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Ted Key

Overview

  • Born
    August 25, 1912 · Fresno, California, USA
  • Died
    May 3, 2008 · Treddyfrin, Pennsylvania, USA (cancer)
  • Birth name
    Theodore Keyser

Biography

  • Ted Key was born on August 25, 1912 in Fresno, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014), Hazel (1961) and The Cat from Outer Space (1978). He was married to Anne Key and Bonnie Key. He died on May 3, 2008 in Treddyfrin, Pennsylvania, USA.

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      Anne Key(? - 1984) (her death, 3 children)
      Bonnie Key(? - May 3, 2008) (his death)

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  • Created the time-traveling TV cartoon characters Mr. Peabody and Sherman for the cartoon series "Rocky and His Friends.".
  • Magazine cartoonist who created the bossy but lovable maid Hazel in the 1940s.
  • Key graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1933, and became a freelance cartoonist. He drew cartoons for "Cosmopolitan", "Better Homes and Gardens", and "Sports Illustrated" magazines. He also wrote for radio shows.
  • His father was a Latvian immigrant.

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