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George Gordon

Known for

Directing

Born

September 2, 1906

Died

May 24, 1986 (aged 79)

Biography

George Gordon (September 2, 1906 – May 24, 1986) was a 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.

Gordon began working with animation in 1930 at the Moser-Terry-Coffman Studio as an animator on the Jesse and James and Farmer Al Falfa series . After two years, he moved to Terrytoons along with one of his previous employers, Paul Terry.

In 1937, Gordon left Terrytoons for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio to work as an animator. During his career at MGM, he was able to work on the Barney Bear and Tom and Jerry. Gordon was later promoted to the...

Best known work

Bat★21

Bat★21

1988
The Yankee Doodle Mouse

The Yankee Doodle Mouse

1943
Peace on Earth

Peace on Earth

1939
Fraidy Cat

Fraidy Cat

1942
Sufferin' Cats!

Sufferin' Cats!

1943
Fine Feathered Friend

Fine Feathered Friend

1942
The Milky Way

The Milky Way

1940
Destination Earth

Destination Earth

1956
Bear Raid Warden

Bear Raid Warden

1944
Jitterbug Follies

Jitterbug Follies

1939

Filmography

  1. 1988

    Bat★21

    Screenplay

  2. 1979

  3. 1979

    The New Fred and Barney ShowTV

    Director

  4. 1974

  5. 1969

  6. 1967

  7. 1959

  8. 1959

  9. 1956

  10. 1956

  11. 1954

  12. 1954

  13. 1953

    Dear Uncle

    Associate Producer

  14. 1952

    What Makes Us Tick

    Associate Producer

  15. 1951

  16. 1951

  17. 1950

  18. 1950

  19. 1946

  20. 1946

  21. 1945

  22. 1944

    Polar Pest

    Director

  23. 1944

  24. 1944

  25. 1944

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