Daws Butler the voice behind some of our most beloved cartoon characters. He was the voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss and many more. He worked at Hanna Barbera studios from 1957 till 1988 as well as working for Warner Bros., MGM, Jay Ward and Walter Lantz. He also wrote and performed on the Stan Freberg show and the original live version of Time for Beanie (Einstein and Harpo Marx's favorite show) as well as acting in radio and voicing TV commercials.
Read about his life, read scripts he wrote for his acting workshop, hear actors performing his scripts, and hear rare sound files of the man himself!
Hear Daws in Joe Bev's audio programs... visit his audio library at the joebev.com website!
"Is there any question the name Daws is plural? No single human being could have created so many amusingly convincing voices as did the talented, singularly plural Daws Butler. For Daws, the term 'genius' must perforce be exponentially multiplied: voices times voices times voices, and so on. I am flattered and honored that he based Fibber Fox on me."
-Shelley Berman Actor ("Curb Your Enthusiasm'), Standup Comedy Pioneer and Founding Member of Chicago's "Second City" |
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Joe Bevilacqua appeared on the Bob Edwards Show
...talking about the book he wrote with Ben Ohmart, Daws Butler: Characters Actor.
Bob talks with Joe Bevilacqua, author of a new biography of
the great vocal actor Daws Butler, who was the voice of Yogi
Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quickdraw McGraw, and many other cartoon
characters. Plus, an interview with Robert McCrumb, author of
a new biography of British humorist P.G. Wodehouse, who gave
birth to many memorable literary characters, including Jeeves
and Wooster.
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THE DAWS BUTLER WORKSHOP
 SOUNDS WRITINGS PHOTOS CARTOONS BIOGRAPHY NEWS
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CHECK IT OUT!
DAWS AUDIO BOOKS FOR SALE ONLINE...
BOOKS...
UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE
is a collection of imaginative,
never-before-released cartoon scripts by Butler, who also worked on the classic 1960s Jay Ward "Fractured Fairy Tales" and "Aesop and Sons" animated cartoons.
A seal who can't balance? An elephant who always forgets? A green cow who walks on her front feet? These are just some of the wacky characters from the unique mind of Daws Butler, the man who voiced most of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters--Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw and Snagglepuss, to name a few. Uncle Dunkle and Donnie is a collection of imaginative, never-before-released cartoon scripts by Butler, who also worked on the classic 1960s Jay Ward "Fractured Fairy Tales" and "Aesop and Sons" animated cartoons. The book was edited, co-written and illustrated (in retro Hanna-Barbera style) by Butler protégé Joe Bevilacqua. |
"Any cartoon fan can recognize Daws Butler's multitude of voices, but few know of his writing. Butler, a purveyor of witty wordplay and twisty tales, will surprise and amuse readers. These stories now come to life as told by the hilarious Joe Bevilacqua, man of 97 voices!" - Linda Simensky (Senior Director of Programming for PBS Kids)
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DAWS BUTLER, CHARACTERS ACTOR
Book By Ben Ohmart & Joe Bevilacqua
Ben Ohmart has written books on voice actors Paul Frees and Walter Tetley, as well as biographies of Don Ameche, The Bickersons, Disney composer Buddy Baker, playwright Tim Kelly, and others. He runs BearManor Media, a small publishing company specializing in books on old radio and old film actors. BM's current and upcoming titles include biographies on The Ritz Brothers, Agnes Moorehead, Verna Felton, Guy Williams, Peggy Ann Garner, Ted Lewis, and many more. Joe Bevilacqua first wrote Daws Butler when he was 16 years old in 1975. |
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Scenes for Actors and Voices
Book By Daws Butler & Joe Bevilacqua
Do you want to be a voice actor? Gosh, don't we all? If you do, Scenes for Actors and Voices by Daws Butler, edited by Ben Ohmart and Joe Bevilacqua, with a foreword by voice virtuoso Corey Burton is for you. . This text is purely a "book of scenes, exercises and advice for voice actors," written by Daws, here published for the first time. A giant in his field, Butler ran a voice-acting workshop for years utilizing the methods contained in this book. All you aspiring characters order from BearManor Media. --Classic Images |
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