Billy De Beck

William Morgan DeBeck (April 15, 1890 - November 11, 1942) was a popular cartoonist who was widely known as Billy DeBeck. He created some of the memorable comic strip characters of the 1920s and 1930s, including Barney Google, Bunky, Snuffy Smith and the racehorse Spark Plug. DeBeck was born and grew up on the South Side of Chicago, where his father, Louis DeBeck, was a former newspaperman employed by the Swift Company. His father was French, and... more

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  • Apr 15, 1890

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  • Nov 11, 1942 (age 52 years)

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