| Dinky Duck | |
|---|---|
| Terrytoons character | |
| First appearance | The Orphan Duck (1939) |
| Created by | Paul Terry |
| Voiced by | Tom Morrison (1952-1953) Allen Swift (1958) Dee Bradley Baker (1999) |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | Duck |
| Gender | Male |
Dinky Duck is a Terrytoons cartoon character who first appeared in the 1939 animated short The Orphan Duck. [1] Unlike fellow Terrytoons characters Mighty Mouse, silly Gandy Goose and the magpie duo Heckle and Jeckle, Dinky never became popular, appearing in a total of only 15 cartoons between 1939 and 1958. [2]
For most of his appearances, Dinky is a young black duck who lived on a farm with other ducks, chickens and other typical farm animals. Sometimes he was an orphan who simply wanted a place to call home; on other occasions, he would perform some heroic deed and help restore calm to the barnyard when adult animals quarreled.
The early Dinky Duck cartoons presents Dinky making a sharp quacking noise, while the later ones gave a young voice to Dinky, performed by Tom Morrison. Several of the cartoons had a singing chorus that gave an introduction to the upcoming story.
Dinky's final appearance was in It's a Living, a CinemaScope cartoon, here is was voiced by actor Allen Swift, in which he sheds his cute farmyard duck persona and instead takes on the role of a disgruntled animation actor who quits his cartoon character job to try his hand in television commercial acting.
Dinky was going to have a cameo in Who Framed Roger Rabbit , but rights to the character could not be obtained in time.
Dinky appears as a supporting character in the 1999 pilot Curbside. Here, he was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. [3]
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