Art Clokey

Born: 1921-10-12

​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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Art Clokey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Gumby: The Movie

as Pokey / Prickle / Gumbo (voice)
Released: 1995-10-04

On the brink of a big deal with mogul Lucky Claybert, Gumby and his band The Clayboys must do...

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Gumby Dharma

as Self
Released: 2006-10-20

Step into the life and work of Art Clokey, creator of Gumby, grandfather of stop-motion...

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Gumby Adventures

as Pokey (voice)
First aired: 1988-01-02

The continuous adventures of Gumby and his pals. This time, he runs a farm which includes more...

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