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KACHIVAS, Louis (Lou)

Animator: LARRY HARMON c58-62 (Bozo the Clown 59-62); HANNA-BARBERA c65-66 (The Herculoids 66-67, The Atom Ant Show 67-68); FILMATION c66-74/76/81 (The New Adventures of Superman 66-67, Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down 70 [Computer Suitor], Archie’s Funhouse 70-73, Treasure Island 72, The Brady Kids 72-74, Lassie’s Rescue Rangers 73-75, Star Trek 73-75, Journey Back to Oz 74, The US of Archie 74, The Space Sentinels 77, Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All 82); JELLYBEAN c84 (We Think the World Is Round 84)

Assistant Animator: BAKSHI c74-75 (Coonskin 75)

Director: FILMATION c78-87 (The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle/Quacula 79-80, The New Adventures of Tom and Jerry 80-82, Mighty Mouse in The Great Space Race 82, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 83-85, The Secret of the Sword 85, She-Ra: Princess of Power 85-86, Bravestarr 87-88)

 

KAHL, Milton Erwin (Milt) (22 Mar 1909-19 Apr 1987)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY 25 June 34-35 (Servants’ Entrance 34 [for FOX], Mickey Mouse 35-36 [Mickey’s Service Station 35, Mickey’s Fire Brigade 35, On Ice 35, Orphan’s Picnic 36])

Animator: DISNEY 35-30 Apr 76 (Mickey Mouse 35-37 [Mickey’s Circus 36, Lonesome Ghosts 37], Silly Symphony 35-39 [The Cookie Carnival 35, Elmer Elephant 36, Toby Tortoise Returns 36, The Farmyard Symphony 38, The Ugly Duckling 39], Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37, Ferdinand the Bull 38, The Winged Scourge 43, The Grain That Built a Hemisphere 43, Chicken Little 43, Education for Death 43, Reason and Emotion 43, Saludos Amigos 43 [Llama in Lake Titicaca], Three Is a Family 44, Goofy 44-45 [How to Play Football 44, Tiger Trouble 45, Hockey Homicide 45], Donald Duck 45 [Duck Pimples], The Three Caballeros 45, Make Mine Music 46 [The Martins and the Coys], So Dear to My Heart 49, Lambert the Sheepish Lion 52, Kids Is Kids 61, Inside Donald Duck 61, Mary Poppins 64, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day 68, Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 77)

Directing Animator: DISNEY 38-30 Apr 76 (Pinocchio 40 [Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket], Song of the South 46, Melody Time 48, Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49 [MacBadger, Bram Bones], Cinderella 50 [Duke, Fairy Godmother], Alice in Wonderland 51 [Alice and Flamingo], Peter Pan 53, Lady and the Tramp 55, Sleeping Beauty 59 [Prince Phillip], 101 Dalmatians 61, The Sword in the Stone 63 [Sir Ector, Kay], The Jungle Book 67 [Shere Khan], The Aristocats 70 [Old Lawyer], Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71, Robin Hood 73, The Rescuers 77 [Madame Medusa])

Supervising Animator: DISNEY 39-41 (Bambi 42 [Bambi, Thumper])

 

KAHN, Robert = KANE, Robert

 

KAHN, Samuel (Sam)

Animator?: FLEISCHER -30-31-

 

KAI, Saburo Samuel (Sam, Sammy) (19 Aug 1917-30 Jan 2006)

Animator: JAY WARD c58-59 (The Dudley Do-Right Show 59); TV SPOTS c59-60 (Popeye 60 [10 episodes]);  CREATIVE ART STUDIOS c60 (Stop Driving Us Crazy 61); LEONARDO/TTV c60 (King Leonardo and His Short Subjects 60-61 [108 episodes]); HANNA-BARBERA c79 (The Flintstones Comedy Show 80 [R.V. Fever/Fred Goes Ape/Quiet Please/Ghost Sitters/Clownfoot/Mouse Cleaning/Birthday Boy]); FILMATION c80 (The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! 81, Blackstar 81 [13 episodes])

Animation Director: JAY WARD c60 (The Dudley Do-Right Show 61)

Animation Supervisor: JAY WARD c63-64 (Hoppity Hooper 64-65 [17 episodes]); LEONARDO c65-66 (The Beagles 66-67 [26 episodes])

Production Supervisor: PANTOMIME PICTURES c68 (Skyhawks 69, Hot Wheels 69 [16 episodes])

Assistant Animator: RUBY-SPEARS c78-79 (The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show 79, ABC Weekend Specials 80 [The Puppy’s Amazing Rescue, The Trouble with Miss Switch]); NEPENTHE c81 (The Plague Dogs 82)

 

KAKUDO, Howard (5 Oct 1906-7 June 2000)

Layouts: DISNEY -38- (Pluto)

Animator: JAM HANDY/FLEISCHER 40s (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 48 [for Montgomery Ward & Co.])

 

KALUZA, Leszek Jan (Les) (1930- )

Animator: STUDIO FILMOW RYSUNKOWYCH (Poland) c50-55 (Opowiezdal dzieciol sowie 51, O kacze plotce 54, Pani twardowska 55); FILMATION c67-73 (Fantastic Voyage 68, The Archie Show 68, The Batman/Superman Hour 68 [Two Penguis Too Many, Superman: Can a Luthor Change His Spots?, The Cool Cruel Mr. Freeze], The Hardy Boys 69, Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down 70 [Computer Suitor], Archie’s Fun House 70, Sabrina and the Groovy Ghoulies 70, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids 72, Journey Back to Oz 74)

Animator/Layouts: FILMATION c71-73 (The Brady Kids 72-74)

Layouts: FILMATION c73-81 (Treasure Island 73, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids 75-79, Lassie’s Rescue Rangers 73-75, Star Trek 73-75, The US of Archie 74, The New Adventures of Gilligan 74, Tarzan Lord of the Jungle 76, The New Adventures of Batman 77, Space Sentinels 77, The Fat Albert Halloween Special 77, The Fat Albert Christmas Special 77, Sport Billy 79-80, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle/Quacula 79-80, A Snow White Christmas 80, Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All 82, Mighty Mouse in The Great Space Chase 82); CALICO ENTERTAINMENT c89-92 (Widget the World Watcher 90, Bubsy 93)

Owner/Animator/Director/Producer: LES KALUZA PRODUCTIONS c70+ (The Owl and the Pussycat 71, Potpourri 72, Why 73, O La La 74, Boogie Woogie Cat 90)

Assistant Animator: MURAKAMI-WOLF-SWENSON c76 (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Mouse and His Child 77)

Layout Supervisor: FILMATION c79-80 (The New Adventures of Tom and Jerry 80, Blackstar 81, The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! 81)

Overseas Animation Director/Supervisor: HANNA-BARBERA c83-87 (The Snorks 84-88, Yogi’s Treasure Hunt 85-88, The Flintstone Kids 86-88); CALICO ENTERTAINMENT (Mr. Bogus, Moo Family Specials); SABAN INTERNATIONAL (Walter Melon, Nascar Racers, The Avengers); NICKELODEON c01-02 (Dora the Explorer 02-03)

NOTE: Born in Poland. Emigrated to USA 60. Worked in animation along with wife Erna.

