🎙️ English voice actor

Don Messick

Known for Ratchet in The Transformers: The Movie.

anime roles: 2; anime roles
main roles: 0; main roles
busiest year (1 roles): 1986; busiest year (1 roles)

Best-known roles

RatchetThe Transformers: The Movie +1

Roles per year

Anime with Don Messick in the cast

012

1 roles in 1986

848586

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Item	Roles
84	1 roles in 1984
85	0 roles in 1985
86	1 roles in 1986

All roles

1986The Transformers: The MovieRatchetsupporting
1984Transformers Generation 1Ratchetsupporting

Profile

Birthday: September 7, 1926
Age: 71
Hometown: Buffalo, USA
Gender: Male

About

Messick first wanted to be a ventriloquist, and even for a time supported himself as one. His big break came in the mid-1940s. At MGM, Tex Avery was doing the Droopy Dog cartoons. The regular voice actor, radio actor Bill Thompson, was not available. Daws Butler, who voiced characters for MGM, suggested that Avery seek out Messick. And so, Messick was called on to voice Droopy. Later, in the mid-1950s, when Bill Thompson parted ways with MGM, Messick took over the role of Droopy. Messick and Butler became a voice acting team for the Hanna-Barbera unit in 1957 with the arrival of Ruff and Reddy. Don was Ruff the cat and the Droopy-sounding Professor Gizmo. Butler was the southern-speaking dog, Reddy. Messick also narrated the show, which played out like an animated soap opera. From 1957 to 1965, Butler and Messick gave voice to a staggering number of characters. Always the side-kick, Messick’s characters weren’t headliners. His notable roles in this era were Boo Boo Bear, Ranger Smith, Major Minor, Pixie Mouse, and Astro. Messick was used primarily for his narration skills, which were heard on all of those cartoons in which Daws Butler starred. The off-camera voice telling us about the latest fiasco Quick Draw McGraw got himself into was Don Messick. Butler was Quick Draw and his Mexican side-kick, Baba Looey. Messick would eventually star in a cartoon series: Ricochet Rabbit.…

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Frequently asked questions

What characters has Don Messick voiced?

Don Messick's best-known roles include Ratchet (The Transformers: The Movie). Don Messick has voiced 2 anime roles.

What is Don Messick's most popular role?

Ratchet in The Transformers: The Movie, the most-watched anime Don Messick has voiced in.

When is Don Messick's birthday?

Don Messick was born on September 7, 1926 in Buffalo, USA.