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Don Messick with his Hanna-Barbera characters

Don Messick with many of the characters he voiced for Hanna-Barbera.

Donald Earl "Don" Messick (September 7, 1926 - October 24, 1997) was an American voice actor who was best known for his voice work for Hanna-Barbera. His best-remembered voice roles for Hanna-Barbera include Boo Boo Bear and Ranger Smith from The Yogi Bear Show, Bamm-Bamm Rubble from The Flintstones, Astro from The Jetsons, Dr. Benton Quest from Jonny Quest, Muttley from Wacky Races, the titular canine from Scooby-Doo (and his nephew Scrappy in later seasons), and Papa Smurf from The Smurfs. Outside of Hanna-Barbera, he was also known for voicing Gears, Ratchet, and Scavenger on the original Transformers cartoon and Hamton J. Pig on Tiny Toon Adventures.

Voice work in Christmas specials[]

Production Year Character(s)

Hanna-Barbera

The Flintstones: "Christmas Flintstone" 1964 Bamm-Bamm Rubble
Hoppy
TV announcer
Elf #2
Blinky
A Christmas Story 1972 Timmy's Father
Squirrel
A Flintstone Christmas 1977 Ed the Foreman
Otis
Casper's First Christmas 1979 Boo Boo Bear
Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special Scooby-Doo
Yogi's First Christmas 1980 Boo Boo Bear
Ranger Smith
Herman the Hermit
The Smurfs' Christmas Special 1982 Papa Smurf
Azrael
Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper Boo Boo Bear
Ranger Smith
Pixie
The Smurfs: "Baby's First Christmas" 1983 Papa Smurf
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries: "The Nutcracker Scoob" 1984 Scooby-Doo
Scrappy-Doo
The Jetsons: "A Jetson Christmas Carol" 1985 Astro
R.U.D.I.
The Smurfs: "The Magic Sack of Mr. Nicholas" 1987 Papa Smurf
Azrael
'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy Papa Smurf
Chitter
The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda: "Don Coyote and the Christmas Bell" 1991 Sancho Panda
Dapple
A Flintstones' Christmas Carol 1994 Bamm-Bamm Rubble
Joe Rockhead

Other specials

The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole: "North Pole Caper" 1958 Tadpole
Christmas Is 1970 Waldo
Joseph
The City That Forgot About Christmas 1974 Waldo
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow 1975 Animal sounds
Rudolph's Shiny New Year 1976 Papa Bear
Rumpelstiltskin
Prince Charming
The Seven Dwarfs
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey 1977 Roman soldier
Joseph
Thor
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July 1979 Sam Spangles
Donner
Cuckoo clock
Clowns
Jack Frost Snip
Saturday Supercade: "A Christmas Story" 1983 Additional voices
Milroy, Santa's Misfit Mutt 1987 Milroy
Tiny Toon Adventures: "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special" 1992 Hamton J. Pig

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