Donald Earle Messick (September 7, 1926 â€" October 24, 1997) was an
American voice actor, best known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera
cartoons.His best-remembered vocal creations include Scooby-Doo,
Bamm-Bamm Rubble, and Hoppy in The Flintstones, Astro in The Jetsons,
Muttley in Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying
Machines, Boo-Boo Bear and Ranger Smith in The Yogi Bear Show,
Sebastian the Cat in Josie and the Pussycats; Gears, Ratchet, and
Scavenger in The Transformers, Papa Smurf and Azrael in The Smurfs,
Hamton J. Pig in Tiny Toon Adventures, and Dr. Benton Quest in Jonny
Quest.Messick was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Binford Earl
Messick, a house painter, and Lena Birch (née Hughes). He was raised
by his maternal grandparents[citation needed] on Linden Avenue in the
Bolton Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, where he received his early
training as a performer at the Ramsay Street School of Acting.At
first, Messick wanted to be a ventriloquist and even supported himself
as one for a time in the late 1940s and early 1950s. At age 15,
Messick performed in front of the program manager and chief announcer
at radio station WBOC in Salisbury, Maryland, and was given his own
weekly show, for which Messick performed all of the character voices
and sound effects.
American voice actor, best known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera
cartoons.His best-remembered vocal creations include Scooby-Doo,
Bamm-Bamm Rubble, and Hoppy in The Flintstones, Astro in The Jetsons,
Muttley in Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying
Machines, Boo-Boo Bear and Ranger Smith in The Yogi Bear Show,
Sebastian the Cat in Josie and the Pussycats; Gears, Ratchet, and
Scavenger in The Transformers, Papa Smurf and Azrael in The Smurfs,
Hamton J. Pig in Tiny Toon Adventures, and Dr. Benton Quest in Jonny
Quest.Messick was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Binford Earl
Messick, a house painter, and Lena Birch (née Hughes). He was raised
by his maternal grandparents[citation needed] on Linden Avenue in the
Bolton Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, where he received his early
training as a performer at the Ramsay Street School of Acting.At
first, Messick wanted to be a ventriloquist and even supported himself
as one for a time in the late 1940s and early 1950s. At age 15,
Messick performed in front of the program manager and chief announcer
at radio station WBOC in Salisbury, Maryland, and was given his own
weekly show, for which Messick performed all of the character voices
and sound effects.
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