Tobin Wolf
{{short description|American writer}}
{{redirect|Ted Wolf|the American football player|Ted Lone Wolf}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Tobin Wolf
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|07|21}}
| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|06|21|1922|07|21}}
| death_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
| occupation = Inventor
|known_for = Creator of ThunderCats
| years_active = 1979–1999
| birth_name = Theodore Walter Wolf
| other_names = Ted Wolf
| spouse = {{marriage|Helen Pierce|1941|1955|end=divorce}}
{{marriage|Edwina Ruegen|1968|1998|end=divorce}}
| father = Peter Wolf
| mother = Elizabeth Wolf
| children = 1
}}
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.[https://patents.justia.com/inventor/tobin-wolf Justia]
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.{{Cite book |last=Office |first=United States Patent |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Index_of_Patents_Issued_from_the_United/XBvRAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=tobin+wolf+died+in+1999&pg=PA823&printsec=frontcover |title=Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office |date=1957 |publisher=The Office |pages=823 |language=en}} Wolf later became primarily involved in the development of toys and board games. He developed a version of the portable record player.{{cite news|title=Those Thundercats just keep on coming back |publisher=Honolulu Observer |url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2000/Jul/04/islandlife14.html |accessdate=2015-01-26 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201024325/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2000/Jul/04/islandlife14.html |archivedate=December 1, 2006 }}
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 Honolulu, Hawaii.
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External links
- {{IMDb name|name=Ted Wolf|id=1646579}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201024325/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2000/Jul/04/islandlife14.html |date=December 1, 2006 |title=Article about Tobin Wolf from The Honolulu Observer }}
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Category:American television writers
Category:American male television writers
Category:Writers from Pittsburgh
Category:Screenwriters from Pennsylvania
Category:20th-century American inventors