- Nació el 1880-09-14 en Kansas City - Missouri - USA
- Falleció el 1940-09-28 a la edad de .
Pioneering American animator and film director. He is noted for creating and producing the silent Bobby Bumps animated short subject series for early animation producer J.R. Bray's Bray Productions. Hurd and Bray are jointly responsible for developing the processes involved in cel animation, and were granted patents for their processes in 1914. -Wikipedia Entry