Don Messick

Don Messick
Years active at Hanna-Barbera	1957-1996
Characters played	Scooby-Doo Boo Boo Bear Ranger Smith Papa Smurf Astro Muttley Spot Benton Quest Ruff Bandit Sancho Panda Dapple

Donald Earle Messick 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 Scooby-Doo, Boo Boo Bear, Ranger Smith, Papa Smurf, Astro, Muttley, Spot, Benton Quest, Ruff, and Bandit.

Messick died from a second stroke on October 24, 1997, at the age of 71.

Roles

20th century

• The Ruff and Reddy Show (1957-1960)
  • Ruff
  • Professor Gizmo
  • Ubble Ubble
• The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958-1962)
  • Boo Boo Bear
  • Ranger Smith
  • Pixie
• Loopy De Loop
• The Flintstones (1960-1966)
  • Bamm-Bamm Rubble
  • Hoppy
• The Yogi Bear Show (1961-1962)
  • Boo Boo Bear
  • Ranger Smith
  • Major Minor
• Top Cat (1961-1962)
• The Jetsons (1962-1963)
  • Astro
• The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series (1962-1963)
  • Mr. Twiddle
• The Magilla Gorilla Show (1964-1966)
  • Ricochet Rabbit
• The Peter Potamus Show (1964–1966)
  • So-So
• Jonny Quest (1964–1965)
  • Doctor Benton Quest
  • Bandit
• The Secret Squirrel Show (1965)
• The Atom Ant Show (1965–1967)
  • Atom Ant
  • Precious Pupp
  • Shag Rugg
• Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This? (1965)
  • Dormouse
  • Fluff
• A Laurel & Hardy Cartoon (1966-1967)
• Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles (1966-1968)
  • Multi-Man
• Space Ghost & Dino Boy (1966-1968)
  • Blip
  • Zorak
  • Sisto
  • Bronty
• The Space Kidettes (1966-1967)
  • Countdown
  • Pupstar
  • Static
• Birdman and the Galaxy Trio (1967)
  • Falcon 7
  • Vapor Man
  • Vultro
• The Herculoids (1967)
  • Gloop and Gleep
• Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
  • Cat
  • Mice
• Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor (1967)
  • Scooby the Seal
• Fantastic Four (1967-1968)
  • Kurrgo
• The Abbott & Costello Cartoon Show (1967)
• Shazzan (1967)
  • Kaboobie
• Young Samson (1967-1968)
  • Goliath
  • Venusian Ice Men
  • Terrorist Leader
  • Monarch
• The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968)
  • Priest
  • Tug
• The Adventures of Gulliver (1968-1969)
  • Egger
  • Tagg
• Wacky Races (1968-1969)
  • Muttley
  • Professor Pat Pending
  • Gravel Slag
  • Little Gruesome
  • Ring-a-Ding
  • Sawtooth
• The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1969)
  • Snorky
  • Prof. Carter
  • Aramis
• The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969-1970)
  • Dum-Dum
  • Pockets
  • Zippy
  • Snoozy
• Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969-1970)
  • Muttley
  • Klunk
  • Zilly
  • Yankee Doodle Pidgeon
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969-1970)
  • Scooby-Doo
• Cattanooga Cats (1969)
  • Hoppy
  • Smirky
• Where's Huddles? (1970)
  • Fumbles
  • Beverly
• Josie and the Pussycats (1970-1971)
  • Sebastian
• The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971)
  • Schleprock
  • Weirdly Gruesome
• Harlem Globetrotters (1971)
• Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971)
  • Hercules
• The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)
  • Chu Chu
• Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972)
• The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972)
  • Schleprock
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-1973)
  • Scooby-Doo
• Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space (1972)
  • Sebastian
  • Bleep
• Inch High, Private Eye (1973)
• The Addams Family (1973)
• Jeannie (1973)
• Yogi's Gang (1973)
  • Boo Boo Bear
  • Atom Ant
  • Squiddly Diddly
  • Touché Turtle
  • Ranger Smith
• Hong Kong Phooey (1974)
• Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch (1974–1975)
