Voiced by Daws Butler, Huckleberry was a blue dog that spoke with a southern drawl, with a relaxed, well-intentioned personality. Most of his shorts consisted of Huck trying to find employment in different fields, ranging from policeman to (ironically enough) dogcatcher, with backfiring results.

Huckleberry Hound was not based on Andy Griffith or Tennessee Ernie Ford as some have thought. Huck according to Daws Butler was based on the neighbor of his wife, Myrtis; Butler would speak with said neighbor when visiting North Carolina. (Source: Daws Butler)

After his original series ran its course, Huck continued to make appearances in other Hanna-Barbera series, mainly as a supporting character for his former costar, Yogi. Huck appeared in such series as Yogi's Gang, Yogi's Space Race , and even as a teenager in the series Yo, Yogi! . Huck was also the star of one of the 1980s made-for-television movie, The Good, The Bad, and Huckleberry Hound.

Today, Huckleberry's television appearances, like those of the rest of the early Hanna-Barbera characters, are rare, though his shorts can often be found on Cartoon Network's sister cable TV channel Boomerang.

External links

• List of Huckleberry Hound episodes
• Huckleberry Hound's Toonopedia entry

Huckleberry Hound in other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Dom Pixote
• Spanish: similar to English
• German: Hucky
• Italian: Braccobaldo
• French: Roquet Belles Oreilles