Art Clokey
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 12, 1921, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Died
- January 8, 2010
- Movies
- 13
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2006 | Gumby Dharma | Self |
| 1995 | Gumby: The Movie | Pokey / Prickle / Gumbo (voice) |
| 1987 | The Puppetoon Movie | Pokey (voice) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2016 | Adventures of Gumby: A Sample | Director |
| 2014 | Gumby's Christmas Capers | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 2004 | Davey and Goliath's Snowboard Christmas | Producer |
| 1995 | Gumby: The Movie | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1977 | Mandala | Director |
| 1975 | The Clay Peacock | Director |
| 1967 | Happy Easter | Director |
| 1965 | Christmas Lost and Found | Director |
| 1956 | Mysterious Fires | Director, Writer |
| 1955 | Gumbasia | Director |
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