Dinky Duck is a

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character who first appeared in the 1939 animated short ''The Orphan Duck''. Unlike fellow Terrytoons characters Mighty Mouse, silly Gandy Goose and the magpie duo

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, Dinky never became popular, appearing in a total of only 15 cartoons between 1939 and 1957. 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 actor

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. 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

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cartoon, 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 ''

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'', 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

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Filmography

List of shorts

* ''The Orphan Duck'' (October 6, 1939) * ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (March 22, 1940) * ''The Lucky Duck'' (September 6, 1940) * ''Welcome Little Stranger'' (October 3, 1941) * ''Life with Fido'' (August 21, 1942) * ''Dinky Finds a Home'' (June 7, 1946) * ''The Beauty Shop'' (April 28, 1950) * ''Flat Foot Fledgling'' (January 25, 1952) * ''The Foolish Duckling'' (May 16, 1952) * ''Sink or Swim'' (August 29, 1952) * ''Featherweight Champ'' (February 6, 1953) * ''Wise Quacks'' (February 27, 1953) * ''The Orphan Egg'' (April 24, 1953) * ''The Timid Scarecrow'' (August 28, 1953) * ''It's a Living'' (November 15, 1957)

References

External links

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