Jim Davis

Writing

Jim Davis

Born 1945-07-28 · Marion, Indiana, USA

James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as the creator of the comic strips Garfield and U.S. Acres. Published since 1978, Garfield is one of the world's most widely syndicated comic strips. Davis's other comics work includes Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, and Mr. Potato Head. Davis wrote or co-wrote all of the Garfield TV specials for CBS, originally broadcast between 1982 and 1991. He also produced Garfield and Friends, a series which also aired on CBS from 1988 to 1994. Davis was the writer and executive producer for a series of CGI direct-to-video feature films about Garfield, as well as an executive producer for the CGI animated TV series The Garfield Show and Garfield Originals. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Davis (cartoonist), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Garfield's Pet Force poster
5.5

Nothing in the world can make Garfield get involved in anything besides eating, until the muscular super cat Garzooka comes crashing into Cartoon World from the Comic Book universe with terrifying news. Garfield summons up the willpower to join his superhero Garzooka in a fight to save their worlds.

Garfield's Pet Force

2009

Garfield Gets Real poster
5.0

Everyone's favorite lazy, lasagna loving, Monday hating orange tabby leaves his exciting star of a popular comic strip world for the real one. But as the novelty wears thin, Garfield begins looking for a way back before his strip is permanently cancelled.

Garfield Gets Real

2007

A Garfield Christmas poster
7.3

Garfield, Jon and Odie go to Jon's family farm for Christmas, where Garfield finds a present for Grandma.

A Garfield Christmas

1987

Garfield's Fun Fest poster
5.0

Garfield's 29-year winning streak in the annual Fun Fest talent competition is threatened by a dashing new entrant, Ramone, who possesses great charm. Concerned about losing his touch, Garfield goes on a quest to seek Freddy Frog's mythical pond, where it is said that anyone who drinks from it is certain to be funny.

Garfield's Fun Fest

2008

Garfield Goes Hollywood poster
6.7

Jon, Garfield and Odie audition for the talent show "Pet Search" in hopes of winning the $1000 prize and a chance at the finals in Hollywood.

Garfield Goes Hollywood

1987

Here Comes Garfield poster
7.0

The first TV special starring the rotund comic strip staple Garfield the Cat. Here, he and his dull-witted canine cohort Odie end up at the pound.

Here Comes Garfield

1982

Garfield: His 9 Lives poster
6.5

Garfield plays multiple roles including ancient Egyptian royalty, a fairyland kitten, a movie "stunt cat" and more!

Garfield: His 9 Lives

1988

Garfield on the Town poster
7.5

Garfield escapes from the car on a trip to the vet and finds the place where he grew up.

Garfield on the Town

1983

Garfield's Halloween Adventure poster
7.5

Garfield and his pup pal Odie go trick-or-treating, only to wind up in a house haunted by ghostly pirates.

Garfield's Halloween Adventure

1985

Garfield's Thanksgiving poster
7.2

On Thanksgiving, according to Garfield, people celebrate food by eating as much of it as possible. It's a tradition! But that tradition is history following a checkup from vet Liz, who says Garfield must go on a diet.

Garfield's Thanksgiving

1989

Garfield's Feline Fantasies poster
6.6

Garfield and Odie fantasize that they are on a Middle-East mission to retrieve the Banana of Bombay, the symbol of humour to nations around the world.

Garfield's Feline Fantasies

1990

Garfield In Paradise poster
6.8

Garfield, Odie and Jon go vacationing on a tropical island along with the High Rama Lama of rock and roll, a princess and her cat - and a rumbling volcano.

Garfield In Paradise

1986

Happy Birthday Garfield poster
8.0

Garfield creator Jim Davis presents a behind-the-scenes 10th-anniversary celebration of the pasta-eating cat.

Happy Birthday Garfield

1988

Happy Birthday Garfield poster
8.0

Garfield creator Jim Davis presents a behind-the-scenes 10th-anniversary celebration of the pasta-eating cat.

Happy Birthday Garfield

1988

Garfield in the Rough poster
7.0

Garfield is taken on a camping trip by Jon, much against his will. A series of very funny disasters follow. But not all is well, as a panther has escaped from the local zoo and is stalking them. Will our hero survive to eat another lasagna and kick Odie off the table again?

Garfield in the Rough

1984

Garfield Gets a Life poster
6.5

Garfield and his owner, Jon Arbuckle, are in a rut. Life for them is a complete bore. They both need a life. Jon tries several unsuccessful times to get a date. Then he attends a class for the personality impaired where he meets a young woman and all seems to be great for Jon, but Garfield starts to feel neglected and left out.

Garfield Gets a Life

1991

Garfield and Friends: Dreams & Schemes poster
NR

After eating a pound of pasta, Garfield sometimes falls asleep and has some pretty wild dreams -- like the one where he's so huge he can climb tall buildings, or where Odie gets his own cartoon, leaving Garfield to just keep sleeping! And this kitty's not so cool he can't get a little scared, like when he, Jon and Odie discover that a closed-down haunted house is really open, or that leftovers occasionally ran rampant in the fridge. Garfield has a big imagination, too, as you'll see when he imagines himself as a fish or a werewolf, or even Jon for a day! There's much more to the fat cat's story, so grab some pasta, flop on the couch and tune in for some cat-toon fun with Garfield!

Garfield and Friends: Dreams & Schemes

2007

Garfield as Himself poster
6.0

In HERE COMES GARFIELD, poor, sweet Odie is sent to the pound after he and Garfield are caught trying to annoy a nasty neighbor, and it's up to the fat cat to free the dim-witted pup. In GARFIELD ON THE TOWN, Garfield escapes on a trip to the vet, has a run-in with some alley cats and meets his long-lost mother. Finally, GARFIELD GETS A LIFE finds Garfield, Odie and Jon spicing up their lives with makeovers, dating services and disco dancing.

Garfield as Himself

2004

Garfield as Himself poster
6.0

In HERE COMES GARFIELD, poor, sweet Odie is sent to the pound after he and Garfield are caught trying to annoy a nasty neighbor, and it's up to the fat cat to free the dim-witted pup. In GARFIELD ON THE TOWN, Garfield escapes on a trip to the vet, has a run-in with some alley cats and meets his long-lost mother. Finally, GARFIELD GETS A LIFE finds Garfield, Odie and Jon spicing up their lives with makeovers, dating services and disco dancing.

Garfield as Himself

2004

Garfield's Babes and Bullets poster
7.3

Garfield the cat daydreams that he's an old-time private detective.

Garfield's Babes and Bullets

1989