Paul Coker Jr.(1929-2022)

Animation Department
Production Designer
Art Department

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Paul Coker Jr. was born on 5 March 1929 in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. He was a production designer, known for The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972), Festival of Family Classics (1972) and The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show (1970). He was married to Rosemary Smithson. He died on 23 July 2022 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

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Known for

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972)

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

7.2

TV Series

Animation Department

Festival of Family Classics (1972)

Festival of Family Classics

7.4

TV Series

Animation Department

The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show (1970)

The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show

6.6

TV Series

Animation Department(1970)

1970

The First Easter Rabbit (1976)

The First Easter Rabbit

6.7

TV Short

Production Designer

1976

Credits

Animation Department

Qu'est-il arrivé à... Robot Jones?
6.4
TV Series
- character models
- 2002
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
6.3
TV Movie
- character designer
- 1979
Festival of Family Classics
7.4
TV Series
- character designer
- 1972–1973
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie
7.2
TV Series
- character designer
- 1972
The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes
6.7
TV Movie
- character designer
- 1972
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
7.4
TV Movie
- character designer
- 1971
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
7.7
TV Movie
- designer
- 1970
The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show
6.6
TV Series
- character designer (1970)
- 1970–1971
Frosty the Snowman
7.3
TV Short
- character designer
- 1969
The Wacky World of Mother Goose
4.9
- character designer (uncredited)
- 1967

Production Designer

Santa, Baby!
4.7
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 2001
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold
6.2
TV Short
- Production Designer
- 1981
Pinocchio's Christmas
6.3
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1980
Jack Frost
6.8
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1979
The Stingiest Man in Town
6.5
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1978
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
6.9
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1977
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
7.0
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1977
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
6.6
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1976
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
6.8
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1976
The First Easter Rabbit
6.7
TV Short
- Production Designer
- 1976
The Year Without a Santa Claus
7.7
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1974
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
7.3
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1974
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
7.7
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1970
Cricket on the Hearth
5.5
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1967

Art Department

Personal details

Alternative name
- Paul Coker
Born
- March 5, 1929
- Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Died
- July 23, 2022
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA(brief illness)
Spouse
- Rosemary Smithson? - July 23, 2022 (his death)

Did you know

Trivia
He graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in drawing and painting. He started out designing greeting cards for Hallmark. In 1961, he became an illustrator for Mad magazine while freelancing for other magazines.

Salary
- Frosty the Snowman
  (1969)
  $2,500

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