A Close Encounter
- Studio
- Ruby-Spears Productions
Characters
Heathcliff, Spike, Muggsy, Iggy, Mr. Shultz, Milkman, Clem, Digby, Dogsnatcher
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Charles Nichols (as Charles A. Nichols), John Kimball
Producing
- Producer
- Joe Ruby, Ken Spears (Executive Producers)
Writing
- Writer
- Tony Benedict, Tom Dagenais, Jack Enyart, Paul Haggis, Jack Hanrahan, Mark Jones, Don Jurwich, Gordon Kent, Kayte Kuch, Michael Maurer, Jim McNamara, Sandy Sandifer, Mark Shiney
- Story Direction
- Emily Kong, Alex Lovy, Tom Minton
- Supervising Story Direction
- Gordon Kent
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Heathcliff, Spike, Muggsy, Iggy, Mr. Shultz, Milkman), Henry Corden (Clem, Digby, Dogsnatcher), Alan Dinehart, June Foray, Avery Schreiber, Hal Smith, Marilyn Schreffler
Music
- Music
- Dean Elliott, Dean Elliott
Animation
- Layout Supervision
- Larry Huber
- Layouts
- Peter Alvarado, Wayne Becker, Kathleen Carr, Jaime Diaz, Hak Ficq, Paul Gruwell, Mario Piluso, Bill Reed, Wallace Sides, Robert Zamboni, Ian McKenzie
- Animation Supervision
- Al Gaivoto, Bill Reed
- Animation Checking
- Stephen Carr, Patty Burns, Patricia Blackburn, Norell Nixon
Art Department
- Background Layout Supervision
- David High
- Background Layout
- John F. Guerin, Bruce Zick
- Models
- Alan B. Huck
- Background Styling
- Eric Semones
- Color Key
- Bunny Semones
Editing
- Editor
- Chip Yaras (Supervising Film Editor)
- Supervising Film Editor
- Chip Yaras
- Negative Cutter
- Mary Nelson
Sound
- Effects Editors
- Karla McGregor, Kevin Spears
Music Department
- Music Editor
- Mark Shiney
- Title Song Sung by
- Scatman Crothers
Casting
- Voice Direction
- Alan Dinehart
Production Management
- Production Coordinator
- Loretta High
- Production Assistants
- Joyce Benson, Bryna Melnick, Cathy Rose, Debby Ruby, Teri Taylor
Crew
- Models Supervision
- Ric Gonzalez
- Titles
- Bill Perez
- Lettering
- Bob Schaefer
- Studio Manager
- Jeff Cooke
- Assistants to the Executive Producers
- Erika Grossbart, Kayte Kuch
Companies and other credits
- Re-Recording: T.V.R
- © 1981 Ruby-Spears Enterprises
- Inc. All rights reserved
- HEATHCLIFF - A COMIC STRIP OF McNAUGHT SYNDICATE
- INC
- The trademark Heathcliff and all characters of Heathcliff are the property of McNaught Syndicate
- Inc. All rights reserved
Production notes
1981 brought a new co-star and a revamped attitude. Retitled Heathcliff and Marmaduke, the series now alternated Dingbat segments with sketches featuring the massive, infantile Great Dane Marmaduke, a fellow comic strip superstar. This series depicted a cuddlier, less rebellious Heathcliff, which ultimately proved less successful. It wasn't until 1984 that DIC Enterprises revived the show by resurrecting Heathcliff's devil-may-care spirit and introducing a whole new supporting cast.