About

Known credits:
28
Birthday:
1921-10-12
Place of birth:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Art Clokey

Overview

​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.

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Known for

Acting
2006 Gumby Dharma Actor Self 58
Average
1995 Gumby: The Movie Actor Pokey / Prickle / Gumbo (voice) 58
Average
1988 Gumby Adventures Actor Pokey (voice) 69
Fair
1982 Hidden Valley Actor Pokey (voice) N/A
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1960 The Witty Witch Actor Pokey (voice) N/A
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Directing
2016 Adventures of Gumby: A Sample Directing Director N/A
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1995 Gumby: The Movie Directing Director 58
Average
1982 Hidden Valley Directing Director N/A
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1977 Mandala Directing Director 59
Average
1975 The Clay Peacock Directing Director 59
Average
1967 Happy Easter Directing Director N/A
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1965 Christmas Lost and Found Directing Director N/A
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1960 The Witty Witch Directing Director N/A
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1957 Gumby's Christmas Capers Directing Director N/A
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1955 Gumbasia Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
1995 Gumby: The Movie Writing Writer 58
Average
1982 Hidden Valley Writing Writer N/A
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1960 The Witty Witch Writing Writer N/A
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1957 Gumby's Christmas Capers Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1995 Gumby: The Movie Production Producer 58
Average
1988 Gumby Adventures Production Producer 69
Fair
1987 The Puppetoon Movie Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1961 Davey and Goliath Production Producer 68
Fair
1957 Gumby's Christmas Capers Production Producer N/A
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1956 Gumby Production Producer 68
Fair

Art
1965 Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine Art Opening Title Sequence 58
Average
1965 How to Stuff a Wild Bikini Art Opening Title Sequence 58
Average

Visual Effects
1955 Gumbasia Visual Effects Animation 59
Average