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Art Clokey

1921 - 2010

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Art Clokey is the 1,549th most popular film director (up from 1,629th in 2024), the 11,520th 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 1,549 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, Jörg Buttgereit, Peter Schamoni, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Edward Lachman, and Martha Coolidge.

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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 420. Before him are Roman Dmitriyev, Marie Corridon, Tony Halme, 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 11,522 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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