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Norman Maurer
Born	Norman Albert Maurer (1926-05-13)May 13, 1926[1] Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	November 23, 1986(1986-11-23) (aged 60) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Comic book artist, writer, director, producer
Years active	1949–1986
Spouse	Joan Howard ​ ​ (m. 1947)​
Children	2

Norman Albert Maurer (May 13, 1926 – November 23, 1986) was an Americancomic book artist and writer, and a director andproducer of films and television shows. He is best known for his longtime professional and personal association withThe Three Stooges comedy team from the late 1940s onwards.

Maurer's lifelong association withthe Three Stooges began about the time of his marriage toJoan Howard, the daughter of the comedy team'sMoe Howard on June 29, 1947. In 1949, he produced twoThree Stooges comic book issues for Jubilee, based on the short films the team was making forColumbia Pictures. In 1953, Maurer created the first3-D comics,Three-Dimension Comics featuringMighty Mouse, with his brother, Leonard Maurer, andJoe Kubert. Two three-dimensional Stooge comics were also issued in 1953. He returned to the Stooges in comic form in 1972 withGold Key Comics'The Little Stooges, which ran for seven issues over the next two years.

Maurer was associate producer ofSpace Master X-7 (1958), in which his father-in-law, Moe, had a minor role, and is credited with the creation of theCineMagic process used in the 1960 filmThe Angry Red Planet.

Along with Moe, Maurer co-managed theThree Stooges afterColumbia terminated their employment in 1957, and has credits in most of their later feature films. He producedThe Three Stooges Scrapbook (1960), and wrote the screen stories and producedThe Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962),The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962),The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963) andThe Outlaws Is Coming! (1965), the last two of which he also directed.

Who's Minding the Mint (1967) was produced by Norman Maurer for Columbia Pictures.

Maurer's son, Jeffrey Scott (Moe's grandson), can be seen inThe Outlaws IS Coming!, credited as Jeffrey Alan, andThe Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze in the role ofTimmy, credited as Geoffrey A. Maurer. Maurer himself can also be seen on camera as a TV cameraman inThe Three Stooges Scrapbook and as a camper in 1970'sKook's Tour, which he also directed.Kook's Tour was intended to be a comedy-travelogue television series featuring the Stooges, butLarry Fine suffered a stroke during production of the pilot episode and the series was cancelled; several years later, Maurer edited together a 50-minute version ofKook's Tour using available footage from the pilot and released it to the then-boomingSuper 8 home movie market.

Maurer was executive producer of the 39 live-action segments used to introduce and follow Cambria Studios'syndicatedThe New Three Stooges cartoons (1965–1966).

He later became associated withHanna-Barbera, working as a writer on theirThe New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972),Speed Buggy (1973),The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976), and season one ofThe Richie Rich Show. In 1977 he was working on the Hanna-Barbera cartoonThe All-New Super Friends Hour, and he is credited as being the creator of the characters TheWonder Twins. He also created and was the executive producer of their 1978 series,The Robonic Stooges. Maurer's sons, Jeffrey Scott and Michael Maurer also have prolific careers as TV cartoon writers.

Busy until the end, Maurer died of cancer on November 23, 1986, in Los Angeles. His entombment was atHillside Memorial Park Cemetery.

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