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Chester Gould (1900–1985)

Chester Gould was interested in comics from an early age. He wrote and drew several strips while attending Oklahoma A&M University and at Northwestern University (where he graduated in 1921). After graduating from the Chicago Art Institute in 1923, Gould went to work for a Chicago area newspaper. Gould found work illustrating several minor comic strips... See full bio »

Died:

(age 84) in Woodstock, Illinois, USA

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Filmography

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1990 Dick Tracy (Video Game) (characters & comic strip)
 
1990 Dick Tracy (characters)
 
1990 Dick Tracy (TV movie) (comic strip characters)
 
1971 Archie's TV Funnies (TV series)
 
1967 Dick Tracy (TV short) (characters)
 
1965 The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (TV series)
Mr. Magoo's Dick Tracy and the Mob (1965) (comic strip)
 
1961 The Dick Tracy Show (TV series)
A Boodle of Loot (1961) (comic strip)
A Case for Alarm (1961) (comic strip)
Air Freight Fright (1961) (comic strip)
Baggage Car Bandits (1961) (comic strip)
Bettor Come Clean (1961) (comic strip)
 
1950-1952 Dick Tracy (TV series)
Dick Tracy and Influence (1952) (comic strip characters)
Dick Tracy meets Heels Beals (1951) (comic strip characters - uncredited)
B.B. Eyes: Part 2 (1951) (comic strip characters)
The Foreign Agents (1951) (comic strip characters)
Hi-Jack (1951) (comic strip characters - uncredited)
 
1947 Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (based on the cartoon strip "Dick Tracy" created by)
 
1947 Dick Tracy's Dilemma (comic strip characters)
 
1946 Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (comic strip)
 
1945 Dick Tracy (comic strip)
 
1941 Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (based on cartoon strip by)
 
1939 Dick Tracy's G-Men (based on cartoon strip by)
 
1938 Dick Tracy Returns (based on cartoon strip by)
 
1937/II Dick Tracy (based on cartoon strip by / archive footage)
 
1937/I Dick Tracy (based on cartoon strip by)
 
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1950-1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #10.30 (1957) … Himself
Episode #7.32 (1954) … Himself
Episode #3.52 (1950) … Himself
 
1957 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #4.28 (1957) … Himself
 
1956 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 22 April 1956 (1956) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1956 Toute la mémoire du monde (documentary short)
Extra
 
1945 People on Paper (documentary short)
Himself - Cartoonist
 

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Dick Tracy's Dilemma -- Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand. The Dick Tracy Show: Season 1: Episode 18 -- The Elephant Caper/ Baggage Car Bandits/ The Vile Inn Case/ The Platterpuss Plot/ Small Time Crooks Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome -- Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Creator of comic strip "Dick Tracy." See more »

Trademark:

Famous for depicting extremely violent adventures featuring grotesquely ugly villians in his comic strip. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio