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{{short description|American voice actor (1916–1988)}}
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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=y}}
| death_place   = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| other_names   = Dawes Butler
| resting_place = [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City]]
| occupation    = Voice actor
| years_active  = 1935–1988
| notable_works = [[Hanna-Barbera]]
| spouse        = {{marriage|Myrtis Martin|1943}}
| awards        = [[Inkpot Award]] (1975)<ref>[https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot Inkpot Award]</ref>
| children      = 4
}}

'''Charles Dawson Butler''' (November 16, 1916{{snd}}May 18, 1988) was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for the [[Hanna-Barbera]] animation production company and the [[Walter Lantz Productions|Walter Lantz]] cartoon studio. He originated the voices of many familiar Hanna-Barbera characters, including: [[Yogi Bear]], [[Huckleberry Hound]], [[Snagglepuss]], [[Quick Draw McGraw]] and [[Baba Looey]], [[Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy|Augie Doggie]], [[Loopy De Loop]], [[Wally Gator]], [[Snooper and Blabber]], [[Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks|Dixie and Mr. Jinks]], [[Hokey Wolf]], [[Lippy the Lion]], [[Elroy Jetson]], [[It's the Wolf|Lambsy]], [[Peter Potamus]], [[The Funky Phantom]] and [[Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!|Hair Bear]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Daws Butler (visual voices guide)|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Daws-Butler/|publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=OBITUARIES : Daws Butler; Voice of Well-Known Cartoon Characters |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-20-mn-3601-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=May 20, 1988 }}</ref> While at Walter Lantz, he did the voices of: [[Chilly Willy]], [[Chilly Willy filmography|Smedley]], [[Chilly Willy filmography|Maxie the Polar Bear]], [[Chilly Willy filmography|Gooney]] and [[Maggie & Sam|Sam]] in the ''Maggie and Sam'' series.

==Early life and career==
Butler was born on November 16, 1916, in [[Toledo, Ohio]], the only child of Charles Allen Butler (1890–1972) and Ruth Butler (1899–1960). The family later moved from Ohio to [[Oak Park, Illinois]], where Butler became interested in impersonating people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawsbutler.com/bio-daws.htm|title=The Official Website of Daws Butler- BIOGRAPHY- June 2003|publisher=Dawsbutler.com|date=November 21, 1978|access-date=February 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030715174327/http://www.dawsbutler.com/bio-daws.htm|archive-date=July 15, 2003}}</ref><ref name=butler>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031006013337/http://www.dawsbutler.com/Daws-article.htm Daws Butler: A Personal Portrait of my Mentor]</ref>

In 1935, Butler began performing as an [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressionist]], entering multiple amateur contests and winning most of them—not with the intention of showing his talent, but as a personal challenge to overcome his shyness. He subsequently won professional engagements at vaudeville theaters.<ref name=butler/>

He then teamed up with fellow performers Jack Lavin and Willard Ovitz, forming the comedy trio The Three Short Waves. They played in theaters, on radio, and in nightclubs, with positive reviews from regional critics and audiences. They dissolved the act in 1941 when Butler joined the [[United States Navy]] as America entered [[World War II]]. He subsequently met his wife-to-be Myrtis at a wartime function near Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Ohmert | first1 = Ben | author-link1 = Ben Ohmert | first2 = Joe| last2 = Bevilacqua | author-link2 = Joe Bevilacqua | title = Daws Butler Characters Actor | publisher = BearManor Media | date = 2005 | location = Albany, GA | pages = 31 | isbn = 978-1-59393-015-8}}</ref>

His first voice work for an animated character was in the animated short ''Short Snorts on Sports'' (1948), produced by [[Screen Gems]]. At the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio]], [[Tex Avery]] hired Butler to provide the voice of a British wolf on ''[[Little Rural Riding Hood]]'' (1949) and also to narrate several of his cartoons.<ref name=butler/>

Throughout the late 1940s and mid-1950s, Butler had roles in many Avery-directed cartoons: the Fox in ''Out-Foxed'', the narrator/cat in ''The Cuckoo Clock'', the Cobbler in ''The Peachy Cobbler'', Mr. Theeves and [[Butch (animated character)|Spike]] (one line) in ''[[Droopy's Double Trouble]]'', Mysto the Magician in ''[[Magical Maestro]]'', John the Cab and John the B-29 Bomber in ''[[One Cab's Family]]'' and ''[[Little Johnny Jet]]'', and Charlie in ''[[The Legend of Rockabye Point]]''.<ref name=butler/>

Beginning with ''The Three Little Pups'', Butler provided the voice for a nameless wolf that spoke in a [[Southern American English|Southern accent]] and whistled all the time (the tune was [[Henry C. Work]]'s "[[Kingdom Coming]]"). The character also appeared in ''Sheep Wrecked'', ''Billy Boy,'' and many other cartoons. At MGM, Avery wanted Butler to take on the voice of [[Droopy]], at a time when [[Bill Thompson (voice actor)|Bill Thompson]] was unavailable due to radio engagements. Butler did a few lines, then recommended [[Don Messick]], another actor and Butler's lifelong friend, who was better at imitating Thompson. Messick voiced Droopy in several shorts.<ref name=butler/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Didn't Tex Avery do a lot of the voices in his cartoons?|url=https://www.newsfromme.com/iaq/iaq08/|publisher=News From ME|access-date=July 8, 2020}}</ref>

