Henry King Ketcham Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Hank Ketcham was born on March 14, 1920, in Seattle; he wanted to be a cartoonist since age 6. In 1938, Hank left college after his freshman year. He went to California to work as an animator, first for Walter Lantz, creator of Woody Woodpecker. Later Hank worked for Walt Disney, where he helped draw "Bambi" and Donald Duck shorts. During World War...
In reference to his Dennis the Menace comic strip: "I'm not in it for posterity. People look at it for 30 seconds ... then it gets used to wrap fish."
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What a dull world it would be without any Dennises in it! Peaceful, maybe--but dull.
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Fact
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In some comic strips of "Dennis the Menace", the girl, "Dennis Mitchell" likes far much more than "Margaret Wade", is named "Gina", after Italian actress and model Gina Lollobrigida.
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Paid for the creation of Dennis the Menace Park in Monterey, California.
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Was once the part-owner of Doc's Lab, a private club on Monterey's Cannery Row. Other members were artist Eldon Dedini, and fellow cartoonist Gus Arriola.
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Following his retirement, he turned over the operation of the strip to his syndicate, although Ketcham's name still appears on it.
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He was an avid golfer.
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Brother in Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
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Hank Ketcham's "Dennis the Menace" also appeared on Dairy Queen's shakes and Ice Cream containers.
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Survived by, but estranged from, his real-life son Dennis Ketcham, age 55, the first of Ketcham's three children. Dennis' mother - Ketcham's first wife, Alice, died of a drug overdose in 1959, when Dennis Ketcham, his first son was 13 years old. Hank Ketcham was a father, of 3 children, total. Their names at each birth were Dennis Ketcham, Dania Ketcham and Scott Ketcham. Rolande Praepost is or was the mother of Dania Ketcham and Scott Ketcham.
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His son, Dennis Ketcham, with whom he had with his first wife, Alice Louise Mahar, was the inspiration, that led to the creation of his so famous and still running and humorous comic strip "Dennis the Menace!". The comic strip is now being run daily, by two King Features' animators. Ron Ferdinand for the larger Sunday comic strip. Marcus Hamilton, for weekdays and Saturday, for the smaller comic strips. He was married to Jo Anne Stevens, they were married 1960 to 1977. Rolande Praepost was his third and final wife. His younger two, Dania and Scott Ketcham, were from his marriage, to Rolande Praepost.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dennis the Menace in Cruise Control
2002
TV Movie creator
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
1998
Video characters
All-New Dennis the Menace
1993
TV Series characters - 13 episodes
Dennis the Menace
1993
characters
Dennis the Menace
1993
Video Game original characters - uncredited
Dennis the Menace
1987
TV Movie comic strip
Dennis the Menace
1986
TV Series characters / comic strip
Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother
1981
TV Short created & written by
The Fantastic Funnies
1980
TV Movie documentary comic strip: "Dennis the Menace"
$300,000
