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|date_of_birth= [[March 24]], [[1911]]

|place_of_birth= [[New York City]], [[New York]]

|date_of_death= [[December 18]], [[2006]]

|place_of_death= [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]

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'''Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera''' ([[March 24]], [[1911]] – [[December 18]], [[2006]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[animator]], [[cartoon artist]], [[storyboard]] artist, [[television director|director]], [[television producer|producer]] and co-founder, together with [[William Hanna]], of [[Hanna-Barbera]]. The studio produced well-known cartoons such as ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'', ''[[The Huckleberry Hound Show]]'', ''[[The Flintstones]]'', ''[[The Jetsons]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' as well as the [[musical film]], ''[[Charlotte's Web (1973 film)|Charlotte's Web]].

==Early years==

Joseph Barbera (originally spelled "Barberà" and pronounced barBERA [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] /ba˞ɹ'bɛ˞ɹə/ by colleagues in the "special features" section of the Warner Video Tom and Jerry CD collection; the Italian pronunciation is presumably /baɾbɛ'ɾa/) was born in the [[Little Italy]] section of [[Manhattan]].

==Career==

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Joseph Barbera started his career as a tailor's delivery boy. During the [[Great Depression]] he tried unsuccessfully to become a magazine cartoonist for a magazine called The NY Hits Magazine. In 1932 he joined the [[Van Beuren Studios|Van Beuren Studio]] as an animator and scriptwriter. He worked on cartoons such as ''Cubby Bear'', and ''Rainbow Parades'' and also co produced [[Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren)|Tom and Jerry]]. When Van Beuren closed down in [[1936]], Barbera moved over to the MGM studios.

Lured by a substantial salary increase, Barbera left [[Terrytoons]] and New York for the new [[MGM]] cartoon unit and [[California]] in [[1937]]. The following year he teamed up with [[William Hanna]] to direct theatrical short cartoons; Barbera was the storyboard/layout artist, and Hanna was in charge of the timing. Their first venture was ''Puss Gets the Boot'' (1940), the first [[Tom and Jerry (MGM)|Tom and Jerry]] film, which was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Animated Short Film|Academy Award for Best (Cartoon) Short Subject]].

Hanna and Barbera's 17-year partnership on the ''Tom & Jerry'' series resulted in 7 [[Academy Awards]] for Best (Cartoon) Short Subject, and 14 total nominations, more than any other character-based theatrical animated series. Hanna and Barbera were placed in charge of MGM's animation division in late [[1955]]; however this was short-lived as MGM closed the division in [[1957]]. Following this they teamed up to produce the series ''[[The Ruff & Reddy Show]]'', under the company name H-B Enterprises, soon changed to [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]].

Hanna-Barbera Productions became by the late-[[1960s]] the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing hit television programs, such as ''[[The Flintstones]]'', ''[[The Jetsons]]'', ''[[Jonny Quest]]'', and ''[[Scooby-Doo|Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' by the end of the decade.

Hanna-Barbera had been a subsidiary of [[Taft Broadcasting]] (later Great American Communications) since 1967. The studio thrived until [[1991]], when it was sold to [[Turner Broadcasting]]. Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors and periodically worked on new Hanna-Barbera shows, including the ''[[What-a-Cartoon!]]'' series.

Hanna-Barbera, received eight Emmys, including the Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1988.

Their strengths melded perfectly, critic Leonard Maltin wrote in his book "Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons." Barbera brought the comic gags and skilled drawing, while Hanna brought warmth and a keen sense of timing.

"This writing-directing team may hold a record for producing consistently superior cartoons using the same characters year after year - without a break or change in routine," Maltin wrote.

Hanna, who died in 2001, once said he was never a good artist but his partner could "capture mood and expression in a quick sketch better than anyone I've ever known."

After Hanna's death, Barbera had remained active as an executive producer for Warner Bros. Animation on television series such as ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' and ''[[Tom and Jerry Tales]]''. He also wrote, co-storyboarded, co-directed and co-produced the theatrical ''[[Tom and Jerry (MGM)|Tom and Jerry]]'' short ''[[The Karateguard]]'' in 2005, thus returning to his and Hanna's first successful cartoon format.

Joseph Barbera died of natural causes at home in Studio City, Los Angeles, with his wife Sheila at his side, on December 18, 2006, ending a seventy year career in animation. <ref>{{cite web

| url = http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/121906dnentbarberaobit.1e1b331.html

| title = Cartoon creator Joe Barbera dies

| accessdate = 2006-12-18

| date = 2006-12-18

| publisher = Dallas Morning News / [[Associated Press|AP]]

}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[List of entertainer pairs]]

==Bibliography==

* Autobiography: ''My Life In Toons'' (1994), published by [[Turner Publishing]]

* ''Hanna Barbera Cartoons'' by Michael Mallory

== Reference ==

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==External links==

* {{imdb name|id=0053484|name= Joseph Barbera}}

* [http://www.tomandjerryonline.com/barbera.cfm Joseph Barbera profile from Tom and Jerry Online]

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