Orlando Drummond Cardoso (October 18, 1919, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - July 27, 2021, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a Brazilian voice actor who performed Gordon "ALF" Shumway's voice in the Portuguese-dubbed Brazilian version of the show, not to mention the animated series, the movie and other assorted appearances. Orlando Drummond was the most well-known voice actor in Brazil and entered the Guinness World Records Book as the oldest voice actor still in activity. Drummond started his career in 1942. He is most well known for being the Brazilian voice of Scooby-Doo in all the character's dubbed appearances, since the original series up to the recent live action movies, including even the character's cameos in other programs such as Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. Other characters voiced by him include, but are certainly not limited to; Popeye, Owl from Winnie the Pooh, Professor Calculus from The Adventures of Tintin, Q from James Bond movies, Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and several others.
Besides his celebrated work as a voice actor, Drummond also worked as an actor in Brazilian television, including participating in the hit program Zorra Total. He is perhaps most well known for playing the role of Seu Peru in the show Escolinha do Professor Raimundo.
Drummond died on July 27, 2021 at the age of 101 at his home in the Vila Isabel neighborhood, north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil of multiple organ failure. In May of that year, he was admitted to Quinta d'Or Hospital, in São Cristóvão, for treatment of a urinary tract infection, but was discharged in June, one month before his death. His fellow Scooby-Doo voice actor and friend, Mário Monjardim, the Brazilian voice of Shaggy, died 3 days after him from a stroke.
