last of the voice over pioneers
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — June Foray
gerbear53064 — 20 years ago(July 22, 2005 07:02 AM)
god bless you june your one of the last few voiceover pioneers left ..cartoons today are slim pickins..they'er not the same as they used to be
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mrazzledazzleem — 20 years ago(February 21, 2006 08:38 PM)
I just stumbled on her when I was looking up Cinderella, but WOW! I was about to say "All he needs to be in is the Little Mermaid cartoon and she'll have owned my soul" then I saw she was a mermaid in Peter Pan and I say that's good enough for me
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briankistler — 19 years ago(June 17, 2006 11:44 AM)
They're talking about Don Messick, who, with Daws Butler, was often one of only two voices on the early Hanna-Barbera cartoonslike Ruff and Ready, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Houndthere were other men, who were sometimes used in those early cartoons by Hanna and Barberabut most of the time it was just Daws and Don. Don did the voices of Ranger Smith and Boo-boo Bear on Yogi Bear. A decade or so later, he started doing the voice of Scooby Doo.
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gcarras — 12 years ago(July 03, 2013 12:31 AM)
Here's some others (pre-1970) still alive
John Stephenson (various characters in "The Flinstones" cartoon, especially Mr.Slate), and that old man Dithers at the amusement park who's always the culprit getting caught in "Scooby-Doo" shows.
Janet Waldo (the perennial bobbysoxer/teenybopper).
Leo De Lyon and Marvin Kaplan both from H-B's "Top Cat"
John Byner ("The Ant and the Aardvark" from DFE's cartoons of 1969-71 and later TV and theatrical repeats)
Ruth Buzzi ("Linus the Lionhearted" supporting character Granny Goodwitch; June Foray herself naturally did this character in the 1990s reuse of the character,a friendly nemesis for Sugar Bear, as well).
Stan Freberg (Many characters in MGM, Disney, and WarnersThree Little Bops, One of the Goofy Gophers with Mel Blanc, ocasionaly either of the crafty mice Hubie or Bertie, Junyer Bear, Elmo the Heck Mouse (with Mel Blanc) from "A Hick,Slick,& A Chick",Grover Groundhog in "One Meat Brawl", a Peter Lorre impression in a Daffy cartoon, "Birth of a Notion", Pete Puma from the Bugs Bunny short "Rabbit's Kin", The doofy gander who lays a golden egg in the Daffy short "Golden Yeggs"(is it just me or did Freberg voice very few cartoons with Daffy or Porky, who was in Goldne Yeggs at the beginning), and the Gambling Bug from "Early to Bet"
Nancy Wible ("Davey Hanson" from Davey and Goliath, various UPA, Hanna-Barbera characters..)
Tim Matheson (various adventure action boys in Hanna-Barbera like Johnny Quest (1964), Sinbad Jr.(1966) and some others*)
Gary Owens ({Space Ghost), Roger Ramjet.
*We just lost the later 60s go to "young boy for action';, Jerry Dexter.
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chihuahuaboydh-724-612855 — 11 years ago(August 18, 2014 11:17 PM)
Yes, June Foray's truly the last of the voice-over pioneers. For being in the entertainment business as long as she has (with her career spanning some seventy years in both TV & radio), she doesn't receive nearly the credit & accolades she deserves. June Foray is truly an American treasure. At nearly 97 years of age, she's still active in voice work & other endeavors. Here's hoping she'll hit the century mark in three years. Best Wishes, June Foray!
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