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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.

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George Gordon
Born	September 2, 1906
Died	May 24, 1986(1986-05-24) (aged 79) Apple Valley, California
Occupation	Animator, director, storyboard artist
Employer	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.

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

George's older brother, Dan Gordon (animator), worked for Hanna-Barbera as well.

He had a daughter named Sally Lucas.^{[citation needed]}

Works

• Scooby-Doo
• Scrappy-Doo
• Casper and the Angels
• The Little Rascals
• Super Friends for Hanna-Barbera Productions
• Barney Bear
• Tom and Jerry series[1]

References

External links

• George Gordon at IMDb

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