Daws Butler Biography

Fast Facts

• After high school, he formed a nightclub comedy act called the Three Short Waves, doing impersonations of Franklin D․ Roosevelt and a Model T starting in cold weather
• Supplied the voice of a propeller-capped boy named Beany alongside Stan Freberg, who gave voice to Beany's pal, Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent, in a TV puppet show called "Time for Beany" that aired locally in Los Angeles
• Quote: "What I ended up doing, the voicing, is all I ever wanted to do․ I never really hungered to be on camera or to be recognized in public․"
• Quote: "(From a press autobiography he wrote in the 1960s) "I was born and grew up․ But enough of this detail․""
• His first recording with voice actor Stan Freberg, a "Dragnet" parody called "St․ George and the Dragonet," became the first comedy record to sell more than a million copies
• Filled in for Mel Blanc in five episodes of ABC-TV's "The Flintstones" after Blanc was injured in a near-fatal car accident
• Established a popular and respected actors' workshop in his home and trained students in all areas of acting, not just voice work․ One of his star students was Nancy Cartwright, who became the voice of Bart Simpson on FOX TV's "The Simpsons․"