David Switzer's wonderful post about the vocal talents of Howard Morris and
Jackie Joseph inspired me to make a list of all the Mayberry regulars who
had cartoon voices on their resume...the list was longer than I thought!
There were some very talented actors in this cast and I may have ever left
out some actors in this long list.
Andy Griffith--voiced an animated version of himself hosting the 1970s TV
special Frosty's Winter Wonderland, also voiced a more recent one, The
Very First Noel; even reportedly contributed a voice to the Close Combat
video game in the 1990s
Ronnie Howard--has one credit as Richie Cunningham, in one episode of the
Saturday morning Happy Days spinoff, Fonzie and the Happy Days Gang
Don Knotts--voiced an animated version of himself as a guest star on The
New Scooby Doo Movies; a number of credits include Wormie in the Hermie
Friends videos and the turkey mayor in Chicken Little
Howard Morris--too numerous to name, but notable for: Beetle Bailey; Atom
Ant; Jughead and other voices on Archie, Wade the Duck on Garfield and
Friends, Gopher in the Disney Winnie the Pooh cartoons
Jackie Joseph--numerous, but I'll always think of her as the ear-wiggling
Melody on Josie the Pussycats
Howard McNear--is listed as a doctor on three early episodes of The
Flintstones
Hal Smith--possibly the busiest voice actor in the Mayberry cast, with a
long resume: Owl in the Winnie the Pooh movies, fill-in voice as Barney
Rubble (while Mel Blanc was recuperating from a car accident); Goliath on
Davey Goliath; fill in voice for Elmer Fudd; long, long resume ranging
from Clutch Cargo to Disney's Beauty the Beast and said to even do some
work as Goofy
George Lindsey--had roles in Disney's Aristocats and Robin Hood
Clint Howard--in Disney films, was Junior, the young elephant in The
Jungle Book and Roo the baby kangaroo in the Winnie the Pooh cartoons
Ken Berry--actually has a voice credit in the 1997 animated Batman series
Jamie Farr--resume includes Hey Arnold! and Family Guy
Arlene Golonka--Speed Buggy, Scooby Doo, Capital Critters
Bob Denver Alan Hale--voiced their Gilligan's Island characters on the
two animated Gilligan spinoffs
Jesse White--credits range from Jonny Quest to Garfield
Dub Taylor--Digger in The Rescuers
Ronnie Schell--on his resume is a Saturday morning cartoon with a
Mayberry-ish name...Goober and the Ghost Chasers. (Goober was played by
Paul
Winchell.)
Honorable mention: I can't find that Frances Bavier ever voiced a cartoon
but it's been widely mentioned here that she did pose as one of the models
for the Fairy Godmothers in Disney's Sleeping Beauty.
Dixon
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