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{{Infobox person
| name = Daws Butler
| image = Daws Butler (1976).jpg
| caption = Butler in 1976
| birth_name = Charles Dawson Butler
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|11|16|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Toledo, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|5|18|1916|11|16|mf=n}}
| death_place = [[Culver City, California]], United States
| death_cause = [[Heart attack]]
| occupation = Voice actor
| years_active = 1943–1988
| spouse = Myrtis Martin-Butler (1940s–1988; his death)
| children = David Butler, Don Butler, Paul Butler and Charles (Chas) Butler
| website = http://www.dawsbutler.com
}}
'''Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler''' (November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was a [[voice actor]] originally from [[Toledo, Ohio]]. He worked mostly for [[Hanna-Barbera]] and originated the voices of many familiar [[animated cartoon]] characters, including [[Yogi Bear]], [[Quick Draw McGraw]], [[Snagglepuss]], and [[Huckleberry Hound]]. 

==Early life and career==
His first voice work came in 1943 at [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]. [[Tex Avery]] hired Butler to provide narration work for several of his cartoons. In many cartoons, there was a nameless wolf whothat spoke in a [[Southern American English|Southern accent]] and whistled all the time. Butler provided the voice for this wolf. While at MGM, Avery wanted Butler to try to do the voice of [[Droopy]], a character that [[Bill Thompson (voice actor)|Bill Thompson]] regularly voiced. Butler performed the voice for a few cartoons, but he then told Avery about [[Don Messick]], another voice actor and Butler's life-long friend. Messick quickly became a voice actor.

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In 1957, MGM closed their animation division, and producers [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]] found themselves unemployed. They quickly formed [[Hanna-Barbera|their own company]], and Daws Butler and Don Messick were on-hand to provide voices. The first, ''[[The Ruff & Reddy Show]]'', set the formula for the rest of the series of cartoons that the two would helm until the mid
  -1960s.

==Voice characters==
[[File:Dawsandstan.jpg|right|300px|thumb|In 1950, Daws Butler (foreground) and [[Stan Freberg]] are backstage doing both voices and puppeteering on [[Bob Clampett]]'s ''Time for Beany'' (1949–1954) at KTLA in Los Angeles. Freberg operates Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent and Dishonest John, while Butler handles Captain Huffenpuff and Beany.]]

The characters with voices by Butler from 1957 to 1978 included:
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{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*[http://www.archive.org/download/CBSRadioWorkshop/CBSrw_57-07-28_ep78-Never_Bet_the_Devil_Your_Head.mp3] A rare dramatic role by Butler as Toby Dammit in [[Poe]]'s story [[Never Bet the Devil Your Head]]
*[http://www.dawsbutler.com The Official Daws Butler Website]
*[http://www.comedyorama.com Comedy-O-Rama and Scenes 
Ffrom the Daws Butler Workshop]
*{{imdb name|id=0124889|name=Daws Butler}}
*{{Find a Grave|23206}}

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| NAME              = Butler, Daws
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = 
| DATE OF BIRTH     = November 16, 1916
| PLACE OF BIRTH    = [[Toledo, Ohio]], U.S.
| DATE OF DEATH     = May 18, 1988
| PLACE OF DEATH    = [[Culver City, California]], United States
}}
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[[Category:1916 births]]
[[Category:1988 deaths]]
[[Category:American voice actors]]
[[Category:American radio actors]]
[[Category:Actors from Toledo, Ohio]]
[[Category:American Roman Catholics]]
[[Category:Yogi Bear]]
[[Category:Era Records artists]]
[[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]]
[[Category:Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City]]
[[Category:United States Navy sailors]]

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