Born in Toledo, Ohio, and raised after a family move to Oak Park, Illinois, Butler honed his talent by entering impression contests in 1935, which led to vaudeville gigs and a comedy trio before his World War II Navy service. His first animated voice role arrived with Screen Gems’ Short Snorts on Sports (1948), and Tex Avery soon hired him for MGM shorts, where he supplied a range of characters fr… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Mary Poppins 1964 The Flintstones 1960 The Jetsons 1962 Top Cat 1961 ★ 9 Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters 1973
Series ★ 8.1 Scooby's All-Stars 1977
Snagglepuss / Yogi Bear / Quick Draw McGraw / Various (voice) Series ★ 7.9 The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour 1976
Scooby-Dum / Additional Voices (voice) Series ★ 7.3 The Jetsons 1962
Elroy Jetson (voice) Series ★ 7.6 Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy 1959
Series ★ 7.3 Wacky Races 1968
Big Gruesome (voice) Series ★ 7.6 The Secret Squirrel Show 1965
★ 7.3 Red Hot Riding Hood 1943
Wolf Howl (voice) (uncredited) Series ★ 7.3 Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks 1958
Dixie/Mr. Jinks ★ 7.5 Rock-a-Bye Bear 1952
Dog Pound Proprietor / Joe Bear (voice) Series ★ 7.2 The Bullwinkle Show 1959
Junior (voice) ★ 7.5 The Legend of Rockabye Point 1955
Polar Bear / Bulldog (voice) Series ★ 7 The Yogi Bear Show 1961
Yogi Bear / Snagglepuss (voice) Series ★ 7.3 The Banana Splits Adventure Hour 1968
★ 7.2 Gift Wrapped 1952
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ★ 7.2 Droopy's Double Trouble 1951
Mr. Theeves (uncredited) ★ 7.2 Rockin' with Judy Jetson 1988
Elroy Jetson (voice) Series ★ 7.2 Yogi's Gang 1973
★ 7.2 The Peachy Cobbler 1950
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ★ 7.1 The Chump Champ 1950
Spike / Master of Ceremonies / Queen of Sports (voice) (uncredited) ★ 7.1 Drag-A-Long Droopy 1954
Wolf Rancher / Bull (voice) (uncredited) ★ 7 Jerry and the Goldfish 1951
Chef François (voice) (uncredited) ★ 7 Daredevil Droopy 1951
The Great Barko (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.9 The Phantom Tollbooth 1970
Whether Man / Senses Taker / Terrible Trivium / Gelatinous Giant (voice) ★ 6.9 Barbary-Coast Bunny 1956
Nasty Canasta (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Doggone Tired 1949
Hunter (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Dixieland Droopy 1954
Talent Agent (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Yogi's Great Escape 1987
Yogi Bear / Snagglepuss / QuickDraw McGraw / Wally Gator (voice) ★ 6.8 Sh-h-h-h-h-h 1955
Mr. Twiddle / Doctor / Hotel Manager (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.8 The Cuckoo Clock 1950
Narrator / Cat (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Little Johnny Jet 1953
Father Jet (voice-uncredited) ★ 6.8 What's Buzzin' Buzzard? 1943
Jimmy Durante Buzzard / Rabbit (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Baby Butch 1954
Butch (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Deputy Droopy 1955
Sheriff / Tall Robber (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Out-Foxed 1949
Reginald Fox (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose 1987
Yogi / Huck / Quick Draw / Snagglepuss / Augie Doggie (voice) ★ 6.7 Rocket-bye Baby 1956
Narrator / Joe Wilbur / Capt. Schmideo / Lecturer (voice) (uncredited) Series ★ 6.8 The All-New Popeye Hour 1978
Wimpy ★ 6.7 One Cab's Family 1952
John / Doctor (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.7 The Three Little Pups 1953
Big Bad Dog Catcher / Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Pup on a Picnic 1955
Spike (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Yogi's First Christmas 1980
Yogi Bear / Snagglepuss / Huckleberry Hound / Augie Doggie (voice) ★ 6.7 Barbecue Brawl 1956
Spike (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Billy Boy 1954
Farmer (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Pet Peeve 1954
George (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Stupor Duck 1956
Narrator, Newspaper Editor ★ 6.6 T.V. of Tomorrow 1953
Gambler (voice) ★ 6.6 Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper 1982
Yogi Bear / Augie Doggie / Blabber Mouse / Dixie / Hokey Wolf / Huckleberry Hound / Mr. Jinks / Quick Draw McGraw / Snagglepuss / Super Snooper / Wally Gator (voice) ★ 6.6 Mouse and Garden 1960
Sam (voice) (uncredited) Series ★ 6.8 The Huckleberry Hound Show 1958
★ 6.7 Magical Maestro 1952
Mysto the Magician (voice) ★ 6.7 The Cat in the Hat 1971
Mr. Krinklebein the Fish (voice) ★ 6.6 Tom's Photo Finish 1957
George / Spike (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Tabasco Road 1957
Mouse (voice) ★ 6.6 Busy Buddies 1956
George (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.4 The Farm of Tomorrow 1954
Scrawny Chick (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Mucho Mouse 1957
Tom (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Down Beat Bear 1956
Melody Time Host (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.3 The Hick Chick 1946
Charles (voice) (uncredited) Series ★ 6.6 The Quick Draw McGraw Show 1959
Quick Draw/Baba Looey ★ 6.5 Smarty Cat 1955
Butch (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Jerky Turkey 1945
Turkey (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6 Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears 1988
Yogi Bear (voice) ★ 6.5 Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! 1964
Yogi Bear / Ranger Tom / Airplane Pilot (voice) Series ★ 6 Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! 1971
★ 6.5 Little Rural Riding Hood 1949
City Wolf (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6 Boyhood Daze 1957
Headquarters Commander, President, Jail Officer, Ralph's Father ★ 5.7 Magoo's Puddle Jumper 1956
(voice)(uncredited) ★ 5.5 The Flea Circus 1954
Pepito (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.6 The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones 1987
Elroy Jetson / W.C. Cogswell / Henry Orbit (voice) Series ★ 6.4 Hong Kong Phooey 1974
Big Duke ★ 5.2 90 Day Wondering 1956
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