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José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Melendez (November 15, 1916 – September 2, 2008) [1] [2] was an American animator, director, producer, and voice actor. Melendez is known for working on the Peanuts animated specials , as well as providing the voices of Snoopy and Woodstock .
List of Garfield television specials Title Original airing date Director Producer(s) Garfield Notes Here Comes Garfield: October 25, 1982 Phil Roman: Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez: Lorenzo Music: 1983 Emmy nominee. Garfield on the Town: October 28, 1983 1984 Emmy winner. Garfield in the Rough: October 26, 1984 Phil Roman 1985 Emmy winner.
Phil Roman, veteran alumnus of MGM Animation/Visual Arts and Bill Melendez Productions, founded Film Roman on October 26, 1984 as a means to continue the production of the Garfield television specials, since Melendez's own studio was unable to work on both the Peanuts and Garfield specials.
Here Comes Garfield is a 1982 animated television special based on the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis.It was the first half-hour Garfield TV special. It is directed by Phil Roman and features Lorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield the house cat, as well as the voices of Sandy Kenyon, Henry Corden and Gregg Berger.
In the 1970s, Roman directed several of the Peanuts animated specials produced at Bill Melendez' studio. In 1984, Roman founded his own animation studio, Film Roman , which produced the animation for the Garfield television specials .
“It's a testament to Charles Schulz, Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez, the three creators of a Charlie Brown Christmas,” she explains. “It truly was destination viewing for the entire U.S ...
Garfield on the Town is a 1983 animated television special, directed by Phil Roman and based on the Garfield comic strip by Jim Davis. It once again starred Lorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield (who also co-wrote the special with Davis), and also featured the voices of Thom Huge, Gregg Berger and Julie Payne .
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