Daws Butler

Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler (November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was a voice actor, who created and played the voices of many famous animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound.

For further information

• The video Daws Butler: Voice Magician is a 1987 documentary of Butler's career from his pre-MGM days on up through his teaming with Freberg in 1949 and the teaming with Don Messick in 1957.
• Former Butler protege Joe Bevilacqua hosts a radio series on XM Satellite Radio's Sonic Theater Channel (163) called THE COMEDY-O-RAMA HOUR which features a regular segment called What the Butler Wrote: Scenes from the Daws Butler Workshop, with rare scripts of Daws performed by his students, including Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson), and rare recordings of Daws himself.
• Joe Bevilacqua has co-authored the autorized (with Ben Ohmart) biography book: DAWS BUTLER, CHARACTERS ACTOR, and edited the book SCENES FROR ACTOR AND VOICES written by Daws Butler, both published by Bear Manor Media.