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Arthur "Art" Clokey was an American pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, best known as the creator of the character Gumby and the original voice of Gumby's sidekick, Pokey. Clokey's career began in 1953 with a film experiment called Gumbasia, which was influenced by his professor, Slavko Vorkapich, at the University of Southern California. Clokey and his wife Ruth subsequently came up with the clay character Gumby and his horse Pokey, who first appeared in the Howdy Doody Show and later got their own series The Adventures of Gumby, from which they became a familiar presence on American television. 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.
Birth Name
Arthur Charles Farrington
Born
Wednesday, 12 October 1921
Died
Friday, 08 January 2010
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Gumby Dharma | Himself / Self / Pokey (voice) | 2006 |
Gumby: The Movie | Gumbo (voice) / Prickle / Pokey / Gumbo | 1995 |
Gumby Adventures | Pokey / Prickle / Worm | 1988 |
The Puppetoon Movie | Pokey (voice) / Pokey | 1987 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Gumby Dharma | Himself / Self / Pokey (voice) | 2006 |
Gumby: The Movie | Gumbo (voice) / Prickle / Pokey / Gumbo | 1995 |
Gumby Adventures | Pokey / Prickle / Worm | 1988 |
The Puppetoon Movie | Pokey (voice) / Pokey | 1987 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Gumby: The Movie | 1995 |
Gumby Adventures | 1988 |
Mandala | 1977 |
Davey and Goliath | 1960 |
The Gumby Show | 1955 |
Gumbasia | 1955 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Davey & Goliath's Snowboard Christmas | 2005 |
Gumby: The Movie | 1995 |
Mandala | 1977 |
Davey and Goliath | 1960 |
The Gumby Show | 1955 |
Gumbasia | 1955 |