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Donald Earl Messick was an American voice actor, best known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons.

His best-remembered vocal creations include Scooby-DooBamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in The FlintstonesAstro in The JetsonsMuttley in Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying MachinesBoo-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 SmurfsHamton J. Pig in Tiny Toon Adventures and Dr. Benton Quest in Jonny Quest.

Messick had been involved in voice acting for half a century, keeping busy until 1996, when one day while on set, he remarked, "I can't do this anymore", and ambled off the set. The following day, his agent released a statement that he had suffered a stroke on set and decided to retire. Although Messick had ended voice acting afterwards, he did make one final TV appearance as a guest in The Maury Povich Show, being interviewed about his 50 years in voice acting. In 1997, a second stroke ended Messick's life.

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  • Messick is the namesake of Captain Messick from DC Comics' Scooby-Doo! story Who's Who in Scooby-Doo.
  • He is given another dedication in DC Comics' Scooby-Doo! Team-Up story Space Case.
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