Clark S. Haas, Jr. (July 21, 1919 – January 18, 1978) was a cartoonist and, from 1957 to 1965, owner of

Cambria Studios Cambria Productions was the West Hollywood, California animation production studio most famous for its wide usage of the Syncro-Vox technique of animation developed by Edwin Gillette, who was a co-partner in the studio. Owned by Clark S. Haas, J ...

, which produced the

limited animation Limited animation is a process in the overall technique of traditional animation that reuses frames of character animation. Early history The use of budget-cutting and time-saving animation measures in animation dates back to the earliest commerci ...

series ''

Clutch Cargo ''Clutch Cargo'' is an American animated television series created by cartoonist Clark Haas and produced by Cambria Productions, and syndicated beginning on March 9, 1959. The series was notable for its limited animation yet imaginative storie ...

'' (1959).

Career

Before working professionally in cartoons, Haas was a pioneer jet pilot, according to Cambria Studios voice-actress,

Margaret Kerry Margaret Kerry (née Lynch; born May 11, 1929) is an American screen actress, dancer, voice artist, camera double, radio producer, director and host and media personality, best known for her work as a model for Walt Disney Pictures, where she ser ...

.Margaret Kerry: Memorabilia & Collectibles - Clutch Cargo Cartoon Characters Montage Photo #2
His cartooning career started with work on the Sunday editions of the comic strips ''

Buz Sawyer ''Buz Sawyer'' is a comic strip created by Roy Crane.Ron Goulart, ''The Funnies : 100 Years of American Comic Strips''. Holbrook, Mass. : Adams Pub, 1995. (pp. 149-50) Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it had a run from November 1, 1943 ...

'' and ''

Tim Tyler's Luck ''Tim Tyler's Luck'' is an adventure comic strip created by Lyman Young, elder brother of '' Blondie'' creator Chic Young. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, the strip ran from August 13, 1928, until August 24, 1996. Characters and story Wh ...

''. From 1949 to 1951, he had his own comic strip, ''Sunnyside'', which was distributed by Wheeler-Nicholson, Inc. After starting Cambria Studios, he helped create and write Cambria's animated television series, ''Clutch Cargo'' (1959–1960), ''

Space Angel ''Space Angel'' is an animated science fiction television series produced in the United States from early 1962 through 1964. It used the same Synchro-Vox lip technique as '' Clutch Cargo'', the first cartoon produced by the same studio, Cambria P ...

'' (1962), ''

Captain Fathom ''Captain Fathom'' is an animated television series produced in 1965 by Cambria Studios. Like Cambria's other productions, ''Clutch Cargo'' and ''Space Angel'', it was produced in Synchro-Vox. At least 26 30-minute episodes, all in color, were fi ...

'' (1965), and ''

The New Three Stooges ''The New 3 Stooges'' is an American animated television series that ran during the 1965–66 television season starring the Three Stooges. The show follows the trio's antics both in live-action and animated segments. The cast consisted of Moe H ...

'' (1965–1966). The first three of these series used the

Syncro-Vox Syncro-Vox (sometimes spelled Synchro-Vox) is a filming method that combines static images with moving images, the most common use of which is to superimpose talking lips on a photograph of a celebrity or a cartoon drawing. It is one of the most ex ...

technique of animation developed by his Cambria partner,

Edwin Gillette Edwin Gillette (August 11, 1909 in Chicago – September 30, 2003 in Los Angeles) was a cameraman and inventor notable for the development of the Syncro-Vox technique of limited animation, which was used in the series ''Clutch Cargo''. Early life B ...

, in the early 1950s for producing animation quickly and at a minimal cost. In later years Haas became associated with

Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ) was an American animation studio and production company which was active from 1957 to 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer t ...

and worked on their series ''

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie ''The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie'' — retitled ''The New Saturday Superstar Movie'' for its second season — is a series of one-hour animated made-for-television films (some of which also contained live action sequences), broadcast on the AB ...

'' (1972), ''

Super Friends ''Super Friends'' is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes, which ran from 1973 to 1985 on ABC as part of its Saturday-morning cartoon lineup. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and was based on the Justice League ...

'' (1973), and ''

Speed Buggy ''Speed Buggy'' is an American animated television series, produced by Hanna-Barbera, which originally aired for one season on CBS from September 8, 1973, to December 22, 1973. With the voices of Mel Blanc, Michael Bell, Arlene Golonka, an ...

'' (1973).

Notes

References

Alberto's Page of American Animators active until 1970 - Letter H
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* "Don't believe your eyes! How 'Clutch Cargo' cuts corners as a television comic strip." ''TV Guide'' December 24, 1960, p. 28-29. * Terrace, Vincent. ''Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials, 1937-1973''. New York, New York Zoetrope. 1986.

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