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 _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
