Art Clokey

Art Clokey‘s source of wealth comes from being a animator. How much money is Art Clokey worth at the age of 102 and what’s his real net worth now?

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Art Clokey (born October 12, 1921) is famous for being animator. He currently resides in Michigan. Artist and and animator best known as the creator of the iconic stop-motion character Gumby.

Art Clokey is a Libra and was born in The Year of the Rooster

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Art Clokey was born in Michigan on Wednesday, October 12, 1921 (G.I. Generation generation). He is 102 years old and is a Libra. Arthur “Art” Clokey (October 12, 1921 – January 8, 2010) was an American pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, best known as the creator of the character Gumby. Clokey’s career began in 1955 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, with 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. In the 1990s Gumby: The Movie was released, sparking even more interest. He produced the claymation film Davey and Goliath sponsored by the Lutheran Church in America.

With the help of his wife Ruth, he created Gumby and Pokey and the characters made their first appearance on the Howdy Doody show. They later received their own show called the Adventures of Gumby. Art Clokey is a member of Richest Celebrities and Animators.