Homer Groening
Homer Philip Groening was a Canadian-American filmmaker, advertiser, writer, and cartoonist. He was the father of Matt Groening and inspired the name of Homer Simpson. Groening was known for work on many different types of short films.
Biography
Groening was born in Main Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada, to a Mennonite family; he was named after the Greek poet Homer. The family would later move to Oregon. Groening attended Linfield College in Portland. After graduating in 1941, he married Marge Groening. He served as a pilot in World War II, flying a B-17 Bomber.Groening's career began in 1958 when he produced an advertisement for a local station KGW-TV. Groening also worked on many documentaries and films including The Big Three, Timberline, A Study in Wet, Man and His World Psychedelic Wet, the Story and Linfield Revisited. Groening also was a cartoonist. On April 28, 1962, the New Yorker ran an advertisement written by Groening. Groening also worked on several comic strips.