Casey Kasem

Casey Kasem
Years active at Hanna-Barbera	1969-1997
Years active at Warner Bros.	2002-2009
Characters played	Shaggy Rogers Groove Alexander Cabot III Robin Bill Baker Albert Shaggleford Colton Rogers

Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem was an American voice actor, best known as the voice of Shaggy Rogers on Scooby-Doo, and Robin on Super Friends.

Kasem died on June 15, 2014, at the age of 82.

Roles

20th century

• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969-1970)
  • Shaggy Rogers (25 appearances)
• Cattanooga Cats (1969)
  • Groove
• Josie and the Pussycats (1970-1971)
  • Alexander Cabot III (16 appearances)
• Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space (1972)
  • Alexander Cabot III (16 appearances)
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-1973)
  • Shaggy Rogers (24 appearances)
  • Robin (2 appearances, 1972)
  • Alexander Cabot III ("The Haunted Showboat," 1973)
• Wait Till Your Father Gest Home
  • George Perkins ("The Neighbors," 1973)
• Super Friends (1973)
  • Robin (16 appearances)
• Hong Kong Phooey (1974)
  • Additional voices
• The Scooby-Doo Show (1976-1978)
  • Shaggy Rogers (40 appearances)
• Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (1976-1978)
  • Shaggy Rogers (3 appearances)
• Jabberjaw (1976)
  • Additional voices
• Laff-A-Lympics (1977-1978)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977-1980)
  • Additional voices
• Yogi's Space Race (1978)
  • Additional voices
• Jana of the Jungle (1978)
  • Additional voices
• Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979-1982)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (1979)
  • Monty Marble
• Scooby Goes Hollywood (1979)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• The Gary Coleman Show (1982)
  • Opening theme song narrator
• The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983)
  • Shaggy Rogers (13 appearances)
• The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984)
  • Shaggy Rogers (13 appearances)
• The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985)
  • Shaggy Rogers (13 appearances)
• Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-1991)
  • Shaggy Rogers (27 appearances)
• The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (1990)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• 2 Stupid Dogs
  • Bill Baker ("Let's Make a Right Price," 1993)
• Johnny Bravo
  • Shaggy Rogers ("Bravo Dooby-Doo," 1997)

21st century

• What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002-2006)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico (2003)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster (2004)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• An Evening with the Scooby Gang (2005)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? (2005)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King (2008)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009)
  • Shaggy Rogers
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010-2012)
  • Colton Rogers

Other roles

Apart from his work in animation, Kasem was also a popular radio disc jockey. He was the co-creator and host of the American Top 40 countdown; starting from its original run in 1970-88, and then its revival from 1998 until his retirement in 2009. In between that show's hiatus, he hosted Casey's Top 40 from 1989-98. He also founded the American Video Awards in 1983, and continued to co-produce and host it until its finale in 1987.

Behind the scenes

• Kasem was a dedicated vegan and had briefly quit his role as Shaggy in 1995, after he was requested to do a Burger King commercial with the character. He returned to the role years later, when producers agreed to make Shaggy a vegetarian; starting in 2002.
  • The only other times where Kasem voiced Shaggy during his break was in some TV commercials, and a guest appearance on the Johnny Bravo episode "Bravo Dooby-Doo", which aired in 1997.
• In the Sister, Sister episode "The Audition," Mr. Matushka told the students that Casey Kasem would be a returning alumnus guest of Roosevelt High. After failing to get them to recognize Casey for his radio career, he sighed as he had to resort to using his career as the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo to get their attention.