Actor

Jim Davis

Writing

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Acting credits

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TMDB popularity

1.1

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Movies: 24Series: 4Crew credits: 27

TMDB ID: 56336

IMDb ID: nm0204825

Known for: Writing

Born: July 28, 1945

Age: 80

Place of birth: Marion, Indiana, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1980 - 2024

Years active: 45

Average TMDB rating: 6.51

Wikidata: Q318953

Also known as

James Robert Davis • Джим Дейвіс

Other jobs

Writer (17)Characters (3)Comic Book (2)Creator (1)Executive Producer (1)Original Story (1)Producer (1)Thanks (1)

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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.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Jim Davis.