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Art Clokey is a Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Main Title Designer, Animation and Cinematography American born on 12 october 1921 at Detroit (USA)

Art Clokey

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Birth name Arthur Charles Farrington
Nationality USA
Birth 12 october 1921 at Detroit (USA)
Death 8 january 2010 (at 88 years) at California (USA)

Arthur "Art" Clokey (October 12, 1921 – January 8, 2010) was an American 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.

After the Gumbasia project, Art Clokey and his wife Ruth came up with the clay character Gumby. Gumby and his horse Pokey became a familiar presence on American television; they had their start in the Howdy Doody Show, and later got their own series 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.

Biography

Clokey was born Arthur Charles Farrington in Detroit, Michigan. When he was nine years old, his parents divorced and he stayed with his father, Charles Farrington. After his father died in a car accident, he went to live with his mother in California, but his stepfather had no interest in raising another man's son, and so Arthur was sent to an orphanage. When he was 11 or 12, he was adopted by Joseph W. Clokey, a classical music composer and organist who taught music at Pomona College in Claremont, California. He schooled Arthur in painting, drawing, and film making while also taking him on journeys to Canada and Mexico. The aesthetic environment later became the home of Clokey's most famous character, Gumby, whose name derives from his childhood experiences during summer visits to his grandfather's farm, when he enjoyed playing with the clay and mud mixture called "gumbo".

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Filmography of Art Clokey (5 films)

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Actor

Gumby: The Movie, 1h16
Directed by Art Clokey
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation, Western
Actors Dal McKennon, Art Clokey, Frank Welker, Stan Freberg
Roles Pokey / Prickle / Gumbo (voice)
Rating59% 2.9985952.9985952.9985952.9985952.998595
When the Blockheads' E-Z Loan company threatens to take away the farms belonging to the small farmers, Gumby and his band, the Clayboys, decide to have a benefit concert to save the farms. But when the Blockheads find out that Gumby's dog, Lowbelly, cries pearls when he sees the Clayboys perform, they decide to kidnap Lowbelly and force him to cry pearls. When he doesn't respond, they kidnap Gumby and the Clayboys and create robotic clones of them. With the help of Pokey, Prickle, Goo, fans Tara and Ginger, and talent agent Lucky Claybert, Gumby takes on his robot clone and is still in time for his video taping session. At a picnic, Gumby announces that he's opening his own farm loan company. The Blockheads are forced to weed Gumby's garden as punishment, Gumby and Tara end up together, and the eponymous duo Gumby and Pokey decide that things are looking up for them as they head back to outer space.
The Puppetoon Movie, 1h30
Directed by Arnold Leibovit
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Actors Dick Beals, Dal McKennon, Art Clokey, Paul Frees, Victor Jory, Billy Bletcher
Roles Pokey (voice)
Rating70% 3.5276053.5276053.5276053.5276053.527605
The film opens on a film set, where Gumby and his friends are filming a dinosaur movie. A ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex named Arnie charges on set and is about to devour a young doe named Barbara when suddenly, he removes his false teeth and lets the doe go out of sympathy. Gumby cuts the scene and questions Arnie on his hesitation to act ferocious. Although Arnie knows it is all just acting, he feels unfit for the part because it just isn't him. He explains that he once was a ferocious T-Rex, but thanks to the divine influence of George Pal, he has reformed and is now a vegetarian without a bad bone in his body. Gumby fails to understand the profound effect of George Pal on Arnie's persona, so Arnie and Pokey show Gumby a set of George Pal shorts to show him the significance of the artist, thus starting The Puppetoon Movie.

Director

Gumby: The Movie, 1h16
Directed by Art Clokey
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation, Western
Actors Dal McKennon, Art Clokey, Frank Welker, Stan Freberg
Rating59% 2.9985952.9985952.9985952.9985952.998595
When the Blockheads' E-Z Loan company threatens to take away the farms belonging to the small farmers, Gumby and his band, the Clayboys, decide to have a benefit concert to save the farms. But when the Blockheads find out that Gumby's dog, Lowbelly, cries pearls when he sees the Clayboys perform, they decide to kidnap Lowbelly and force him to cry pearls. When he doesn't respond, they kidnap Gumby and the Clayboys and create robotic clones of them. With the help of Pokey, Prickle, Goo, fans Tara and Ginger, and talent agent Lucky Claybert, Gumby takes on his robot clone and is still in time for his video taping session. At a picnic, Gumby announces that he's opening his own farm loan company. The Blockheads are forced to weed Gumby's garden as punishment, Gumby and Tara end up together, and the eponymous duo Gumby and Pokey decide that things are looking up for them as they head back to outer space.
Gumbasia
Gumbasia (1955)
, 3minutes
Directed by Art Clokey
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Animation
Rating65% 3.2848953.2848953.2848953.2848953.284895

