Lantz was born in New Rochelle, New York to Italian immigrant parents, Francesco Paolo Lantz (formerly Lanza) and Maria Gervasi from Calitri. According to Joe Adamson's biography, The Walter Lantz Story, Lantz's father was given his new surname by an immigration official who anglicized it. Walter Lantz was always interested in art, completing a mail order drawing class at age twelve. He was inspired when he saw Winsor McCay's animated short, Gertie the Dinosaur.
While working as an auto mechanic Lantz got his first break. A wealthy customer named Fred Kafka liked his drawings on the garage's bulletin board and financed Lantz's studies at the Art Students League of New York. Kafka also helped him land a job as a copy boy at the New York American, owned by William Randolph Hearst. Lantz worked at the newspaper and attended art school at night.
#01 A Moment with Walter Lantz | A Walter Lantz Production
A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lantz Productions.
published: 18 Jul 2017
WALTER, WOODY & THE WORLD OF ANIMATION
Walter Lantz Bio About woody woodpecker and how it came to be
published: 10 Nov 2018
One Second of Every Walter Lantz Cartune
This'll truly blow KaiserBeamz' Looney Tunes one out of the water
Special thanks to FuriousMan226 CartoonJulio and SunsetTheStupid for the copies I used to make this video
The Walter Lantz shorts are owned by Universal, I own absolutely nothing. All rights are reserved to their respective owners
published: 06 Nov 2022
#02 A Moment with Walter Lantz | A Walter Lantz Production
A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lantz Productions.
(23 Mar 1994) Animator Walter Lantz, who created the conniving Woody Woodpecker
cartoon character after a woodpecker disrupted his honeymoon in
the 1940s, died on Tuesday (22/3). He was 93. Lantz was given an
honorary Academy Award in 1978 "for bringing joy and laughter to
every part of the world through his unique animated motion
pictures."
SHOWS:
HOLLYWOOD. file
woody woodpecker getting his "star" on hollywood boulevard
lantz sot "we both have our stars now"
woody sot
star unveiled
woody and friends and admirers before star
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published: 21 Jul 2015
#03 A Moment with Walter Lantz | A Walter Lantz Production
A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lantz Productions.
A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lant...
A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lantz Productions.
A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lantz Productions.
This'll truly blow KaiserBeamz' Looney Tunes one out of the water
Special thanks to FuriousMan226 CartoonJulio and SunsetTheStupid for the copies I used to ma...
This'll truly blow KaiserBeamz' Looney Tunes one out of the water
Special thanks to FuriousMan226 CartoonJulio and SunsetTheStupid for the copies I used to make this video
The Walter Lantz shorts are owned by Universal, I own absolutely nothing. All rights are reserved to their respective owners
This'll truly blow KaiserBeamz' Looney Tunes one out of the water
Special thanks to FuriousMan226 CartoonJulio and SunsetTheStupid for the copies I used to make this video
The Walter Lantz shorts are owned by Universal, I own absolutely nothing. All rights are reserved to their respective owners
A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lant...
A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lantz Productions.
A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lantz Productions.
(23 Mar 1994) Animator Walter Lantz, who created the conniving Woody Woodpecker
cartoon character after a woodpecker disrupted his honeymoon in
the 1940s, die...
(23 Mar 1994) Animator Walter Lantz, who created the conniving Woody Woodpecker
cartoon character after a woodpecker disrupted his honeymoon in
the 1940s, died on Tuesday (22/3). He was 93. Lantz was given an
honorary Academy Award in 1978 "for bringing joy and laughter to
every part of the world through his unique animated motion
pictures."
SHOWS:
HOLLYWOOD. file
woody woodpecker getting his "star" on hollywood boulevard
lantz sot "we both have our stars now"
woody sot
star unveiled
woody and friends and admirers before star
0.59
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(23 Mar 1994) Animator Walter Lantz, who created the conniving Woody Woodpecker
cartoon character after a woodpecker disrupted his honeymoon in
the 1940s, died on Tuesday (22/3). He was 93. Lantz was given an
honorary Academy Award in 1978 "for bringing joy and laughter to
every part of the world through his unique animated motion
pictures."
SHOWS:
HOLLYWOOD. file
woody woodpecker getting his "star" on hollywood boulevard
lantz sot "we both have our stars now"
woody sot
star unveiled
woody and friends and admirers before star
0.59
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A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lant...
A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lantz Productions.
A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lantz Productions.
A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lantz Productions.
This'll truly blow KaiserBeamz' Looney Tunes one out of the water
Special thanks to FuriousMan226 CartoonJulio and SunsetTheStupid for the copies I used to make this video
The Walter Lantz shorts are owned by Universal, I own absolutely nothing. All rights are reserved to their respective owners
A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lantz Productions.
(23 Mar 1994) Animator Walter Lantz, who created the conniving Woody Woodpecker
cartoon character after a woodpecker disrupted his honeymoon in
the 1940s, died on Tuesday (22/3). He was 93. Lantz was given an
honorary Academy Award in 1978 "for bringing joy and laughter to
every part of the world through his unique animated motion
pictures."
SHOWS:
HOLLYWOOD. file
woody woodpecker getting his "star" on hollywood boulevard
lantz sot "we both have our stars now"
woody sot
star unveiled
woody and friends and admirers before star
0.59
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A segment of The Woody Woodpecker Show, starring Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.
All material is copyrighted and owned by Universal Pictures and Walter Lantz Productions.
Lantz was born in New Rochelle, New York to Italian immigrant parents, Francesco Paolo Lantz (formerly Lanza) and Maria Gervasi from Calitri. According to Joe Adamson's biography, The Walter Lantz Story, Lantz's father was given his new surname by an immigration official who anglicized it. Walter Lantz was always interested in art, completing a mail order drawing class at age twelve. He was inspired when he saw Winsor McCay's animated short, Gertie the Dinosaur.
While working as an auto mechanic Lantz got his first break. A wealthy customer named Fred Kafka liked his drawings on the garage's bulletin board and financed Lantz's studies at the Art Students League of New York. Kafka also helped him land a job as a copy boy at the New York American, owned by William Randolph Hearst. Lantz worked at the newspaper and attended art school at night.