Ted Key was a prolific drawing master of cartoons and an "inventor of anthropomorphic animal characters" including the pet duck that laid golden eggs and was 'star' of the Walt Disney movie, The... Read full biography
Ted Key was a prolific drawing master of cartoons and an "inventor of anthropomorphic animal characters" including the pet duck that laid golden eggs and was 'star' of the Walt Disney movie, The Million Dollar Duck (1971); a field-goal kicking mule in the Disney movie, Gus (1976) and a dog, who was... Read full biography
Ted Key was a prolific drawing master of cartoons and an "inventor of anthropomorphic animal characters" including the pet duck that laid golden eggs and was 'star' of the Walt Disney movie, The Million Dollar Duck (1971); a field-goal kicking mule in the Disney movie, Gus (1976) and a dog, who was a traveling professor who starred in a cartoon show, Rocky and Friends (1959). Likely the cartoon character for which he remains best known is Hazel, "a name synonymous with live-in housekeepers as... Read full biography
Ted Key was a prolific drawing master of cartoons and an "inventor of anthropomorphic animal characters" including the pet duck that laid golden eggs and was 'star' of the Walt Disney movie, The Million Dollar Duck (1971); a field-goal kicking mule in the Disney movie, Gus (1976) and a dog, who was a traveling professor who starred in a cartoon show, Rocky and Friends (1959). Likely the cartoon character for which he remains best known is Hazel, "a name synonymous with live-in housekeepers as American suburbs flowered after World War II." Key created the series in 1943 based on a dream his father had about a bossy maid. The next morning Key sent the drawing he made from the conversation with his father to editors of the Saturday Evening... Read full biography
Ted Key was a prolific drawing master of cartoons and an "inventor of anthropomorphic animal characters" including the pet duck that laid golden eggs and was 'star' of the Walt Disney movie, The Million Dollar Duck (1971); a field-goal kicking mule in the Disney movie, Gus (1976) and a dog, who was a traveling professor who starred in a cartoon show, Rocky and Friends (1959). Likely the cartoon character for which he remains best known is Hazel, "a name synonymous with live-in housekeepers as American suburbs flowered after World War II." Key created the series in 1943 based on a dream his father had about a bossy maid. The next morning Key sent the drawing he made from the conversation with his father to editors of the Saturday Evening Post, and within weeks, Hazel, a name Key "picked out of the air", became a regular part of... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (10)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)