Joseph "Joe" David Murray (born May 3, 1961) is an American animator, writer, storyboard artist, voice actor, producer, director, and illustrator, who is the creator of Rocko's Modern Life. He is also the creator of Camp Lazlo and Let's Go Luna!.
He also voiced Rachel Bighead and a caricature version of himself from "Short Story".
Career[]
Joe Murray also worked for the 2001 direct-to-video film Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring who credited as the executive producer and the 2005 direct-to-film Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry. Murray also worked on episodes like A Pup Named Scooby Doo for Hanna-Barbera, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog for DIC Entertainment, Garfield and Friends and Bobby's World for Film Roman, The Itsy Bitsy Spider for Hyperion Animation and Pet Alien for Mike Young Productions.
He also did a short voice role in Camp Lazlo as a voice of a baggage handler in "Miss Fru Fru". His only line was "What, I'm on break." He also voiced S.M.I.T.S. in Bad Luck Be a Camper Tonight.
Episodes written[]
Season 1[]
- Trash-O-Madness (also storyboard artist and director)
- A Sucker for the Suck-O-Matic
- Canned
- Sand in Your Navel
- Cabin Fever
- Rinse & Spit
- Rocko's Happy Sack
- Flu-In-U-Enza
- Love Spanked
- Clean Lovin'
- Unbalanced Load
Season 2[]
- I Have No Son
- Road Rash
- Commuted Sentence
- Rocko's Modern Christmas
- Hut Sut Raw
- Gutter Balls
- Junk Junkies
- Short Story
Season 3[]
Gallery
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Videos[]
Trivia[]
- His favorite episodes are "Jet Scream", "Who's For Dinner?", "I Have No Son!", "Belch of Destiny", "Wacky Delly", "The Big Question", and "The Big Answer".
- He didn't consider himself a voice actor, but Martin Olson convinced him that he was suited for the role of Rachel since they're both cartoonists.
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| v • e — Crew — | |
|---|---|
| Creator | Joe Murray |
| Writers & Storyboard | Veronica Alicino • Timothy Björklund • Vince Calandra • Roger Chiasson • Derek Drymon • Mark Ervin • Antoine Guilbaud • Ron Hauge • Tim Hill • Stephen Hillenburg • Andy Houts • Ray Johnson • Nick Jennings • Doug Lawrence • George Maestri • Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh • John McIntyre • Jeff Myers • Kevin O'Brien • Mark O'Hare • Martin Olson • Nichole Poinski • Rob Porter • Dan Povenmire • Robert McNally-Scull • Joe Suggs • Conrad Vernon |
| Animation Directors | George Chialtas • Roger Chiasson • Susie Dietter • Robert Hughes • Ken Kessel • Steve Markowski • John McIntyre • Roy Meurin • Pete Michels • Howy Parkins • Alan Smart |