Casey Kasem (27 April 1932 – 15 June 2014) was an American radio host and animation voice actor. His most noted radio experience was when he created and hosted the popular radio show American Top 40 from 1970 to 1988 and from 1998 to 2004. He also narrated several educational segments for the TV series Sesame Street.
Hanna-Barbera Franchise[]
- Shaggy Rogers in Scooby Doo Where Are You! and the many successor continuing series to What's New Scooby-Doo?
- Groovy Groove in Cattanooga Cats
- Monty Marble in The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone
- Alexander Cabot III in Josie and the Pussy Cats
- Robin in SuperFriends
- George in Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
- Craig Bracken in Sealab 2020
- Bill Baker in 2 Stupid Dogs
- Lexo Starbuck in The New Adventures of Captain Planet
- He also voiced numerous one-shot characters in each of the series listed above.
Trivia[]
- Kasem and his wife Jean were panelists in both the John Davidson and Tom Bergeron versions of The Hollywood Squares.
- Kasem also made a cameo appearance during the closing segment of the syndicated game show Family Feud on 14 February 1989 when Ray Combs was hosting. His wife Jean was among the celebrities playing for charity that week.
- He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1992.
- He was a strict vegetarian and insisted that Shaggy also be a vegetarian in the later series of Scooby-Doo shows.
External Links[]
- Casey Kasem at the Internet Movie Database
- Scooby-Doo Wiki: Casey Kasem