"Jonny Quest" (1964) TV series 1964-1965

Creator:

Doug Wildey
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Seasons:

1

Release Date:

18 September 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Quest family and their bodyguard investigate strange phenomena and battle villains around the world.

Plot Keywords:

Scientist | Family Relationships | Jonny Quest | Surrealism | Future

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Mike Road	...	Roger T. 'Race' Bannon / ... (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Tim Matheson	...	Jonny Quest (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Don Messick	...	Bandit / ... (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Danny Bravo	...	Hadji (25 episodes, 1964-1965)
Henry Corden	...	Ship Captain / ... (15 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Directed by
Joseph Barbera		(26 episodes, 1964-1965)
William Hanna		(26 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Writing credits
Doug Wildey		(26 episodes, 1964-1965)
William Hamilton		(10 episodes, 1964-1965)
Walter Black		(7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Charles Hoffman		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Alan Dinehart		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Herbert Finn		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Joanna Lee		(2 episodes, 1964)

Series Produced by
Joseph Barbera	....	producer (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
William Hanna	....	producer (26 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Film Editing by
Ken Spears		(8 episodes, 1964-1965)
Edward Warschilka		(8 episodes, 1964-1965)
Donald Douglas		(7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Warner E. Leighton		(5 episodes, 1964)

Series Production Management
Howard Hanson	....	production supervisor (26 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Art Department
Doug Wildey	....	supervising art director (6 episodes, 1964)

Series Sound Department
Buddy Myers	....	sound director / sound supervisor (25 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Gene Borghi	....	camera operator (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bob Collis	....	camera operator (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Charles Flekal	....	camera operator (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Norman Stainback	....	camera operator (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Roy Wade	....	camera operator (26 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Animation Department
Roberta Greutert	....	ink and paint supervisor (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Charles A. Nichols	....	animation director (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Irven Spence	....	animation supervisor / animator (23 episodes, 1964-1965)
Fernando Montealegre	....	background artist (14 episodes, 1964-1965)
Hugh Fraser	....	animator (9 episodes, 1964-1965)
Richard H. Thomas	....	background artist (9 episodes, 1964-1965)
Edwin Aardal	....	animator (8 episodes, 1964-1965)
Robert Gentle	....	background artist (8 episodes, 1964-1965)
Walt Clinton	....	layout artist (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
C.L. Hartman	....	layout artist (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Zygamond Jablecki	....	layout artist (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Anatole Kirsanoff	....	animator (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ken Southworth	....	animator (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Harvey Toombs	....	animator (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Richard Bickenbach	....	layout artist (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
George Goepper	....	animator (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Moe Gollub	....	layout artist (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jerry Hathcock	....	animator (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
George Nicholas	....	animator (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ed Parks	....	animator (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Don Patterson	....	animator (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Harvard Pennington	....	background artist (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Tony Sgroi	....	layout artist (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Carlo Vinci	....	animator (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Fernando Arce	....	background artist (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Oliver Callahan	....	animator (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ron Dias	....	background artist (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Alex Ignatiev	....	layout artist (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Mike Kawaguchi	....	background artist (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Sparky Moore	....	layout artist (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jack Ozark	....	animator (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jack Parr	....	animator (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bill Perez	....	layout artist (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Don Schloat	....	animator (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Peter Van Elk	....	background artist (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Chuck Harriton	....	animator (4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Hi Mankin	....	layout artist (4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Warren Tufts	....	layout artist (4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Lee Branscome	....	background artist (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bruce Bushman	....	layout artist (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Robert Caples	....	background artist (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jerry Eisenberg	....	layout artist (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Mel Keefer	....	layout artist (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Joe O'Malley	....	layout artist (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Lew Ott	....	layout artist (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Noel Quinn	....	layout artist (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
John Sparey	....	animator (3 episodes, 1965)
Paul Julian	....	background artist (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Iwao Takamoto	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bill Keil	....	animator (2 episodes, 1964)
Leo Swenson	....	background artist (2 episodes, 1964)
Anthony Rizzo	....	background artist (2 episodes, 1965)
Bob Singer	....	background artist / layout artist (2 episodes, 1965)

Series Music Department
Hoyt Curtin	....	musical director (26 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Other crew
Frank Paiker	....	technical supervisor (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Arthur Pierson	....	story supervisor (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Lewis Marshall	....	story director (9 episodes, 1964-1965)
Paul Sommer	....	story director (8 episodes, 1964-1965)
Marceil Ferguson	....	continuity (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Annie Lee Holm	....	continuity (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Evelyn Sherwood	....	continuity (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Betty MacGowen	....	continuity (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jane Philippi	....	continuity (5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jan Gusdavison	....	continuity (4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Alex Lovy	....	story director (4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Myke Nelson	....	continuity (4 episodes, 1964)
Woody Chatwood	....	continuity (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Joyce Gard	....	continuity (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Natalie Shirpser	....	continuity (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Dan Gordon	....	story director (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Kin Platt	....	story director (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Maggi Raymond	....	continuity (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Christine Decker	....	continuity (2 episodes, 1964)

Production Companies

• Hanna-Barbera Productions
• Screen Gems Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1964-1965) (USA) (TV)
• Boomerang (Brazil) (TV)
• DFS Program Exchange
• Telepictures Distribution
• Turner Program Services (TPS)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
• Worldvision Enterprises

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min (26 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Trivia:

Roger T. "Race" Bannon's look was based on that of Jeff Chandler.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Freakazoid!: Five Day Forecast/Dance of Doom/Hand Man (#1.1)" (1995)

You know a cartoon is great when you're still excited about it 30 years later!

There are very few pieces of Animation that I will remember for the rest of my life....and when I have children, will want to sit them down and say, "This is what animation is all about." Many of them came from the minds of Hanna-Barbera, and were "age appropriate": such as The Flintsones, The Jetsons, Quick Draw McGraw, Yogi Bear, etc. Others VERY dear to my heart were straight from Japan such as "Astro-Boy", "Marine Boy", "Prince Planet" among others. But this one..this is the one that stole my little girl heart, and these were the first tv "guys" I ever developed my first crush on.

No, Not Jonny. Dr. Benton Quest and Race Bannon. When you're three/ four years old, many folks say: "Ah, they wont remember a thing at that age." Oh yeah, I remember.

Race Bannon was it! I swore when I grew up, I was going to find a man similar to "Race Bannon". He was cool, swave, strong, smart, and oh, so sexy. Dr. Benton Quest, was - the genius. He was the quiet/sensitive type, smart, a work-a-holic and WANTED for his brain. Whatever happened to his wife...I didn't CARE!

For that time, this cartoon was of a higher calibre than "let's just entertain the kiddies with colorful images." This had action, adventure and a little boy close to our age we could relate to. Adding Hadji was a stroke of smartness as well, here was a character in a cartoon from a background...no one else brought to the screen (Quick, tell me how many Indians from India are cast in Hollywood mainstream films? Cartoons? Commercials?) Of course by today's standards Haji might be a bit dry, but it was interesting to watch Jonny and Hadji interact.

Jonny Quest was NOT your run of the mill cartoon from that era. And to be perfectly honest..the opening and closing music and montage scenes were to die for, made me excited about the series just as much as the series itself. Cartoons today wont go through that much production. ("The Simpsons" being the exception!)

I recommend this 60's series highly to those who want to see the early Hanna-Barbera animation of action-adventure, done with pretty decent scripts that never talked down to its audience, even parents enjoyed this one. Smart, fun, sexy. See all of the installments if you can. Don't go to the 80's/90's ones, this is the set to get!