BeRoth, Leon A.

BeRoth, a cartoonist and painter from Montana, was originally from Illinois and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1940 he co-produced the comic strip "Don Winslow of the Navy" with its creator, Frank V. Martinek. The "Don Winslow" strip was adapted for television in the late 1950s. In 1957 BeRoth created the comic strip "Kitten Kaye" about forest service personnel, which promoted the national forests in the West.

BeRoth was also a watercolor and oil landscape painter. He was commissioned by "Ford Times" magazine to paint western historic and scenic watercolor landscapes to accompany magazine articles, including some written by BeRoth.