Scripted series · ABC
Top Cat
You can't fight City Hall!
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Arnold Stang
Top Cat (voice)
30 eps
Maurice Gosfield
Benny the Ball (voice)
30 eps
Leo De Lyon
Brain / Spook (voice)
30 eps
Marvin Kaplan
Choo Choo (voice)
30 eps
John Stephenson
Fancy-Fancy (voice)
30 eps
Allen Jenkins
Officer Dibble (voice)
30 eps
Lars Thiesgaard
Top Cat (voice)
30 eps
Paul Hüttel
Choo Choo / Brain (voice)
30 eps
Kjeld Nørgaard
Politibetjent Charlie Dibble (voice)
30 eps
Herb Vigran
Space Shuttle Doctor (voice)
1 eps
Bea Benaderet
Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice)
6 eps
Daws Butler
A.T
1 eps
Jean Vander Pyl
4 eps
Paul Frees
3 eps
Don Messick
Beau / Narrator / Baseball Announcer / J.C. Crowflies
6 eps
Sallie Janes
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Top Cat actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Top Cat reads strongest on Humour, Bingeability and Character Depth.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Top Cat, known as T.C. to his alley cat friends, is a mischievous prankster who lives in a trash can in the alley ways of New York City. He and his alley-cat cohorts think of get rich schemes and assorted pranks which are mostly involving and aimed at Officer Dibble, their nemesis and friend. T.C. manages to get out of his tight situations with hilarity and charm and even helps Dibble on occasion who is underscored by his overbearing sergeant...
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- William HannaProducer
- Joseph BarberaProducer
Writing
- Harvey BullockWriter
- William HannaWriter
- Joseph BarberaWriter
- Barry BlitzerWriter
- Kin PlattWriter
Direction
- William HannaDirector
- Joseph BarberaDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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