  • Scrambles
  • Officer Fishtail
  • The Fire Chief
  • Ranger
• The Tom & Jerry Show (1975)
  • Spike
• The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976)
  • Mumbly
• Jabberjaw (1976)
• Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (1976-1977)
  • Scooby-Doo
• The Scooby-Doo Show (1976-1978)
  • Scooby-Doo
• CB Bears (1977)
  • Clyde
  • Seeker ("Valley of No Return", 1977)
  • Elmo ("The Carnival Caper", 1977)
  • Mr. Gridley ("The Carnival Caper", 1977)
  • Newsman ("Snowbound Safari", 1977)
  • Big foot/bank robber ("Snowbound Safari", 1977)
• The Skatebirds (1977)
  • Scooter
• A Flintstone Christmas (1977)
• Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977-1978)
• Laff-A-Lympics (1977-1978)
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Boo Boo Bear
  • Mumbly
  • Pixie
  • Dirty Dalton
  • Mr. Creepley
  • Junior Creepley
  • Announcer
• Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977-1980)
• Challenge of the Super Friends (1978)
• Dinky Dog (1978)
• Casper's First Christmas (1978)
  • Boo Boo Bear
• The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour (1978)
• Yogi's Space Race (1978)
• The Flintstones: Little Big League (1978)
  • Quarry Worker
• Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue (1978)
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Snorky
  • Jabberjaw
• Godzilla (1978-1979)
  • Godzooky
• The All New Popeye Hour (1978-1983)
  • Eugene the Jeep
• Amigo and Friends (1979)
  • Amigo
• The New Fred and Barney Show (1979)
  • Bamm-Bamm Rubble
• Scooby Goes Hollywood (1979)
  • Scooby-Doo
• The Super Globetrotters (1979)
  • Time Lord
• The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (1979)
  • Igor
• Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979-1980; 1980–1982)
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Scrappy-Doo (1980–1982)
  • Yabba-Doo (1980–1982)
• Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
  • Boo Boo Bear
  • Ranger Smith
  • Herman the Hermit
• Space Stars (1980)
  • Astro
  • Gloop and Gleep
• The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980-1982)
  • Schleprock
• The Flintstones' New Neighbors (1980)
  • Bamm-Bamm Rubble
  • Vulture
• The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling (1980)
  • Doctor
  • Fish #1
  • Fish #2
  • Parrot
  • Pigasaurus
• Drak Pack (1980–1982)
  • Toad
• The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1980–1982)
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Scrappy-Doo
  • The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980–1981)
• The Kwicky Koala Show (1981)
  • Rawhide Clyde
• The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma (1981)
  • Announcer
• The Smurfs (1981–1989)
  • Papa Smurf
  • Azreal
  • Dreamy Smurf
  • Sweepy Smurf
• My Smurfy Valentine (1982)
  • Papa Smurf
  • Azreal
• Pac Preview Party (1982)
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Scrappy-Doo
• The Flintstone Funnies (1982-1984)
  • Schleprock
• The Smurfs Springtime Special (1982)
  • Papa Smurf
  • Azreal
• The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (1990-1991)
  • Sancho Panda
  • Dapple

Other roles

Messick was the voice of the Autobots Gears and Ratchet, and Deception Scavenger in the animated TV series The Transformers, and when Tom Ruegger was due to their previous collaborations on Scooby-Doo, Tom Ruegger cast Messick as Hampton J. Pig in Tiny Toons Adventures. He also spoofed Doctor Quest in an episode of Freakazoid!, playing the role of Doctor Vernon Danger.

In 1984, art imitates life in the short-lived sitcom The Duck Factory, when Messick played a voice actor called Wally Wooster, known for voicing the cartoon duck, Dippy Duck. This was his only live-action starring role.