Edward Jonathan Barge(August 29, 1910 – September 29, 1991) was an American animator.
Ed Barge | |
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| Born | Edward Jonathan Barge August 29, 1910 |
| Died | September 29, 1991(aged 81) |
| Occupation | Animator |
| Employer(s) | Harman-IsingStudios (1928-1937) MGM(1937–1957) Hanna-BarberaProductions (1957–1984) Film Roman Productions(1984-1991) |
| Spouse |
Alice Davis (m.1939) |
Early life and education
editBarge was born to Alfred Edward and Margaret G. Barge inSan Jose, California.In 1916, the family moved to Bakersfield, where his father was employed by theSanta Fe RailroadandPacific Western Oil Co.before retiring in 1954.[1]He was the second of six children;[2]his brother Henry was a photographer for theBakersfield Californian.Barge attended St. Francis Parochial School and high school in Bakersfield, where he was a baseball and basketball star.[3]He was still living in Bakersfield in July 1936 and was becoming known for his landscape paintings. He married Alice Davis, the daughter of Mrs. B.A. Davis of Bakersfield, in Beverly Hills on April 6, 1939.[4]
Career
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He began his career at the Harman-Ising studio[5]which shut down by August 1937 whenFred Quimbypoached a number of its staff members to form theMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.Barge worked at MGM as an assistant animator and received his first screen credit as an animator onInnertube Antics,directed by George Gordon and released in 1944. Gordon's unit had been disbanded the year before, at which point Barge was placed in theWilliam Hanna/Joseph Barberaunit, then solely devoted to producing theTom and Jerrycartoons; 1945'sQuiet, Please!marks Barge's earliest credited work on the series. Barge subsequently remained at MGM for the next decade, eventually departing following production of the 1956Tom and JerryshortBarbecue Brawl.
Hanna and Barbera opened their own studio that same year and hired Barge in 1957 for the movieThe Man Called Flintstone.He remained with Hanna-Barbera until 1984, when he moved to work for Film Roman Productions, remaining until his death on September 29, 1991, at the age of 81.
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