Jeff Hale

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Jeff Hale (January 5, 1923 - February 2015) was an American animator. He founded Imagination Inc., a San Francisco animation studio responsible for supplying animation to the Children's Television Workshop. There, Hale produced a number of shorts for Sesame Street, including the Pinball Number Song and the Typewriter series. During the '80s, he served as a director and animator on series including Charlie Brown, G.I. Joe, Muppet Babies, and The Transformers. He also played Augie 'Ben' Doggie in the Star Wars spoof short Hardware Wars.

He passed away on an undeterminate date in late February 2015 at the age of 92.[1]

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