Classic Jonny Quest: Behind the Scenes

This is a look at what we could discover regarding the supremely talented group of people that labored hard and long to produce the groundbreaking show known as Jonny Quest. Many of these people had worked in the animation industry for years; others "cut their teeth" making this show. One thing we know for sure: without their efforts, Jonny Quest would not have been the same. We here at ClassicJQ.com think it's high time these people get at least some of the recognition and credit they deserve.

NOTE: We will be building up the information on this page as we are able to discover more about each person listed here, and about the roles they played.

The Special Case of Doug Wildey

Doug's involvement in the show from the beginning is well-known, the stuff of legend. He's widely acknowledged as the creator of the key concepts and look of the show, taking it from its initial conceptual birth as a Jack Armstrong: All American Boy franchise (ultimately abandoned not for technical reasons, but for legal ones) to the realized Jonny Quest. His role in the show's crew as recorded in the episode credits ranges from receiving no credit at all for one episode (for reasons unknown) to credit as Supervising Art Director for several episodes (sometimes with a plain text credit, other times with Doug's stylized signature) to simply the phrase Based on an idea created by followed by Doug's unique stylized signature. He also provided several story ideas. For details on Doug's contributions to Jonny Quest and more, follow this link.

Here are the episode credit details for Doug:

No Credit Listed

Pursuit of the Po-Ho

Supervising Art Director

The Mystery of the Lizard Men
Arctic Splashdown
The Curse of Anubis
Riddle of the Gold
Treasure of the Temple
Calcutta Adventure

Based on an idea created by

The Robot Spy
Double Danger
Shadow of the Condor
Skull and Double Crossbones
The Dreadful Doll
A Small Matter of Pygmies
Dragons of Ashida
Turu the Terrible
The Fraudulent Volcano
Werewolf of the Timberland
Pirates from Below
Attack of the Tree People
The Invisible Monster
The Devil's Tower
The Quetong Missile Mystery
The House of Seven Gargoyles
Terror Island
Monster in the Monastery
The Sea Haunt

See the tables below for additional contributions by Doug.

The names recorded in the following table are grouped by credit type (writers, animators, layout, etc.) in the order generally found within the episode credits. Within each grouping, names are presented alphabetically. Episode links lead to corresponding individual episode credits pages.

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Writers

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Joseph Barbera		The Mystery of the Lizard Men
Walter Black		Arctic Splashdown (Teleplay) The Curse of Anubis Treasure of the Temple (Teleplay) Skull and Double Crossbones Dragons of Ashida Pirates from Below (Teleplay) Attack of the Tree People
Alan Dinehart		Riddle of the Gold Terror Island (Teleplay)
Herbert Finn		Riddle of the Gold Terror Island (Teleplay)
William D. Hamilton		Pursuit of the Po-Ho The Robot Spy The Dreadful Doll (Teleplay) A Small Matter of Pygmies (Teleplay) Turu the Terrible The Fraudulent Volcano Werewolf of the Timberland The Invisible Monster The Devil's Tower The Quetong Missile Mystery
William Hanna		The Mystery of the Lizard Men
Charles Hoffman		Shadow of the Condor (Teleplay) The House of Seven Gargoyles Monster in the Monastery (Teleplay) The Sea Haunt (Teleplay)
Joanna Lee		Calcutta Adventure (Teleplay) Double Danger
Alex Lovy		The Mystery of the Lizard Men
Doug Wildey	more details here .	The Mystery of the Lizard Men Terror Island (Story)

Story Direction

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Dan Gordon		The Robot Spy Turu the Terrible The Invisible Monster
Alex Lovy		The Mystery of the Lizard Men Calcutta Adventure Skull and Double Crossbones The Sea Haunt
Lewis Marshall		Arctic Splashdown The Curse of Anubis Treasure of the Temple A Small Matter of Pygmies Dragons of Ashida Werewolf of the Timberland Pirates from Below The House of Seven Gargoyles Monster in the Monastery
Kim Platt		The Fraudulent Volcano The Quetong Missile Mystery
Paul Sommer		Pursuit of the Po-Ho Riddle of the Gold Double Danger Shadow of the Condor The Dreadful Doll Attack of the Tree People The Devil's Tower Terror Island

