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[[Image:DonMessick1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I can't bring myself to make fun of this guy; he rocked.]] | [[Image:DonMessick1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I can't bring myself to make fun of this guy; he rocked.]] | ||
'''Donald Messick''' ([[September 7]], 1926 - [[October 24]], 1997) was an American voice actor. He is best known for providing the voice of countless Hanna-Barbera characters for decades, notably Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear's pal Boo Boo, Astro on ''The Jetsons'', Bamm Bamm and Hoppy on ''The Flintstones'', Dr. Benton Quest on ''Jonny Quest'', and an endless array of non-verbal dogs, cats, camels, donkeys, amorphous blobs, and other beings, before [[Frank Welker]] cornered the market. He made a rare on-camera appearance on the short-lived sitcom ''The Duck Factory'' with Jim Carrey, where he stretched his thespic talents to play Wally Wooster, an eccentric who made his living as... a voice actor. | '''Donald Messick''' ([[September 7]], 1926 - [[October 24]], 1997) was an American voice actor. He is best known for providing the voice of countless Hanna-Barbera characters for decades, notably Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear's pal Boo Boo, Astro on ''The Jetsons'', Bamm Bamm and Hoppy on ''The Flintstones'', Dr. Benton Quest on ''Jonny Quest'', and an endless array of non-verbal dogs, cats, camels, donkeys, amorphous blobs, and other beings, before [[Frank Welker]] cornered the market. He made a rare on-camera appearance on the short-lived sitcom ''The Duck Factory'' with Jim Carrey, where he stretched his thespic talents to play Wally Wooster, an eccentric who made his living as... a voice actor. | ||
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Revision as of 11:11, 10 April 2009
Donald Messick (September 7, 1926 - October 24, 1997) was an American voice actor. He is best known for providing the voice of countless Hanna-Barbera characters for decades, notably Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear's pal Boo Boo, Astro on The Jetsons, Bamm Bamm and Hoppy on The Flintstones, Dr. Benton Quest on Jonny Quest, and an endless array of non-verbal dogs, cats, camels, donkeys, amorphous blobs, and other beings, before Frank Welker cornered the market. He made a rare on-camera appearance on the short-lived sitcom The Duck Factory with Jim Carrey, where he stretched his thespic talents to play Wally Wooster, an eccentric who made his living as... a voice actor.
