Herbert Klynn (November 11, 1917 – February 3, 1999) was an American animator at UPA from 1944 to 1959 eventually rising to the role of Vice President and Production Chief. He worked on various

Mr. Magoo Mr. Magoo, whose first name is "Quincy", is a fictional cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced for many years by Jim Backus, Mr. Magoo is an elderly, wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of comi ...

cartoons and

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cartoons as well as cartoon shorts such as ''

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'' (1952) and
Christopher Crumpet
' (1953). In 1959 he founded the

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Format Films Format Films was an animation studio which was founded by Herbert Klynn in 1959 with Jules Engel as vice president, Bob McIntosh and Joseph Mugnaini, all of whom were animators. History It was most active during the 1960s, producing episodes o ...

, best known for producing ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well as eleven Road Runner cartoons and three

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and

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cartoons for

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's ''

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'' and ''

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'' series. Format Productions also created title sequences for several TV series, including ''

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'', ''

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'', the animated characters on the television variety show ''

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'', animated various TV commercials, and created film title designs for ''

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'' and '' Clambake''. Klynn worked on various projects with author Ted Geisel (

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. He worked alongside sci-fi writer

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in creating the Oscar-nominated “Icarus Montgolfier Wright,” an animated story of the first human travel to the Moon. Herb Klynn co-created the short lived sitcom ''

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'', which was the first leading role for

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in 1984. A longtime member of the

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, Klynn donated his considerable film and TV archive to the USC School of Cinema-Television and to the Museum of Television and Radio Broadcasting in Beverly Hills and New York. He also proposed the original idea of the

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which has been held since 1973. Klynn received the Winsor McCay Award in 1991; one of the highest honors given to an individual in the animation industry in recognition for career contributions to the art of animation. The Format Films archives are at the University of Wyoming.

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* 1917 births 1999 deaths Animators from Ohio Television producers from Ohio Film producers from Ohio First Motion Picture Unit personnel 20th-century American businesspeople Format Films Filmmakers from Cleveland {{US-film-producer-stub