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Jack Davis(1924-2016)

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Jack Davis was born on 2 December 1924 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was a writer, known for Creepy (2012), Mad Monster Party? (1967) and The King Kong Show (1966). He was married to Dena. He died on 27 July 2016 in Athens, Georgia, USA.
BornDecember 2, 1924
DiedJuly 27, 2016(91)
BornDecember 2, 1924
DiedJuly 27, 2016(91)
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Known for

Creepy (2012)
Creepy
Video
  • Art Department
  • 2012
Boris Karloff, Phyllis Diller, Gale Garnett, and Allen Swift in Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Mad Monster Party?
6.6
Movie
  • Animation Department
  • 1967
The King Kong Show (1966)
The King Kong Show
6.4
TV Series
  • Animation Department
The Mad Magazine TV Special (1974)
The Mad Magazine TV Special
5.9
TV Movie
  • Writer
  • 1974

Credits

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Animation Department

  • Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, and Laraine Newman in The Coneheads (1983)
    The Coneheads
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • character designer
    • 1983
  • Michael Jackson, Donald Fullilove, Jackie Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Tito Jackson, Mike Martinez, Joel Cooper, Craig Grandy, Edmund Sylvers, and Jackson 5 in Jackson 5ive (1971)
    Jackson 5ive
    6.5
    TV Series
    • character designer
    • 1971
  • Boris Karloff, Phyllis Diller, Gale Garnett, and Allen Swift in Mad Monster Party? (1967)
    Mad Monster Party?
    6.6
    • character designer
    • 1967
  • The King Kong Show (1966)
    The King Kong Show
    6.4
    TV Series
    • character designer
    • 1966

Art Department

  • Creepy (2012)
    Creepy
    Video
    • design
    • 2012
  • Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neal in The Bad News Bears (1976)
    The Bad News Bears
    7.3
    • poster artist (uncredited)
    • 1976
  • Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye (1973)
    The Long Goodbye
    7.5
    • poster artist (uncredited)
    • 1973
  • It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
    It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
    7.5
    • poster artist (uncredited)
    • 1963

Writer

  • Creepy (2012)
    Creepy
    Video
    • based on uncle creepy created by
    • 2012
  • The Mad Magazine TV Special (1974)
    The Mad Magazine TV Special
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • inspired by: The Usual Gang of Idiots
    • 1974
  • The Vault of Horror (1973)
    The Vault of Horror
    6.5
    • story "Bargain in Death" & "Drawn and Quartered" illustrated by (uncredited)
    • 1973

Personal details

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  • Born
    • December 2, 1924
    • Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • Died
    • July 27, 2016
    • Athens, Georgia, USA
  • Spouse
    • Dena? - July 27, 2016 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Contributed to MAD Magazine 1950s-present
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Interviews
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Jack Davis is bestknown, of course, as one of the "usual gang of idiots" on the contributor staff of MAD Magazine. Before MAD, Davis was an employee of Bill Gaines' EC Comics, known for working on war comics and the (now) infamous horror comics. Gaines, of course, turned to MAD after the Comics Code Authority pulled the rug out from uner his other magazines.

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