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Jim Davis

Jim Davis

Writer · Born July 28, 1945 · Marion, Indiana, USA

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Biography

James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as the creator of the comic strips Garfield and U.S. Acres. Published since 1978, Garfield is one of the world's most widely syndicated comic strips. Davis's other comics work includes Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, and Mr. Potato Head. Davis wrote or co-wrote all of the Garfield TV specials for CBS, originally broadcast between 1982 and 1991. He also produced Garfield and Friends, a series which also aired on CBS from 1988 to 1994. Davis was the writer and executive producer for a series of CGI direct-to-video feature films about Garfield, as well as an executive producer for the CGI animated TV series The Garfield Show and Garfield Originals. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Davis (cartoonist), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Wrote 25

1990s

  1. 1991

    Garfield Gets a Life

    Writer

  2. 1990

    Garfield's Feline Fantasies

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1989

    Garfield's Thanksgiving

    Writer

  2. Garfield's Babes and Bullets

    Writer

  3. 1988

    Garfield: His 9 Lives

    Original Story, Writer

  4. Garfield and Friends

    Writer

    72

  5. Happy Birthday Garfield

    Writer

  6. 1987

    A Garfield Christmas

    Writer

  7. Garfield Goes Hollywood

    Writer

  8. 1986

    Garfield In Paradise

    Writer

  9. 1985

    Garfield's Halloween Adventure

    Writer

  10. 1984

    Garfield in the Rough

    Writer

  11. 1983

    Garfield on the Town

    Writer

  12. 1982

    Here Comes Garfield

    Writer

  13. 1980

    The Fantastic Funnies

    Comic Book

No release date

  1. The Garfield Movie 2

    Characters

Produced 10

1990s

  1. 1991

    Garfield Gets a Life

    Executive Producer

1980s

  1. 1988

    Garfield and Friends

    Producer

    72

  2. Happy Birthday Garfield

    Executive Producer

No release date

  1. The Garfield Movie 2

    Executive Producer

Other crew 4

2000s

  1. 2007

    Garfield and Friends: Dreams & Schemes

    Creator

1980s

  1. 1986

    Garfield In Paradise

    Creator

  2. 1985

    Garfield's Halloween Adventure

    Creator

  3. 1984

    Garfield in the Rough

    Creator

Created 3

2010s

  1. 2019

    Garfield Originals

    Creator

Acted in 1

Directed 1

1980s

  1. 1988

    Happy Birthday Garfield

    Director

Visual effects 1

Appearances2

2010s

  1. 2014

    Stripped

    Self

1980s

  1. 1988

    Happy Birthday Garfield

    Himself - Host

Thanked in the credits1

2000s

  1. 2004

    Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life

    Thanks