Grantray-Lawrence Animation was an animated cartoon studio active from 1954 to 1967 and founded by Grant Simmons, Ray Patterson

Ray Patterson (animator)

Raymond "Ray" Patterson was an American animator, producer, and director. Patterson was born in Hollywood, California, and was the brother of animator Don Patterson.-Early career:...

 (hence "Grant-Ray"), and Robert Lawrence.

This animation company produced commercials and low-budget television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 animation productions until it went bankrupt in 1967.

Its productions included:

• Max, the 2000-Year-Old Mouse
  Max, the 2000-Year-Old Mouse
  Max, the 2000-Year-Old Mouse was a Canadian animated television series produced by the late Steve Krantz, which originally aired in Canada in 1967 and became popular in several parts of the world, most notably the United States, where it was syndicated on both local and PBS stations between 1970...
  
  
• The Marvel Super Heroes
• Rocket Robin Hood
  Rocket Robin Hood
  Rocket Robin Hood is a Canadian animated television series, placing the characters and conflicts of the classic Robin Hood legend in a futuristic, outer space setting, produced by Krantz Films, Inc...
  
  (uncredited)
• Spider-Man
  Spider-Man (1967 TV series)
  Spider-Man is an animated television series that ran from September 9, 1967 to June 14, 1970. It was jointly produced in Canada and the United States and was the first animated adaptation of the Spider-Man comic book series, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko...
  
  (Season 1 only)

The last series has proven by far to be the most durable with its theme song becoming a popular standard that is frequently covered and parodied, including in the 2007 release The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons. The film was directed by David Silverman, and stars the regular television cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress...

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External links

• The Big Cartoon DataBase
  Big Cartoon DataBase
  The Big Cartoon DataBase is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated feature films, animated television shows and cartoon shorts....
  
  entry for Grantray-Lawrence Animation