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Fred Quimby

1886 - 1965

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Frederick Clinton Quimby (July 31, 1886 – September 16, 1965) was an American animation producer and journalist best known for producing the Tom and Jerry cartoon series, for which he won seven Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Films. He was the film sales executive in charge of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, which included Tex Avery, Droopy, Butch Dog, Barney Bear, Michael Lah and multiple one-shot cartoons, as well as William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of Tom and Jerry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Quimby is the 33rd most popular producer (down from 30th in 2019), the 4,441st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,409th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Fred Quimby ranks 33 out of 140. Before him are John de Mol Jr., Claude Berri, Franco Cristaldi, Don Simpson, Dick Wolf, and Marc Platt. After him are Albert S. Ruddy, Walter Legge, Andrew G. Vajna, Alberto Grimaldi, Erich Pommer, and Luis Rodríguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Fred Quimby ranks 144. Before him are Helen Parkhurst, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Siegfried Sassoon, Takuboku Ishikawa, Max Vasmer, and Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell. After him are Radhabinod Pal, Alexander Svanidze, Florence Lawrence, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Constant Permeke, and Itzhak Katzenelson. Among people deceased in 1965, Fred Quimby ranks 98. Before him are Bob King, Boris Barnet, Arthur Holmes, Ellen Church, Linda Darnell, and Árpád Szakasits. After him are Jānis Balodis, Nikolay Lossky, E. E. Smith, Laureano Gómez, Maria Dąbrowska, and Vittorio Jano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fred Quimby ranks 4,441 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Walker (1940), Joe E. Brown (1891), Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), Bob Cousy (1928), Diplo (1978), and Eddie Lawson (1958). After him are John Havlicek (1940), Jim Carroll (1949), David Stern (1942), Roger Ailes (1940), Dennis Sullivan (1941), and Norman Finkelstein (1953).

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Among PRODUCERS In United States

Among producers born in United States, Fred Quimby ranks 18. Before him are Darryl F. Zanuck (1902), Albert R. Broccoli (1909), Irving Thalberg (1899), Don Simpson (1943), Dick Wolf (1946), and Marc Platt (1957). After him are Mike Todd (1909), Saul Zaentz (1921), Michael G. Wilson (1942), Stephen J. Cannell (1941), John Wells (1956), and Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926).

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