Joseph Dominic Oriolo was an American cartoon animator, writer, director and producer, known as the co-creator of Casper the Friendly Ghost and the creator of the Felix the Cat TV series.
12 Facts About Joe Oriolo
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Joe Oriolo provided the voice of the Italian barber in Gulliver's Travels.
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Joe Oriolo was born in Union City, New Jersey in 1913, the son of Italian immigrants.
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Joe Oriolo graduated from Union Hill High School and moved to New York City, and enrolled in the Cooper Union.
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Joe Oriolo met Otto Messmer before leaving in 1944.
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Two subsequent books, There's Good Boos To-Night and A Haunting We Will Go followed before Joe Oriolo sold the rights to Famous Studios for $200.
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Joe Oriolo began drawing comic books, and began working with Otto Messmer on the Felix the Cat comic books until they ceased publication.
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In 1954, Joe Oriolo assumed authorship of the separate Felix daily comic strips at the request of King Features Syndicate, which he continued to produce until 1969.
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In 1958, Joe Oriolo became a business partner with Sullivan, who was the nephew of William O Sullivan, the brother of Pat Sullivan, and the original copyright owner of Felix the Cat.
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Joe Oriolo built on this success in 1963 with both The Mighty Hercules and Beetle Bailey.
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In 1967 Joe Oriolo Studios created Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero.
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Joe Oriolo is buried in George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, New Jersey.