Deputy Dawg was originally a Terrytoons cartoon character featured on the animated television series of the same name from 1959 through 1972. The cartoons were seven minutes long, and were packaged four at a time and shown as a half-hour program in syndication. The show was produced by CBS.

The character of Deputy Dawg (a dog) was a deputy sheriff in the Mississippi bayous of the United States. Much of the comedy was based around comical accents and stereotypical southern characteristics. Deputy Dawg was voiced by Dayton Allen, a prolific Hollywood voice actor who voiced many Terrytoons characters in television and theatrical shorts in the 1950s and 1960s. Actor Jim Carrey's favorite cartoon character is Deputy Dawg.

External links

• Deputy Dawg at Toonopedia

Animated characters | Fictional dogs | Terrytoons