Toledo, Ohio, and raised in Oak Park, Illinois, he began performing as an impressionist in 1935 and later formed the comedy trio The Three Short Waves. His first animated voice role came in Short Snorts on Sports (1948), and Tex Avery hired him for Little Rural Riding Hood (1949) and other Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoons. On Time for Beany, he and Stan Freberg provided the puppet voices, and the show aired from 1949 to 1954 and collected several Emmy Awards. After Hanna and Barbera formed their own company, Butler voiced Reddy on The Ruff and Reddy Show and originated characters including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Elroy Jetson. He also voiced several characters in The Phantom Tollbooth (1970) and continued to voice Hanna-Barbera roles for decades. He died in 1988.
71years old at death
- Born Toledo
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Charles Dawson Butler (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 39 years1949 to 1988
Genres
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First role
In 1935, Daws Butler started doing impressionist performances and joined several amateur contests, winning most of them. He did it to challenge himself and get past his shyness, not to display his talent, and then won professional vaudeville engagements.
A role that slipped away
At MGM, Avery asked Butler to voice Droopy while Bill Thompson was busy with radio work. Butler recorded a few lines, then suggested Don Messick, another actor and his lifelong friend, who could imitate Thompson better.
A first
Butler's first team-up with a partner was "St. George and the Dragonet", a parody based on Dragnet. No other comedy record had reached a million copies sold before it.
Getting ready for a role
Daws Butler based the voice of Cap'n Crunch on character actor Charles Butterworth and played the cereal mascot from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Early training
Daws Butler began an acting workshop in 1975 that trained voice actors including Nancy Cartwright, Corey Burton, Bill Farmer and Bob Bergen.
Daws Butler movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones1987 Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fias Elroy Jetson / W.C. Cogswell / Henry Orbitvoice
IMDb rating 6.53.4K votes
- The Phantom Tollbooth1970 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Whether Man / Senses Taker / Terrible Trivium / Gelatinous Giantvoice
IMDb rating 6.83.9K votes
- Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!1964as Yogi Bear / Ranger Tom / Airplane Pilotvoice
IMDb rating 6.51.4K votes
- Yogi's First Christmas1980as Yogi Bear / Snagglepuss / Huckleberry Hound / Augie Doggievoice
IMDb rating 7.11.2K votes
- Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?1966as The King of Hearts…voice
IMDb rating 6.5205 votes
Most often with
Ray Patterson directed five of these films, Don Lusk two and Joseph Barbera two. Mel Blanc appears in six of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Mel Blanc's page
Janet Waldo's page
Frank Welker's page
Hamilton Camp's page
John Stephenson's page
Jean Vander Pyl's page
Ray PattersonDirector, 5 films, 1980 to 1988
All films by Ray Patterson
Don LuskDirector, 2 films, 1987 to 1988
All films by Don Lusk
All films by Joseph Barbera
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1975 | Inkpot Award | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.