Doug Young (actor)

Doug Young
Born	Douglas H. Young (1919-12-21) December 21, 1919
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1946-present
Children	Jerilyn and Christine

Douglas "Doug" Young is an American voice actor who has worked on radio programs and in animated cartoons.

Career

Early in his career, Young appeared in classic radio shows including The Cisco Kid, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Red Ryder, and The Whistler. He was also the announcer on the syndicated radio comedy The Anderson Family which starred fellow cartoon voice artist Walter Tetley, and aired from 1946 to 1948.

Young later went to work for Hanna-Barbera; a master of accent and dialect, he often based his voices on those of famous performers, such as Jimmy Durante and Buddy Hackett. His credits include:

• The Huckleberry Hound Show (Ding-A-Ling Wolf)
• Loopy De Loop
• The Yogi Bear Show
• The Flintstones (Various characters)
• Jonny Quest
• Winsome Witch (Various characters)
• The Peter Potamus Show (Yippee)
• Quick Draw McGraw (Doggie Daddy)

He used a Jimmy Durante imitation for Doggie Daddy's voice, but the role was later taken over by John Stephenson. Young is also well known as the "Grand Poobah" of The Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes in The Flintstones series.

As of March 2003, Young has been doing freelance voice work in Seattle, Washington.

Television

• Loopy De Loop - Theatrical Shorts (1959-1965)
• The Quick Draw McGraw Show - Doggie Daddy / additional voices (1959-1961)
• The Huckleberry Hound Show - Ding-a-Ling Wolf / Doggie Daddy (1960-1961)
• The Yogi Bear Show - Bigelow / Ding A Ling / Doggie Daddy (1961-1962)
• The Flintstones - 31 episodes - Grand Poobah /additional voices (1962-1966)
• The Magilla Gorilla Show - J. Whimple Dimple/additional voices (1964)
• Jonny Quest - additional voices (1964-1965)
• The Peter Potamus Show - Yippee/additional voices (1964-1965)
• Winsome Witch - additional voices (1965)
• Laurael and Hardy Cartoon series - Various Characters (1966)
• Animal Follies - Video - Yippie / Doggie Daddy (1988)

External links

• Doug Young at IMDb