Lloyd "Gardner" Turner (14 August 1924 - 30 November 1992) was an American writer, inbetween artist, and producer. He is better known for writing Time for Beany and Rocky and Bullwinkle. He is not related to Gil Turner.
Biography and career[]
Turner was born in Winnemucca, Nevada and raised in Oakland, California.[1] As a boy, he lost his left arm after an accident.[2] He studied at the California College of the Arts in Berkeley where he majored in art. In 1943 Turner arrived at Hollywood to pursue his dreams of becoming an animator for Walt Disney Studios. Eventually, he was hired by Leon Schlesinger to work at his cartoon studio as an in-betweener after Turner met John W. Burton.[2]
After George Hill was fired, Turner was teamed up with writer Bill Scott to work as writers for director Arthur Davis. He would eventually leave Warner Bros. Cartoons and became a writer for several television shows including Crusader Rabbit, Time for Beany, and Rocky and Bullwinkle.
He died from esophageal cancer at his home in Shady Cove, Oregon at the age of 68.[3]
Looney Works[]
- Doggone Cats (1947) (with Bill Scott)
[2] - Two Gophers from Texas (1948) (with Bill Scott)
- What Makes Daffy Duck (1948) (with Bill Scott)
- A Hick a Slick and a Chick (1948) (with Bill Scott)
- Bone Sweet Bone (1948) (with Bill Scott)
- Dough Ray Me-ow (1948)
- Odor of the Day (1948)
- The Stupor Salesman (1948) (with Bill Scott)
- Riff Raffy Daffy (1948) (with Bill Scott)
- Holiday for Drumsticks (1949)
- Porky Chops (1949) (with Bill Scott)
- Bowery Bugs (1949) (with Bill Scott)
References[]
- ↑ Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Turner/interview_lloyd_turner.htm
- ↑ Archives, L. A. Times (1992-12-03). Lloyd Turner; Cartoon Writer (en-US).