Jimmy Weldon, a 1940s-era disc jockey and kids TV host and voice actor whose ability to mimic a Donald Duck-like voice led to his signature portrayal of a classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon duckling named Yakky Doodle, died July 6. He was 99
The Webster Webfoot ShowAfter a move to Hollywood in the early 1950s, Weldon, along with Webster, was hired by producer Ralph Edwards to host a short-lived kids version of the game showWeldon’s Webster voice made him a natural for a new duck character envisioned by the Hanna-Barbera animation studio, and in 1961 Yakky Doodle debuted on the studio’s third half-hour seriesjoining other characters including Yogi, Boo Boo and Snagglepuss.
While Yakky would be Weldon’s most popular creation, he’d go on to voice characters on other Hanna-Babera series for several decades, including in the seriesWeldon also made single-episode acting appearances on series including
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