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Dennis Marks, 73, wrote animated TV shows

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    Writer-producer Dennis Marks, 73, who wrote 1992's Tom and Jerry: The Movie and many other animated TV shows and films, died January 10 at his Los Angeles home.

    Occasionally a voice actor as well, Marks died of pancreatic cancer, daughter Amanda told the Los Angeles Times.

    He was the producer and head writer of the short-lived 1981 Marvel Productions series Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, in which he also voiced The Green Goblin. He also wrote for the 1972 shows The Barkleys (DePatie-Freleng Enterprises) and Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space(Hanna-Barbera).

    He wrote for H-B's Jetsons: The Movie(1990).

    Born on August 2, 1932 in New York City, Marks was the son of vaudevillians. After receiving a bachelor's degree from Duke University, he served as a public information officer on the Lexington in the United States Navy.

    Marks' career started when he was a lyricist for several New York revues. He helped create the 1965 Broadway musical Baker Street.

    He also worked on The Jackie Gleason Show in the 1960s. According to his daughter, he recalled Gleason as a difficult person to work for. For several years afterward, he produced the long-running kids' show Wonderama.

    Marks wrote for the King Features Syndicate animated series Snuffy Smith and Barney Google (1962-64) and The Beatles (1965-67), as well as Famous Studios' Comic Kings (1962) and Hal Seeger Studios' Batfink (1967). He was a story man for Tom and Jerry Kids Show.

    He wrote The Core, a second-season episode of 1984's Transformers, as well as The Origin Of The Hulk, the first episode of the 1982 Marvel series The Incredible Hulk. He voiced Dr. Proto in the nine-episode series.

    Marks began working for Hanna-Barbera and Marvel after moving to Los Angeles in 1979. He was in the voice cast of the 1981 Marvel series Spider-Man.

    He appeared regularly at the Magic Castle. Magic had been one of his hobbies since he was 13.


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