In 1949, Butler landed a role in a televised puppet show created by former [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]] animation director [[Bob Clampett]] called ''[[Time for Beany]]''. He was teamed with [[Stan Freberg]], with whom he did all the puppets' voices: Butler voiced Beany Boy and Captain Huffenpuff, and Freberg voiced Cecil and Dishonest John. An entire stable of recurring characters were also seen. The show's writers were Charles Shows and Lloyd Turner, whose dependably funny dialog was still always at the mercy of Butler's and Freberg's [[ad lib]]s. ''Time for Beany'' ran from 1949 to 1954, and won several [[Emmy Award]]s.<ref name=car>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040213194540/http://www.dawsbutler.com/cartoons-daws.htm The Official Daws Butler Website- CARTOONS]</ref>

In 1952, Butler starred in the live-action short ''Nice Try, Virgil''.<ref>[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/daws-butler-on-camera/ Daws Butler on Camera]</ref>

He briefly turned his attention to writing and voicing TV commercials. In the 1950s, Freberg asked him to help him write comedy skits for his [[Capitol Records]] albums. Their first collaboration, "[[St. George and the Dragonet]]" (based on ''[[Dragnet (drama)|Dragnet]]''), was the first comedy record to sell over a  million copies. Freberg was more of a satirist who did song parodies, but the bulk of his dialogue routines were co-written by and co-starred Butler.<ref name=freberg>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030805195759/http://www.dawsbutler.com/Freberg.htm A Conversation with Stan Freberg]</ref>

Butler teamed again with Freberg and actress [[June Foray]] in a CBS radio series, ''[[The Stan Freberg Show]]'', which ran from July to October 1957 as a summer replacement for Jack Benny's program. Freberg's box set, ''Tip of the Freberg'' ([[Rhino Entertainment]], 1999), chronicles every aspect of Freberg's career except the cartoon voice-over work, and showcases his career with Butler. In ''[[Mr. Magoo]]'', the [[UPA (animation studio)|UPA]] theatrical animated short series for [[Columbia Pictures]], Butler played Magoo's nephew Waldo (also voiced by [[Jerry Hausner]] at various times).<ref name=freberg/> In Freberg's "[[Green Chri$tma$]]" in 1958, a scathing indictment of the over-commercialization of the holiday, Butler soberly hoped instead that we'd remember "[[Jesus|whose]] birthday we're celebrating".

Butler provided the voices of many nameless [[Walter Lantz Productions]]' characters for theatrical shorts later seen on the ''[[Woody Woodpecker]]'' program. His characters included the penguin [[Chilly Willy]] and his best friend Smedley, a Southern-accented dog (the same voice used for Tex Avery's laid-back wolf character and for [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s [[Huckleberry Hound]]).<ref name=car/>

In 1957, when MGM had closed their animation unit, producers [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]] quickly formed [[Hanna-Barbera|their own company]], and Butler and Don Messick were on hand to provide voices. The first, ''[[The Ruff and Reddy Show]]'', with Butler voicing Reddy, set the formula for the rest of the series of cartoons that the two helmed until the mid-1960s. He played the title roles in ''[[The Huckleberry Hound Show]]'', ''[[The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]'', and ''[[The Yogi Bear Show]]'', and portrayed a variety of other characters.<ref name=orlando/><ref name=car/><ref name=butler/>

==Characters==
Some of the characters voiced by Butler from 1948 to 1988 included:
{{div col|colwidth=26em}}
* Aesop's Son (in the "Aesop and Son" segment of ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]'')
* Alfy Gator (of ''[[Yakky Doodle]]'')
* Albert (''Albert in Blunderland/To Be an Ant'')
* Ali Gator (in two [[Walter Lantz Productions|Lantz]] theatrical shorts)
* [[Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy|Augie Doggie]]
* [[Baba Looey]] (from ''[[Quick Draw McGraw]]'')
* [[Barney Rubble]] (from ''[[The Flintstones]]'') (1959–1961; [[List of The Flintstones episodes|The Flagstones]] pilot and season two episodes 1, 2, 5, 6, and 9 only)
* [[Wacky Races (1968 TV series)|Big Gruesome]]
* Bingo (of ''[[The Banana Splits]]'')
* [[Chilly Willy|"Bring 'Em Back Alive" Clive]]
* Brutus the Lion (of ''[[The Roman Holidays]]'')
* [[Cap'n Crunch]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-20-mn-3601-story.html | title=OBITUARIES : Daws Butler; Voice of Well-Known Cartoon Characters | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=May 20, 1988 }}</ref>
* Captain Skyhook (of ''[[The Space Kidettes]]'')
* [[Chilly Willy]]
* [[The Jetsons|Cogswell]]
* [[Chilly Willy|Colonel Pot Shot]]
* Dixie Mouse (of ''[[Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks]]'')
* [[Droopy]] (1955; ''Deputy Droopy'')
* [[The Jetsons|Elroy Jetson]]
* Fibber Fox (of ''[[Yakky Doodle]]'')
* [[Fred Flintstone]] (1959; [[List of The Flintstones episodes|The Flagstones]] pilot only)
* Gabby Gator (of ''[[Woody Woodpecker]]'')
* [[Chilly Willy|Gooney the "Gooney Bird" Albatross]]
* Hair Bear (of ''[[Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!|Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch]]'')
* [[The Jetsons|Henry Orbit]]
* [[Hokey Wolf]]
* [[Huckleberry Hound]]
* Hustle (of ''[[CB Bears|The CB Bears]]'')
* [[J. Wellington Wimpy]] in ''[[The All New Popeye Hour]]''
* Jonathan Wellington "Mudsy" Muddlemore (of ''[[The Funky Phantom]]'')
* Karlos K. Krinkelbein (from the 1971 animated TV special version of ''[[The Cat in the Hat (TV special)|The Cat in the Hat]]'')
* [[Cattanooga Cats|Lambsy]] (of "It's the Wolf" on ''[[Cattanooga Cats]]'')
* [[Lippy the Lion]]
* [[Loopy De Loop]]
* Louie the Labrador (from ''[[The Dogfather]]'')
* [[Chilly Willy|Maxie the Polar Bear]]
* [[Mr. Jinks]] (of ''[[Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks]]'')
* Peter Perfect, Red Max, Rock Slag, Rufus Ruffcut, and Sgt. Blast (from ''[[Wacky Races (1968 TV series)|Wacky Races]]'') 
* [[Peter Potamus]]
* Pug (from ''[[The Dogfather]]''; first episode only)
* [[Quick Draw McGraw]]
* [[Quisp]]
* Raggedy Andy (in ''[[Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper|The Great Santa Claus Caper]]'' (1978) and ''[[Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile|The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile]]'' (1979))
* Reddy the dog (from ''[[The Ruff & Reddy Show]]'')
* Smedley the Dog (from the ''Chilly Willy'' cartoons)
* [[Snagglepuss]]
* [[Snap, Crackle and Pop]] (of ''[[Rice Krispies]]'')
* [[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]]'') 
* The Weather Man, The Senses Taker, The Terrible Trivium, and the Gelatinous Giant from ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth (film)|The Phantom Tollbooth]]''
* [[CB Bears|Undercover Elephant]]
* [[Wally Gator]]
* Wolf (from the ''[[Droopy]]'' cartoons)
* Yahooey (from ''[[Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey]]'')
* [[Yogi Bear]]
{{div col end}}
Butler voiced most of these characters for decades, in both TV shows and in some commercials. The breakfast cereal mascot [[Cap'n Crunch]] became an icon of sorts on [[Saturday morning cartoons|Saturday morning TV]] through many commercials produced by [[Jay Ward]]. Butler played Cap'n from the 1960s to the 1980s. He based the voice on that of character actor [[Charles Butterworth (actor)|Charles Butterworth]]. In 1961, while [[Mel Blanc]] was recovering from a road accident, Daws Butler substituted for him to voice [[Barney Rubble]] in five episodes of ''[[The Flintstones]]'' (''The Hit Songwriter'', ''Droop-Along Flintstone'', ''Fred Flintstone Woos Again'', ''The Rock Quarry Story'', ''The Little White Lie''). Butler had previously voiced the characters of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble in the 90 second pilot for the series (when it was called ''The Flagstones'').

In 1964, Butler was featured as [[Huckleberry Hound]] on a 45rpm record, "Bingo, Ringo", a comedic story combining [[The Beatles]]' drummer [[Ringo Starr]] and [[Lorne Greene]]'s hit record "[[Ringo (Don Robertson and Hal Blair song)|Ringo]]".

In ''[[Wacky Races (1968 TV series)|Wacky Races]]'', Butler provided the voices for a number of the racers, Rock Slag, Big Gruesome, the Red Max, Sgt. Blast, Peter Perfect, and Rufus Ruffcut. He voiced a penguin and a turtle in the movie ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'', his only known work for [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. Along with [[Stan Freberg]], [[Paul Frees]] and [[June Foray]], Butler also provided voices for children's records featuring recreations of several successful Disney cartoons and films.

==Inspirations==
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Butler based some of his voices on popular celebrities of the day. Yogi Bear began as an [[Art Carney]] impression; Butler had done a similar voice in several of [[Robert McKimson]]'s films at Warner Brothers, and on Stan Freberg's comedy record "The Honey-Earthers". However, he soon changed Yogi's voice, making it much deeper and more sing-songy.

Hokey Wolf began as an impression of [[Phil Silvers]], and Snagglepuss as [[Bert Lahr]]. When Snagglepuss began appearing in commercials for [[Kellogg's]] [[Cocoa Krispies]] in 1961, Lahr threatened to sue Butler for "stealing" his voice. As part of the settlement, the disclaimer "Snagglepuss voice by Daws Butler" was required to appear on each commercial, making him the only voice actor ever to receive credit in an animated TV commercial. Huckleberry Hound was inspired by a [[North Carolina]] neighbor of Butler's wife's family; he previously used the voice for [[Tex Avery]]'s laid-back wolf and [[Walter Lantz]]'s Smedley.

==Later life==
In the 1970s, Butler was the voice of "Hair Bear" on ''[[Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!]]'' and a few characters in minor cartoons such as ''C.B. Bears''. On ''[[Laff-a-Lympics]]'', he was virtually the entire "Yogi Yahooey" team. He also played the title character in ''[[The Funky Phantom]]'', and Louie and Pug on ''[[The Pink Panther Show]]''. In 1977, he guest-starred as Captain Numo and his lackey Schultz on the ''[[What's New, Mr. Magoo?]]'' episode "Secret Agent Magoo".

Apart from specials and commercials, Butler was less prolific in the 1970s and 1980s until a revival of ''[[The Jetsons]]'' and Hanna-Barbera's crossover series ''[[Yogi's Treasure Hunt]]'', both in 1985. In 1983, he voiced the title character [[Wacky WallWalker]] in ''[[Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls]]''.

In 1975, Butler began an acting workshop which spawned such talents as [[Nancy Cartwright]], [[Corey Burton]], [[Joe Bevilacqua]], [[Bill Farmer]], [[Pat Parris]], [[Tony Pope]], [[Linda Gary]], [[Bob Bergen]], [[Greg Berg]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Muleythemule.com|date=March 20, 2012|title=MuleyTheMule.com: Greg Berg - An Interview (Part Deux)|url=http://muleycomix.blogspot.com/2012/03/greg-berg-interview-part-deux.html|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=MuleyTheMule.com}}</ref> [[Greg Burson]], [[Mona Marshall]], [[Brian Cummings]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brian Cummings : Voice Actor |url=http://thebriancummings.net/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=thebriancummings.net}}</ref> [[Sherry Lynn]], [[Joey Camen]], [[Keith Scott (voice actor)|Keith Scott]], [[Sonny Melendrez]], [[Charles Howerton]], [[Hal Rayle]], and writer Earl Kress.

In the year of his death, ''[[The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound]]'' was released, featuring most of his early characters.

==Personal life==
Daws met and married Myrtis Martin in 1943 while he was in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.s9.com/Biography/Daws-Butler|title=Daws Butler biography|publisher=S9.com|access-date=September 9, 2010|archive-date=September 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930104102/http://www.s9.com/Biography/Daws-Butler|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=laobit/> They had four sons, David, Don, Paul and Charles, and remained married until his death in 1988.<ref name="nytimes1988">{{cite news|agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/21/obituaries/charles-butler-71-cartoon-voice.html|title=Charles Butler, 71, Cartoon Voice |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 21, 1988 |access-date=November 15, 2019}}</ref>

==Death==
Butler died of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] on May 18, 1988, at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] at age 71. A few months before he died, he contracted [[pneumonia]], and had suffered a [[stroke]] a few months before that.<ref name=orlando>[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1988/05/20/charles-daws-butler-voice-of-yogi-bear-many-others/ "Charles 'Daws' Butler, Voice Of Yogi Bear, Many Others"], ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'', May 20, 1988.</ref><ref name=laobit>Folkart, Burt A. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-20-mn-3601-story.html "Obituaries: Daws Butler; Voice of Well-Known Cartoon Characters"] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' (May 20, 1988)</ref> The television special ''[[Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration]]'' was dedicated to him. Many of his roles were assumed by [[Greg Burson]], whom Butler personally trained until his death.<ref>{{Cite web|title=News From ME – Mark Evanier's blog|url=https://www.newsfromme.com/2008/08/01/greg-burson-r-i-p/|access-date=July 15, 2020|website=www.newsfromme.com}}</ref>

Myrtis Mayfield Martin Butler (born January 13, 1917, [[Stanly County, North Carolina]]) died on November 15, 2018, in [[Beverly Hills, California]] at the age of 101. She was buried next to Daws in [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=myrtis-m-butler&pid=190763008&fhid=38917|title=Myrtis Butler obituary|work=Legacy.com|date=November 17, 2018|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Butler trained many voice actors, including: [[Nancy Cartwright]] (the voice of [[Bart Simpson]]), [[Corey Burton]] (the voice of [[Count Dooku]] in several animated ''[[Star Wars]]'' series, as well as Dale in ''[[Chip 'n' Dale]]''),<ref>{{cite video game | title = Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes | title-link=Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes | developer=[[Krome Studios]] | publisher = [[LucasArts]] | scene=Closing credits, 2:30 in, Voice Talent | date = October 6, 2009 }}</ref> [[Bill Farmer]] (the current voice of [[Goofy]], [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]], and [[Horace Horsecollar]]), [[Bob Bergen]] (the voice of [[Porky Pig]]), [[Joe Bevilacqua]] (whom Butler personally taught how to do all his characters), [[Sherry Lynn]], [[Greg Burson]] (the voice of Yogi Bear and [[Bugs Bunny]]) and [[Mona Marshall]] (the voice of various characters in ''[[South Park]]''). Butler's voice and scripts were a frequent part of Bevilacqua's now-defunct XM show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedyorama.com|title=The Comedy-O-Rama Hour|publisher=Comedyorama.com|access-date=September 9, 2010}}</ref>

Bevilacqua also wrote Butler's official biography, published by Bear Manor Media.<ref>[http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id20.html Daws Butler – Characters Actor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403054032/http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id20.html |date=April 3, 2009 }}, BearManor Media</ref> A new book of cartoon scripts written by Butler and Joe Bevilacqua, ''Uncle Dunkle and Donnie: Fractured Fables'', was scheduled for publication in the fall of 2009. A four-volume, 4½-hour audio set of ''Uncle Dunkle and Donnie'' was to be simultaneously released, with Bevilacqua performing all 97 characters in 35 stories. Butler also trained [[Hal Rayle]], who ultimately determined that his best-known character of Doyle Cleverlobe from ''[[Galaxy High School]]'' should sound like "[[The Jetsons|Elroy Jetson]] after he finished [[puberty]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://galaxyhigh86.tripod.com/halrayle.html|title=The Galaxy High Website!|publisher=Galaxyhigh86.tripod.com|access-date=September 9, 2010}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
* The video ''Daws Butler: Voice Magician'' is a 1987 documentary of Butler's career, from his pre-MGM days through his teaming with Freberg in 1949 and  teaming with [[Don Messick]] in 1957. It was originally seen as a [[PBS]] pledge-drive special.
* Former Butler protégé [[Joe Bevilacqua]] hosted a radio series on [[XM Satellite Radio]]'s Sonic Theater Channel called ''The Comedy-O-Rama Hour''. It had a regular segment, ''What the Butler Wrote: Scenes from the Daws Butler Workshop,'' with rare scripts of Butler's performed by his students (including [[Nancy Cartwright]]) and rare recordings of Butler himself. Bevilacqua has also co-authored (with Ben Ohmart) the authorized biography book ''Daws Butler, Characters Actor'', and edited the book ''Scenes for Actors and Voices'' written by Butler, both published by Bear Manor Media.
* Butler was a contestant on [[Groucho Marx]]'s quiz show ''[[You Bet Your Life]]'' in 1960. The studio audience did not recognize him until he began speaking like Huckleberry Hound. He and his partner Marie Gómez split the top prize of $10,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPPaFZclOTk&t=815s|title=You Bet Your Life #59-36 Groucho does the Bunny Hop; Daws Butler ('Money', May 26, 1960)|website=[[YouTube]]|date=January 7, 2015}}</ref>
* In 1985, Butler was interviewed about his career on [[Dr. Demento]]'s radio show.

