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Bruce Bickford
Deceased

How Did Bruce Bickford Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 72
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn11/02/1947Born in Seattle, Washington, USADied28/04/2019 (aged 72)Died inBurienCauseheart failureWikidataQ923961 ↗Buried atTahoma National CemeteryTMDb#555500 ↗

Bruce Charles Bickford was an American artist, animator, and filmmaker, who worked primarily in line and clay animation. From 1974 to 1980, he collaborated with Frank Zappa in Los Angeles. Bickford's animation was featured extensively in the Frank Zappa videos Baby Snakes and The Dub Room Special. Zappa also released a video titled The Amazing Mr. Bickford, which was composed of Bickford animations set to a soundtrack of Zappa's orchestral music.

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Filmography10 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2025Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than CheepMovieSelf78
2020ZappaMovieSelf - Animator73
2017AtillaMovieVoice70
2016Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagneMovieSelf (archive footage)69
2008Luck of a FoghornMovie—61
2008The Comic that Frenches your MindMovieNarrator61
2004Monster RoadMovieHimself57
1987The Amazing Mr. BickfordMovieSelf40
1979Baby SnakesMovieSelf32
0Travels with BruceMovieSelf—