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Home > Artists > Ed Benedict

Ed Benedict

Born: August 23, 1912 | Died: August 28, 2006

Ed Benedict

Biography

Beginning in 1930, Ed Benedict worked for Walt Disney, Universal, and MGM (under Tex Avery) before joining Hanna-Barbera in 1957 to help create their first television series, The Ruff and Reddy Show. Benedict was responsible for designing the characters on many of Hanna-Barbera’s earliest and most popular series, including Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, and numerous others. His handiwork is visible on most of the studio’s model sheets of the 1950s and 1960s. He left Hanna-Barbera at the end of the 1960s, but continued to do occasional projects for the studio, including background and layout on one of Hanna-Barbera’s final cartoons, Johnny Bravo.

Illustrations by Ed Benedict

Concept art of SnagglepussWarner Bros.https://www.illustrationhistory.org/illustrations/concept-art-of-snagglepuss
Production drawing from the opening animation of the “Bewitched” television seriesSony Pictures Televisionhttps://www.illustrationhistory.org/illustrations/production-drawing-from-the-opening-animation-of-bewitched
Concept drawing of Quick Draw McGraw and Baba LooeyWarner Bros.https://www.illustrationhistory.org/illustrations/concept-drawing-of-quick-draw-mcgraw-and-baba-looey
Concept drawing of Fred FlintstoneWarner Bros.https://www.illustrationhistory.org/illustrations/concept-drawing-of-fred-flintstone

Additional Resources

  • “Hanna-Barbera: The Architects of Saturday Morning,” by Jesse Kowalski

Bibliography

Barbera, Joseph. My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century. Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, Inc., 1994. 

Beck, Jerry. The Hanna-Barbera Treasury: Rare Art and Mementos from your Favorite Cartoon Classics. San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, 2007. 

Hanna, William and Tom Ito. A Cast of Friends. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1986. 

Kowalski, Jesse. Hanna-Barbera: The Architects of Saturday Morning. Stockbridge, MA: Norman Rockwell Museum, 2016. 

Takamoto, Iwao and Michael Mallory. My Life with a Thousand Characters. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2009.

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