Story Supervision

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Arthur Pierson		All episodes

Musical Direction

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Hoyt Curtin	Hoyt's contributions qualify him as another special member of the team; for more, please follow this link.	All episodes

Animation

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Edwin Aardal		The Mystery of the Lizard Men Pursuit of the Po-Ho Riddle of the Gold Treasure of the Temple Skull and Double Crossbones The Fraudulent Volcano The Devil's Tower The Sea Haunt
O.E. (Lefty) Callahan		Shadow of the Condor Turu the Terrible Attack of the Tree People The House of Seven Gargoyles Monster in the Monastery
Hugh Fraser		The Mystery of the Lizard Men Pursuit of the Po-Ho Riddle of the Gold Double Danger Turu the Terrible Pirates from Below Attack of the Tree People The House of Seven Gargoyles Monster in the Monastery
George Goepper		Arctic Splashdown The Curse of Anubis The Dreadful Doll Werewolf of the Timberland Pirates from Below The Quetong Missile Mystery
Chuck Harriton		The Robot Spy Dragons of Ashida The Invisible Monster Terror Island
Bill Kiel		Arctic Splashdown The Curse of Anubis
Anatole Kirsanoff		Calcutta Adventure The Robot Spy The Dreadful Doll A Small Matter of Pygmies Dragons of Ashida The Invisible Monster Terror Island
Jerry Mathcock		Treasure of the Temple Calcutta Adventure Skull and Double Crossbones The Fraudulent Volcano The Devil's Tower The Sea Haunt
George Nicholas		Arctic Splashdown The Curse of Anubis Shadow of the Condor Dragons of Ashida The Invisible Monster Terror Island
Jack Ozark		The Robot Spy A Small Matter of Pygmies The Invisible Monster The House of Seven Gargoyles Monster in the Monastery
Ed Parks		The Mystery of the Lizard Men Treasure of the Temple The Dreadful Doll Werewolf of the Timberland Pirates from Below The Quetong Missile Mystery
Jack Parr		Pursuit of the Po-Ho Skull and Double Crossbones The Fraudulent Volcano The Devil's Tower The Sea Haunt
Don Patterson		Calcutta Adventure The Robot Spy A Small Matter of Pygmies Attack of the Tree People The House of Seven Gargoyles Monster in the Monastery
Don Schloat		Treasure of the Temple Skull and Double Crossbones The Fraudulent Volcano The Devil's Tower The Sea Haunt
Ken Southworth		Riddle of the Gold The Dreadful Doll Dragons of Ashida Werewolf of the Timberland Pirates from Below Attack of the Tree People The Quetong Missile Mystery
John Sparey		Werewolf of the Timberland Pirates from Below The Quetong Missile Mystery
Irv Spense		Arctic Splashdown The Curse of Anubis Shadow of the Condor Turu the Terrible
Harvey Toombs		The Mystery of the Lizard Men Pursuit of the Po-Ho The Robot Spy Double Danger A Small Matter of Pygmies Attack of the Tree People The House of Seven Gargoyles
Carlo Vinci		Riddle of the Gold Calcutta Adventure Double Danger Turu the Terrible Pirates from Below The Quetong Missile Mystery

Animation Direction

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Charles A. Nichols		All episodes

Animation Supervision

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Irv Spence		Treasure of the Temple Calcutta Adventure The Robot Spy Double Danger Skull and Double Crossbones The Dreadful Doll A Small Matter of Pygmies Dragons of Ashida Turu the Terrible The Fraudulent Volcano Werewolf of the Timberland Pirates from Below Attack of the Tree People The Invisible Monster The Devil's Tower The Quetong Missile Mystery The House of Seven Gargoyles Monster in the Monastery The Sea Haunt

