FILM DIRECTOR

Art Clokey

1921 - 2010

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Arthur Clokey (born Arthur Charles Farrington; October 12, 1921 – January 8, 2010) was an American animator, director, producer, screenwriter and voice actor, he was 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Art Clokey is the 1,540th most popular film director (up from 1,628th in 2019), the 11,503rd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,991st in 2019) and the 433rd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Art Clokey ranks 1,540 out of 2,041. Before him are Pavel Chukhray, Kenneth Lonergan, Gerardo Vera, Boris Sagal, Mario Martone, and Darren Star. After him are Robin Campillo, Peter Schamoni, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Edward Lachman, Martha Coolidge, and Mark Sandrich.

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Among people born in 1921, Art Clokey ranks 435. Before him are Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn, Erwin Hahn, Gene Saks, Peter Sallis, Johnny Otis, and Ruth Barcan Marcus. After him are Marilyn Maxwell, Richard Wilbur, Ion Negoițescu, Wilbur Thompson, Horace Gould, and Chen Muhua. Among people deceased in 2010, Art Clokey ranks 418. Before him are Jackie Burroughs, Roman Dmitriyev, Marie Corridon, Tom Mankiewicz, Pete Quaife, and Franco Ballerini. After him are Park Yong-ha, He Pingping, Alexander Belostenny, Doris Eaton Travis, Kanu Sanyal, and Grażyna Gęsicka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Art Clokey ranks 11,505 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Williams (1915), Meg Cabot (1967), Tex Gibbons (1907), Mimi Kennedy (1948), Theo Rossi (1975), and Ruben Santiago-Hudson (1956). After him are William Eustis (1753), N. Scott Momaday (1934), B. J. Novak (1979), Kurt Sutter (1960), Ja Rule (1976), and Ezra Taft Benson (1899).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Art Clokey ranks 433. Before him are Bert I. Gordon (1922), Oscar Apfel (1878), Raja Gosnell (1958), H. Bruce Humberstone (1901), Kenneth Lonergan (1962), and Darren Star (1961). After him are Edward Lachman (1948), Martha Coolidge (1946), Mark Sandrich (1900), Tom McGrath (1964), F. Gary Gray (1969), and Birt Acres (1854).

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