Many thanks to Jeff Adcock who compiled the original set of information on "who played whom" in the series, and got this whole party started.
 Tim Matthieson (Jonny Quest) b. 31 December 1947 d. |
Tim Matthieson (later known as Tim Matheson) has had a very successful career playing numerous parts on TV and in feature films. Click here to see the list of credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. One additional note about Tim's role as Roy Martin, in 1996's A Very Brady Sequel: The character of Roy Martin was a con man trying to convince Carol Brady that he was her long-presumed-dead 1st husband, when in fact the real Roy Martin, a professor, was actually lost at sea along with others aboard a pleasure craft named the "SS Minnow". It was a nice try, but unfortunately the makers of this movie did not recall (or chose to ignore in the hope that we, the viewers would not recall) the fact that the professor's name as given in the first episode of Gilligan's Island was Roy Hinkley, not Martin. It still was a funny bit, though. |
 John Stephenson (Dr. Benton Quest, others) b. 9 August 1923 d. |
John Stephenson provided the voice for Dr. Quest (and some other characters) in the following episodes:
Here is the list of known characterizations provided by John:
Stephenson's other projects were many; click here to see the list of credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. Paul Buhler sent in the following link to additional information: John Stephenson info at www.voicechasers.com. |
 Mike Road (Roger "Race" Bannon, others) b. 18 March 1915 d. |
In an interview for Amazing Heroes Doug Wildey had this to say about Mike and the role of Race Bannon: DW: I have always gone with actors that were instantly recognizable and still were not all that deep -- that seem to be guys having fun. My favorite was [Clark] Gable, who always seemed to be playing a part. He wasn't really a believable guy in that sense, yet Gable playing something became believable only because you knew you were watching Gable. He had an almost sardonic, throwaway approach to his lines. That's what I wanted for Race Bannon: bigger-than-life dialogue. In the pilot, "Sargasso Sea," ["Mystery of the Lizard Men" - LPB] the kid's in trouble, frogmen are jumping on him, Race Bannon is swinging down from a rope, and the line that I originally wrote was, "Hang on kid! Here comes the cavalry to the rescue!" It wasn't included -- that was Barbera's choice. It was "Hang on, Jonny, I'm coming" or something. It's simply the way two people see how a piece of dialogue would work. It was a disagreement and the loser of course was me, because this guy owns the studio. No big deal.[Actually the line ended up as "Hang on, kid, calvary to the rescue!", so maybe Barbera had a change of heart. - LPB] I listened to a lot of different guys. All of them were good; finally Mike Road seemed to be the guy that somehow had that approach -- that light touch and still made it believable. AH: Seems to me that I remember as a child that Race's voice seemed to pop up in a lot of other cartoons at the time. DW: As a matter of fact, he also popped up in Jonny Quest, as other voices. Here's a list of the ones we know about:
Mike Road has a TON of additional credits, in addition to Jonny Quest. Click here to see the complete list of Mike's credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. |
 Danny Bravo (Hadji) b. d. |
Danny Bravo has a few other cinematic credits: click here to see the list of credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. The image seen here is a poster for a movie "For the Love of Mike") in which young Danny featured prominently. |
 Don Messick (Bandit, Dr. Benton Quest, others) b. 7 September 1926 d. 24 October 1997 |
Don Messick was a former ventriloquist before becoming one of the industry's most sought-after voice actors. In addition to voicing Bandit, he took over the role of Dr. Quest after the departure of John Stephenson, and also supplied a number of other supporting character voices for the series as well. In The Art of Hanna-Barbera, Messick says that Dr. Quest was one of his favorite voices from the 60's: "It gave me an opportunity to do a straight character for a change. I took over the role when they decided there was a vocal conflict between the actors playing Dr. Quest and Race Bannon. Until then I was only doing the yipping and yapping of little Bandit." Here's a list of the ones we know about:
Messick's credits outside of Jonny Quest show the legendary talent he was; click here to see the list of credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. |
 Vic Perrin (Dr. Zin, others) b. 26 April 1919 d. 4 July 1989 |
Vic Perrin supplied the voice for a number of Jonny Quest characters; here's a list of the ones we know about:
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| Cathy Lewis (Jade, Drena Hartman, others) b. 27 December 1916 d. 20 November 1968 |
Here is a list of the known characters Cathy voiced:
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| Doug Young (various) b. 10 February 1931 d. |
Here is the list of known vocal work for Doug on the show:
