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- Category: Motion pictures
- Unveiled: 05 Mar 1986
- Star rank: 1671
- Address:
7008 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
- GPS location:
34.101418, -118.341818
Walter Lantz
Next star: Glenn Close
Previous star: Errol Flynn
Biography
Walter Benjamin Lantz (April 27, 1899 – March 22, 1994) was an American cartoonist, animator, film producer, and director, best known for founding Walter Lantz Productions and creating Woody Woodpecker.
Fact file
- Born: April 27, 1899 New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
- Died: March 22, 1994 (aged 94) Burbank, California, U.S.
- Occupation: producer, director, animator, screenwriter, actor
- Years active: 1916 – 1982
- Religion: Christian
- Spouse: Doris Hollister (div. 1940) Grace Stafford (1940-1992)
Read more about Walter Lantz at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Sycamore and Orange
From here you can:
- Go east and cross Orange
- Go west and cross Sycamore
- Cross to the north side of Hollwood near Sycamore
- Cross to the north side of Hollwood near Orange
Nearby you will also find Soupy Sales, Natalie Wood, Angela Bassett, Errol Flynn, Lily Pons, Vanessa Williams, Mayor Tom Bradley, John Chambers, Holly Hunter, Glenn Close, and many others.