Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 12, 1921
Died
Jan 08, 2010
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Credits
17 titles
Art Clokey
Biography
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 Gumby and his horse Pokey have been a familiar presence on television, appearing in several series beginning with the Howdy Doody Show and later The Adventures of Gumby. 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. In the 1990s Gumby: The Movie was released, sparking even more interest. Clokey's second most famous production is the duo of Davey and Goliath, funded by the Lutheran Church in America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Art Clokey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Adventures of Gumby: A Sample
Director
Gumby's Christmas Capers
Producer
Gumby Dharma
Self
Davey and Goliath's Snowboard Christmas
Producer
Gumby: The Movie
Pokey / Prickle / Gumbo (voice)
Gumby Adventures
Pokey (voice)
The Puppetoon Movie
Pokey (voice)
Mandala
Director
The Clay Peacock
Director
Happy Easter
Director
Christmas Lost and Found
Director
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Opening Title Sequence
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Opening Title Sequence
Davey and Goliath
Producer
Mysterious Fires
Director
The Gumby Show
Pokey (voice)
Gumbasia
Director