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Frederick C. "Fred" Quimby (July 31, 1883 – September 16 1965) was the producer
Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
 in charge of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, which most notably included Tex Avery
Tex Avery

Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery was an United States animator, cartoonist, voice Actor and film director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation....
 and the team of William Hanna
William Hanna

William Denby "Bill" Hanna was an influential American animator, film director, Film producer, television director, television producer, and cartoonist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century....
 and Joseph Barbera
Joseph Barbera

Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera ; was an influential American animator, film director, Film producer, storyboard artist, and cartoonist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century....
, creators of Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry (MGM)

Tom and Jerry is a series of animated theatrical short subject created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that centered on a never-ending rivalry between a housecat and a mouse whose chases and battles often involved comic violence....
.

by was born in Minneapolis, and started his career as a journalist. In 1907, he managed a film theater in Missoula, Montana
Missoula, Montana

Missoula is a city in and the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Montana, United States. The population was 57,053 at the United States Census, 2000 and the population of the Missoula Metropolitan Statistical Area was 95,802, making it the second-largest city and metropolitan area in Montana....
. Later, he worked at Pathe
Pathé

This article deals with the Path? Film company. For their music business, see Path? Records.Path? or Path? Fr?res is the name of various French people businesses founded and originally run by the Path? Brothers of France....
, rising to become a member of the board of directors before leaving in 1921 to become an independent producer.






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Frederick C. "Fred" Quimby (July 31, 1883 – September 16 1965) was the producer
Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
 in charge of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, which most notably included Tex Avery
Tex Avery

Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery was an United States animator, cartoonist, voice Actor and film director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation....
 and the team of William Hanna
William Hanna

William Denby "Bill" Hanna was an influential American animator, film director, Film producer, television director, television producer, and cartoonist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century....
 and Joseph Barbera
Joseph Barbera

Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera ; was an influential American animator, film director, Film producer, storyboard artist, and cartoonist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century....
, creators of Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry (MGM)

Tom and Jerry is a series of animated theatrical short subject created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that centered on a never-ending rivalry between a housecat and a mouse whose chases and battles often involved comic violence....
.

Life and career

Quimby was born in Minneapolis, and started his career as a journalist. In 1907, he managed a film theater in Missoula, Montana
Missoula, Montana

Missoula is a city in and the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Montana, United States. The population was 57,053 at the United States Census, 2000 and the population of the Missoula Metropolitan Statistical Area was 95,802, making it the second-largest city and metropolitan area in Montana....
. Later, he worked at Pathe
Pathé

This article deals with the Path? Film company. For their music business, see Path? Records.Path? or Path? Fr?res is the name of various French people businesses founded and originally run by the Path? Brothers of France....
, rising to become a member of the board of directors before leaving in 1921 to become an independent producer. He was hired by Fox
20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation , also known as 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, or simply Fox, is one of the six Worldwide major film studios....
 in 1924, and then MGM in 1927 to head its short features department. In 1937 he was assigned to put together its animation department.

In 1938, William Hanna
William Hanna

William Denby "Bill" Hanna was an influential American animator, film director, Film producer, television director, television producer, and cartoonist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century....
 and Joseph Barbera
Joseph Barbera

Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera ; was an influential American animator, film director, Film producer, storyboard artist, and cartoonist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century....
 presented him with their project for a series of cartoons featuring a cat and a mouse. Quimby approved, and the result was Puss Gets The Boot
Puss Gets the Boot

Puss Gets the Boot is a one-reel animated cartoon and is the 1st Tom and Jerry short, although not billed as such in the cartoon. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on February 10, 1940 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer....
, nominated for an Academy Award. As producer, Quimby became a repeated recipient of the Academy Award for Animated Short Film
Academy Award for Animated Short Film

The Academy Award for Animated Short Film is an award which has been given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy Awards every year since the 5th Academy Awards, covering the year 1931-32, to the present....
 for the Tom and Jerry films, and his name became well known due to its prominence in the cartoon credits. However, Quimby was very much unliked:

Quimby retired from MGM in 1955, with Hanna and Barbera assuming his role as co-heads of the studio. MGM's cartoon division did not last long after; it was closed in 1957.

Fred Quimby died in Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is completely surrounded by the City of Los Angeles ? Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California on the north, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California on the northeast...
 in 1965.

Quimby is affectionately referenced in The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
 in the surname of Mayor Quimby and explicitly as his nephew Freddy Quimby. Itchy and Scratchy are also a parody of the exaggerated violence in Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry

'Tom and Jerry' is a series of theatrical animated cartoons featuring a cat and a mouse.'Tom and Jerry' may also refer to:* ...
 cartoons.

Oscar credits

  • Winner Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1940: The Milky Way - Producer
  • Nominated for Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1941: The Night Before Christmas - Producer
  • Nominated for Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1941: The Rookie Bear - Producer
  • Nominated for Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1942: The Blitz Wolf - Producer
  • Winner Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1943: The Yankee Doodle Mouse
    The Yankee Doodle Mouse

    The Yankee Doodle Mouse is a 1943 in film one-reel animated cartoon and is the 11th Tom and Jerry short subject produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley and animation by Irven Spence, Pete Burness, Kenneth Muse and George Gordon....
     - Producer
  • Winner Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1944: Mouse Trouble
    Mouse Trouble

    Mouse Trouble is a 1944 in film one-reel animated cartoon and is the 17th Tom and Jerry short subject produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with music by Scott Bradley ....
     - Producer
  • Winner Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1945: Quiet Please! - Producer
  • Winner Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1946: The Cat Concerto
    The Cat Concerto

    The Cat Concerto is a 1946 in film one-reel animated cartoon and is the 29th Tom and Jerry short subject, produced in Technicolor in 1946 and released to theatres on April 26 1947 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer....
     - Producer
  • Nominated for Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1947: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse is a 1947 in film one-reel animated cartoon and is the 30th Tom and Jerry short subject, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 1947....
     - Producer
  • Winner Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1948: The Little Orphan
    The Little Orphan

    The Little Orphan is a 1949 in film one-reel animated cartoon and is the 40th Tom and Jerry short, released in theatres on April 30, 1949 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer....
     - Producer
  • Nominated for Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1949: Hatch Up Your Troubles
    Hatch Up Your Troubles

    Hatch Up Your Troubles is a 1949 in film one-reel animated cartoon and is the 41st Tom and Jerry short produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley and animation by Ed Barge, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence and Kenneth Muse....
     - Producer
  • Nominated for Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1950: Jerry's Cousin
    Jerry's Cousin

    Jerry's Cousin is a 1951 in film one-reel animated cartoon and is the 57th Tom and Jerry short. Made in 1950, but released in 1951 on April 7 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was nominated for the 1950 Academy Award for Animated Short Film, but lost to Gerald McBoing-Boing, a UPA production....
     - Producer
  • Winner Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1951: The Two Mouseketeers
    The Two Mouseketeers

    The Two Mouseketeers is a 1952 in film one-reel animated cartoon and is the 65th Tom and Jerry short subject, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on March 15, 1952 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer....
     - Producer
  • Winner Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1952: Johann Mouse
    Johann Mouse

    Johann Mouse is the 75th one reel animated cartoon Tom and Jerry Short subject, created in 1953 in film directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby with music by Scott Bradley and Jakob Gimpel and narration by Hans Conried....
     - Producer
  • Nominated for Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1952: Little Johnny Jet - Producer
  • Nominated for Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1954: Touché, Pussy Cat!
    Touché, Pussy Cat!

    Touch?, Pussy Cat! is the 89th one-reel animated cartoon Tom and Jerry Short subject, created in 1954 in film directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby with music by Scott Bradley....
     - Producer
  • Nominated for Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1955: Good Will to Men - Producer (with William Hanna
    William Hanna

    William Denby "Bill" Hanna was an influential American animator, film director, Film producer, television director, television producer, and cartoonist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century....
     & Joseph Barbera
    Joseph Barbera

    Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera ; was an influential American animator, film director, Film producer, storyboard artist, and cartoonist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century....
    )


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