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1912 Fresno, California - 2008 Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania. Known for: Syndicated cartoons.
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
Ted Key - Artist Info
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Keywords (14)
Art Method
- •Children's Book, Juvenile Literature Illustration
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
Art Subject
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Cartoon Specialty
- •Walt Disney Studio Artist, Productions/Commissioned