==Filmography==
===Animated films and theatrical shorts===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-aligb:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Roles
! Notes
|-
| 1948
| ''Short Snorts on Sports''
| 
| Screen Gems (Columbia) Theatrical short
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1949
| ''[[Little Rural Riding Hood]]''
| City Wolf / Telegram Boy<ref name="CartoonVoices">{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=Keith |title=Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 |date=October 3, 2022 |publisher=BearManor Media |language=en}}</ref>
| MGM Theatrical short
|-
| ''Out-Foxed''
| Fox / Kennel Master<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
| Droopy Theatrical short
|-
| ''The Sailor and the Seagull''
| Seagull / Bartender / Boss on phone / Insurance Notary<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
| rowspan="2" | [[United Productions of America|UPA]] Theatrical short
|-
|rowspan="5"| 1950
| ''Punchy de Leon''
| Crow
|-
| ''Albert in Blunderland''<br>(a.k.a. ''To Be an Ant'')
| Albert / Movie Narrator / Guard
| MGM Theatrical short
|-
| ''The Chump Champ''
| [[Butch (animated character)|Spike]] / Master of Ceremonies / Fortune Teller / Queen of Sports<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
| Droopy Theatrical short
|-
| ''The Peachy Cobbler''
| Narrator / The Cobbler<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
| rowspan="2" | MGM Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[The Cuckoo Clock]]''
| Narrator (The Cat)<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1951
| ''[[Jerry and the Goldfish]]''
| Chef François
| Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Droopy's Double Trouble]]''
| Mr. Theeves / Spike (one line)<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
| Droopy Theatrical short
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1952
| ''[[Gift Wrapped (film)|Gift Wrapped]]''
| Narrator
| Sylvester and Tweety Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Magical Maestro]]''
| Mysto the Magician<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
| rowspan="2" | MGM Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[One Cab's Family]]''
| John the Cab / Doctor<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
|-
| ''A Case for Hypnosis''
| Doctor Twiddle
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1953
| ''[[Little Johnny Jet]]''
| John the Bomber<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
| MGM Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[The T.V. of Tomorrow]]''
| Gambler<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
| Theatrical short
|-
| ''The Three Little Pups''
| Wolf / Narrator<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
| Droopy Theatrical short
|-
|rowspan="6"| 1954
| ''Crazy Mixed-Up Pup''
| Samuel / The Dog/Milkman
| Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Billy Boy (1954 film)|Billy Boy]]''
| Wolf
| MGM Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Under the Counter Spy]]''
| Hammerer
| Woody Woodpecker Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Pet Peeve (1954 film)|Pet Peeve]]''
| George
| Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Convict Concerto]]''
| Police Officer
| Woody Woodpecker Theatrical short
|-
| ''I'm Cold''
| [[Chilly Willy|Smedley]]
| Chilly Willy Theatrical short
|-
|rowspan="8"| 1955
| ''[[Pecos Pest]]''
| Announcer
| Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
|-
| ''Deputy Droopy''
| Sheriff / [[Droopy]] / Tall Robber (ending lines)
| Droopy Theatrical short
|-
| ''Hot and Cold Penguin''
| [[Chilly Willy|Smedley]]
| Chilly Willy Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Heir-Conditioned]]''
| Cat
| Sylvester and Tweety Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[The Tree Medic]]''
| Tree Surgeon
| rowspan="2" | Walter Lantz Theatrical short
|-
| ''Sh-h-h-h-h-h''
| Mr. Twiddle / Doctor / Hotel Manager
|-
| ''[[Pup on a Picnic]]''
| Spike
| rowspan="3" | Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Smarty Cat]]''
| Butch
|-
|rowspan="16"| 1956
| ''[[Down Beat Bear]]''
| Radio Announcer
|-
| ''[[Barbary Coast Bunny]]''
| [[Nasty Canasta]]
| Looney Tunes Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Wideo Wabbit]]''
| [[Bugs Bunny]] imitating [[Groucho Marx]] / Bugs Bunny imitating [[Ed Norton (Honeymooners)|Ed Norton]]
| Merrie Melodies Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Yankee Dood It]]''
| Shoemaker
| Looney Tunes Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Rocket-Bye Baby]]''
| Narrator / Joe Wilbur / Capt. Schmideo / Lecturer
| Merrie Melodies Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Barbecue Brawl]]''
| Spike
| Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Stupor Duck]]''
| Narrator / Newspaper Editor / Mountain Climber #2
| Daffy Duck Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Magoo's Puddle Jumper]]''
| Waldo
| [[Mr. Magoo]] Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[After the Ball (cartoon)|After the Ball]]''
| Lumberjack Bear
| rowspan="2" | Woody Woodpecker short
|-
| ''[[Woody Meets Davy Crewcut]]''
| Davy Crewcut
|-
| ''The Ostrich Egg and I''
| Sam
| Walter Lantz short
|-
| ''[[Operation Cold Feet]]''
| rowspan="2" | Smedley
| rowspan="2" | Chilly Willy short
|-
| ''Hold That Rock''
|-
| ''[[Half-Fare Hare]]''
| Ralph Kramden / Ed Norton
| Bugs Bunny short
|-
| ''The Honey-Mousers''
| Ralph Krumden / Ned Morton
| rowspan="2" | Looney Tunes short
|-
| ''[[Raw! Raw! Rooster!]]''
| Rhode Island Red
|-
|rowspan="12"| 1957
| ''[[Tops with Pops]]''
| Spike
| Tom and Jerry Theatrical short
|-
| ''[[Tom's Photo Finish]]''
| George / Spike
| Tom and Jerry short
|-
| ''[[Give and Tyke]]''
| Spike / Stray Dog / Dog Catcher
| rowspan="2" | Spike and Tyke short
|-
| ''[[Scat Cats]]''
| Spike / George / Lightning/Meathead
|-
| ''Blackboard Jumble''
| Wolf / Teacher
| Droopy short
|-
| ''Drafty, Isn't It?''
| Narrator / Ralph Phillips
|
|-
| ''[[Mucho Mouse]]''
| Tom / [[Jerry Mouse|Jerry]] / Lightning
| Tom and Jerry short
|-
| ''[[Go Fly a Kit]]''
| Counter Man
| Looney Tunes short
|-
| ''[[International Woodpecker]]''
| [[George Washington]]
| rowspan="2" | Woody Woodpecker short
|-
| ''[[The Unbearable Salesman]]''
| Bear
|-
| ''[[Cheese It, the Cat!]]''
| Ralph Krumden / Ned Morton
| Looney Tunes short
|-
| ''[[Fodder and Son]]''
| Windy and Breezy
| Walter Lantz short
|-
|rowspan="10"| 1958
| ''Mutts About Racing''
| Announcer
| rowspan="2" | Droopy short
