Don Messick

About

Voice actor who is best known for voicing Scooby-Doo on the TV series Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, and Papa Smurf on The Smurfs.

Before fame

He developed his voice acting when he worked as a ventriloquist.

Trivia

He acted on the sitcom Duck Factory, playing a character who was also a voice actor.

Family life

He married Helen McHigh in 1949, and they had a son, Timothy Messick.

Associated with

After his death, actor Jonathan Winters voiced the character Papa Smurf.