_forcetoc__ Frederick C. "Fred" Quimby (July 31 1883 - September 16 1965) was the producer in charge of the _Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, which most notably included the Tom and Jerry team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and Tex Avery.

The MGM animation staff, especially Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, despised Quimby when he was head of the animation department. They felt he was a useless bore who had no love or talent in the medium but still fought with the artists continually over their creative ideas. The fact that he always took the credit for the awards won for the cartoons was especially galling.