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Don Messick

1926 - 1997

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Donald Earle Messick (September 7, 1926 – October 24, 1997) was an American voice 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Messick has received more than 1,790,129 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Don Messick is the 7,545th most popular actor (down from 7,139th in 2019), the 11,131st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,609th in 2019) and the 3,492nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Don Messick ranks 7,545 out of 13,578. Before him are Bill Mumy, Christine Taylor, Ralph Brown, Constance Cummings, Simon Rex, and Gao Yuanyuan. After him are Mikkel Følsgaard, Dana Ashbrook, Amanda Holden, Barbie Hsu, Margarita Levieva, and JR Bourne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Don Messick ranks 492. Before him are Larissa Volpert, Jimmy Bryan, Lionel Jeffries, Hakon Barfod, Rawya Ateya, and Bob Sweikert. After him are John Clellon Holmes, Rashidi Kawawa, Aldo Tarlao, Jan Morris, Kenneth Williams, and June Haver. Among people deceased in 1997, Don Messick ranks 301. Before him are John Porter, Gul Mohammed, Robert Herman, Rawya Ateya, Derek Taylor, and Max Bloesch. After him are Gulshan Kumar, Roger Laurent, Rod Milburn, Mario Velarde, Božena Srncová, and Yevgeni Mayorov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Messick ranks 11,131 out of 20,380. Before him are George Simpson (1908), Robert L. Forward (1932), Simon Rex (1974), Jesper Hansen (null), Vince Boryla (1927), and Eben Moglen (1959). After him are Susan Helms (1958), Dana Ashbrook (1967), Kim Fowley (1939), Jessica Meir (1977), David Miscavige (1960), and Mary Badham (1952).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Don Messick ranks 3,492. Before him are Kevin Cheng (1969), Rob Paulsen (1956), Bill Mumy (1954), Christine Taylor (1971), Constance Cummings (1910), and Simon Rex (1974). After him are Dana Ashbrook (1967), Mary Badham (1952), Charles Farrell (1900), Arlene Francis (1907), Tom Aldredge (1928), and Wade Dominguez (1966).

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