# Gordon Hunt (director)

Gordon Edwynn Hunt (April 26, 1929 – December 17, 2016) was an American writer, director and actor who worked in television, film, theatre and voice work.
He directed such animated productions as The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Super Friends, The Richie Rich Show, The Smurfs, Pound Puppies, Tom & Jerry Kids, The Pirates of Dark Water, Droopy, Master Detective and The New Adventures of Captain Planet.

## Early life and career

Hunt was born on Friday, April 26, 1929, in Pasadena, California, the son of Helen F. (née Roberts; originally Rothenberg) and George Smith Hunt II, an industrial designer. He also had a younger half-brother, director and lighting designer Peter H. Hunt. His mother was from a German-Jewish family. His father was from Minnesota, and was a Mayflower descendant, of English origin.
He had been working as a freelance director in New York City before being hired to work at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, where he served as their casting director for ten years. He was then hired by Joseph Barbera to direct animated series at Hanna-Barbera. His first voice directing job was Partridge Family 2200 A.D. in 1974.
With a prestigious twenty-year career at Hanna-Barbera, Hunt was now prominent in the voiceover forum, where he was a freelance director for multiple animated productions and video games. As a voice actor, he voiced the character of Wally in the animated adaptation of the comic strip Dilbert. He has often worked alongside colleague voice directors Ginny McSwain, Andrea Romano, Kris Zimmerman and Jamie Thomason. McSwain, Romano and Zimmerman had studied under him as animation casting directors and learned the profession from Hunt before becoming voice directors themselves. Andrea Romano considers him to be her mentor, who makes actors feel so comfortable and relaxed that she said, "Nobody does not like Gordon".
He directed many television series, of which most were situation comedies. In 1996, he received the Directors Guild of America Award; "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series" for Mad About You's episode The Alan Brady Show. Hunt also voice directed multiple video games. Among the games he worked on are Pandemonium, the God of War series, Lair, Final Fantasy XIV, Blur, the Legacy of Kain series, and the Uncharted series. He also served as motion capture director on Uncharted: Golden Abyss.

## Personal life

He was the father of actress Helen Hunt from his marriage to photographer Jane Elizabeth Novis; they later divorced. He later married voice actress B.J. Ward in 1995, they remained married until Hunt's death in 2016.

## Death

Hunt died in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday, December 17, 2016, of complications from Parkinson's disease at the age of 87.

## Filmography
### Recording director

Animated television series :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1974 | ABC Afterschool Specials | Episode: "Cyrano" |
| 1974–1975 | Partridge Family 2200 A.D. | |
| 1974–1975 | These Are the Days | |
| 1975–1978 | The Great Grape Ape Show | |
| 1980 | The Flintstone Comedy Show | |
| 1980 | The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show | |
| 1980–1983 | The All New Popeye Hour | |
| 1981 | The Kwicky Koala Show | |
| 1980–1981 | The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang | |
| 1980–1982 | Super Friends | |
| 1980–1984 | The Richie Rich Show | |
| 1981–1982 | Laverne & Shirley in the Army | |
| 1981–1982 | Trollkins | |
| 1981–1982 | Space Stars | |
| 1981–1989 | The Smurfs | |
| 1982 | The Gary Coleman Show | |
| 1982–1983 | Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour | Recording director for Laverne & Shirley |
| 1982–1983 | The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour | |
| 1982–1983 | Pac-Man | |
| 1982–1984 | The Little Rascals | |
| 1982–1984 | Shirt Tales | |
| 1983 | The Dukes | |
| 1983 | Monchhichis | |
| 1983–1984 | The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show | |
| 1983–1984 | The Biskitts | |
| 1983–1984 | ABC Weekend Specials | 3 episodes |
| 1984–1985 | Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show | |
| 1984–1985 | Challenge of the GoBots | |
| 1984–1986 | Pink Panther and Sons | |
| 1984–1988 | Yogi's Treasure Hunt | |
| 1984–1989 | Snorks | |
| 1985 | The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible | |
| 1985 | Galtar and the Golden Lance | |
| 1985 | CBS Storybreak | 11 episodes |
| 1985 | The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo | |
| 1985–1986 | The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians | |
| 1985–1986 | Paw Paws | |
| 1985–1987 | The Jetsons | 1980s revival of the original show |
| 1986 | Wildfire | |
| 1986–1987 | The New Adventures of Jonny Quest | |
| 1986–1987 | Pound Puppies | |
| 1986–1988 | Foofur | |
| 1986–1988 | The Flintstone Kids | |
| 1987 | Sky Commanders | |
| 1987 | Popeye and Son | |
| 1988 | The New Yogi Bear Show | |
| 1988 | The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley | Recording Director for "Ed Grimley" and "Amazing Gustav Brothers" segments Casting Director for "Count Floyd" segment |
| 1988–1990 | Fantastic Max | |
| 1988–1991 | A Pup Named Scooby-Doo | |
| 1989–1990 | The Further Adventures of SuperTed | |
| 1989–1990 | Paddington Bear | |
| 1990 | Gravedale High | |
| 1990 | Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone | |
| 1990–1991 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures | |
| 1990–1991 | Wake, Rattle, and Roll | Animated segments only |
| 1990–1991 | The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda | |
| 1990–1991 | Timeless Tales from Hallmark | |
| 1990–1994 | Tom & Jerry Kids | |
| 1991 | Yo Yogi! | |
| 1991–1993 | The Pirates of Dark Water | |
| 1992 | Fish Police | |
| 1992–1993 | The Addams Family | |
| 1992–1995 | Capitol Critters | |
| 1993–1994 | Droopy, Master Detective | |
| 1993–1995 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | 33 episodes |