Scriptwriter

Gumby: The Movie, 1h16
Directed by Art Clokey
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation, Western
Actors Dal McKennon, Art Clokey, Frank Welker, Stan Freberg
Roles Writer
Rating59% 2.9985952.9985952.9985952.9985952.998595
When the Blockheads' E-Z Loan company threatens to take away the farms belonging to the small farmers, Gumby and his band, the Clayboys, decide to have a benefit concert to save the farms. But when the Blockheads find out that Gumby's dog, Lowbelly, cries pearls when he sees the Clayboys perform, they decide to kidnap Lowbelly and force him to cry pearls. When he doesn't respond, they kidnap Gumby and the Clayboys and create robotic clones of them. With the help of Pokey, Prickle, Goo, fans Tara and Ginger, and talent agent Lucky Claybert, Gumby takes on his robot clone and is still in time for his video taping session. At a picnic, Gumby announces that he's opening his own farm loan company. The Blockheads are forced to weed Gumby's garden as punishment, Gumby and Tara end up together, and the eponymous duo Gumby and Pokey decide that things are looking up for them as they head back to outer space.

Producer

Gumby: The Movie, 1h16
Directed by Art Clokey
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation, Western
Actors Dal McKennon, Art Clokey, Frank Welker, Stan Freberg
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.9985952.9985952.9985952.9985952.998595
When the Blockheads' E-Z Loan company threatens to take away the farms belonging to the small farmers, Gumby and his band, the Clayboys, decide to have a benefit concert to save the farms. But when the Blockheads find out that Gumby's dog, Lowbelly, cries pearls when he sees the Clayboys perform, they decide to kidnap Lowbelly and force him to cry pearls. When he doesn't respond, they kidnap Gumby and the Clayboys and create robotic clones of them. With the help of Pokey, Prickle, Goo, fans Tara and Ginger, and talent agent Lucky Claybert, Gumby takes on his robot clone and is still in time for his video taping session. At a picnic, Gumby announces that he's opening his own farm loan company. The Blockheads are forced to weed Gumby's garden as punishment, Gumby and Tara end up together, and the eponymous duo Gumby and Pokey decide that things are looking up for them as they head back to outer space.

Art

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, 1h30
Directed by William Asher
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, Harvey Lembeck, Buster Keaton, John Ashley
Roles Opening Title Sequence
Rating48% 2.410012.410012.410012.410012.41001
Frankie (Frankie Avalon) goes to Tahiti on Naval Reserve duty. While cavorting with local girls, Frankie realizes that Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) might be disloyal to him. When Frankie seeks help from a witch doctor (Buster Keaton), the witch doctor sends a sea beauty, Cassandra (Beverly Adams), to lure Ricky (Dwayne Hickman), an advertising exec, away from Dee Dee.
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, 1h28
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Spy, Comic science fiction
Themes Spy films, Comedy science fiction films, Robot films
Actors Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Fred Clark, Susan Hart, Jack Mullaney
Roles Opening Title Sequence
Rating51% 2.5543452.5543452.5543452.5543452.554345
Price plays the titular mad scientist who, with the questionable assistance of his resurrected flunky Mullaney, builds a gang of female robots who are then dispatched to seduce and rob wealthy men. (Goldfoot's name reflects his and his robots' choice in footwear.) Avalon and Hickman play the bumbling heroes who attempt to thwart Goldfoot's scheme. The film's climax is an extended chase through the streets of San Francisco.

Visual effects

Gumbasia
Gumbasia (1955)
, 3minutes
Directed by Art Clokey
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Animation
Roles Animation
Rating65% 3.2848953.2848953.2848953.2848953.284895

Team

Gumby: The Movie, 1h16
Directed by Art Clokey
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation, Western
Actors Dal McKennon, Art Clokey, Frank Welker, Stan Freberg
Roles Script
Rating59% 2.9985952.9985952.9985952.9985952.998595
When the Blockheads' E-Z Loan company threatens to take away the farms belonging to the small farmers, Gumby and his band, the Clayboys, decide to have a benefit concert to save the farms. But when the Blockheads find out that Gumby's dog, Lowbelly, cries pearls when he sees the Clayboys perform, they decide to kidnap Lowbelly and force him to cry pearls. When he doesn't respond, they kidnap Gumby and the Clayboys and create robotic clones of them. With the help of Pokey, Prickle, Goo, fans Tara and Ginger, and talent agent Lucky Claybert, Gumby takes on his robot clone and is still in time for his video taping session. At a picnic, Gumby announces that he's opening his own farm loan company. The Blockheads are forced to weed Gumby's garden as punishment, Gumby and Tara end up together, and the eponymous duo Gumby and Pokey decide that things are looking up for them as they head back to outer space.