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'''Donald Messick''' ([[September 7]], | '''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 thespian talents to play Wally Wooster, an eccentric who made his living as... a voice actor. | ||
==Generation 1== | |||
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] | * [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] | ||
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] | * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] | ||
* [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] | * [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] | ||
==External | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582106/ Don Messick at the Internet Movie Database] | *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582106/ Don Messick at the Internet Movie Database] | ||
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6815 Don Messick at Find-A-Grave] | *[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6815 Don Messick at Find-A-Grave] | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 16 March 2010
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 thespian talents to play Wally Wooster, an eccentric who made his living as... a voice actor.