Layout

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Dick Bickenbach	Dick is credited by many sources as the designer of Bandit.	Arctic Splashdown The Curse of Anubis Treasure of the Temple A Small Matter of Pygmies The Fraudulent Volcano Terror Island
Bruce Bushman		Pursuit of the Po-Ho Shadow of the Condor The Quetong Missile Mystery
Walt Clinton		Pursuit of the Po-Ho Riddle of the Gold Double Danger The Dreadful Doll Werewolf of the Timberland The Devil's Tower The Sea Haunt
Jerry Eisenberg		Turu the Terrible Pirates from Below The House of Seven Gargoyles
Moe Gollub		Arctic Splashdown The Curse of Anubis Treasure of the Temple A Small Matter of Pygmies The Fraudulent Volcano Terror Island
C. L. Hartman		The Robot Spy Double Danger Shadow of the Condor Werewolf of the Timberland Attack of the Tree People The Devil's Tower The Sea Haunt
Alex Ignatiev		Pursuit of the Po-Ho Treasure of the Temple Double Danger A Small Matter of Pygmies Pirates from Below
Z. T. Jablecki		The Robot Spy Double Danger Skull and Double Crossbones A Small Matter of Pygmies The Fraudulent Volcano Attack of the Tree People The Quetong Missile Mystery
Mel Keefer		Riddle of the Gold Skull and Double Crossbones Pirates from Below
Ken Landau		The Dreadful Doll
Bill Ligmante		Pirates from Below
Hi Mankin		Riddle of the Gold Skull and Double Crossbones Attack of the Tree People The Quetong Missile Mystery
Earl Martin		The Robot Spy
Sparkey Moore		The Dreadful Doll Turu the Terrible Attack of the Tree People The House of Seven Gargoyles The Sea Haunt
Ernest Nordli		Monster in the Monastery
Joe O'Malley		Skull and Double Crossbones The Fraudulent Volcano Terror Island
Lewis Ott		Turu the Terrible The Quetong Missile Mystery The House of Seven Gargoyles
Bill Perez		Calcutta Adventure The Robot Spy Dragons of Ashida The Invisible Monster Monster in the Monastery
Noel Quinn		Riddle of the Gold Werewolf of the Timberland The Devil's Tower
Tony Sgroi		The Mystery of the Lizard Men Calcutta Adventure The Robot Spy Dragons of Ashida The Invisible Monster Monster in the Monastery
Bob Singer		Terror Island
Iwao Takamoto		Turu the Terrible The House of Seven Gargoyles
Alex Toth		The Quetong Missile Mystery
Warren Tufts		Shadow of the Condor Werewolf of the Timberland The Devil's Tower The Sea Haunt
Jim Tutwiler		The Robot Spy
Doug Wildey	more details here.	The Mystery of the Lizard Men