 

KANE, Gerald [also Gerard] (Gerry)

Assistant Animator: FINE ARTS FILMS c69 (Shinbone Alley 70)

Animator: MELENDEZ (A Boy Named Charlie Brown 69)

 

KANE, Robert (Bob) [nee Robert KAHN] (24 Oct 1915-3 Nov 1998)

Inker/Opaquer: FLEISCHER c34

Creator/Story: SAM SINGER/TRANS-ARTIST PRODUCTIONS c60 (Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse 60-61); KING FEATURES/BRODAX c66-68 (Cool McCool 66-69)

NOTE: Comic book artist 36-68 (Peter Pupp, Batman); Newspaper strip artist 43-46 (Batman)

 

KAPLAN, Al

Animator?: FLEISCHER -30-31-

 

KAPLAN, Ervin L. (Erv)

Color Designer: UPA c56-57 (Mr. Magoo 57/58 [Magoo’s Private War 57, Scoutmaster Magoo 58])

Backgrounds: UPA c57 (Ham and Hattie 58); PARAMOUNT c59-62 (Popeye 61-63); DISNEY c62 (A Square Peg in a Round Hole 63); FILMATION 63 (His Mother Marveled 63)

Background Director: FILMATION c67-69 (Fantastic Voyage 68, The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69, Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down 70)

Director of Color: FILMATION c72-85 (Star Trek 73-75, Journey Back to Oz 74, The US of Archie 74, The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty 75, The Fat Albert Christmas Special 77, Sport Billy 79-80, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle/Quacula 79-80, The New Adventures of Tom and Jerry 80-82, Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure 82, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 83-85, He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special 85, She-Ra: Princess of Power 85-86)

Cinematographer: FILMATION c86 (Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 87)

Key Backgrounds: DEEDLE-DEE PRODUCTIONS c96-05 (King of the Hill 97-06)

 

KARP, Hubert Richard (Hubie) (11 Oct 1914-2 Aug 1953)

Story: DISNEY c38-42; SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 44-45 (Looney Tunes [The Great Piggy Bank Robbery 46] [Bob CLAMPETT Unit])

NOTE: Brother of Lynn and Robert KARP; DISNEY newspaper strip writer 42-44 (Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphony, Joe Carioca); Comic Book writer 44-53 (Fox and Crow)

 

KARP, Lynn Theodore (8 Sept 1909-8 Aug 1992)

Animator: DISNEY 10 Aug 36-18 May 42 (Silly Symphony 38-39 [Farmyard Symphony 38, The Ugly Duckling 39], Mickey Mouse 39 [Mickey’s Surprise Party, The Pointer], Pinocchio 40 [Figaro], Fantasia 40 [Pastoral Symphony], Donald Duck 40 [Donald’s Vacation], Pluto 42 [Pluto at the Zoo], Bambi 42 [Quails]), The Grain That Built a Hemisphere 43, Figaro 43 [Figaro and Cleo])

NOTE: Brother of Hubert and Robert KARP; Comic book writer/artist c43-64 (Mickey Mouse, Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda, Oswald the Rabbit, Tom and Jerry, Mouse Musketeers, Barney Bear, Ruff and Reddy, Dennis the Menace); Newspaper strip artist 44-50 (The Middles)

 

KARP, Robert Louis (Bob) (5 Mar 1911-5 Aug 1975)

Story: TRANS-LUX/ORIOLO c62-63 (The Mighty Hercules 63-64); FILMATION 60s (DC Heroes)

NOTE: Brother of Hubert and Lynn KARP; Started at Disney as messenger 23 Aug 37; Newspaper Strip writer 12 Sept 38-75 (Donald Duck 38-75, Merry Menagerie 47-62, The Middles 46-52, True-Life Adventures 55- -73); DISNEY comic book writer 42 (Donald Duck); Writer: The Better Little Book c42-49 (20 Disney titles)

 

KARPÉ, Karl H. (1 Dec 1899-23 Jan 1984)

Layouts: DISNEY Oct. 38-July 40/42-June 49 (Victory Through Air Power 43, Three Is a Crowd 44, Goofy 44/51 [How to Play Golf 44, How to Play Football 44, Home Made Home 51], Pluto 45-50 [Canine Casanova 45, The Legend of Coyote Rock 45, Canine Patrol 45, Pluto’s Kid Brother 46, In Dutch 46, The Purloined Pup 46, Pluto’s Housewarming 46, Rescue Dog 47, Pluto’s Blue Note 47, Bone Bandit 48, Pluto’s Purchase 48, Cat Nap Pluto 48, Pluto’s Fledgling 48, Pueblo Pluto 49, Pluto’s Surprise Package 49, Pluto’s Sweater 49, Bubble Bee 49, Sheep Dog 49, Pluto’s Heart Throb 50, Pluto and the Gopher 50, Wonder Dog 50, Primitive Pluto 50, Puss-Café 50, Pests of the West 50, Food for Feudin’ 50, Camp Dog 50], Mickey Mouse 47-48 [Mickey’s Delayed Date 47, Mickey Down Under 48, Mickey and the Seal 48])

NOTE: In DISNEY Comic Strip Department as inker/letterer Nov 40-42 (Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck)

 

KARRBERG, Chester (Chet) (1910-1931)

Animator: LANTZ 30-31 (Oswald the Rabbit 31 [The Fireman, Sunny South, Country School, The Bandmaster, North Woods, Stone Age, Radio Rhythm, Kentucky Belle, Hot Feet])

 

KASHDAN, George (1928- )

Story: TRANS-LUX/ORIOLO c63-64 (The Mighty Hercules 63-65); FILMATION c66-67 (The New Adventures of Superman 66-67; The Superman-Aquaman Hour of Adventure 67-68 [Justice League of America 67])

NOTE: Comic book writer/editor for DC Comics

 

KATAOKA, Michio (Michi)

Color Artist/Backgrounds: UPA c53 (Mr. Magoo 53 [Magoo Slept Here], Gerald McBoing Boing 53 [Gerald McBoing Boing’s Symphony])

 

KATZ, Raymond G. (Ray)

Production Supervisor: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 33-44

 

KATZ, Samuel (Sam)

Animator?: U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE FIRST MOTION PICTURE UNIT c43-45

 

KAUFMAN, Millard (12 Mar 1917-14 Mar 2009)

Story: UPA c48-50 (Mr. Magoo 49 [Ragtime Bear], Fox and Crow 50 [Punchy De Leon])

NOTE: Created Mr. Magoo. Screenwriter for live-action movies and TV series

 

KAUFMAN, Vaughan Justin (Van) (24 Dec 1918-14 Oct 1995)

Assistant Animator/Animator: DISNEY 38-20 Nov 42 (Pinocchio 40 [Honest John], Fantasia 40, Pluto 40-41 [Pluto’s Playmate 41], Dumbo 41)

Head Animator: U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE FIRST MOTION PICTURE UNIT c42-46 (Army Training Films [How to Land a P51 Mustang])

NOTE: Drew war insignia for Disney c41-42.

