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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 = 1934–1988
| 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==
'''Daws Butler''' was born on November 16, 1916 in Toledo, Ohio, the only child of Ruth Butler and Charles Allen Butler. The familly later moved from Ohio to Oak Park, Chicago, where Butler got interested in impersonating people.<ref>http://www.dawsbutler.com/bio-daws.htm</ref>

In 1934, the future voice actomaster started as an [[impressionist]], entering multiple amateur contests and winning most of them. He had entered them, not with the intention of showing his talent but as a personal challenge to overcome his shyness, with success. However, Butler also won professional engagements at vaudeville theaters. Later he teamed up with fellow performers, Jack Lavin and Willard Ovitz to form the comedy trio ''The Three Short Waves''. The team played in theaters, radio and nightclubs, generating positive reviews from regional critics and audiences. They disolved when in 1941, Daws Butler joined the U.S. Navy as America entered World War Two. Some time after, he met his wife Myrtis during a trip to [[North Carolina]].

His first voice work for an animated character came in 19468 at [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]. [[Tex Avery]] hired Butler to provide the voice of a British wolf on ''[[Little Rural Red Ridding Hood]]'' and also narration work for several of his cartoons. In many of them, there was a nameless wolf that 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. Instead he then told Avery about [[Don Messick]], another voice actor and Butler's life-long friend. Thus Messick voiced Droopy on several shorts.<r(contracted; show full)

*Butler once appeared as a contestant on [[Groucho Marx]]'s ''You Bet Your Life.''  The studio audience did not recognize him until he began doing Huckleberry Hound's voice.  Butler and his partner split the top prize of $10,000.


*In 1985, Daws Butler agreed and was interviewed about his career on radio by [[Dr. Demento]].⏎
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==References==
{{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 from 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 = Voice actor
| 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:American impressionists (entertainers)]]
[[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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