|-
| ''Sheep Wrecked''
| Wolf
|-
| ''[[Everglade Raid]]''
| [[Gabby Gator|Al I. Gator]]
| rowspan="3" | Woody Woodpecker short
|-
| ''[[Watch the Birdie (cartoon)|Watch the Birdie]]''
| Birdwatcher
|-
| ''[[Tree's a Crowd]]''
| Colonel Munch
|-
| ''[[A Bird in a Bonnet]]''
| Sewer Worker
| Looney Tunes short
|-
| ''A Chilly Reception''
| Smedley
| rowspan="3" | Chilly Willy short
|-
| ''Polar Pests''
| Clyde
|-
| ''Little TeleVillain''
| Smedley / Mr. Stoop / Car Salesman
|-
| ''A Waggily Tale''
| Junior / Elvis / Dad / Johnny / Melvin
| Looney Tunes short
|-
|rowspan="9"| 1959
| ''Truant Student''
| Windy / Breezy / Truant Officer Willoughby
| Walter Lantz short
|-
| ''The Alphabet Conspiracy''
| Jabberwock
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[1001 Arabian Nights (1959 film)|1001 Arabian Nights]]''
| Omar the Rugmaker
| UPA's first animated feature film
|-
| ''Robinson Gruesome''
| Narrator / Robinson Gruesome / Ape
| Walter Lantz short
|-
| ''[[Trick or Tweet]]''
| Sam
| Sylvester and Tweety short
|-
| ''Yukon Have It''
| Smedley / Caribou Lou
| Chilly Willy short
|-
| ''Merry Minstrel Magoo''
| Waldo / Dentist
| UPA short
|-
| ''[[Here Today, Gone Tamale]]''
| Mice
| Looney Tunes short
|-
| ''[[Romp in a Swamp]]''
| Al I. Gator
| Woody Woodpecker short
|-
| 1959–1964
| ''[[Loopy De Loop]]''
| Loopy De Loop / additional voices
| 48 Theatrical shorts
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1960
| ''[[Mice Follies (1960 film)|Mice Follies]]''
| Ralph Crumden / Ned Morton
| rowspan="2" | Looney Tunes short
|-
| ''[[Mouse and Garden]]''
| Sam the Cat
|-
| ''Southern Fried Hospitality''
| Narrator / Gabby Gator
| Walter Lantz short
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1964
| ''[[Hey There, It's Yogi Bear]]''
| [[Yogi Bear]] / Airplane Pilot / Ranger Tom / Twippo
| Hanna-Barbera's first animated feature film
|-
| ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''
| Turtle / Penguin
| His only work for [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]
|-
| 1965
| ''[[The Beary Family]]''
| Charlie Beary / Junior Beary
| "Guess Who?" short
|-
| 1970
| ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth (film)|The Phantom Tollbooth]]''
| Weather Man / Senses Taker / The Terrible Trivium / The Gelatinous Giant
| Animated feature film
|-
| 1974-1975
| ''[[The Dogfather]]''
| Louie the Labrador / Pugg (first episode only) / additional voices
| Theatrical cartoon series
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Yogi's First Christmas]]''
| Yogi Bear / [[Snagglepuss]] / [[Huckleberry Hound]] / Augie Doggie
| rowspan="5" | Animated TV movie
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1987
| ''[[Yogi's Great Escape]]''
| Yogi Bear / [[Quick Draw McGraw]] / [[Wally Gator]] / Snagglepuss
|-
| ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]''
| Elroy Jetson / Henry Orbit / Cogswell
|-
| ''[[Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose]]''
| Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw/ Snagglepuss / Augie Doggie
|-
| rowspan="3" |1988
| ''[[The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound]]''
| Huckleberry Hound / Yogi Bear / Quick Draw McGraw / Snagglepuss / [[Hokey Wolf]] / [[Baba Looey]] / [[Peter Potamus]]
|-
| ''[[Rockin' with Judy Jetson]]''
| Elroy Jetson
| Animated TV movie; posthumously released
|-
| ''[[Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears]]''
| Yogi Bear
| Animated TV movie; posthumously released (final role)
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-aligb:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Roles
! Notes
|-
| 1949–1954
| ''[[Time for Beany]]''
| Beany Boy / Captain Huffenpuff
| His television debut
|-
| 1957–1960
| ''[[The Ruff and Reddy Show]]'' 
| Reddy / Pinky / Olaf / Scary Harry / Safari / Killer / various
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1958–1961
| ''[[The Huckleberry Hound Show]]''
| Huckleberry Hound / Yogi Bear / Dixie / Mr. Jinks / Hokey Wolf / various
| 
|-
| ''[[Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks]]''
| Dixie / Mr. Jinks / additional voices
| 
|-
| 1959–1960
| ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends|Rocky and His Friends]]''
| Various "Fractured Fairy Tales" characters 
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1959–1961
| ''[[The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]''
| Quick Draw McGraw / Baba Looey / Snuffles / various
| 
|-
| ''[[Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy]]''
| Augie Doggie / Snagglepuss / various
| 
|-
| ''[[Snooper and Blabber]]''
| Super Snooper / Blabber Mouse / various
| 
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]'' 
| Various characters 
| 
|-
| 1960–1961
| ''[[Hokey Wolf]]''
| Hokey Wolf 
| 
|-
| 1960–1966
| ''[[The Flintstones]]''
| Barney Rubble / Yogi Bear / additional voices
| Note: He appeared in 24 episodes, he played Barney Rubble in six of those episodes, and Yogi Bear in another episode.
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1961–1962
| ''[[The Yogi Bear Show]]''
| Yogi Bear / [[Snagglepuss]] / Fibber Fox / Alfy Gator / Hokey Wolf / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw / Augie Doggie / Super Snooper / Blabber Mouse / Baba Looey / Dixie / Mr. Jinks / additional voices
| 
|-
| ''[[Snagglepuss]]''
| Snagglepuss
| 
|-
| ''[[Yakky Doodle]]''
| Fibber Fox / The Cat / Alfy Gator 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1961
| ''[[Top Cat]]''
| A.T. Jazz (All That Jazz)
| Episode: "All That Jazz"
|-
| ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends|The Bullwinkle Show]]''
| Aesop Jr. / Additional voices (voice, uncredited) 
| 
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1962
| ''[[Wally Gator]]''
| Wally Gator / additional voices
| 
|-
| ''[[Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har]]''
| Lippy the Lion / additional voices
| 
|-
| 1962–1963/1985–1987
| ''[[The Jetsons]]''
| Elroy Jetson / Cogswell Coggs / Henry Orbit
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1964
| ''[[The Woody Woodpecker Show]]''
| Chilly Willy / Andy Panda / Smedley 
| 
|-
| ''[[Jonny Quest]]''
| Maharaja / Corbin / Gunderson
| 
|-
| 1964–1965
| ''[[The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo]]''
| various voices
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1964–1966
| ''[[The Peter Potamus Show]]''
| Peter Potamus 
| 
|-
| ''[[Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey]]''
| Yahooey
| 
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This?]]''