 

KAUSLER, Mark

Assistant Animator: KING FEATURES/SUBAFILMS 67 (Yellow Submarine 68); FINE ARTS FILMS c69-70 (Shinbone Alley 70)

Animator: WARNER BROS. c71/79/87-88/89 (A Political Cartoon 72, Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales 79, The Night of the Living Duck 88, Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters 88, Box-Office Bunny 90); DE PATIE-FRELENG c71 (Clerow Wilson and the Miracle of P.S. 14 72); BAKSHI c72 (Heavy Traffic 73); FOCUS FILMS c73 (The Mad Magazine TV Special 74); CHUCK JONES c78 (Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn’t Smile 79); COLOSSAL PICTURES c82/86 (“Cat and Mouse” at Home 83, Flicks 87 [Cat and Mouse sequence]); INTERNATIONAL ROCKETSHIP LTD. c83 (Anijam 84); DISNEY c85/88/89-90/98 (Sport Goofy in Soccermania 86, Back to Neverland 90, Roller Coaster Rabbit 90, The Prince and the Pauper 90, Michael & Mickey 91, Beauty and the Beast 91, Fantasia 2000 99 [Piano Concerto No. 2, Pomp and Circumstance]); AMBLIN c86 (Amazing Stories 87 [Family Dog]); SPÜMCO/NICKELODEON c91 (The Ren & Stimpy Show 92 [Black Hole/Stimpy’s Invention]); HYPERION c96 (The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue 97)

Storyboards: BAKSHI c74 (Coonskin 75)

Cartoon Researcher: WARNER BROS. c82 (Twilight Zone: The Movie 83)

Animator/Story Sketch: DISNEY c87 (Who Framed Roger Rabbit 88)

Animator/Story: DISNEY c88 (Tummy Trouble 89); AMBLIN c92 (Trail Mix-Up 93)

Story: DISNEY c92 (The Lion King 94)

Layouts: CARTOON NETWORK c94 (I’m on My way 95); HANNA-BARBERA c94/96 (George and Junior’s Christmas Spectacular 95, Short Orders 95, Out and About 97)

Animator/Storyboards: WARNER BROS. c00/02 (Osmosis Jones 01 [Osmosis Jones Mayor]), Looney Tunes: Back in Action 03)

Owner/Animator/Director/Producer: KAUSLER c03 (It’s the Cat 04)

Director: CARTOON NETWORK c04 (Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi 05)

 

KAWAGUCHI, Masao (“Mike”) (1916-4 June 1999)

Backgrounds: DISNEY -41/61-62; HANNA-BARBERA Early c63-64 (Adventures of Jonny Quest 64-65); KRANTZ/PARAMOUNT c67-68 (Spider-Man 67-69); PANTOMIME PICTURES c69 (Hot Wheels 69-70, Sky Hawks 69-70)

Animator: HANNA-BARBERA c67-69 (The Wacky Races 68-70)

Production Designer: SCREEN IMAGES c69-70 (Christmas Is 70)

Story Director: HANNA-BARBERA c71-73/76-77 (The Roman Holidays 72-73, The New Scooby-Doo Movies 72-74, Scooby’s All-Star Laff-a-Lympics 77-78)

Art Director/Backgrounds/Storyboards: SCREEN IMAGES c73 (The City That Forgot About Christmas 74)

Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA c76-88 (The C.B. Bears 77-78, Challenge of the Super Friends 78-79, The Godzilla Power Hour 78, The Godzilla Super 90 78-79, Godzilla 79/81, The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour 79-80, The Godzilla/Hong Kong Phooey Hour 80-81, The Kwicky Koala Show 81-82, The Smurfs 81-89)

 

KEARIN, Patrick

Story/Storyboards: CAMBRIA c64-65 (The New Three Stooges 65-66)

 

KEEFER, Melvin (Mel) (1926- )

Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA c64-65 (Adventures of Jonny Quest 64-65); GRANTRAY-LAWRENCE c66-67 (Marvel Superheroes 66-68); FILMATION c68-69/73 (The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69, The US of Archie 74); PANTOMIME PICTURES c69-70 (Sky Hawks 69-71)

Character Design: FILMATION c81-82 (Black Star 81-83); HANNA-BARBERA c82-83 (The Little Rascals 82-84, The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show 83-84)

Storyboards: FILMATION c83 (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 85-86)

Layout Design: HANNA-BARBERA c87 (The Little Troll Prince 87)

 

KEENAN, William J. (Bill)

Story: FILMATION c67 (Journey to the Center of the Earth 67-69); RANKIN-BASS c69-71 (The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad 70-72)

 

KEENER, Diane

Breakdown: DISNEY 60 (101 Dalmatians 61)

 

KEI, Sam S.

Layout Supervisor: JAY WARD c63-66 (Hoppity Hooper 64-67)

 

KEICHLE, Edgar

Layouts: LANTZ c38-39 (Oswald the Rabbit 38 [Barnyard Romeo, The Big Cat and the Little Mousie], New Universal Cartoon 38-39 [Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl 38, Nellie the Indian Chief’s Daughter 38, Voodoo in Harlem 38, Ghost Town Frolics 38, Bolo-Mola Land 39], Cartune 38-39 [Baby Kittens 38, Soup to Mutts 39, Birth of a Toothpick 39, One-Armed Bandit 39, A-Haunting Will We Go 39, Arabs with Dirty Fezzes 39, Snuffy’s Party 39], Car-Tune Comedy 39 [I’m Just a Jitterbug, Little Tough Mice, Crackpot Cruise], Crackpot Cruise 39 [Punchy: Slaphappy Valley], Mello-Drama 39 [The Bird on Nellie’s Hat 39, Nellie of the Circus 39], Nertzery Rhyme 39 [Magic Beans, The Sleeping Princess], Andy Panda 40 [Andy Panda Goes Fishing])

 

KEIL, William B. (Bill) (2 Aug 1916-29 Aug 2003)

Assistant Animator/Animator: DISNEY 40-43/46-59 (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37, Silly Symphony 38 [Wynken, Blynken & Nod], Bambi 42)

Animator: DISNEY c55- -60 (Goofy’s Cavalcade of Sports 56, The Adventure Story 57, How to Relax 57, The Truth About Mother Goose 57, Sleeping Beauty 59, Goliath II 60, The Coyote’s Lament 61, 101 Dalmatians 61); HANNA-BARBERA c60-73 (Loopy de Loop 61-64, Adventures of Jonny Quest 64-65, The Man Called Flintstone 66, Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles 66-68, Scooby-Doo Where Are You 69-71, Where’s Huddles? 70, Josie and the Pussycats 70-72, The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show 71-72, The New Scooby-Doo Movies 72-74, Speed Buggy 73-74)

Animator/Animation Director: JACK KINNEY PRODS c59 (Popeye 60 [Barbecue for Two, Deserted Desert])

Animation Co-ordinator: HANNA-BARBERA c72 (Charlotte’s Web 73)

Animation Supervisor: HANNA-BARBERA c74-84 (Tom and Jerry 75-76, The All-New Super Friends Hour 77-78, The C.B. Bears 77-78, Scooby’s All-Star Laff-a-Lympics 77-78, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels 77-80, The Godzilla Power Hour 78, Challenge of the Super Friends 78-79, The Godzilla Super 90 78-79, The New Fred and Barney Show 79, The New Shmoo 79, Godzilla 79/81, The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour 79-80, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo 79-80, The Godzilla/Hong Kong Phooey Hour 80-81, The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour 82-83, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show 84-85)

