Richard "Dick" Beals died in Vista, California
on Mya 29th, 2012. Beals, born on March 16, 1927 in Detroit,
Michigan was an actor and voice dubber. He dubbed many voiceso over his long career,
which spanned from the early 1950s into the present time. The 4’ 7” actor
specialized in doing the voices of young boys such as Davey in the “Davey and
Goliath” cartoons and “Speedy Alka Seltzer”. Dick was also the radio voice of
Jim Reid on WXYZ’s “The Lone Ranger” radio series.
Beals graduated from Michigan State University in 1949,
where he majored in radio broadcasting and puppetry. He covered intramural
sports and performed in weekly radio dramas for the campus radio station WKAR.
Beals was also a member of the Michigan State cheerleading squad.
Beals was the cartoon voice for several characters
including Baby-Faced Moonbeam in “Duck Dodgers”, the title character on “Gumby”,
and various voices on “Roger Ramjet”, “The Jetsons”, “The Flintstones”, and
other cartoons.
BEALS, Dick (Richard Beals)
Born: 3/16/1927, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Died: 5/29/2012, Vista, California, U.S.A.
Dick Beals’ western – voice actor:
The Lone Ranger (TV) – 1966 [voice of Tiny Tom]
Additional Western connections include several appearances on the "Gunsmoke" radio series, including appearing on the first episode as Billy the Kid.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the additional information M. Mitchell Marmel.
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