Earl Hurd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Earl Hurd

American animator and film director

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1880

Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 28-Sep-1940

Profession: animator, cartoonist, film director, film producer, story artist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Earl Hurd (September 14, 1880 – September 28, 1940) was a pioneering American animator and film director.
He is noted for creating and producing the silent Bobby Bumps animated short subject series for early animation producer J.R.
Bray's Bray Productions.
Hurd and Bray are jointly responsible for developing the processes involved in cel animation, and were granted patents for their processes in 1914. Animator Andy Luckey is a maternal cousin, twice removed, of Hurd's.