Unit Director: HANNA-BARBERA c73-75 (Hong Kong Phooey 74-76, Dynomutt Dog Wonder 76-78)

 

KEITZ, Roddy

Co-Owner/Designer/Producer [with Larry HERNDON]: KEITZ & HERNDON Early 50s- (Jot TV series, TV Commercials [Dr. Pepper et al])

 

KELLER, Llewellyn (Lew, Lou) (4 July 1912-10 Jan 1996)

Inspirational Sketches/Layouts: DISNEY 38-41 (Bambi 42)

Designer: SHAMUS CULHANE PRODUCTIONS 48- -52 (TV Commercials 48-52 [Halo Shampoo 48/52, Bab-O 51]); RAY PATIN (TV Commercials [JAX Beer, Rainier Beer, Bardahl Motor Oil et al])

Art Director/Designer/Layouts: UPA c53-57 (Gerald McBoing Boing 56, Mr. Magoo 57 [for Bobe CANNON])

Director: UPA [NY] c55-58 (The Gerald McBoing Boing Show 56 [Miserable Pack of Wolves], Ham and Hattie 58-59 [Trees and Jamaica Daddy 58, Sailing and Village Band 58, Spring and Saganaki 58, Picnics Are Fun and Dino’s Serenade 59]); JAY WARD 59-69 (Rocky and His Friends 59-61, Hoppity Hooper 64-67, Uncle Waldo’s Cartoon Show 65-66, George of the Jungle 67-70)

Story: UPA c58-59 (1001 Arabian Nights 59)

Layouts: UNIVERSAL; RKO; WARNER BROS.; COLUMBIA; MGM; EAGLE FILMS/DE TIEGE c63-64 (The Man from Button Willow 65); HUNT STROMBERG; TEMPO; MARVEL

 

KELLING, Frank Ernard (11 Nov 1904-23 Mar 1949)

Animator: DISNEY 31/35-36 (Mickey Mouse 31/36 [The Barnyard Broadcast 31, The Beach Party 31, Orphans’ Picnic 36, Mickey’s Circus 36], Silly Symphony 35 [Music Land]); LANTZ 34 (Cartune Classics [Toyland Premiere]); FLEISCHER 38 (Betty Boop 39)

Directing Animator: FLEISCHER c38-39 (Gulliver’s Travels 39)

 

KELLISON, Philip (Phil)

Animator?: GEORGE PAL 40s (Puppetoons); STORYBOARD, INC. 50s (TV Commercials)

 

KELLY, ?

Color: SERING D. WILSON INC. 24-25 (Ebenezer Ebony 25)

 

KELLY, Raymond (Ray)

Story: VAN BEUREN c34-35 (Rainbow Parade 35 [The Foxy Terrier, The Merry Kittens]); MGM 37-

Animator: VAN BEUREN -36; TERRYTOONS 36-37; MGM 37-38- (The Captain and the Kids 38-39)

 

KELLY, Selby [aka Selby DALEY, nee Margaret SELBY] (13 Aug 1917-19 June 2005)

Inker/Inbetweener/Assistant Animator/Animator: DISNEY 36-42 (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37); MGM 42- (Tom and Jerry); WARNER BROS. (Bugs Bunny); LANTZ; CHARLES EAMES; GEORGE PAL 40s (Puppetoons); JAY WARD; BILL MELENDEZ 60s; HANNA-BARBERA; FINE ARTS FILMS c69 (Shinbone Alley 70)

Animator/Designer/Producer: Sesame Street, The Electric Company, TV Commercials

NOTE: Married to animator Roger DALEY and later to animator/cartoonist Walt KELLY

 

KELLY, Walter Crawford (Walt) (25 Aug 1913-18 Oct 1973)

Story: DISNEY 35-36 (Silly Symphony)

Animator: DISNEY 36-41 (Mickey Mouse 37- -41 [Clock Cleaners 37, The Little Whirlwind 41, The Nifty Nineties 41], Pinocchio 40 [Geppetto's Workshop], Fantasia 40 [Pastoral Symphony], Dumbo 41 [Crows])

Co-Producer/Story: CHUCK JONES/MGM 69 (The Special Pogo Birthday Special 69)

NOTE: Comic Book writer/artist 42-54 (The Brownies, Albert the Alligator, Pogo, Our Gang, Peter Wheat, Pinocchio, The Three Caballeros); Creator/writer/artist of newspaper strip Pogo 48-73

 

KELSAY, Keith

Story: PANTOMIME PICTURES c69-70 (Hot Wheels 69-71, Sky Hawks 69-71)

 

KELSEY, Richmond Irwin (Dick) (3 May 1905-3 May 1987)

Layouts: DISNEY 38-41

Backgrounds: DISNEY 38-41/c68-70 (Pinocchio 40, Fantasia 40, Dumbo 41, Bambi 42, Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71)

Story: DISNEY 45- -50 (Make Mine Music 46, Alice in Wonderland 51)

Color and Styling: DISNEY c47 (Melody Time 48)

Cartoon Art Treatment: DISNEY c48 (So Dear to My Heart 49)

Background Design: HANNA-BARBERA c63 (Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear! 64)

NOTE: At DISNEY in Comic Strip Department 1941-42; Art Director for CALIFORNIA ARTISTS 53-54, MARCO ENGINEERING CO.

 

KENDALL, Mary

Animator: DISNEY c47 (Donald Duck 48 [The Trial of Donald Duck])

 

KENNEDY, John

Animator: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. Early 40s [Friz FRELENG Unit]; DISNEY c57-58 (Sleeping Beauty 59)

 

KERNS, Jack (1920-30 Sept 2004)

Assistant Animator: DISNEY 55-60s; HANNA-BARBERA c65 (The Man Called Flintstone 66); FRED CALVERT PRODUCTIONS c66-73; BAKSHI c74-75 (Coonskin 75)

 

KESSLER, Saul

Animator?: FLEISCHER -30-31-

 

KESTER, Lenard (10 May 1917-13 Jan 1997)

Backgrounds: FLEISCHER -34-39; SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. c40-43 (Porky Pig 41 [Notes to You 41], Merrie Melodies 41-43 [The Fighting 69 1/2th 41, The Cat’s Tale 41, The Trial of Mr. Wolf 41, Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt 41, The Wacky Worm 41, Sport Chumpions 41, Rookie Revue 41, Rhapsody in Rivets 41, Hop Skip and a Chump 42, Lights Fantastic 42, Double Chaser 42, Foney Fables 42, The Sheepish Wolf 42, Ding Dong Daddy 42, Pigs in a Polka 43, Fifth Column Mouse 43, Greetings Bait 43], Bugs Bunny 42-44 [The Wabbit Who Came to Supper 42, Fresh Hare 42, Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk 43, Little Red Riding Rabbit 43, Meatless Flyday 44], Daffy Duck 43 [Daffy the Commando 43] [Friz FRELENG Unit]); DISNEY Early 40s (Why We Fight 42, Pluto 44 [Springtime for Pluto 44, First Aiders 44])

