Daws Butler

For the ToonHeads special, see Daws Butler (ToonHeads).

Daws Butler
Years active at MGM	1949-1958
Years active at Hanna-Barbera	1957-1988
Characters played	Loopy De Loop Wally Gator Yogi Bear Hokey Wolf Elroy Jetson Quick Draw McGraw Baba Looey Peter Potamus Snagglepuss Lion Huckleberry Hound Augie Doggie Dixie Mr. Jinks

Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company where he originated the voices of many familiar characters, including Loopy De Loop, Wally Gator, Yogi Bear, Hokey Wolf, Elroy Jetson, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Peter Potamus, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound.

Butler died from a heart attack on May 18, 1988 at the age of 71.

Roles

20th century

• Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
• The Ruff and Reddy Show (1957-1960)
  • Reddy
  • Pinky
  • Scarey Harry Safari
  • Captain Greedy
  • Killer Dalton
• The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958-1962)
  • Huckleberry Hound
  • Yogi Bear
  • Dixie
  • Mr. Jinks
  • Dinky Dalton
  • Hokey Wolf
  • Farmer Smith ("Tricks and Treats," 1961)
• The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959-1961)
  • Quick Draw McGraw
  • Baba Looey
  • Augie Doggie
  • Super Snooper
  • Blabber Mouse
• Loopy De Loop
  • Loopy De Loop
  • Bon-Bon
• The Flintstones (1960-1966)
• The Yogi Bear Show (1961-62)
  • Yogi Bear
  • Snagglepuss Lion
  • Fibber Fox
  • The Cat
  • Alfy Gator
• The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series (1962-1963)
  • Wally Gator
  • Lippy the Lion
• The Jetsons (1962-1963; 1985-1987)
  • Elroy Jetson
  • Mr. Cogswell
  • Henry Orbit
• The Peter Potamus Show (1964-1966)
  • Peter Potamus
  • Yahooey
• Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This? (1966)
  • March Hare
  • King of Hearts
• The Space Kidettes (1966)
  • Captain Skyhook
• The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968-1970)
• Wacky Races (1968-1969)
  • Rock Slag
  • Big Gruesome
  • The Red Max
  • Sergeant Blast
  • Peter Perfect
  • Rufus Ruffcut
  • Sawtooth
• Cattanooga Cats (1969-1971)
  • Lambsy Divey
  • Crumden
• Harlem Globetrotters (1970-1971)
  • Orderly #2 ("The Great Geese Goof-Up", 1970)
• Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971-1972)
  • Hair Bear
• The Funky Phantom (1971-1972)
  • Jonathan Wellington Muddlemore
• The Roman Holidays (1972)
  • Brutus
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-1973)
• Yogi's Ark Lark (1972)
• The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik (1972)
  • Scounger
• The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park (1972)
• A Christmas Story (1972)
  • Gumdrop
  • Second responding dog
• Yogi's Gang (1973)
• Hong Kong Phooey (1974)
  • Blubber ("Comedy Cowboys," 1974)
  • Stick ("Comedy Cowboys," 1974)
  • Big Duke ("Comedy Cowboys," 1974)
• To Tell the Truth
  • Yogi Bear ("Bill Hanna," 1975)
• The Scooby-Doo Show (1976-1978)
  • Scooby-Dum
• Fred Flinstone and Friends (1977-1978)
• Laff-A-Lympics (1977-1978)
  • Yogi Bear
  • Huckleberry Hound
  • Quick Draw McGraw
  • Super Snooper
  • Blabber Mouse
  • Dixie
  • Hokey Wolf (9 appearances)
  • Mr. Jinks
  • Wally Gator
  • Augie Doggie
  • Scooby-Dum (14 appearances)
  • Snagglepuss
  • Dastardly Dalton
• CB Bears (1977)
  • Blast-Off Buzzard
  • Big Duke
  • Hustle
  • Stick
  • Undercover Elephant
• The All-New Popeye Hour (1978-1983)
• Yogi's Space Race (1978)
  • Yogi Bear
  • Huckleberry Hound
• Galaxy Goof-Ups (1978)
  • Yogi Bear
  • Huckleberry Hound
• Yogi's Great Escape (1987)
  • Yogi Bear
  • Snagglepuss
  • Wally Gator
  • Quick Draw McGraw
• The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987)
  • Elroy Jetson
• Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose (1987)
  • Yogi Bear
  • Huckleberry Hound
  • Snagglepuss
  • Quick Draw McGraw
  • Augie Doggie
• Rockin' with Judy Jetson (1988)
  • Elroy Jetson
• The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound (1988)
  • Huckleberry Hound
  • Snagglepuss
  • Yogi Bear
  • Quick Draw McGraw
  • Baba Looey
  • Hokey Wolf
• Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears (1988)
  • Yogi Bear

Other roles

In 1949, Butler appeared in a televised puppet show created by former animation director Bob Clampett called Time for Beany, where he provided the voices for Beany Boy and Captain Huffenpuff.

Butler had provided the voices of many characters from Walter Lantz's theatrical shorts, which would later be shown on his anthology series, The Woody Woodpecker Show. The most notable roles were the penguin Chilly Willy and his rival Smedley; The latter of which is a Southern-accented dog much akin to Huckleberry Hound.

In various television commercials from the 1960s to the 1980s, Butler voiced the mascot for Cap'n Crunch cereal.

Tributes

A dedication to Daws, shown at the end of the special.

• The 1989 TV special Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration was dedicated to him.
• On page 11 of The Art of Hanna-Barbera, it wrote this: In memory of Daws Butler, whose many inimitable voices were so important to Hanna-Barbera.