| [[King of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|The King of Hearts]] / The [[March Hare]] / Sportscaster 
| TV special
|-
| 1966–1967
| ''[[The Space Kidettes]]''
| Captain Skyhook
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[George of the Jungle]]''
| "Tiger" Titheridge / Additional Voices 
| 
|-
| 1967–1968
| ''[[Off to See the Wizard]]''
| [[Scarecrow (Oz)|Scarecrow]] / [[Tin Woodman|Tin Man]] / [[Wizard of Oz (character)|Wizard of Oz]]
| 
|-
| 1968
| ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour]]''
| Various Characters 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1968–1969
| ''[[Wacky Races (1968 TV series)|Wacky Races]]''
| Rock Slag / Big Gruesome / Red Max / Sergeant Blast / Peter Perfect / Rufus Ruffcut
| 
|-
| ''[[The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]''
| Various voices
| 
|-
| 1969
| ''[[The Banana Splits Adventure Hour]]''
| Bingo
| 
|-
| 1969–1971
| ''[[Cattanooga Cats]]''
| Lambsy / Crumden 
| 
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Harlem Globetrotters (TV series)|Harlem Globetrotters]]''
| 
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1971
| ''[[The Cat in the Hat (TV special)|The Cat in the Hat]]''
| Karlos K. Krinklebein
| Animated TV special
|-
| ''[[The Funky Phantom]]''
| Jonathan Wellington "Mudsy" Muddlemore/Fingers
| 
|-
| ''[[Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!]]''
| Hair Bear / Bumbo the Elephant / Bananas the Gorilla / Furface the Lion / Film director
| 
|-
| rowspan="7" | 1972
| ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]''
| Larry Fine / Curly Joe / Various Characters
| 
|-
| ''[[A Christmas Story (1972 TV special)|A Christmas Story]]''
| Gumdrop
| TV special
|-
| ''[[The Roman Holidays]]''
| Brutus the Lion
| 
|-
| ''[[Yogi's Ark Lark]]''
| Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw / Snagglepuss / Wally Gator / Peter Potamus / Augie Doggie / Lippy the Lion / Dixie / Baba Looey / Lambsy / Top Cat
| rowspan="3" | TV special
|-
| ''[[The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park]]''
| Bingo / Frog / Octopus 
|-
| ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik]]''
| Scrounger / Richard
|-
| ''[[Wait Till Your Father Gets Home]]''
| various voices
| 
|-
| 1972–1978
| ''[[Sesame Street]]''
| Warning Cartoon Man / J Train Commentator / various voices
| 7 episodes
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Yogi's Gang]]''
| Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw / Snagglepuss / Wally Gator / Peter Potamus / Augie Doggie / Hokey Wolf / Lippy the Lion / Baba Looey / Tantrum
| 
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Hong Kong Phooey]]''
| Blubber / Stick / Big Duke 
| episode: Comedy Cowboys 
|-
| 1976
| ''The Sylvester & Tweety Show'' 
| Various Characters 
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1977
| ''[[CB Bears]]''
| Hustle / Stick / Duke 
| 
|-
| ''[[Laff-A-Lympics]]'' 
| Yogi Bear / Augie Doggie / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw / Wally Gator / Snagglepuss / Mr. Jinks / Dixie / Hokey Wolf / Super Snooper / Blabber / [[Scooby Dum]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The magic behind the voices: a who's who of cartoon voice actors |page=92 |author=Tim Lawson, Alisa Persons |year=2004 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-57806-696-4}}</ref> / Dirty Dalton
| 
|-
| ''[[Fred Flintstone and Friends]]''
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1978
| ''[[The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour]]''
| 
| TV special
|-
| ''[[Yogi's Space Race]]''
| Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound /Quick Draw McGraw 
| 
|-
| ''[[Galaxy Goof-Ups]]''
| Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound
| 
|-
| ''[[The All New Popeye Hour]]''
| [[J. Wellington Wimpy|Wimpy]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue]]''
| Yogi Bear / Hair Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Snagglepuss / Quick Draw McGraw / Bingo
| rowspan="3" | TV special
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1979
| ''[[The Hanna-Barbera Hall of Fame: Yabba Dabba Doo II]]''
| Himself – Various Character Voices 
|-
| ''[[Casper's First Christmas]]''
| Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw / Snagglepuss / Augie Doggie
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1982
| ''Woody Woodpecker and His Friends'' 
| Various Voices 
| 
|-
| ''[[Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper]]''
| Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Snagglepuss / Quick Draw McGraw / Mr. Jinks / Hokey Wolf / Augie Doggie / Snooper and Blabber / Dixie / Wally Gator
| TV special
|-
| 1985–1988
| ''[[Yogi's Treasure Hunt]]''
| Yogi Bear / Snagglepuss / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw / Augie Doggie / Snooper and Blabber / Baba Looey / Undercover Elephant / Yippee Coyote / Hokey Wolf / Lippy the Lion / Mr. Jinks / Peter Potamus
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1986
| ''[[The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show]]''
| Various Characters 
| 
|-
| ''[[The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration]]''
| Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound / Quick Draw McGraw 
| TV special
|-
|}

===Live-action roles===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-aligb:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Roles
! Notes
|-
|1952
|''Nice Try, Virgil''
|Virgil
|Short film written by [[Larry Clemmons]]
|-
|1960
|''[[You Bet Your Life]]''
|Himself
|TV Episode
|-
|1965 or 1966
|''Lapwing''
|Unknown
|Silent workprint
|-
|1975
|''[[Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze]]''
|Habeas Corpus
|Pig grunts; uncredited
|-
|1978
|''[[Barnaby and Me]]''
|Barnaby the Koala
|TV film
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Daws Butler}}
{{Portal|Biography}}
* {{Official website|http://www.dawsbutler.com }} - NOTE: Domain expired and was purchased by another party (noted 2/1/‘22) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20171218141636/http://dawsbutler.com/ Last good capture at the Wayback Machine]
* [https://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.comedyorama.com Comedy-O-Rama and Scenes from the Daws Butler Workshop]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPPaFZclOTk A Groucho Marx quiz show episode including Daws Butler]
* {{IMDb name|id=0124889|name=Daws Butler}}

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