 

KETCHAM, Henry King (Hank) (14 Mar 1920-1 June 2001)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY c37-39 (Pinocchio 40, Fantasia 40)

Animator: DISNEY c39-41 (The Seven Wise Dwarfs 41, Bambi 42); LANTZ 41-42

Story: DE PATIE-FRELENG 80 (Dennis the Menace in “Mayday for Mother” 81)

NOTE: Newspaper strip writer/artist 51-01 (Dennis the Menace)

 

KEY, Ted (25 Aug 1912-3 May 2008)

Story: SHAMUS CULHANE PRODUCTIONS c58 (Showdown at Ulcer Gulch 58 [for Saturday Evening Post]); JAY WARD c59-62 (The Bullwinkle Show 61-63, TV Commercials [Created Mr. Peabody, Sherman])

NOTE: Magazine cartoonist c42-69 (This Week, Collier’s, Saturday Evening Post); Newspaper Strip writer/artist 69-08 (Hazel); Story/Screenplay for Hazel TV Show 61-66, live-action films: DISNEY c70- -77 ($1,000,000 Duck 71, Gus 76, The Cat from Outer Space 78), Digby the Biggest Dog in the World 73

 

KHIM, Richard

Backgrounds: HANNA-BARBERA c65-79- (The Man Called Flintstone 66, Scooby-Doo Where Are You? 69-71, The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show 71-72, Dynomutt Dog Wonder 76-78, The C.B. Bears 77-78, Scooby’s All-Star Laff-a-Lympics 77-78, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels 77-80, Galaxy Goof-Ups 78, Scooby’s All-Stars 78-79)

 

KILTY, Lawrence (Larry) (1917-3 July 2002)

Assistant Animator: DISNEY 47- ; SKETCHBOOK FILMS; ERA PRODUCTIONS

Producer: HANNA-BARBERA c71-76

 

KIM, Paul

Designer: ACADEMY PICTURES c49-61 (TV Commercials)

 

KIMBALL, Ward Walrath (4 Mar 1914-8 July 2002)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY 2 Apr 34-Aug 34 (Servants’ Entrance 34 [for FOX], Silly Symphony 34 [The Wise Little Hen 34, The Goddess of Spring 34], Mickey Mouse 34 [Orphan’s Benefit 34])

Assistant Animator: Aug 34-36 (Silly Symphony 34 [The Tortoise and the Hare 35] [Assistant to Ham LUSKE])

Animator: DISNEY 36- -64 (Silly Symphony 36 [Toby Tortoise Returns 36, More Kittens 36, Woodland Café 37, Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 38], Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37, Donald Duck [The Autograph Hound 39], Saludos Amigos 43, Victory Through Air Power 43, The Three Caballeros 45, Make Mine Music 46 [Willie the Operatic Whale, Peter and the Wolf], Man in Flight 57, Man Is His Own Worst Enemy 62, Mary Poppins 64)

Supervising Animator: DISNEY c37-39 (Fantasia 40 [Bacchus in Pastoral Symphony])

Directing Animator: DISNEY c36- -63 (Pinocchio 40 [Jiminy Cricket], Dumbo 41 [Crows], Fun and Fancy Free 47, Melody Time 48 [Pecos Bill], The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49, Cinderella 50 [Gus, Jaq, Lucifer the Cat], Alice in Wonderland 51 [Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Walrus and Carpenter, Mad Tea Party, Cheshire Cat], Peter Pan 53, Disneyland Goes to the World’s Fair 64)

Animator/Director: DISNEY c52/67 (Melody – Adventures in Music 53, Pacifically Peeking 68)

Director: DISNEY c52-73 (Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom 53, It’s Tough to Be a Bird 69, Dad Can I Borrow the Car? 70)

Director/Producer/Story: DISNEY c54-56 (Man in Space 55, Man and the Moon 55, Mars and Beyond 57)

Director/Producer: DISNEY c57 (Magic Highway USA 58)

Story: DISNEY c58 (Eyes Into Outer Space 59)

Animator/Story: DISNEY c62 (Fly with Von Drake 63)

Sequence Director: DISNEY c70-71 (Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71)

 

KIMMELMAN, Kenneth (Ken) (6 Aug 1940- )

Animator: TERRYTOONS 58-60s; NEWHALL-YOHE c79-80 (Drawing Power 80-81)

Animator/Designer/Producer: PHIL KIMMELMAN & ASSOCIATES 60s+ (Theatricals, Sesame Street TV, The Electric Company commercials)

 

KIMMELMAN, Philip (Phil) (14 Sept 1910-16 May 1997)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: FAMOUS 40s?

Owner/Producer: PHIL KIMMELMAN/KMCP 60s-90s (TV commercials [Cask Mountain Wine 73, Lectric Shave 73/74, Country Club Malt Liquor 74, True Temper 74, Gillette Trac II 76, Pennsylvania Lottery 77, Fanta 90]); KIM & GIFFORD c72 (Schoolhouse Rock! 73)

 

KING, Harold (Hal) (5 May 1913-28 Sept 1986)

Animator: [NY Studios?] 30s-36; DISNEY 39-28 Aug 73 (Donald Duck 40-46/61 [Donald’s Vacation 40, Window Cleaners 40, Fire Chief 40, Timber 41, Early to Bed 41, Truant Officer Donald 41, Old MacDonald Duck 41, The Vanishing Private 42, The Old Army Game 43, Home Defense 43, Trombone Trouble 44, Duck Pimples 45, Wet Paint 46, Lighthouse Keeping 46, Donald and the Wheel 61], Mickey Mouse 41 [Orphan’s Benefit], The Three Caballeros 45, Make Mine Music 46 [All the Cats Join In], Song of the South 46, Fun and Fancy Free 47, Melody Time 48, Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49, So Dear to My Heart 49, Cinderella 50, Alice in Wonderland 51, Peter Pan 53, Susie the Little Blue Coupé 52, Lady and the Tramp 55, Sleeping Beauty 59, 101 Dalmatians 61, Kids Is Kids 61, The Sword in the Stone 63 [Merlin, Owl], The Jungle Book 67, Man on Wheels 67, The Aristocats 70, Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71, Robin Hood 73)

Assistant Animator: DISNEY 20 July 36-39 (Pinocchio 40)

 

KING, James Patton (Jack) (4 Nov 1895-4 Oct 1958)

