Fred Wolf

Fred Wolf (born September 13, 1932) is an American animator. His works include the 1967 short subject The Box, for which he won an Academy Award; television specials such as The Point! and Free to Be...You and Me, and television series such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, James Bond Jr., and Sarah Ferguson’s Budgie the Little Helicopter. Wolf was also responsible for the famous Tootsie Pops “How Many Licks” commercial. In the 1960s, Wolf set up a studio in Hollywood, California with Japanese-American animator Jimmy T. Murakami (later of The Snowman). The studio was called Murakami-Wolf Films. In 1978, animator Charles Swenson became a partner, and the company became known as Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. Both Murakami and Swenson eventually left the company, and in 1992, it became Fred Wolf Films. In 1989, MWS established a satellite studio in Dublin, Ireland, known as Murakami-Wolf Dublin before eventually adopting its current name (Fred Wolf Films Dublin). In this studio, each project is produced by a dedicated Irish crew. Productions Among the various series produced by or involving Fred Wolf: Alvin and the Chipmunks (1988, 11 episodes on NBC) Barnyard Commandos (1990, 13 episodes on Syndication) The California Raisin Show (1989, 13 episodes on CBS) DuckTales (1987–1988, 30 episodes on Syndication) Lyle the Kindly Viking (1989, on Syndication) The Flintstones (1960–1965, 102 episodes on ABC) Hollywood Dogs (1989, 13 episodes on Syndication) James Bond Jr. (1991, 13 episodes on Syndication) Little Clowns of Happytown (1987, 13 episodes on ABC) The New Adventures of Speed Racer (1993–1994, 26 episodes on Syndication) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987–1989, 102 episodes on Syndication and 1990–1996, 102 episodes on CBS) The Wuzzles (1985, 13 episodes on CBS)