Click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. |
 Henry Corden (various) b. 6 January 1920 d. 19 May 2005 |
Here is the list of known contributions Henry made to the show:
Henry Corden was involved in a large number of other projects; click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. You can also follow this link to the Wikipedia for a concise bio. (Thanks to Paul Buhler for the dates and link to the bio.) |
 Everett Sloane (various) b. 1 October 1909 d. 6 August 1965 |
Here is the list of known contributions Everett made to the show:
Everett Sloane was a formidable character actor despite his dimunitive size, who started acting on stage and in radio after losing his job as a Wall Street runner in the Crash of 1929, and played key roles in many films. Click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. |
 Nestor Paiva(various) b. 30 June 1905 d. 9 September 1966 |
Here is the list of known contributions Nestor made to the show:
Click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. |
 Taliaferro (Tol) Avery (various) b. 28 Aug 1915 d. 27 August 1973 |
Here is the list of known contributions Tol made to the show:
Click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. |
 Will Kuluva (various) b. 02 May 1917 d. 6 November 1990 |
Here is the list of known contributions Will made to the show:
Click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. |
| Sandy Wormser(Denise) b. d. |
Here is the list of known contributions Sandy made to the show:
Click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. NOTE: At a recent check, this name was not found in the IMDb database. |
 Daws Butler (various) b. 16 November 1916 d. 18 May 1988 |
Another legendary voice talent, perhaps most famous for supplying the voice of "Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent" on the "Time for Beany" TV show. Here is the list of known contributions Daws made to the show:
Click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. |
 Jesse White(Pasha) b. 4 January 1917 d. 9 January 1997 |
Here is the list of known contributions Jesse made to the show:
Most famous as "the Maytag repair man" from TV commercials. Click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. |
 Keye Luke (various) b. 18 June 1904 d. 12 January 1991 |
Here is the list of known contributions Keye made to the show:
Famous Asian character actor; click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. |
 J. Pat O'Malley (Chopper) b. 15 March 1901 d. 27 February 1985 |
Here is the list of known contributions Pat made to the show:
Famous character actor; click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. |
 Janet Waldo (various) b. 4 February 1918 d. |
Here is the list of known contributions Janet made to the show:
Perhaps most famous as the voice of Judy Jetson in "The Jetsons"; click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. |
 Sam Edwards (various) b. 26 May 1915 d. 28 July 2004 |
Here is the list of known contributions Sam made to the show:
Click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. There are a number of different Sam Edwards entries; Andrew Leal was kind enough to write with the following information: The Sam Edwards on IMDb you're looking for is listed as "Sam Edwards (I)". He was a longtime radio actor, working as part of the dramatic repertory company used by CBS on programs like Escape and Gunsmoke (where he was usually cast as either young hotheads or generally decent young fellows who kill someone by accident or shot someone in the past and seek rdemption.) The information I've gleaned from various radio reference books suggest that Edwards was born in Georgia, but soon moved to San Antonio, thus developing a slight Western twang. One source gave his birthdate as 1928, but since he also, according to Graham Webb, was heard in two George Pal Puppetoon cartoons in 1942, this seems a tad unlikely, and his earliest radio work came around 1943 (mostly juvenile roles admittedly), this is probably off by at least two-four years. Other notable radio roles included playing Dexter Franklin on the comedy Meet Corliss Archer opposite Janet Waldo [see above entry on Janet Waldo, ed.] as Corliss, supporting roles on Dragnet, playing a young Samuel Clemens in one installment of The CBS Radio Workshop, Corporal Spears on a few episodes of the Western Fort Laramie, and a score of others. He also, according to various sources and some interviews, was heard briefly as the adolescent Thumper in Bambi, and also did voices for Disneyland records in the late 60's and 70's. For Hanna-Barbera, he also did bits on The Flintstones (one episode) and These Are The Days and was also heard for Ruby-Spears on The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show. As IMDB mentions, he also made several appearances on The Andy Griffith Show. |
 Marvin Miller (various) b. 18 July 1913 d. 8 February 1985 |
Here is the list of known contributions Marvin made to the show:
Click here to see the list of other credits shown at the Internet Movie Database. |
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