Director: HEARST/IFS 20-21 (Judge Rummy 20-21 [Kiss Me 20, Why Change Your Husband 20, Too Much Pep 21]); SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. c33-Apr 36 (Buddy 34-35 [Buddy’s Bearcats 34, Buddy the Detective 34, Buddy the Woodsman 34, Buddy’s Circus 34, Viva Buddy 34, Buddy’s Lost World 35, Buddy’s Bug Hunt 35, Buddy Steps Out 35, Buddy the Gee Man 35], Beans 35-36 [A Cartoonist’s Nightmare 35, Hollywood Capers 36], Porky and Beans 35-36 [Boom Boom 36, Alpine Antics 36, Westward Whoa 36], Beans Ham and Ex 36 [The Phantom Ship, The Fire Alarm], Porky Pig 36 [Fish Tales, Shangaied Shipmates, Porky’s Pet, Porky’s Moving Day]); DISNEY Apr 36-46 (Donald Duck 37-48 [Modern Inventions 37, Donald’s Ostrich 37, Self Control 38, Donald’s Better Self 38, Donald’s Nephews 38, Good Scouts 38, Donald’s Golf Game 38, Donald’s Lucky Day 39, The Hockey Champ 39, Donald’s Cousin Gus 39, Donald’s Penguin 39, The Autograph Hound 39, Donald’s Dog Laundry 40, Mr. Duck Steps Out 40, Donald’s Vacation 40, Window Cleaners 40, Fire Chief 40, Timber 41, Early to Bed 41, Truant Officer Donald 41, Old MacDonald Duck 41, Chef Donald 41, Donald’s Snow Fight 42, Donald Gets Drafted 42, The Vanishing Private 42, Sky Trooper 42, Bellboy Donald 42, The Spirit of ’43 43, Fall Out-Fall In 43, The Old Army Game 43, Home Defense 43, Trombone Trouble 44, Donald Duck and the Gorilla 44, Contrary Condor 44, The Plastics Inventor 44, The Clock watcher 45, Donald’s Crime 45, Cured Duck 45, Old Sequoia 45, Donald’s Double Trouble 46, Wet Paint 46, Dumb Bell of the Yukon 46, Sleepy Time Donald 47, Donald’s Dilemma 47, Wide Open Spaces 47, Drip Dippy Donald 48, Donald’s Dream Voice 48, The Trial of Donald Duck 48])

Animator: TERRY 29; DISNEY 17 June 29-17 May 33//c40-41 (Silly Symphony 30-33 [Frolicking Fish 30, Santa’s Workshop 32, Three Little Pigs 33], Mickey Mouse 30 [Pioneer Days], Donald Duck 41-42 [Truant Officer Donald 41, Sky Trooper 42]); SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 33-36 (Buddy 33-35 [Buddy’s Day Out 33, Buddy’s Ber Garden 33, Buddy’s Show Boat 33, Buddy in the Gob 34, Buddy and Towser 34, Buddy’s Garage 34, Buddy the Dentist 34], Merrie Melodies 33-35 [I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song 33, Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence 33, Pettin’ in the Park 34, Honeymoon Hotel 34, Beauty and the Beast 34, I Haven’t Got a Hat 35])

 

KING, John

Co-Creator: TRANS-LUX-ORIOLO 58-60 (Felix the Cat 60)

 

KING, William (Bill)

Animator: GEORGE PAL c46 (Puppetoons/Madcap Models 47 [Animated models])

 

KINNEY, Jane

Assistant Director: DISNEY c41- -48 (Bambi 42, Victory Through Air Power 43, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49 [Assistant to Jack KINNEY])

NOTE: Wife of Jack KINNEY. Started at DISNEY in Research and Development.

 

KINNEY, John (Jack) (29 Mar 1909-9 Feb 1992)

Animator: DISNEY 31-38 (Mickey Mouse 31-35 [Mickey’s Mechanical Man 33, Mickey’s Service Station 35, The Band Concert 35], Servants’ Entrance 34 [for FOX], Silly Symphony 35 [The Cookie Carnival 35], Bambi 42)

Sequence Director: DISNEY c38-48/56-57 (Pinocchio 40, Dumbo 41, Saludos Amigos 43, Victory Through Air Power 43, The Three Caballeros 45, Make Mine Music 46, Fun and Fancy Free 47, Melody Time 48, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49, Man in Flight 57, How to Relax 57)

Story Director: DISNEY (Mickey Mouse [The Brave Little Tailor 38, Mickey’s Trailer 38, Society Dog Show 39]; Pluto [Bone Trouble 40]); HANNA-BARBERA c78-82 (Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo 79-80, The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour 82-83)

Director: DISNEY c39-57 (Goofy 40-45/49-53 [Goofy’s Glider 40, Baggage Buster 41, The Art of Skiing 41, The Art of Self Defense 41, How to Play Baseball 42, The Olympic Champ 42, How to Swim 42, How to Fish 42, Victory Vehicles 43, How to Be a Sailor 44, How to Play Golf 44, How to Play Football 44, Tiger Trouble 45, African Diary 45, Californy ‘er Bust 45, Hockey Homicide 45, Tennis Racquet 49, Goofy Gymnastics 49, Motor Mania 50, Hold That Pose 50, Lion Down 51, Home Made Home 51, Cold War 51, Tomorrow We Diet 51, Get Rich Quick 51, Fathers Are People 51, No Smoking 51, Father’s Lion 52, Hello Aloha 52, Man’s Best Friend 52, Two Gun Goofy 52, Teachers Are People 52, Two Weeks’ Vacation 52, How to Be a Detective 52, Father’s Day Off 53, For Whom the Bulls Toil 53, Father’s Week End 53, How to Dance 53, How to Sleep 53], Figaro 43 [Figaro and Cleo 43], The Brave Engineer 50, Football-Now and Then 53, Donald Duck 54 [Donald’s Diary 54], Chip ’n’ Dale 54 [The Lone Chipmunks 54], Pigs Is Pigs 54, Casey Bats Again 54, Social Lion 54, TV cartoons 54-57); UPA c58-59 (1001 Arabian Nights 59); PARAMOUNT c61-62 (Krazy Kat 62-63)

Director/Story: DISNEY c54 (The Goofy Success Story 55)

Story/Storyboards: DISNEY c55 (Goofy’s Cavalcade of Sports 56); SNOWBALL c61 (Matty’s Funday Funnies 62 [Beany and Cecil]); CAMBRIA c64-65 (The New Three Stooges 65-66)

Co-Owner/Director/Producer: JACK KINNEY PRODUCTIONS [aka KINNEY-ADELQUIST] c57-67 (Popeye 60-61 [101 episodes, for KING FEATURES], Krazy Kat 63 [Housewarming, for KING FEATURES])

NOTE: Brother of Dick KINNEY

 

KINNEY, Richard Timothy (Dick) (15 Dec 1916-24 Mar 1985)

