Homer Groening was born on December 30, 1919 in Main Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada as Homer Philip Groening. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Basic Brown Basic Blue (1969), Linfield Revisited (1973) and A Study in Wet (1964). He was married to Margaret Wiggum. He died on March 15, 1996 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Character of Homer Simpson on "The Simpsons" is loosely based on him.
Father of Matt Groening, Lisa Groening, Mark Groening, Patty Groening, and Margaret "Maggie" Groening.
Co-authored a syndicated cartoon called "Phoebe, Get Your Man", with advertising co-worker Peg Bracken. Ms. Bracken would move on to being a best selling cookbook author (I Hate to Cook Book) in the early 1960s.
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