Mort Walker

Mort Walker
Addison
Walker in April 2016
BornAddison Morton Walker
(1923-09-03)September 3, 1923
El Dorado, Kansas, U.S.
DiedJanuary 27, 2018(2018-01-27) (aged 94)
Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Area(s)Cartoonist, Writer, Artist
Pseudonym(s)Addison
Notable works
Awardsfull list
Spouse(s)
Jean Suffill
(m. 1949; div. 1985)
Catherine Prentice
(m. 1985)
Children7
Signature
Military career
Service / branchU.S. Army
Years of service1943–1947
RankFirst lieutenant
Battles / warsWorld 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.