Art Clokey

Art Clokey

Born: October 12, 1921
Died: January 8, 2010
in Detroit, Michigan, USA
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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.

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Movies for Art Clokey...

Gumby Dharma
Title: Gumby Dharma
Character: Self
Released: October 20, 2006
Type: Movie
Step into the life and work of Art Clokey, creator of Gumby, grandfather of stop-motion animation, and explore why a man would spend his 85 years on earth playing with lumps of colored clay.
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Gumby: The Movie
Title: Gumby: The Movie
Character: Pokey / Prickle / Gumbo (voice)
Released: October 4, 1995
Type: Movie
On the brink of a big deal with mogul Lucky Claybert, Gumby and his band The Clayboys must do battle with the villainous Blockheads, who have kidnapped their loyal canine Lowbelly.
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The Puppetoon Movie
Title: The Puppetoon Movie
Character: Pokey (voice)
Released: June 12, 1987
Type: Movie
Animated characters introduce a compilation of George Pal replacement animation Puppetoon short films from the 1930s and 1940s.
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The Witty Witch
Title: The Witty Witch
Character: Pokey
Released: February 20, 1960
Type: Movie
An ever-witty witch makes Gumby and Pokey her "captive audience" for her one-witch show!
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Hidden Valley
Title: Hidden Valley
Character: Pokey
Released: February 2, 1960
Type: Movie
Hidden Valley is the name of a place which no one has ever been to, no one has ever come from, and no one can locate. But we know it exists, because Gumby and Pokey are determined to find it!
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Title: The Gumby Show
Character: Pokey, Prickle, Gumbo, Others
Released: May 1, 1956
Type: TV