HaroldSeeger (May 16, 1917 – March 13, 2005) was an American animated cartoon producer and director who owned his own studio the Hal Seeger Studio (Hal Seeger Productions). He is most famous as the creator of the 1960s animated series Batfink, Milton the Monster and Fearless Fly. During the 1930s and 1940s he was also active as a comics writer and artist, most famously for the Betty Boop comic strip and Leave It to Binky.[1]
He is best known for having produced the animated programs Milton the Monster (1965–66) and Batfink (1966–67). He also produced Fearless Fly (1965), the adventures of a bumpkin fly who is physically helpless and practically blind without his trademark oversize rectangular glasses, but on putting them on he is invincible. This cartoon was a feature of The Milton the Monster Show.[4]
seeger, harold, seeger, 1917, march, 2005, american, animated, cartoon, producer, director, owned, studio, studio, productions, most, famous, creator, 1960s, animated, series, batfink, milton, monster, fearless, during, 1930s, 1940s, also, active, comics, writ. Harold Seeger May 16 1917 March 13 2005 was an American animated cartoon producer and director who owned his own studio the Hal Seeger Studio Hal Seeger Productions He is most famous as the creator of the 1960s animated series Batfink Milton the Monster and Fearless Fly During the 1930s and 1940s he was also active as a comics writer and artist most famously for the Betty Boop comic strip and Leave It to Binky 1 Hal SeegerBornHarold Seeger 1917 05 16 May 16 1917Brooklyn New York City U S DiedMarch 13 2005 2005 03 13 aged 87 New York City U S OccupationAnimator Contents 1 Biography 2 Production list 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditBorn in Brooklyn New York Seeger began working as an animator for Fleischer Studios in the early 1940s 1 His credits included A Kick in Time for the Color Classics series and a sequence for the feature film Mr Bug Goes to Town During the later part of the 1940s he worked as a screenwriter for a series of movies featuring well known Black performers including the 1947 Cab Calloway musical Hi De Ho and two films featuring Dusty Fletcher and Moms Mabley Killer Diller and Boarding House Blues 1 In 1950 he wrote and directed a Warner Bros short subject Hands Tell the Story featuring a story told with only human hands 2 1 In 1962 his studio produced and syndicated 100 new Out of the Inkwell cartoons based on the Koko the Clown character originally created by Fleischer Studios 1 Seeger then took control of animating the opening amp ending sequences for The Porky Pig Show in 1964 3 1 He is best known for having produced the animated programs Milton the Monster 1965 66 and Batfink 1966 67 He also produced Fearless Fly 1965 the adventures of a bumpkin fly who is physically helpless and practically blind without his trademark oversize rectangular glasses but on putting them on he is invincible This cartoon was a feature of The Milton the Monster Show 4 Production list EditOut of the Inkwell Muggy Doo Batfink The Porky Pig Show The Milton the Monster Show 1965 66 References Edit a b c d e f Kjell Knudde April 25 2020 Hal Seeger Lambiek Comiclopedia Retrieved February 18 2021 Hands Tell the Story at IMDb The Porky Pig Show at IMDb Markstein Don The Fearless Fly Don Markstein s Toonopedia Retrieved April 2 2020 External links EditHal Seeger at IMDb Fearless Fly at Don Markstein s Toonopedia This article relating to an American animator is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hal Seeger amp oldid 1094926304, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
