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Theodore Walter Wolf (July 21, 1922 – June 21, 1999), better known as Tobin Wolf and Ted Wolf, was an American writer who was known for creating the animated television series ThunderCats. He was also an inventor with several patents to his name, mostly toy and game-related.

Biography

Wolf was born in 1922. His father died when Wolf was a child and he was raised by his grandparents. His grandparents later gave him up to a foster home when he was 10. Eventually, he moved out, putting himself through high school and marrying at 19. Wolf enlisted to fight in World War II and lost part of his leg in the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he studied mechanical engineering and worked at Westinghouse, patenting several inventions. Wolf later became primarily involved in the development of toys and board games. He developed a version of the portable record player.

In 1981, Wolf sketched a group of superpowered animals which combined superhuman and superanimal powers. After pitching the idea to several studios, Telepictures agreed to develop the series in 1984 and it became ThunderCats.

Wolf died in 1999 in Hawaii.

References

1. Justia
2. "Those Thundercats just keep on coming back". Honolulu Observer. Archived from the original on December 1, 2006. Retrieved 2015-01-26.

External links

• Ted Wolf at IMDb
• Article about Tobin Wolf from The Honolulu Observer at the Wayback Machine (archived December 1, 2006)

• 1922 births
• 1999 deaths
• American television writers
• American male television writers
• Writers from Pittsburgh
• Screenwriters from Pennsylvania
• 20th-century American inventors
• 20th-century American screenwriters
• 20th-century American male writers