Ranger Smith

Ranger Smith
The Yogi Bear Show character
Ranger Smith from The Yogi Bear Show
First appearanceYogi Bear's Big Break (1958)
Created byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Portrayed byRuss Horner (Yogi's Picnic)[1][2]
Tom Cavanagh (2010 film)
Voiced byDaws Butler (1958–1959)
Don Messick (1959–1996)
Greg Burson (1991; Yo Yogi!)
Billy West (Cartoon Network, 1990s commercials)
Corey Burton (1999–2002; Spümcø shorts)
Scott Innes (briefly)[3]
Jeff Bergman (2001–present)[4][5]
Tom Cavanagh (Yogi Bear: The Video Game)
Eric Bauza (Quicken Loans commercial)
In-universe information
NicknameMr. Ranger
SpeciesHuman
GenderMale
FamilySlippery Smith (evil twin)
RelativesYogi Bear (rival/friend)
Boo-Boo Bear (friend)
Cindy Bear (friend)

John Francis Smith, more commonly referred to as Ranger Smith (and known as Mr. Ranger by Yogi and Boo-Boo), is a fictional park ranger first appearing in the 1958 Yogi Bear cartoon series.[6] The character is Yogi's main antagonist, and appears in other Yogi Bear series, including Yogi's Gang (1973), Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985), and Yo Yogi! (1991),[7] as well as the 2010 live-action Yogi Bear film. The cartoon character has been primarily voiced by Don Messick and Greg Burson.[7]

  1. ^ "Yogi's Picnic Part 1, Canada's Wonderland 1982". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Yogi's Picnic 1982-Part 2 - Canada's Wonderland". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Glass was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Yogi Bear Slot Machine Gameplay". YouTube. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "Yogi Bear Slot Machine". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  6. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 316–317. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 717–720. ISBN 978-1538103739.