Barney Bear

Barney Bear is a MGM character from the MGM series. Barney Bear made a total of 34 appearances during the golden age of animation.

Overview
Barney Bear was voiced by Rudolf Ising and his first appearance was in the cartoon The Bear That Couldn't Sleep in 1939. Barney Bear would appear in a total of 34 cartoons during the golden age of animation with the final appearance in the cartoon Bird-Brain Bird Dog in 1954.

Appearance/Personality
Barney Bear is a bear with brown fur and a black nose. The series begins with the title character, Barney Bear, usually trying to accomplish a task in his series, He can be a bit lazy, but not too lazy. But, Barney tends to over-do or do his task the wrong way. He also has a hard time going to sleep, but when he finally does go to sleep, he is a heavy sleeper. Mostly he doesn't talk, but sometimes he does talk. At times he pairs with a donkey named Benny Burro, a curious donkey who accompanies Barney on several occasions, but mostly when he's in the west (Benny Burro never spoke, but he did speak in comic books). Ising's original Barney design contained a plethora of detail: shaggy fur, wrinkled clothing, and six eyebrows; as the series progressed, the design was gradually simplified and streamlined, reaching its peak in three late 1940s shorts.