"The Hardy Boys" (1969) TV series 1969-1971

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Hal Sutherland

Writers:

Eric Blair (writer) (1969)
H.F. Mauberly (writer) (1969)
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Release Date:

6 September 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Mystery

Plot Keywords:

Hardy Boys | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Byron Kane	...	Frank Hardy / Fenton Hardy / Peter Jones (voice)
Dal McKennon	...	Joe Hardy / Chubby Morton (voice)
Jane Webb	...	Wanda Kay Breckenridge / Aunt Gertrude (voice)

Directed by
Hal Sutherland

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eric Blair		writer (1969)
H.F. Mauberly		writer (1969)
David Melmuth		writer (1969) (as David Melmoth)
Ken Sobol		writer (1969)
Edward Stratemeyer		novels (as Franklin W. Dixon)

Produced by
Norm Prescott	....	producer
Lou Scheimer	....	producer

Original Music by
Ray Ellis		(1969) (as Marc Ellis)

Art Direction by
Don Christensen		(1969)

Production Management
Rock Benedetto	....	production manager (1969) (as Rock Benedict)

Art Department
Oscar Dufau	....	storyboard artist (1969)
Mike Hazy	....	key art assistant (1969) (as Mike Hazey)
Sherman Labby	....	storyboard artist (1969)

Sound Department
Dan Finnerty	....	sound effects (1969)
Sam Horta	....	sound effects (1969)
George Mahana	....	sound effects (1969)

Camera and Electrical Department
Roger Brown	....	camera supervisor (1969)
Ron Lapeer	....	camera operator (1969) (as Ron LaPeer)
Ray Lee	....	camera supervisor (1969)
Roger Sims	....	camera operator (1969)

Animation Department
Virgilio Arce	....	background artist (1969)
Betty Brooks	....	ink and paint supervisor (1969)
Sheila Brown	....	background artist (1969)
James Brummett	....	animator (1969) (as Jim Brummett)
Martha Buckley	....	ink and paint supervisor (1969)
Frank Carr	....	animator (1969)
George Dane	....	animator (1969) (as G. Jorgensen)
Butch Davis	....	animator (1969)
Clark Davis	....	animator (1969)
Venetia Epler	....	background artist (1969)
Otto Feuer	....	animator (1969)
Martin Forte	....	background artist (1969)
Jack Foster	....	animator (1969)
Ed Friedman	....	animator (1969)
Fred Grable	....	animator (1969)
Ann Guenther	....	background artist (1969) (as Ann Gunther)
Dick Hall	....	animator (1969)
Laverne Harding	....	animator (1969)
Maurice Harvey	....	background artist (1969)
Herb Hazelton	....	layout artist (1969)
Jack Healey	....	background artist (1969)
Marilee Heyer	....	layout artist (1969)
Jim Jones	....	background artist (1969)
Les Kaluza	....	animator (1969)
Ervin L. Kaplan	....	background director (1969) (as Erv Kaplan)
Mel Keefer	....	layout artist (1969)
Pat Keppler	....	background artist (1969) (as Pat Frye)
George Kreisl	....	animator (1969)
Paul Krukowski	....	animator (1969) (as P. Krukowski)
Marsh Lamore	....	animator (1969) (as Marshall La More)
Barbara Leighton	....	ink and paint supervisor (1969)
Phil Lewis	....	background artist (1969)
Bill Loudenslager	....	background artist (1969)
Carol Lundberg	....	layout artist (1969) (as Carol Marshall)
Michael O'Connor	....	animator (1969) (as Michael O'Conner)
Jack Ozark	....	animator (1969)
Rod Parkes	....	animator (1969)
Ralph Penn	....	background artist (1969)
Jane Philippi	....	checking supervisor (1969)
Bernard Posner	....	animator (1969)
Bill Pratt	....	animator (1969)
Virgil Raddatz	....	animator (1969)
Len Redman	....	animator (1969) (as Lenn Redman)
John Remmel	....	ink and paint supervisor (1969)
Royal Rohrdanz	....	ink and paint supervisor (1969)
Virgil Ross	....	animator (1969)
Louise Sandoval	....	animator (1969)
Larry Silverman	....	animator (1969)
Barbara Smith	....	background artist (1969)
Ralph Somerville	....	animator (1969)
Emerson Terry	....	background artist (1969)
Reuben Timmins	....	animator (1969)
Marion Turk	....	checking supervisor (1969)
Ray Vinella	....	layout artist (1969)
Paul Xander	....	background artist (1969)

Editorial Department
Jim Blodgett	....	editorial (1969)
Joseph Simon	....	editorial (1969)

Music Department
Jim Golden	....	music producer: songs (1969)
Bill Traut	....	music producer: songs (1969)

Other crew
June Gilham	....	film coordinator (1969)
Anatole Kirsanoff	....	senior director (1969)
Bill Reed	....	associate director (1969)
Don Towsley	....	associate director (1969)

Production Companies

• Filmation Associates

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Other Companies

• Technicolor  prints by

Runtime:

30 min (34 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Filmation Associates

Trivia:

The first animated series to feature a regular African-American character.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in It's a Haunted Happenin'! (2002) (V)

The GROOVIEST CARTOON SHOW IN HISTORY

My tag line says it ALL. This 1969 carton show is THE GROOVIEST cartoon show in all of history. It takes the characters of Frank and Joe Hardy and makes them rock stars AND as they are in the Hardy Boys books amateur detectives and mystery solvers. You have to see this show to believe it. The drawings are SO dated. The guys all have platform shoes, pink ties, and very trendy suits that make Fred from Scooby-doo look like a conservative dresser by comparison! On top of the clothes and character design, you get a very psychadelic music video in every adventure. Also the guys drive a vintage Rolls Royce that has been MOD-ified. The boys even have as part of the group a hip chick groupie named Wanda-Kay, a total ditz. The opening and closing credits of the show feature live action look-a-likes on a stage performing their rock Hardy Boys theme song. If you look close there is a shot of the actors from the back and you can see there is no audience.. just an empty sound stage they are playing too.

Overall the show is a lot of fun, very fast paced and SUPER GROOVY MAN!