Paul Terry(1887-1971)

A somewhat unsung legend in the animation biz, Paul Terry--born in San Mateo, CA, and raised in San Francisco--attended Polytechnic High and began as a cartoonist in newspapers (The San Francisco Bulletin, The San Francisco Call-Examiner) between 1904 and 1914. After having drawn comics for King Features in 1913, Terry moved on to producing many, many cartoons between 1915 and 1955--some 1300 in all: Aesop's Fables (not the Jay Ward shorts of the early 1960s), Terrytoons characters Farmer Al Falfa (aka Farmer Grey), Mighty Mouse, Heckle & Jeckle, Gandy Goose, Slippery Sam, Dinky Duck, Rudy Rooster and many more. In the early '60s, Mr. Terry sold Terrytoons to CBS in order to pursue painting and a life of semi-retirement.