Inbetweener: HARMAN-ISING 37; LANTZ 38

Story: HARMAN-ISING c38; DISNEY 14 Mar 39- -9 June 56 (Goofy 45/47/49-53 [Hockey Homicide 45, Foul Hunting 47, Tennis Racquet 49, Goofy Gymnastics 49, Motor Mania 50, Hold That Pose 50, Lion Down 51, Home Made Home 51, Cold War 51, Tomorrow We Diet 51, Get Rich Quick 51, Fathers Are People 51, No Smoking 51, Father’s Lion 52, Hello Aloha 52, Two Gun Goofy 52, Teachers Are People 52, How to Be a Detective 52, Father’s Day Off 53, For Whom the Bulls Toil 53, Father’s Week End 53, How to Dance 53], Make Mine Music 46, Donald Duck 46/47/54/55/56 [Frank Duck Brings ’Em Back Alive 46, Chip an’ Dale 47, Donald’s Diary 54, Up a Tree 55, Chips Ahoy 56], The Brave Engineer 50, Pluto 50-51 [Pluto and the Gopher 50, Primitive Pluto 50, Puss-Café 50, Pests of the West 50, Food for Feudin’ 50, Camp Dog 50, Cold Storage 51], Chip ‘n’ Dale 54 [The Lone Chipmunks], Casey Bats Again 54, Social Lion 54, Jack and Old Mack 56, A Cowboy Needs a Horse 56, Disneyland 56-61 [At Home with Donald Duck 56, Four Fabulous Characters 57, How to Relax 57, The Adventures of Chip ‘n’ Dale 59, The Coyote’s Lament 61]); LANTZ 56/58-59/60-62 (Woody Woodpecker 56-57/62-63 [Niagara Fools 56, Red Riding Hoodlum 56, The Unbearable Salesman 57, International Woodpecker 57, Room and Bored 62, Careless Caretaker 62, Stowaway Woody 63, The Tenant’s Racket 63], Hercules 57 [Plumber of Seville], The Beary Family 62-63 [Fowled-Up Family 62, Mother’s Little Helper 62, Charlie’s Mother-in-Law 63]), Chilly Willy 63 [Pesky Pelican]; UPA c56-58/60/63-64 (Mr. Magoo 57-60 [Magoo’s Cruise 57, Magoo Saves the Bank 57, Love Comes to Magoo 58, Gumshoe Magoo 58, Bwana Magoo 59, Magoo’s Homecoming 59, Magoo’s Lodge Brother 59], 1001 Arabian Nights 59, Mister Magoo 60 [33 episodes], The Dick Tracy Show 61 [14 episodes], The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo 64-65); TERRYTOONS c58/60/62 (The Deputy Dawg Show 59, Hashimoto 61 [Night Life in Tokyo], Hector Heathcote 61 [The Unsung Hero], The Hector Heathcote Show 63); JACK KINNEY PRODUCTIONS/KING FEATURES c60 (Popeye 60 [Barbecue for Two]); FORMAT FILMS c60 (The Alvin Show 61); SNOWBALL 60-62 (Matty’s Funday Funnies 61-62 [Beany and Cecil]); FINE ARTS FILMS c69 (Shinbone Alley 70); HANNA-BARBERA c74-75 (The New Tom and Jerry Show aka The Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show 75-76, The Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show 76)

NOTE: Brother of Jack KINNEY. Wrote stories for DISNEY Overseas Comic Book Program 63-82 (Donald Duck, Fethry Duck, Hard Haid Moe, Uncle Scrooge, Goofy, Mad Madam Mim, Double-O-Duck, Belle Duck, Rockerduck, Super Goof)

 

KIRBY, Jack [nee Jacob KURTZBERG] (28 Aug 1917-6 Feb 1994)

Inbetweener: FLEISCHER 9/35-2/37 (Popeye 35-37, Color Classic Cartoons 35-37)

Presentation Boards/Story Consultant/Storyboards: DE PATIE-FRELENG 78 (The New Fantastic Four 78-79)

Character Designer: HANNA-BARBERA c78/80-84 (The New Shmoo 79, Space Stars 81-82 [Space Ghost, Herculoids], The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show 83-84, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show 84-85)

Character Designer/Creative Consultant: RUBY-SPEARS 80-86 (Thundarr the Barbarian 80-82, Goldie Gold and Action Jack 81-82, Mr. T 83-86, Turbo Teen 84-85, Centurions 85-86, Sectaurs 85, Rambo 86, Chuck Norris’ Karate Kommandos 86, Lazer Tag Academy 86-87)

NOTE: Newspaper Strip writer/artist c36-79 (Abdul Jones, Socko the Sea Dog, Count of Monte Cristo, Diary of Dr. Hayward, Sky Masters, The Black Hole); Comic Book writer/artist (Captain America, Manhunter, Boy Commandos, Sandman, Challengers of the Unknown, Bullseye, Green Arrow, Fantastic Four, Incredible Hulk, Avengers, The Mighty Thor, Forever People, New Gods, Jimmy Olsen, Demon, Kamandi)

 

KIRK, Robert (Bob)

Animator: MGM c67 (Tom and Jerry 67 [Cannery Rodent 67]); DE PATIE-FRELENG c72-81 (Bailey’s Comets 73-75, Baggy Pants and the Nitwits 77-78, What’s New Mr. Magoo? 77-79, Pink Panther 78 [Pink Arcade, Pink Bananas, Pink UFO, Sprinkle Me Pink, Supermarket Pink, Toro Pink], All-New Pink Panther Show 78-79, The Fantastic Four 78-79, The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat 82)

Sequence Director: MARVEL/SUNBOW c84-87 (G.I. Joe 85-87, Jem 86-88)

Director: MARVEL/SUNBOW c86 (G.I. Joe: The Movie 87)

 

KIRSANOFF, Anatole (Tolly) (2 Sept 1911-2 May 1973)

Animator: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 40s (Point Rationing of Food 43); UPA 50s; HANNA-BARBERA c64-67 (Adventures of Jonny Quest 64-65, The Hillbilly Bears 65-66, The Secret Squirrel Show 67-68); FILMATION c73 (Journey Back to Oz 74)

Sequence Director: FILMATION 60s (The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69)

NOTE: Born in Russia

 

KISSANE, Ruth (10 Jan 1929-23 Jan 1990)

Animator: DISNEY 54-58; UPA; CHURCHILL-WEXLER FILMS; FORMAT FILMS; PLAYHOUSE PICTURES; MELENDEZ c69 (The Rainbow Bear 70); DE PATIE-FRELENG c74 (The Tiny Tree 75); HUBLEY c75-77 (Everybody Rides the Carousel 75, W.O.W. 75, The Doonesbury Special 77); BOSUSTOW c77 (Legend of John Henry 78, Nate the Great 78); NEPENTHE PRODUCTIONS c77 (Watership Down 78); DE PATIE-FRELENG; CHUCK JONES ENTERPRISES; WARNER BROS. c78 (Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales 79); REITMAN-MOGEL/COLUMBIA c79-80 (Heavy Metal 81); FILMATION c86 (Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 87)

Layouts: MELENDEZ c65-71 (A Charlie Brown Christmas 65, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown 66, A Boy Named Charlie Brown 69, Snoopy Come Home 72)

Director: JOHN SUTHERLAND 72 (Captain Kangaroo Show 72)

Co-Director: FILM ROMAN c87-88 (Garfield: His Nine Lives 88)

 

KLEIN, Earl

Animator: HEARST IFS c16-18 (Krazy Kat 16-17)

Layouts/Background Design: WARNER BROS. c42-45 (Point Rationing of Foods 43, Merrie Melodies 44-46 [The Weakly Reporter 44, The Eager Beaver 45, Fresh Airedale 45, Scent-imental Over You 46], Bugs Bunny 45-46 [Hare Conditioned 45, Hare Tonic 45, Hair-Raising Hare 46] [Chuck JONES Unit]

Owner/Director/President/Producer: ANIMATION INC. c46-67 (TV Commercials)

Story Director: HANNA-BARBERA c68-72 (The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 69-71, The Harlem Globetrotters 70-73)

Director: HANNA-BARBERA c72-73 (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids 73-74)

 

KLEIN, Isadore (I., Izzy) (12 Oct 1897-30 Jan 1986)

