Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Template:Multiple issuesWalter Crawford Kelly, Jr. (August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973) or Walt Kelly, was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo. He began his animation career in 1936 at Walt Disney Studios, contributing to Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Dumbo. Kelly resigned in 1941 at the age of 28 to work at Dell Comics, where he created Pogo, which eventually became his platform for political and philosophical commentary.
Helen DeLacey, Stephanie Waggony, Margaret Selby Daley
Children
Kathleen, Peter, Carolyn, Stephen
Awards
Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, Jack Kirby Hall of Fame
TV Shows
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
Star Sign
Virgo
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Trademark
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Wore thick framed glasses
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Fact
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Recently released FBI files on Walt Kelly (via the Freedom of Information Act) reveal that he was suspected of sending some form of coded messages in the nonsense poetry and southern accents he peppered his strip with, and the FBI went so far as to have their cryptographers attempt to "decipher" the strip.
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Met his wife Selby during an animator's strike at Disney. He worked for Disney as a background artist, she as a cel painter.
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The comic strip was also noted for unique speech balloons for select characters to give an impression as to what their "voices" would sound like. "P.T. Bridgeport", a con-artist bear and showman, had speech balloons resembling the type styles used in 19th century circus posters. "Sarcophagus Macabre", a vulture and mortician, had square, black framed speech balloons with script lettering in the style of funereal announcements. "Deacon Mushrat", an educated muskrat, had speech balloons with Old English lettering.
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Created the renowned comic strip "Pogo", which featured an animal cast with adventures set in the Okefenokie Swamp. The strip was known for its biting political humor, and frequently attacked major political figures of the time, especially Senator Joseph McCarthy, who he depicted as "Simple J. Malarky", a shotgun wielding bobcat.
Animation Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Popeye the Sailor
1960-1962
TV Series animator - 21 episodes
Fun & Fancy Free
1947
animator - uncredited
Dumbo
1941
animator
The Nifty Nineties
1941
Short animator - uncredited
The Little Whirlwind
1941
Short animator - uncredited
The Reluctant Dragon
1941/I
animator - uncredited
Fantasia
1940
animator - segment "The Pastoral Symphony", uncredited
Pinocchio
1940
animator - uncredited
Mickey's Surprise Party
1939
Short animator - uncredited
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
I Go Pogo
1980
comic strip: "Pogo"
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
1969
TV Short comic strip "Pogo" / written by - as Mister Walt Kelly
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
1969
TV Short
P.T. Bridgeport
Albert
Howland Owl (voice)
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
1969
TV Short
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
1969
TV Short producer - as Mister Kelly
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Muppet Show
1977
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Super-Rabbit
1943
Short shooting script - uncredited
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bird of Steel!
special thanks filming
American Splendor
2003
acknowledgment: the filmmakers acknowledge the creative work of
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
NBC Experiment in Television
1970
TV Series
Himself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show
1959
TV Series
Himself
Of All Things
1956
TV Series
Himself
Person to Person
1954
TV Series documentary
Himself - Cartoonist
Known for movies
Dumbo (1941) as Animation Department
Fantasia (1940) as Animation Department
The Reluctant Dragon (1941) as Animation Department
$300,000