### Animated specials and films

Animated specials and films :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1982 | Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper | |
| 1983 | Lucky Luke: The Daltons on the Run | English Version |
| 1987 | The Little Troll Prince | |
| 1987 | The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones | |
| 1987 | Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers | |
| 1987 | Yogi's Great Escape | |
| 1987 | Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats | |
| 1987 | Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose | |
| 1987 | Rock Odyssey | |
| 1987 | 'Tis The Season to Be Smurfy | |
| 1988 | Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School | |
| 1988 | The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound | |
| 1988 | Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears | |
| 1988 | Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf | |
| 1988 | Daffy Duck's Quackbusters | |
| 1988 | Rockin' with Judy Jetson | |
| 1989 | Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration | |
| 1990 | The Yum Yums: The Day Things Went Sour | |
| 1990 | Jetsons: The Movie | |
| 1992 | Tom and Jerry: The Movie | |
| 1992 | Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream | |
| 1993 | I Yabba-Dabba Do! | |
| 1993 | Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby | |
| 1993 | Jonny's Golden Quest | |
| 1993 | Nick and Noel | |
| 1993 | The Halloween Tree | |
| 1993 | The Town Santa Forgot | |
| 1993 | A Flintstone Family Christmas | |

### Animated shorts

Animated specials and movies :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1987 | The Duxorcist | Daffy Duck cartoon |
| 1988 | The Night of the Living Duck | Daffy Duck cartoon |
| 1998 | Chicken Little | |

### Video games

Video games :
| Year | Title |
| 1996 | Pandemonium |
| 1996 | Blazing Dragons |
| 1999 | Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver |
| 2001 | Soul Reaver 2 |
| 2002 | Blood Omen 2 |
| 2003 | Star Trek: Elite Force II |
| 2003 | The Italian Job |
| 2003 | Legacy of Kain: Defiance |
| 2004 | ShellShock: Nam '67 |
| 2004 | Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone |
| 2005 | SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs |
| 2005 | SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo |
| 2006 | Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend |
| 2006 | SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 2 |
| 2006 | SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault |
| 2007 | God of War II |
| 2007 | Uncharted: Drake's Fortune |
| 2007 | Tomb Raider: Anniversary |
| 2007 | Lair |
| 2009 | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |
| 2010 | God of War III |
| 2010 | God of War: Ghost of Sparta |
| 2010 | Final Fantasy XIV |
| 2010 | Blur |
| 2011 | Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception |
| 2011 | Uncharted: Golden Abyss |

### Voice director

Animated television series :
| Year | Title |
| 1993–1994 |
| 1993–1994 | Exosquad |
| Mighty Max |
| 1994 |
| The Bears Who Saved Christmas |
| 1996–1998 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues |
| 2000–2001 | God, the Devil and Bob |

### Actor: animated and film roles

Actor :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | Crimes of Passion | Group Leader | Live-Action role |
| 1985 | Waiting to Act | Acting Coach Lars | Live-Action role |
| 1989 | Cheers | Gordon | Episode: "The Two Faces of Norm" |
| 1991 | (Blooper) Bunny | Director / Man in Audience / Movers | Animated short |
| 1991 | Trancers II | Mustard Man | Live-Action role |
| 1992–1993 | The Addams Family | Additional voices | Animated series |
| 1992–1995 | Capitol Critters | Additional voices | "The KiloWatts Riot" |
| 1993 | Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby | Additional voices | Television animated movie |
| 1993–1994 | Bonkers | Additional voices | "A Woolly Bully," "Fall-Apart Land" |
| 1998 | Mad About You | TV Host | Episode: "Paul Slips in the Shower" |
| 1999–2000 | Dilbert | Wally | Animated series |
| 2013 | I Know That Voice | Himself | Documentary |