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Donald "Don" Messick (September 7, 1926 – October 24, 1997) was one of the voice actors for the Smurfs cartoon show, best known for his role as Papa Smurf, he also voiced Azrael the cat. He is also well known for his work on Scooby-Doo, where he voiced the title character, and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, where he voiced Muttley.
13 Videos. 99+ Photos. Animation Adventure Comedy. The Smurfs are tiny blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a peaceful forest. They repeatedly try to outwit Gargamel, an evil sorcerer, his apprentice, Scruple, and his mangy cat, Azrael. Creator. Peyo. Stars. Don Messick. Danny Goldman. Lucille Bliss. See production info at IMDbPro.
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He played Papa Smurf on The Smurfs from 1981 to 1989 and Ratchet (the Autobot doctor), Gears, and Constructicon Scavenger on The Transformers. In 1985, new episodes of The Jetsons were produced and Messick returned as Astro, RUDI, Mac, and Uniblab, a pesky robot that worked for Mr. Spacely .
YearTitleRoleNotes2010–2013Scooby-Doo LaughArchive Recordings1996Dr. Benton C. QuestEpisodes: "The Dark Mountain", "The ...1996Burger King CommercialScooby-DooCommercial1995Dr. Vernon Danger"Toby Danger in Doomsday Bet"The Smurfs (syndicated as Smurfs' Adventures) is an animated fantasy-comedy children's television series that originally aired on NBC from 12 September 1981 to 2 December 1989.
On the 1977 Laff-a-Lympics cartoon, Messick not only announced the show but he performed some of the characters too. "Papa Smurf" became Messick's biggest original character in the '80s but he remained busy providing voices for his older characters in new Hanna-Barbera productions.
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May 14, 2023 · Within a magical forest lives a community of small blue creatures called Smurfs. Their leader, Papa Smurf, is the oldest and wisest member, and a skilled alchemist.
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This is a list of The Smurfs characters appearing in the original comics, the 1980s cartoon and the 2011 movie (as well as its sequels), and the 2021 reboot .