Art Clokey

Actor, cinematographer, director, producer and writer · Died January 8, 2010, aged 88 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur "Art" Clokey (October 12, 1921 - January 8, 2010) was a pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, beginning in 1955 with a film experiment called Gumbasia, influenced by his professor, Slavko Vorkapich, at the University of Southern California. From the Gumbasia project, Art Clokey and his wife Ruth invented Gumby. Since then Gumby and his horse Pokey have been a familiar presence on television, appearing in several series beginning with the Howdy Doody Show and later The Adventures of Gumby. The characters enjoyed a renewal of interest in the 1980s when American actor and comedian Eddie Murphy parodied Gumby in a skit on Saturday Night Live. In the 1990s Gumby: The Movie was released, sparking even more interest. Clokey's second most famous production is the duo of Davey and Goliath, funded by the Lutheran Church in America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Art Clokey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

What are Art Clokey's films like?

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Allyas Pokey in The Puppetoon Movie (1987)
Allyas Pokey in Gumby: The Movie (1995)

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Where can I watch Art Clokey's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

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Filmography

16 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Adventures of Gumby: A Sample (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Director
Gumby's Christmas Capers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Director · Producer · Writer
Davey and Goliath's Snowboard Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Producer
Gumby: The Movie(1995)
Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer · as Pokey / Prickle / Gumbo (voice)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Gumby Adventures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Show 36 episodes · Creator · Producer · as Pokey (voice)
The Puppetoon Movie(1987)
Executive Producer · as Pokey (voice)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Mandala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Director
The Clay Peacock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Director
Happy Easter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Director
Christmas Lost and Found (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Director
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine(1965)
Opening Title Sequence
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini(1965)
Opening Title Sequence
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Davey and Goliath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Show 65 episodes · Creator · Producer
Mysterious Fires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Director · Writer
The Gumby Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Show 109 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · as Pokey (voice)
Gumbasia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Director · Animation

Career shape

Biggest box office

Gumby: The Movie (1995)

$57K worldwide

Highest rated

Gumby: The Movie (1995)

Midcredits 48^th