# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walt-kelly
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:42:59.081Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walt-kelly"
name: "Walt Kelly"
slug: "walt-kelly"
description: "Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo. He began his animation career in 1936 at Walt Disney Productions, contributing to Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Dumbo. In 1941, at the age of 28, Kelly transferred to work at Dell Comics, where he created Pogo, which eventually became his platform for political and philosophical commentary."
tagline: "American cartoonist (1913-1973)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Walt_kelly.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1913-08-25"
deathDate: "1973-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump