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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 master 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. Nonetheless, Butler 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 dissolved 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 wartime function at [[North Carolina]].

(contracted; show full)*[[Wacky Races|Rufus Ruffcut]]
*[[Scooby-Dum]]
*Senses Taker from ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth (film)|The Phantom Tollbooth]]''
*[[Wacky Races|Sgt. Blast]]
*Smedley the dog (from the ''Chilly Willy'' cartoons)
*[[Snagglepuss]]
*[[Snooper and Blabber|Super Snooper and Blabber Mouse]]
*Spike the Bulldog (of [[Spike and Tyke (characters)|Spike and Tyke]]) (1949
-–1957)
*Stick and Duke (of ''[[CB Bears|Posse Impossible]]'')
*[[CB Bears|Undercover Elephant]]
*Terrible Trivium from ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth (film)|The Phantom Tollbooth]]''
*Whether Man from ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth (film)|The Phantom Tollbooth]]''
*[[Wally Gator]]
* Wolf (from the ''[[Droopy]]'' cartoons)
*Yahooey (from ''[[Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey]]'')
(contracted; show full){{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]
*{{
imdIMDb name|id=0124889|name=Daws Butler}}
*{{Find a Grave|23206}}

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| NAME              = Butler, Daws
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = 
| 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: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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