William Hanna

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animator businessperson film director film producer human screenwriter television producer

William Hanna was an American animator, director, and producer best known as the co-founder of the Hanna-Barbera studio, which created iconic cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, and Scooby-Doo.

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Label Occurrences
William Hanna canonical 30
William Hanna (archival sounds) 2
William Denby Hanna 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf animator ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoon
causeOfDeath esophageal cancer ⓘ
coFounded Hanna-Barbera ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-07-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2001-03-22 ⓘ
employer Hanna-Barbera ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
Warner Bros. Animation ⓘ
familyName Hanna ⓘ
fieldOfWork animation ⓘ
film ⓘ
television ⓘ
fullName William Hanna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Denby Hanna
genre animated comedy ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
knownFor co-creating Tom and Jerry ⓘ
co-founding Hanna-Barbera ⓘ
pioneering television animation ⓘ
marriageStart 1936 ⓘ
notableCharacterCreated Fred Flintstone ⓘ
Huckleberry Hound ⓘ
Jerry Mouse ⓘ
Scooby-Doo ⓘ
Tom Cat ⓘ
Yogi Bear ⓘ
notableWork Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ⓘ
The Flintstones ⓘ
The Huckleberry Hound Show ⓘ
The Jetsons ⓘ
The Yogi Bear Show ⓘ
Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) ⓘ
surface form: Tom and Jerry
numberOfAcademyAwardsWonForTomAndJerry 7 ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation animator ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
partnerInBusinessWith Joseph Barbera ⓘ
placeOfBirth Melrose, New Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Melrose, New Mexico, United States
placeOfDeath North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California ⓘ
surface form: North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Violet Blanch Wogatzke ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hanna-Barbera → foundedBy → William Hanna ⓘ
Barney Rubble → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
The Flintstones → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Charlotte's Web (1973 film) → producer → William Hanna ⓘ
The Jetsons → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Yogi Bear → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Huckleberry Hound → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM) → originalDirectors → William Hanna ⓘ
The Huckleberry Hound Show → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
The Yogi Bear Show → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
The Yogi Bear Show → hasProducer → William Hanna ⓘ
Top Cat → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Wacky Races → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Quick Draw McGraw → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Magilla Gorilla → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Fred Flintstone → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
George Jetson → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Boo-Boo Bear → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Barnard Rubble → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Rubble → createdBy → William Hanna ⓘ
subject surface form: Barney Rubble
Bamm-Bamm Rubble → createdBy → William Hanna ⓘ
Bedrock → createdBy → William Hanna ⓘ
Wilma Flintstone → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Pebbles Flintstone → createdBy → William Hanna ⓘ
Mr. Spacely → createdBy → William Hanna ⓘ
Golden Age of American animation → notableFigure → William Hanna ⓘ
Betty Rubble → creator → William Hanna ⓘ
Meet the Flintstones → lyricist → William Hanna ⓘ
William Hanna → fullName → William Hanna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Denby Hanna
Joseph Barbera → partnerInCompanyWith → William Hanna ⓘ
Tom & Jerry (2021 film) → voiceActorOfTom → William Hanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Hanna (archival sounds)
Tom & Jerry (2021 film) → voiceActorOfJerry → William Hanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Hanna (archival sounds)