Biography
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. -Wikipedia Entry
Directed 24
1920s
- 1923
Chicken Dressing
Director
- 1922
Fresh Fish
Director
- 1921
Bobby Bumps in Hunting and Fishing
Director
1910s
- 1919
Bobby Bumps and the Hypnotic Eye
Director
Bobby Bumps' Pup Gets the Flea-Enza
Director
Bobby Bumps' Last Smoke
Director
Bobby Bumps in Their Master's Voice
Director
- 1918
Bobby Bumps Puts a Beanery on the Bum
Director
Bobby Bumps on the Doughnut Trail
Director
Bobby Bumps Caught in the Jam
Director
Bobby Bumps' Fight
Director
At the Dentist
Director
- 1917
Bobby Bumps: Tanks
Director
Bobby Bumps, Chef
Director
Bobby Bumps Starts for School
Director
Bobby Bumps' Amusement Park
Director
Bobby Bumps' Fourth
Director
Bobby Bumps Adopts a Turtle
Director
- 1916
Bobby Bumps Helps Out a Book Agent
Director
Bobby Bumps at the Circus
Director
Bobby Bumps and the Stork
Director
Bobby Bumps' Fly Swatter
Director
Bobby Bumps Gets a Substitute
Director
Bobby Bumps and His Pointer Pup
Director
Wrote 16
1940s
- 1940
Pantry Pirate
Story
1930s
- 1938
- 1936
Mother Pluto
Story
1920s
- 1921
Bobby Bumps in Hunting and Fishing
Writer
1910s
- 1919
Bobby Bumps' Last Smoke
Writer
Bobby Bumps in Their Master's Voice
Writer
- 1918
Bobby Bumps Caught in the Jam
Writer
At the Dentist
Writer
- 1917
Bobby Bumps, Chef
Writer
Bobby Bumps' Amusement Park
Writer
Bobby Bumps Adopts a Turtle
Writer
- 1916
Bobby Bumps Helps Out a Book Agent
Writer
Bobby Bumps' Fly Swatter
Writer
Bobby Bumps and His Pointer Pup
Writer
Visual effects 1
1930s
- 1934
Two-Gun Mickey
Animation
Produced 1
1920s
- 1922
Fresh Fish
Producer
Appearances1
1910s
- 1919
Bobby Bumps in Their Master's Voice
Himself