Mort Walker
| Mort Walker | |
|---|---|
Walker in April 2016 | |
| Born | Addison Morton Walker September 3, 1923 El Dorado, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 2018 (aged 94) Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Artist |
| Pseudonym(s) | Addison |
Notable works | |
| Awards | full list |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Suffill
(m. 1949; div. 1985)Catherine Prentice (m. 1985) |
| Children | 7 |
| Signature | |
| Military career | |
| Branch | U.S. Army |
| Years of service | 1943–1947 |
| Rank | First lieutenant |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
Addison Morton Walker (September 3, 1923 – January 27, 2018) was an American comic strip writer, best known for creating the newspaper comic strips Beetle Bailey in 1950 and Hi and Lois in 1954. He signed Addison to some of his strips.