Background
Beck, William De was born on April 16, 1890 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Louis and Jessie Lee (Morgan) D.
Beck, William De was born on April 16, 1890 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Louis and Jessie Lee (Morgan) D.
Educated Chicago Academy Fine Arts.
Cartoonist Pittsburgh Gazette Times and Chronicle Telegraph, 1912-1916. Comic artist, Chicago Herald, 1916-1917. With William Randolph Hearst publications since 1918.
Created series, “Married Life”.
Also creator “Barney Google,” 1918, “Spark Plug” and “Bunky,” 1922, “Snuffy Smith,” 1934, “Feather Merchants,” 1938. United States Army “Yard Bird,” 1940.
Member Illustrators’ Society. Clubs: Dutch Treat, Coffee House, Artists and Writers Golf, North Hemstead Golf (Long Island).