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Filmmaker

Homer Groening
See captionGroening in 1973
Born(1919-12-30)December 30, 1919
Main Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada
DiedMarch 15, 1996(1996-03-15) (aged 76)
Occupation(s)Director, producer, writer, advertiser, cartoonist
Years active1958-1996
Spouse Marge Wiggum ​(m. 1941)​
Children5, including Matt

Homer Philip Groening (December 30, 1919 - March 15, 1996) was a Canadian-American filmmaker, advertiser, writer, and cartoonist. He was the father of Matt Groening and inspired the names of Homer Simpson and Philip J. Fry. Groening was known for work on many different types of short films.

Biography

Groening was born in Main Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada to a German-speaking Mennonite family; he was named after the Greek poet Homer. The family would later move to Oregon. Groening attended Linfield College in Portland. After graduating in 1941, he married Marge Groening (nÊe Wiggum). He served as a pilot in World War II, flying a B-17 Bomber.

Groening's career began in 1958 when he produced an advertisement for a local station KGW-TV. Groening also worked on many documentaries and films including The Big Three, Timberline, A Study in Wet, Man and His World Psychedelic Wet, the Story and Linfield Revisited. Groening also was a cartoonist. On April 28, 1962, the New Yorker ran an advertisement written by Groening. Groening also worked on several comic strips.

Family and personal life

Groening was the father of Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, Lisa Groening, who is married to Craig Bartlett the creator of Hey Arnold!, as well as Maggie, Mark, and Patty Groening. Groening died on March 15, 1996, of cancer. Following his death, his wife Marge lived another 17 years and died on April 22, 2013. She was 94 years old.

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