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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 1,634,863 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Don Messick is the 7,149th most popular actor (down from 6,084th in 2019), the 10,632nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,440th in 2019) and the 3,449th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Don Messick ranks 7,149 out of 9,996Before him are Robin Lord Taylor, Lea Salonga, Nidal Al Achkar, Gene Lockhart, Ebru Şahin, and Chris Colfer. After him are Jeff Kober, Keiko Kitagawa, Heo Sung-tae, Paul Eddington, Danielle Panabaker, and Mrs Patrick Campbell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Don Messick ranks 447Before him are Rino Ferrario, Rashidi Kawawa, Mona Freeman, Pat Flaherty, Emmanuel Wamala, and Ray McAnally. After him are Sonja Åkesson, Jan Morris, R. L. Burnside, James Lipton, Jane Withers, and Joe Paterno. Among people deceased in 1997, Don Messick ranks 267Before him are Jimmy Witherspoon, Kåre Holt, Karen Wetterhahn, Guido Vincenzi, Spartaco Bandinelli, and Ronald Pope. After him are Magda Gabor, Robert Serber, Yevgeni Mayorov, William Alland, Denise Levertov, and Fyodor Simashev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Messick ranks 10,632 out of 18,182Before him are Art Taylor (1929), A. E. Douglass (1867), William Samuel Johnson (1727), Tom Scott (1948), Mike Campbell (1950), and Chris Colfer (1990). After him are Jeff Kober (1953), Mark Hanna (1837), Porter Wagoner (1927), Pat Brown (1905), Isaac Shelby (1750), and Vince Boryla (1927).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Don Messick ranks 3,449Before him are Virginia Valli (1895), Dot Jones (1964), Ted Lange (1948), Alan Ritchson (1982), Robin Lord Taylor (1978), and Chris Colfer (1990). After him are Jeff Kober (1953), Danielle Panabaker (1987), John Allen Nelson (1959), Karyn Parsons (1966), Jay Mohr (1970), and Donna D'Errico (1968).

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