Jay Ward
American animator and television producer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the baseball player, see Jay Ward (baseball). For the American football player, see Jay Ward (American football).
Joseph Ward Cohen Jr. (September 20, 1920[1] – October 12, 1989), also known as Jay Ward, was an American creator and producer of animated TV cartoon shows. He produced animated series based on such characters as Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, and Super Chicken. His own company, Jay Ward Productions, designed the trademark characters for the Cap'n Crunch, Quisp, and Quake breakfast cereals and it made TV commercials for those products. Ward produced the non-animated series Fractured Flickers (1963) that featured comedic redubbing of silent films.[5]
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| Born | Joseph Ward Cohen Jr. (1920-09-20)September 20, 1920[1] San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 12, 1989(1989-10-12) (aged 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Harvard Business School |
| Occupation(s) | Animator, TV producer, Writer |
| Years active | 1942–1989 |
| Notable work | The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show George of the Jungle |
| Spouse | Ramona Ward (m. 1943) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Inkpot Award (1977)[2] |
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 Jay Ward, with Bullwinkle puppet on left hand[3] | |
| Jay Ward, with Rocky & Bullwinkle characters[4] |
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