Don Messick

[Xerus]

XERUS'S VOICE ARTIST FOCUS:

This week's V/A focus is the late Don Messick (1926-1997). Like Daws Butler, Don was also one of the first voice artists to work for Hanna-Barbera when they first opened their studio. And Don also voiced lots of memorable HB characters like Boo Boo Bear, Bandit, Dr. Benton Quest, Papa Smurf, and his most famous voice, Scooby Doo. Daws and Don were both a great team.

THE ARCHIE SHOW: Jughead Jones(substitute voice)
THE ADVENTURED OF DON COYOTE AND SANCHO PANDA: Sancho Panda
THE ADVENTURES OF GULLIVER: Tag
AROUND THE WORLD IN 79 DAYS: Happy
ASTRO AND THE SPACE MUTTS: Astro
THE ATOM ANT SHOW: Atom Ant(second voice)
AMAZING CHAN AND THE CHAN CLAN: Chu-Chu
BAILEY'S COMETS: Gabby
THE BANANA SPLITS: Snorky, Prof. Carter, Aramis
BIRDMAN: Falcon 7
CHARLOTTE'S WEB: Jeffrey, Lamb, Uncle
DASTARDLY AND MUTTLEY: Muttley, Zilli, Klunk
DINO BOY: Bronto
DRAK PACK: Toad, Fly
DROOPY, MASTER DETECTIVE: Droopy
THE FLINTSTONES: Bamm-Bamm, Hoppy, Joe Rockhead
FOOFUR: Pepe
THE GALAXY TRIO: Vapor Man
THE GET ALONG GANG: Officer Growler
THE HERCULOIDS: Gloop, Gleep
HEY, IT'S THE KING: Clyde
THE HILLBILLY BEARS: Shag
HONG KONG PHOOEY: Spot, Narrator
THE IMPOSSIBLES: Multi Man
INCH HIGH PRIVATE EYE: Braveheart
JACK FROST: Snip
THE JETSONS: Astro, Mac, Rudi
JOHNNY QUEST: Bandit, Dr. Benton Quest(second voice)
JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS: Sebastian
LAFF-A-LYMPICS: Boo Boo, Pixie, Scooby Doo, Mumbly, Mr. Creeply, Announcer
MIGHTY ORBOTS: Crunch, Rondu
MOBY DICK: Moby Dick, Scooby Seal
THE MUMBLY SHOW: Mumbly
NESTOR THE LONG EARED CHRISTMAS DONKEY: Roman Soldier
THE PEBBLES AND BAM-BAM SHOW: Schleprock
THE PERILS OF PENELOPE PITSTOP: Dum-Dum, Zippy, Pockets, Snoozy
PETER POTAMUS: So-So
PIXIE & DIXIE AND MR. JINKS: Pixie
PRECIOUS PUP: Precious Pup
RICHOCET RABBIT: Richocet Rabbit
RUDOLPH AND FROSTY'S CHRISTMAS IN JULY: Sam Spangle
THE RUFF AND REDDY SHOW: Ruff
SCOOBY DOO(AND ALL THE SCOOBY SPIN-OFFS, MOVIES, AND SPECIALS UNTIL 1997): Scooby Doo, Scrappy Doo(second voice)
THE SKATEBIRDS: Scooter
SMURFS: Papa Smurf, Dreamy, Azrael
THE SPACE KIDDETS: Countdown, Pupstar
SPACE GHOST: Blip, Zorak
SHAZZAN: Kaboobie
TINY TOON ADVENTURES: Hamton Pig
TOM AND JERRY KIDS: Droopy
TOM AND JERRY, THE MOVIE: Droopy
THE TRANSFORMERS: Ratchet, Gears, Scavenger
WACKY RACES: Muttley, Ring-a-Ding, Prof. Pat Pending, Slag Brother, Sawtooth, Little Gruesome
WALLY GATOR: Mr. Twiddle
WHERE'S HUDDLES?: Fumbles
YOGI BEAR(AND ALL THE YOGI SPIN-OFFS, MOVIES, AND SPECIALS UNTIL 1997): Boo Boo, Ranger Smith

 

[The Count]

Nice... Again, not as much into classic HB.
BTW: Shouldn't it be "R-I-C-O-C-H-E-T" instead?

 

[Xerus]

Nice... Again, not as much into classic HB.
BTW: Shouldn't it be "R-I-C-O-C-H-E-T" instead?

You're right. Thank you for pointing out my spelling mistake.

I'm sorry you're not into classic HB. But HB one of my most favorite things, besides Muppets.

 

[The Count]

Well... Wouldn't say I'm fully out of HB... More like three-quarters not interested in it, though some of it's still in my faves category like Scooby-Doo and Josie and the Pussycats... And one-quarter just don't like some of the franchises due to personal reasons, bad dreams caused my disliking those certain properties.
Guess it'd take something major like the Muppets figure line to respark my liking in HB overall. Like I said, due to my numerian nature, something I liked to do was fill up the ranks of the Fenderbender 500 circuit... Watched and liked that series more than I got to watch Wacky Racers.

 

[CBPuppets]

On that Note Didn't he so Voices for Freakazoid, and Other Rankin-Bass Productions.

 

[Xerus]

On that Note Didn't he so Voices for Freakazoid, and Other Rankin-Bass Productions.

Yes, Don did quite a few voices for Rankin-Bass. Like Snip in Jack Frost, A Roman Guard in Nestor, and Sam Spangle in the Rudolph and Frosty Movie.

And in Freakazoid, Don did one guest voice. He did Dr. Vernon Danger in a Johnny Quest spoof called Toby Danger. I think it was Don's final performance.

It's amazing how Don Messick could've lasted for such a long time.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

Simply put... he rules!