[CanadianMusherinMI]

is this the guy? could not find a actual cartoon, but found this commercial for crispy critters cereal starring king leonardo the lion from the 1960s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7GOC2HlJA
:)

[dr_lew]

That's not it. King and Odie closing credits was at the top of the related videos list, however. There are also a number of Tooter Turtle videos.