Editing Grantray-Lawrence Animation

{{Short description|American animation studio}}
{{refimprove|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox company|
| name = Grantray-Lawrence Animation
| logo = [[File:Grantray-Lawrence Animation.svg|200px|class=skin-invert]]
| type = 
| industry = [[Animation]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1954}}
| founders = Grant Simmons<br>[[Ray Patterson (animator)|Ray Patterson]]<br>[[Robert L. Lawrence]]
| defunct = {{end date and age|1968}}
| fate = Bankruptcy; assets taken over by [[Krantz Films]]
| key_people = 
| products = [[Animated series|Animated television series]]
}}
'''Grantray-Lawrence Animation''' was an American [[animation studio]] active from 1954 to 1968 and founded by Grant Simmons, [[Ray Patterson (animator)|Ray Patterson]] (hence "Grant-Ray"), and [[Robert L. Lawrence]].

This animation company produced commercials and low-budget animated [[television]] shows until it went bankrupt in 1968<ref name=slmbm>{{cite book |last1=Batchelor |first1=Bob |title=Stan Lee: The Man behind Marvel |date=2017 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-7782-3 |page=128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4_kmDwAAQBAJ&q=Grantray-Lawrence+Animation+news&pg=PA128 |accessdate=February 1, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> and its distributor, [[Krantz Films]], took over production. The best-known of those animated shows are its adaptations of [[superheroes]] from [[Marvel Comics]], the earliest such adaptations for electronic media. Before then, it did sub-contracted work on ''[[Top Cat]]'', ''[[The Jetsons]]'', ''[[The Dick Tracy Show]]'', and ''[[The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mallory|first=Michael|date=January 6, 2002|title=Ray Patterson|url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/people-news/ray-patterson-1117857963/|work=Variety}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width=100%;"
|+Grantray-Lawrence filmography
|-
! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Year 
! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Title
! style="background:#b0c4de;"| Co-production with
! style="background:#b0c4de;" class="unsortable"| Notes 
|-
| 1954
| ''Dig That Dog''
| [[Walter Lantz Productions]]
| Uncredited
|-
| 1957
| ''The Hope that Jack Built''
|
|
|-
| 1958
| ''Planet Patrol''
| 
| Failed pilot
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Marvel Super Heroes]]''
| [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics Group]]
| Aired in [[First-run syndication|syndication]]<ref>{{cite book|last = Thomas|first = Roy|authorlink = Roy Thomas|author2=Sanderson, Peter |authorlink2=Peter Sanderson |title = The Marvel Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the World of Marvel|url = https://archive.org/details/marvelvaultmuseu00thom|url-access = limited|publisher = [[Running Press]]|year = 2007|page = [https://archive.org/details/marvelvaultmuseu00thom/page/n57 101]|isbn = 978-0762428441|quote= In 1966, television production company Grantray-Lawrence produced a series of five half-hour semi-animated shows under the banner title ''Marvel Superheroes''.<!-- spelling as in cited source --> ''Captain America'' (original comics appearance in 1941), ''The Incredible Hulk'' (1962), ''Iron Man'' (1963), ''The Mighty Thor'', and ''Sub-Mariner'' (1939) all made their television debuts.}}</ref> 
|-
| 1966–68
| ''[[Rocket Robin Hood]]''
| Trillium Productions<br>[[Krantz Films]]
| Uncredited
|-
| 1967–68
| ''[[Spider-Man (1967 TV series)|Spider-Man]]''
| Marvel Comics Group 
| Season 1; continued by Krantz Films
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Max, the 2000-Year-Old Mouse]]''
| Al Guest Studios<br>Krantz Films
| 
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* The [[Big Cartoon DataBase]] entry for [https://archive.today/20130102022229/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/G/Grantray-Lawrence_Animation/index.html Grantray-Lawrence Animation]

{{Animation industry in the United States}}

[[Category:American animation studios]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1954]]
[[Category:Mass media companies disestablished in 1967]]

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