Don Messick

Donald Earle Messick (September 7, 1926 – October 24, 1997) was an American actor, known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons. His best-remembered voice roles include Scooby-Doo, Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in The Flintstones, Astro in The Jetsons, Muttley in Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, Boo-Boo Bear and Ranger Smith in The Yogi Bear Show, Sebastian the Cat in Josie and the Pussycats; Gears, Ratchet, and Scavenger in The Transformers, Papa Smurf and Azrael in The Smurfs, Hamton J. Pig in Tiny Toon Adventures, and Dr. Benton Quest in Jonny Quest. Early life Messick was born on September 7, 1926, in Buffalo, New York, the son of Binford Earl Messick, a house painter, and Lena Birch ( Hughes). He was raised by his maternal grandparents in the Bolton Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, where he received his early training as a performer at the Ramsay Street School of Acting. Career