Grantray-Lawrence Animation

Grantray-Lawrence Animation was an animation studio active from 1954 to 1968 and founded by Grant Simmons, Ray Patterson (hence "Grant-Ray"), and Robert L. Lawrence.

This animation company produced commercials and low-budget animated television shows until it went bankrupt in 1968^[1] and its distributor, Krantz Films, took over production. The best-known of those animated shows are its adaptations of superheroes from Marvel Comics, the earliest such adaptations for electronic media. Before then, it did sub-contracted work on Top Cat, The Jetsons, The Dick Tracy Show, and The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo.^[2]

Filmography

Grantray-Lawrence filmography
Year	Title	Co-production with	Notes
1954	Dig That Dog	Walter Lantz Productions	Uncredited
1957	The Hope that Jack Built
1958	Planet Patrol		Failed pilot
1966	The Marvel Super Heroes	Marvel Comics Krantz Films	Aired in syndication^[3]
1966–68	Rocket Robin Hood	Trillium Productions Krantz Films	Uncredited
1967–68	Spider-Man	Marvel Comics Krantz Films
1967	Max, the 2000-Year-Old Mouse	Al Guest Studios Krantz Films

^ Batchelor, Bob (2017). Stan Lee: The Man behind Marvel. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-4422-7782-3. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ Mallory, Michael (January 6, 2002). "Ray Patterson". Variety.
^ Thomas, Roy; Sanderson, Peter (2007). The Marvel Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the World of Marvel. Running Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0762428441. In 1966, television production company Grantray-Lawrence produced a series of five half-hour semi-animated shows under the banner title Marvel Superheroes. Captain America (original comics appearance in 1941), The Incredible Hulk (1962), Iron Man (1963), The Mighty Thor, and Sub-Mariner (1939) all made their television debuts.

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