Born: 1912 March 10 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Died: 1995 May 22 in Nokomis?, Florida, United States

Biography: Worked on several newspaper strips:
Filbur McFudd daily (Associated Features Syndicate) 1937-11-01 - 1937-12-31 ? (writer).
Dotty Dripple daily and Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1944-06-26 - 1944-10-14 (writer).
Time Out daily and Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1946-01-28 -1984-XX-XX (writer and artist) [Alternated variously daily only, Sunday only, and both daily panel and Sunday with cartoonist named Berger {perhaps actually Ralph Hershberger} for 1946 and 1947. Sole creator of the strip from 1948 until its end. Sunday ran only to 1963 and also in black and white, meant to be run in the regular portion of a newspaper and not the color section.]
Today’s Laugh daily (Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate) 1947-09-01 - 1973-XX-XX (writer and artist) [One of seven cartoonists rotating work periodically for the history of the daily panel.].
Rufus Sunday (New York Sunday News) 1950-09-17 - 1951-01-14 ? (writer and artist) [Appeared in the "Country" edition of the New York Sunday News only and nowhere else.].


Name:

    Jeff Keate Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Jeff Family name: Keate

Other Names:

  1. Robert Jefferson Keate Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Robert Jefferson Family name: Keate

Schools:

  1. Chicago Academy of Fine Arts ? to 1936


Signatures:

  1. Jeff Keate [generic]
  2. JEFF KEATE [generic]

Non Comics Works:

  1. Publication Title: ? (advertising) - Role: artist - Year: 1948
    Employer Name : Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance
    Notes: Advertising art for Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance.