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- Category: Television
- Unveiled: 22 Jun 2000
- Star rank: 1776
- Address:
7076 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
- GPS location:
34.101394, -118.344437
Jay Ward
Biography
Jay Ward
Source: findagrave.com
J Troplong “Jay” Ward (September 20, 1920 – October 12, 1989) was an American creator and producer of animated television cartoons. He produced animated series based on such characters as Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, Tom Slick and Super Chicken. His company, Jay Ward Productions, also designed the trademark characters for Cap’n Crunch, Quisp and Quake breakfast cereals and made commercials for those products, among others. Ward produced the non-animated series Fractured Flickers that featured comedy redubbing of silent films. Jay Ward was born and raised in Berkeley, California, and earned an undergraduate degree at the University of California at Berkeley. He also received an MBA from Harvard University.
Fact file
- Born: September 20, 1920
- Died: October 12, 1989 (Aged 69)
- Occupation: Television Producer
Read more about Jay Ward at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Marshfield and Sycamore
Nearby you will also find Chuck Niles, Cleavon Little, June Foray, Guy Williams, and many others.