George Gordon (September 2, 1906 – May 24, 1986) was an American film and TV animator and director of animated productions. Starting in film in 1930, he moved to TV in its early days. Gordon is credited with hundreds of cartoons from 1937 through 1983.
George Gordon | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 2, 1906 |
| Died | May 24, 1986 (aged 79) |
| Occupation(s) | Animator, director, storyboard artist |
| Employer(s) | Fleischer Studios (1926–1931) Terrytoons (1930–1938) MGM Cartoons (1937–1945) John Sutherland Productions (1945–1967) DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (1967–1980) Hanna-Barbera (1979–1986) |
Biography
Gordon began working with animation in 1930 at the Terrytoons Studio as an animator on the Jesse and James and Farmer Al Falfa Cartoons. Gordon was later promoted to the director position on animations such as:[1]
- A Bully Frog (1936)
- The Busy Bee (1936)
- Robin Hood in an Arrow Escape (1936)
- Farmer Al Falfa
- Kiko the Kangaroo
- Puddy the Pup[1]
In 1937, Gordon left Terrytoons for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio to work as an animator.[2] During his career at MGM, he directed Barney Bear shorts[3] and animated for Tom and Jerry.[4]
After departing MGM, Gordon found employment at John Sutherland Productions. While there, he directed the animated short The Trainer Within. The film was preserved at the United States National Library of Medicine as of 1988.[5] He supervised stories for the UPA cartoon Mr. Magoo.[6] By the 1960s Gordon served as director for DePatie-Freleng's The Ant and the Aardvark series of shorts.[7][8]
Gordon spent his final years at Hanna-Barbera, where he directed various episodes of The Kwicky Koala Show,[9] Trollkins[10] and The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show.[11]
George's older brother, Dan Gordon, worked for Hanna-Barbera as well.[12] He had a daughter named Sally Lucas.[citation needed]