The Smurfs Premiered Date, Network, Genre, Cast

Premiered Date

September 12, 1981

Genre

Animation

Network

NBC

Cast

Frank Welker, June Foray, Alan Young, Don Messick, Paul Winchell, Charlie Adler, Michael Bell, Alan Oppenheimer, Lucille Bliss, Julie McWhirter

Frank Welker

as Hefty Smurf

1917-2017

June Foray

as Jokey Smurf

1919-2016

Alan Young

as Farmer Smurf

1926-1997

Don Messick

as Papa Smurf

1922-2005

Paul Winchell

as Gargamel

Charlie Adler

as Natural 'Nat' Smurfling

Michael Bell

as Handy Smurf

Alan Oppenheimer

as Vanity Smurf

1916-2012

Lucille Bliss

as Smurfette

Julie McWhirter

as Sassette Smurfling

About The Smurfs

About

Hanna-Barbera series based on the Belgian comic series by the same name in which the titular little blue creatures spend their days in mushroom houses attempting to avoid Gargomel, an evil man who wants to kill them.

Trivia

The show was created by Peyo. It ran for 256 episodes with a total of 418 stories in addition to 7 specials. A film franchise was later produced that included The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2 before being rebooted again with the 2017 movie Smurfs: The Lost Village.