Art Clokey
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American animator (1921-2010)
Film & TV
Detroit, Michigan, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur "Art" Clokey (October 12, 1921 - January 8, 2010) was a pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, beginning in 1955 with a film experiment called Gumbasia, influenced by his professor, Slavko Vorkapich, at the University of Southern California. From the Gumbasia project, Art Clokey and his wife Ruth invented Gumby. Since then…
Known for
- Gumby Dharma — Self2006
- Gumby: The Movie — Pokey / Prickle / Gumbo (voice)1995
- Gumby Adventures — Pokey (voice)1988
- The Puppetoon Movie — Pokey (voice)1987
- The Gumby Show — Pokey (voice)1956
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Key facts
- Born
- Arthur Charles Farrington , ( 1921-10-12 ) October 12, 1921, Detroit , Michigan, U.S.
- Died
- January 8, 2010 (2010-01-08) (aged 88), Los Osos, California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Pomona College , Miami University , University of Southern California
- Occupations
- Animator director producer screenwriter voice actor
- Years active
- 1953–1995
- Notable work
- Creator of Gumby and Davey and Goliath
- Spouses
- Ruth Clokey ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1948 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1966 ) Gloria Clokey ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 ; died 1998 )
- Family
- Joseph W. Clokey (father)
- Awards
- Inkpot Award (2006)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Art
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Los Osos
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Award
- Inkpot Award
- Number of children
- 2
Show 8 more facts
- date of death
- 2010-01-08
- date of birth
- 1921-10-12
- Commons category
- Art Clokey
- cause of death
- infectious disease
- birth name
- Arthur Charles Farrington
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- name in native language
- Art Clokey
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Arthur Charles Clokey (né Farrington; October 12, 1921 – January 8, 2010) was an American animator, director, producer, screenwriter and voice actor. He was a pioneer in the popularization of stop-motion clay animation, best known as the creator of the character Gumby and the original voice of Gumby's sidekick, Pokey. Clokey's career began in 1953 with a film experiment called Gumbasia, which was influenced by his professor, Slavko Vorkapich, at the University of Southern California. Clokey and his wife Ruth subsequently came up with the clay character Gumby and his horse Pokey, who first appeared in the Howdy Doody Show and later got their own series The Adventures of Gumby, from which they became a familiar presence on American television. The characters enjoyed a renewal of interest in the 1980s when American actor and comedian Eddie Murphy parodied Gumby in a skit on Saturday Night Live.
Clokey's second-most famous production is the duo of Davey and Goliath, funded by the Lutheran Church in America (now the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America).
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