Talk:Dick Beals

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If I may make a suggestion for further improvement; this article could be split up into sections making the page easier to navigate and read. -- &oelig; &trade; 04:14, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Dick Beals not Gumby's original voice
With the death of Dick Beals, the news media has been repeating that he was the original voice of Gumby. He was not. The original voice was a woman named Ruth Eggleston. Beals provided voices in some episodes of the show, but if he ever voiced Gumby, it was not on a regular basis, and it was not until later in the run.

From the official Gumby website http://www.gumbyworld.com/gumby-characters/gumby/gumbys-name-personality-voice/

"Art Clokey has made a number of timeless archetypes that represent something special for America. What those characters sound like is a large part of their personas. We asked Art about the people whose voices are part of the characters. Who did the first voice of Gumby, and who did the voice after that?

“Well, the first voice of Gumby was a woman. She was the wife of our art director and first artist, Al Eggleston. Her name was Ruth Eggleston. Art and Ruth Clokey brought on Al and Ruth Eggleston as their fist collaborators. Art and Al came up with sets, while Ruth Eggleston, Art and Al provided the voices for most of the characters in the 1956 episodes.

During the 1957 episodes, Dallas McKennon voiced Gumby, and Art continued to do Pokey, Gumbo and various other voices. Dal was an experienced actor who did major voice work for many Disney classics such as Bed Knobs and Broomsticks and Mary Poppins. He later was the voice of Archie and Buz Buzzard, and he starred in The Daniel Boone Show as Cincinatus.

In the early 60’s, Ginny Tyler of Mickey Mouse Club fame did the Gumby voice for a few episodes, while Dal was the voice of Gumby for most of the episodes in the early 60’s. Dick Beals (who was also the voice of the 1960’s Davey) subbed as Gumby’s voice for a few episodes in the mid 60’s. Norma McMillan (the late 60’s/early 70’s Davey) was the voice of Gumby in the late 60’s. She was also the voice of Casper the Friendly Ghost. Dal came back to do the voice of Gumby in the 80’s series and the 90’s movie."

Perhaps the confusion comes from the fact that Norma MacMillan replaced Dick Beals as Davey, and her Gumby voice resembled her Davey voice. Those who did not know that Davey had more than one VA may have mistakenly assumed that it was Beals voicing Gumby in the instances where it was MacMillan.

Either way, Art Clokey has said on multiple occasions that Ruth Eggleston was Gumby's original voice, and having seen the early shorts, I can say that it is definitely not Dick Beals in those.--TServo2050 (talk) 22:14, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Sticky, the Vaseline mascot.
"as well as the voice of Sticky, the Vaseline mascot." Not sure, but I think this is a hoax. Does anyone have a reference to this? Thisdaytrivia (talk) 06:21, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Dick Beals' Radio Credits
The credits provided give an incomplete perspective on Dick Beals' actual body of work. Judging from his appearances on old time radio episodes, mostly as a guest artist and supporting cast member playing children or diminutive aliens, his complete list of credits including radio is quite extensive. A likely partial list of radio voice credits can be found by searching for Dick Beals on the Old Time Radio Downloads site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:246:5E00:E260:F95E:C625:82AB:CA4B (talk) 16:26, 19 March 2023 (UTC)