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Jonathan Q. "Jon" Arbuckle [6] is a fictional character from the Garfield comic strip by Jim Davis. He also appears in the animated television series Garfield and Friends and The Garfield Show, two live-action/animated feature films, and four fully animated films. Jon is the owner of Garfield, whom he is frequently yet unknowingly mocked by ...
Arbuckle's house, part of the Clinton Hill Historic District in Brooklyn. Arbuckle married Mary Alice Kerr, daughter of William Herr, the former mayor of Pittsburgh. They married in Pittsburgh in 1868. His wife died in 1897. [1] [4] Arbuckle suffered from malaria later in life and died on March 27, 1912, at his house in Brooklyn.
Jon's unnamed father who runs the Arbuckle farm with Jon's mother. He is based on Jim Davis' own father. In The Garfield Show, he is voiced by Frank Welker. [23] He most commonly appears when Jon, Garfield, and Odie visit Jon's childhood home/the Arbuckle family's farm.
Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis.Originally published locally as Jon in 1976 (later changed to Garfield in 1977), then in nationwide syndication from 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, and their owner Jon Arbuckle.
Davis's childhood on a farm parallels the life of Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, who was also raised on a farm with his parents and a brother, Doc Boy. Jon is a cartoonist, who also celebrates his birthday on July 28. Davis attended Ball State University where he studied art and business, and one of his fellow students was David Letterman.
There were three trials and finally, Arbuckle was acquitted, but his career was destroyed and he received few job offers. Durfee and Arbuckle divorced in 1925. Durfee in her later years said Arbuckle was "the most generous human being I've ever met", and "if I had to do it all over again, I'd still marry the same man."
He played Jon Arbuckle in the live-action Garfield movies. He also voiced teen Joseph Gribble in King of the Hill (2000–2010) and starred as Jared Franklin in Franklin & Bash (2011–2014). His work on the stop-motion animated sketch show Robot Chicken has earned him two Annie Awards and five Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Garfield lives with dog Odie and owner Jon Arbuckle in a world inhabited by comic/cartoon characters. Garfield and the gang work at the Comic Studios with other comic strip characters, such as his girlfriend Arlene, frenemy Nermal, Billy Bear, Randy Rabbit, & inventor Wally Stegman & his wife, Bonita, where the comics are made in their world and sent to the real world where it's made in books ...