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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:270:Joe Oriolo working at Creator/FleischerStudios, c. 1939-1941.]] |
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| 4 | Joseph Oriolo (February 21, 1913 – December 25, 1985) was an animator, writer, director and producer, known as the co-creator of WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost and the creator of the [[WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatJoeOriolo made-for-TV revival]] of WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat. |
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| 6 | Initially worked as an animator for Creator/FleischerStudios and its successor Creator/FamousStudios. He also apprenticed under Creator/OttoMessmer on the Felix the Cat comic books, eventually taking up art duties on it when Otto retired from it around 1954. When he jumpstarted his own cartoon studio, he managed to license the Felix the Cat character from the Pat Sullivan estate and create the now-iconic made-for-TV revival of the character. Eventually, Joe bought out the series from Sullivan's estate and licensed out the series up to his death in 1985. |
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| 8 | His son, Don Oriolo, inherited the Felix character from him. Don originally wanted his dad to direct [[WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatTheMovie the Movie adaptation of Felix]], but Joe refused due to his old age and health making him unfit to do it, [[PassingTheTorch so he gave Don the responsibility of doing it.]] |
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| 10 | [[folder:Filmography]] |
| 11 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'': Animated on ''many'' of the Fleischer and Famous shorts based on the comic strip. |
| 12 | * ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'': Co-creator of the series. |
| 13 | * ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatJoeOriolo'' (1959-1961): Creator, show-runner and animator on it. |
| 14 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyHercules'' (1963-1965): Creator and showrunner. |
| 15 | * ''[[Manga/PrincessKnight Choppy and the Princess]]'' (1967): Producer of the English dub. |
| 16 | * ''Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero'' (1967): Producer. |
| 17 | * ''Series/FelixTheCatLive'' (1972-1985) |
| 18 | [[/folder]] |
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