Warren Foster
Warren Foster | |
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| Born | October 24, 1904 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 13, 1971 (aged 67) San Clemente, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Storyboard artist, screenwriter and composer |
| Years active | 1935-1966 |
Warren Foster (October 24, 1904 – December 13, 1971) was an American writer, cartoonist and composer for the animation division of Warner Brothers and later with Hanna-Barbera.
Early life
He was born in Brooklyn, New York to Marion B. Foster and Charles C. Foster. Foster was educated at Brooklyn Technical High School and later at the Pratt Institute, joining ASCAP in 1956.
Career
Foster's long career with animation began in 1935 as a cel opaquer for Fleischer Studios, moving up to the story department a year later. He wrote two Popeye cartoons The Spinach Roadster and Proteck the Weakerist.[1] He started at Warner Bros Cartoons in 1938 as a writer on the Porky Pig short, Porky in Wackyland and ended nearly 171 cartoons later in 1957, after finishing his work on the Tweety Pie short, Tweet Dreams (ultimately released in 1959). He was the composer of Tweety's theme song, I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat.
He worked, sometimes uncredited, on cartoons considered among the greatest ever, including Porky in Wackyland, Book Revue, Show Biz Bugs, The Great Piggy Bank Robbery and Daffy Doodles, the latter four featuring Daffy Duck in 1946, Catty Cornered featuring Sylvester the Cat in 1953 and Bugs and Thugs featuring Bugs Bunny in 1954.
His career took an upward turn in 1959 at Hanna-Barbera, where he spent the next seven years as a writer on a number of notable animated programs, beginning with The Huckleberry Hound Show. He contributed to the comedy, plot and character development of shows such as The Yogi Bear Show, Loopy De Loop and The Flintstones, including his final work on the feature-length The Man Called Flintstone in 1966.[1][2]
Iwao Takamoto said of Foster's work on The Flintstones: "I believe his influence was one of the key factors for its success".[3]
Foster is credited with the controversial banned cartoon Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs.[4]
Death
Warren Foster died on December 13, 1971 in San Clemente, California. His burial is located at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, California.
References
- ^ a b Comics by Warren Foster
- ^ Beck, Jerry (2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. pp. 160–161. ISBN 9781569762226.
- ^ Iwao Takamoto (2009). Iwao Takamoto: My Life with a Thousand Characters. University Press of Mississippi. p. 97. ISBN 978-1604731934.
- ^ Richards, Larry (1998). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland & Company. p. 37. ISBN 9781476610528.
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- 1904 births
- 1971 deaths
- Animators from New York (state)
- American television writers
- American male screenwriters
- American male composers
- Animation composers
- Animation screenwriters
- Pratt Institute alumni
- Writers from Brooklyn
- 20th-century American composers
- American male television writers
- Hanna-Barbera people
- Warner Bros. Cartoons people
- Brooklyn Technical High School alumni
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- 20th-century American male musicians
- Fleischer Studios people
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters