"Davey and Goliath" (1960) TV series 1960-1977

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | unknown

Release Date:

1960 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

In this stop-action animated series, young Davey Hansen and his best friend (and dog) Goliath live ordianry suburban American lives...

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Christian | Surrealism | Morality | Stop Motion Animation

Cast

Hal Smith	...	Goliath / ... (51 episodes, 1961-1975)
Dick Beals	...	David 'Davey' Hansen (39 episodes, 1961-1964)
Nancy Wible	...	Sally Hansen / ... (28 episodes, 1963-1968)

Series Directed by
Art Clokey		(40 episodes, 1961-1967)
Raymond Peck		(11 episodes, 1967-1975)

Series Writing credits
Nancy Moore		(37 episodes, 1961-1975)
Art Clokey		(4 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Produced by
Art Clokey	....	producer (8 episodes, 1961-1968)
Ruth Clokey	....	executive producer (4 episodes, 1972-1975)

Series Original Music by
Douglas M. Lackey		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Cinematography by
Wady Medawar		(15 episodes, 1962-1964)

Series Film Editing by
Woodward Smith		(39 episodes, 1961-1964)
Don McIntosh		(26 episodes, 1962-1971)
Patricia Peck		(7 episodes, 1972-1975)

Series Art Direction by
Erwin Lee		(13 episodes, 1964)
Gary Balkwill		(3 episodes, 1972)

Series Production Management
Wady Medawar	....	director of production (13 episodes, 1964)
John Groves	....	unit manager (2 episodes, 1962)

Series Art Department
John Groves	....	artist (24 episodes, 1961-1963)
Jerry Campbell	....	artist (21 episodes, 1962-1963)
Melvin Wood	....	artist (21 episodes, 1962-1963)
Jean Mainferm	....	artist (13 episodes, 1961-1962)
Robert Glover	....	artist (13 episodes, 1963)
Clayton Conklin	....	sets and props (13 episodes, 1964)
Rick Thompson	....	sets and props (13 episodes, 1964)
Joe Roman	....	artist (5 episodes, 1961)
Ken Shutt	....	artist (5 episodes, 1961)
Rick Baker	....	artist (3 episodes, 1971)
Bill Michaels	....	artist (2 episodes, 1962)
Edward De La Cruz	....	artist (2 episodes, 1971)
James E. Drake	....	artist (2 episodes, 1971)

Series Special Effects by
Rob Maine	....	armature and puppet maker (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Don McIntosh	....	lighting (2 episodes, 1971)
Rob Maine	....	animation camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Pete Kleinow	....	animator / chief animator (42 episodes, 1962-1972)
Raymond Peck	....	animator (36 episodes, 1962-1975)
Robert Keesee	....	animator / chief animator (31 episodes, 1963-1972)
Wady Medawar	....	animator (19 episodes, 1962-1963)
Bob Danuser	....	animator (13 episodes, 1961-1962)
Gary Thomas	....	animator (13 episodes, 1964)
Orn Hardarson	....	animator (8 episodes, 1962)
Nick Kurdoglu	....	animator (8 episodes, 1962)
James Sloan	....	animator (8 episodes, 1964)
Doug Beswick	....	chief animator / animator (8 episodes, 1967-1975)
Harry Walton	....	animator (7 episodes, 1971-1972)
J.J. Berthelot	....	animator (5 episodes, 1961)
Nick Clapp	....	animator (5 episodes, 1961)
Pierre d'Hoste	....	animator (5 episodes, 1961)
Jim Danforth	....	animator (5 episodes, 1961)
Russ Harling	....	animator (5 episodes, 1961)
Dick Kendall	....	animator (5 episodes, 1961)
Peter Dakis	....	animator (5 episodes, 1964)
Terry Smith	....	animator (5 episodes, 1972)
Ken Southworth	....	animator (4 episodes, 1972)
Norman Raleigh	....	animator (3 episodes, 1967-1971)
Gary Balkwill	....	animator (3 episodes, 1971)

Series Editorial Department
Don McIntosh	....	assistant editor (13 episodes, 1964)

Series Music Department
Patricia Peck	....	music editor (10 episodes, 1971-1975)
John Seely	....	stock music director (3 episodes, 1961-1963)

Series Other crew
John Groves	....	studio manager (13 episodes, 1964)
Tim Frawley	....	production (2 episodes, 1972)

Production Companies

• Clokey Productions
• Lutheran Church in America, The

Distributors

• Image Entertainment (video)
• Lutheran Church in America, The
• Smile of a Child TV (2006) (USA) (TV)
• Starlight Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) (2006) (USA) (TV)
• VCI Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Screen Time Images  audio restoration
• Screen Time Images  film restoration
• Screen Time Images  film transfer

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:15 min (65 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Company:

Clokey Productions

Trivia:

In 1959, the United Lutheran Church (forerunner of the Lutheran Church in American and the Evangelical Lutheran Church) contracted with Clokey Productions to produce the series.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Goliath:I don't know, Davey...

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dead Man Walking (1995)

Soundtrack:

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott)

OK...So I AM a Conservative I guess...

What great memories! In the DFW Metroplex, kids got to watch this show on "The Children's Hour", a Sunday morning entertainment/educational show that ran just before Oral Roberts weekly proclamation that "something good is going to happen to you!".Davey & Goliath was a Lutheran church based show with heavy religious and moral overtones, but it never came across as heavy handed as did "Jot", the other long running series featured on the Children's Hour. The show featured a young boy, Davey Hansen, his dog Goliath, his family & friends and the everyday moral choices young people face, as well as the consequences of those choices, right or wrong. It's been well noted

by other reviewers that this kind of show would never fly in todays ultra PC "don't offend anybody" world, and I find that unfortunate. Regardless of your religious beliefs,this show preached a higher standing of morality and common courtesy toward your fellow man that I find sorely lacking in todays world. No matter if you're Christian, Muslim, Buddist, Atheist or whatever, the values of responsibility and consequences for you own actions, love of your neighbor and moral awareness that this show emphasized are values we could all benefit from. I do find it humorous that the moral sounding board and conscience for Davey, his dog Goliath, was voiced by the town drunk from the Andy Griffith show, Hal Smith. If you've never seen this show and have an opportunity, watch it if for no other reason than to get a pulse on what children's TV was like before "Cat Dog" and all the other mentally and spiritually bankrupt garbage our kids have to watch today.