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Homer Philip Groening (December 30, 1919 - March 15, 1996) was a Canadian-American filmmaker, advertiser, writer, and cartoonist. [1][2] He was also the father of Matt Groening and inspired the names of Homer Simpson and Philip J. Fry. [3][4][5][6] Groening was known for work on many different types of short films. [7][8] Biography.
Matt Groening Reveals the Location of the Real Springfield Twenty-five years after The Simpsons made their TV debut, the show’s creator talks about Homer’s odyssey—and his own...
Mar 19, 1996 · PORTLAND - Filmmaker and ad man Homer P. Groening, immortalized in the cartoon character Homer Simpson, has died of cancer of the lymph system. He was 76. Mr. Groening, who died Friday, was...
He named the character after his father, Homer Groening. After appearing for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, the Simpsons received their own series on Fox, which debuted on December 17, 1989. Homer is the patriarch of the Simpson family. He and his wife Marge have three children: Bart, Lisa and Maggie.
Jan 13, 2015 · Homer Groening: The Legend, the Father, the Simpson. The father of Simpsons creator Matt Groening was a filmmaker in his own right, as shown in this retrospective with Matt in attendance on Jan 17.
Jun 9, 2024 · Simpsons creator Matt Groening's family history runs through Saskatchewan. His grandfather Abe fled the U.S. draft to Saskatchewan, where he and his wife later had a son named Homer.
Aug 1, 2007 · Matt Groening, now 53, pitched the show to a Fox Network producer in 1987. Sketching out the now-iconic cartoon family on the spot, he hastily used his family's names.
