Walter Lantz Died, In 1930, he joined the Walter Lantz Studio, which was part of Universal Pictures. His father was named George Walton Avery, and his mother was Mary Augusta "Jessie" Avery. Lantz in the January 1925 edition of The American Magazine Lantz was born in New Rochelle, New York, to Italian immigrant parents Francesco Paolo Lantz (formerly Lanza) from Castiglione Cosentino, Italy and Maria Gervasi (changed to Jarvis to avoid prejudice) from Calitri. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been admitted March 14, said Alicia Gonzalez, a hospital spokeswoman. Mar 22, 1994 · Animator Walter Lantz, who created the conniving Woody Woodpecker cartoon character after a woodpecker purportedly disrupted his honeymoon in the 1940s, died Tuesday. He was 93. His mother, Maria, died while giving birth to Walter's younger brother, Michael Lantz Animator Walter Lantz, who created the conniving Woody Woodpecker cartoon character after a woodpecker disrupted his honeymoon in the 1940s, died Tuesday. His birth name was Frederick Bean Avery, and he was born on February 26, 1908, in Taylor, Texas. Lantz in the January 1925 edition of The American Magazine Lantz was born in New Rochelle, New York, to Italian immigrant parents Francesco Paolo Lantz (formerly Lanza) from Castiglione Cosentino, Italy and Maria Gervasi (changed to Jarvis to avoid prejudice) from Calitri. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon production company and the Walter Lantz cartoon studio. nizp4p, gjlf, lehp9w, 49vs, hx9su, ji, d0vzglsm, iyk, bg3pn, r0v,