Backgrounds

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Fernando Arce		Skull and Double Crossbones The Dreadful Doll Werewolf of the Timberland The Devil's Tower Monster in the Monastery
Lee Branscome		The Dreadful Doll The Fraudulent Volcano Pirates from Below
Janet Brown		The Quetong Missile Mystery
Robert Caples		Double Danger Skull and Double Crossbones The Devil's Tower
Ron Dias		Riddle of the Gold Double Danger Skull and Double Crossbones The Dreadful Doll The Quetong Missile Mystery
Martin Forte		Double Danger
Robert Gentle		Pursuit of the Po-Ho The Robot Spy Skull and Double Crossbones A Small Matter of Pygmies The Fraudulent Volcano The Invisible Monster The Quetong Missile Mystery Terror Island
Paul Julian		Dragons of Ashida The Invisible Monster
M. Mike Kawaguchi		Pursuit of the Po-Ho Double Danger A Small Matter of Pygmies Werewolf of the Timberland Terror Island
Richard Kwim		Double Danger
Tom O'Loughlin		The Curse of Anubis
Rob Lowe		The Devil's Tower
F. Montealegre		Riddle of the Gold Calcutta Adventure The Robot Spy Double Danger Skull and Double Crossbones The Dreadful Doll A Small Matter of Pygmies The Fraudulent Volcano Werewolf of the Timberland Pirates from Below The Invisible Monster The Devil's Tower Terror Island Monster in the Monastery
Harvard Pennington		The Curse of Anubis Riddle of the Gold The Robot Spy A Small Matter of Pygmies The Fraudulent Volcano Pirates from Below
Anthony Rizzo		Terror Island Monster in the Monastery
Bob Singer		The Invisible Monster
Leo Swenson		Pursuit of the Po-Ho The Robot Spy
Richard N. Thomas		The Mystery of the Lizard Men Arctic Splashdown Treasure of the Temple Calcutta Adventure Shadow of the Condor Turu the Terrible Attack of the Tree People The House of Seven Gargoyles The Sea Haunt
Peter Van Elk		The Robot Spy Werewolf of the Timberland Pirates from Below The Quetong Missile Mystery Monster in the Monastery

Production Supervision

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Howard Hanson		All epsiodes

Technical Supervision

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Frank Paiker		All epsiodes

Ink & Paint Supervision

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Roberta Greutert		All epsiodes

Continuity

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Ted C. Bemiller		The Fraudulent Volcano
Woody Chatwood		Turu the Terrible The House of Seven Gargoyles The Sea Haunt
Christine Decker		Double Danger The Dreadful Doll
Marceil Ferguson		The Mystery of the Lizard Men Pursuit of the Po-Ho Riddle of the Gold Shadow of the Condor Werewolf of the Timberland Attack of the Tree People Terror Island
Joyce Gard		A Small Matter of Pygmies Pirates from Below The Sea Haunt
Jan Gusdavison		The Curse of Anubis Calcutta Adventure The Robot Spy The House of Seven Gargoyles
Annie Lee Holm		Arctic Splashdown Treasure of the Temple Skull and Double Crossbones Dragons of Ashida The Invisible Monster Monster in the Monastery
Elizabeth McGowen		Double Danger The Dreadful Doll Werewolf of the Timberland Attack of the Tree People Terror Island
Myke Nelson		The Curse of Anubis Calcutta Adventure The Robot Spy Turu the Terrible
Joan Orbison		The Quetong Missile Mystery
Jane Philippi		Arctic Splashdown Treasure of the Temple Skull and Double Crossbones Dragons of Ashida The Invisible Monster
Maggi Raymond		The Fraudulent Volcano The Devil's Tower
Evelyn Sherwood		The Mystery of the Lizard Men Pursuit of the Po-Ho Riddle of the Gold Shadow of the Condor The Devil's Tower Monster in the Monastery
Natalie Yates		A Small Matter of Pygmies Pirates from Below The Quetong Missile Mystery

Camera

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Eugene Borghi		All episodes
Bob Collis		All episodes
Charles Flekal		All episodes
Norman Stainback		All episodes
Roy Wade		All episodes

Film Editing

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Larry Cowan		Calcutta Adventure
Donald A. Douglas		The Robot Spy Skull and Double Crossbones Dragons of Ashida Werewolf of the Timberland The Invisible Monster The House of Seven Gargoyles
Warner Leighton		The Mystery of the Lizard Men Arctic Splashdown The Curse of Anubis Riddle of the Gold Calcutta Adventure The Sea Haunt
Ken Spears		Treasure of the Temple Calcutta Adventure Double Danger The Dreadful Doll Turu the Terrible Pirates from Below The Devil's Tower Terror Island
Ed Warschilka		Pursuit of the Po-Ho Calcutta Adventure Shadow of the Condor A Small Matter of Pygmies The Fraudulent Volcano Attack of the Tree People The Quetong Missile Mystery Monster in the Monastery

Sound Direction

Name	Information	Episode contributions
Buddy Myers		All episodes

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