Animator/Story: HEARST IFS 16-18 (Krazy Kat 16-17, Katzenjammer Kids 16-18, Happy Hooligan 16-18, Judge Rummy 18, Silk Hat Harry); BARRÉ-BOWERS 18 (Mutt and Jeff 18); JEFFERSON FILM CORP. 21-25 (Mutt and Jeff 21-25); ASSOCIATED ANIMATORS 25-26 (Mutt and Jeff 25-26); AUDIO-CINEMA 30; TERRY MOSER & COFFMAN 30-32 (Terrytoons 30-32, Farmer Al Falfa 31-32); VAN BEUREN 34-35; MINTZ/COLUMBIA 35-36 (Scrappy 35-36, Barney Google 35-36); DISNEY c35-37 (Silly Symphony 36-38 [Toby Tortoise Returns 36, Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 38]); FAMOUS c52 (Noveltoon 53 [Huey’s Ducky Daddy]); PARAMOUNT 62-64 (Noveltoon 62 [Fiddlin’ Around], Modern Madcap 65 [Cagey Business])

Animator: TERRY MOSER & COFFMAN 30 (The Explorer 31); VAN BEUREN 34 (Toddle Tales 34 [Grandfather’s Clock], Rainbow Parade 34-35 [The Parrotville Fire Department 34, The Pastrytown Wedding 34, The Sunshine Makers 35]); TED ESHBAUGH c34 (The Pastrytown Wedding 34); MINTZ/COLUMBIA 35-36 (Barney Google 35 [Patch Mah Britches], Color Rhapsody 36 [Glee Worms]); DISNEY 36-40 (Silly Symphony 36-38 [Mother Pluto 36, Woodland Café 37, The Moth and the Flame 38, Wynken Blynken and Nod 38, Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 38], Donald Duck 37 [Donald’s Ostrich], Mickey Mouse 37-38 [Magician Mickey 37, Lonesome Ghosts 37, Mickey’s Trailer 38], Ferdinand the Bull 38, Goofy 39 [Goofy and Wilbur]); TERRYTOONS 42 (Nancy 42 [School Daze, Doing Their Bit]); PARAMOUNT c60-62 (Jeepers & Creepers 60 [Scouting for Trouble], The Cat 60 [Top Cat], Noveltoon 60-62 [Silly Science 60, Alvin’s Solo Flight 61, TV or Not TV 62], Abner the Baseball 61, Popeye 61-63, Swifty & Shorty 64 [Fizzicle Fizzle, Fix That Clock], Comic King 62 [Beetle Bailey: Home Sweet Swampy, Psychological Testing], Beetle Bailey and His Friends 62, Modern Madcap 63-64 [One Weak Vacation 63, Nearsighted and Far Out 64]); HAL SEEGER c64-67 (Milton the Monster 65-68, Batfink 67)

Story: MINTZ/COLUMBIA c35 (Scrappy 35 [Let’s Ring Doorbells]); TERRYTOONS c42 (Super Mouse: The Mouse of Tomorrow); TERRYTOONS 40-44 (Farmer Al Falfa, Super Mouse 42 [The Mouse of Tomorrow], Mighty Mouse 43-45); FAMOUS (Little Lulu 45-48 [Snap Happy 45, Man’s Pest Friend 45, Bored of Education 46, A Bout with a Trout 47, The Dog Show-Off 48], Popeye 46-51/54-57 [Klondike Casanova 46, Rodeo Romeo 46, The Fistic Mystic 46, Popeye and the Pirates 47, Wotta Knight 47, All’s Fair at the Fair 47, Wigwam Whopee 48, Popeye Meets Hercules 48, A Wolf in Sheik’s Clothing 48, Popeye’s Premiere 49, Hot-Air Aces 49, Silly Hillbilly 49, How Green Is My Spinach? 50, Popeye Makes a Movie 50, Let’s Stalk Spinach 51, Popeye’s 20^th Anniversary 54, Greek Mirthology 54, Private Eye Popeye 54, Penny Antics 55, Beaus Will Be Beaus 55, Gift of Gag 55, Assault and Flattery 56, Insect to Injury 56, Parlez Vous Woo 56, Nearlyweds 57], Noveltoon 46-52/54-57 [The Goal Rush 46, Madhattan Island 47, The Wee Men 47, We’re in the Honey 48, The Mite Makes Right 48, The Little Cut-Up 49, Leprechaun’s Gold 49, Teacher’s Pest 50, Goofy Goofy Gander 50, Hold the Lion Please 51, Land of Lost Watches 51, Audrey the Rain Maker 51, Cat Tamale 51, Law and Audrey 52, City Kitty 52, The Case of the Cockeyed Canary 52, Crazy Town 54, Candy Cabaret 54, Dizzy Dishes 55, Sleuth But Sure 56, Pedro and Lorenzo 56, Fishing Tackler 57], Screen Song 48-51 [Sing or Swim 48, Readin’ Ritin’ and Rhythmetic 48, The Emerald Isle 49, Spring Song 49, Toys Will Be Toys 49, The Big Flame-Up 49, Strolling Thru the Park 49, Snow Foolin’ 49, Fiesta Time 50, Miners Forty Niners 51], Casper 50-57 [Casper’s Spree Under the Sea 50, Once Upon a Rhyme 50, Casper Comes to Clown 51, Ghost of the Town 52, Cage Fright 52, Pig-a-Boo 52, Spook No Evil 53, North Pal 53, Do or Diet 53, Boo Moon 54, Casper Genie 54, Boos and Arrows 54, Boo Ribbon Winner 54, Spooking with a Brogue 55, Red White and Boo 55, Dutch Treat 56, Ghost of Honor 57], Kartune 52-53 [Dizzy Dinosaurs 52, Forest Fantasy 52, Philharmaniacs 53, Invention Convention 53], Herman and Katnip 53-54 [Of Mice and Magic 53, Herman the Catoonist 53, Surf and Sound 54]); PARAMOUNT 61-67 (Popeye 61, Noveltoon 62-63 [Good and Guilty 62, Yule Laff 62, Gramps to the Rescue 63, Tell Me a Bad-Time Story 63], Modern Madcap 61/63 [The Phantom Moustacher 61, Harry Happy 63], GoGo Toon 67 [The Opera Caper])

Animator/Director: KLEIN (TV Commercials 60s, Tick Tock 67)

 

KLEIN, Philip (Phil)

Animator: VAN BEUREN -35-; DISNEY c36-41; FAMOUS 42-48- (Popeye)

 

KLELEY, John

Animator?: U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE FIRST MOTION PICTURE UNIT c43-45

 

KLINE, Lester Robert (Les) (3 Apr 1906-22 Mar 1997)

Animator: DISNEY 27; FLEISCHER; LANTZ 30-38/44-48/59-69 (Oswald the Rabbit 31-38, Pooch the Pup 33, Meany Miny and Moe 36-37, Woody Woodpecker 44/46/48/59-69, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein 48 [animated insert], Windy & Breezy 58-59, Chilly Willy 60/66-70, Inspector Willoughby 63-65, The Beary Family 63-71); TV SPOTS; PAUL FENNELL; CASCADE; WOLF; CHERTOK PRODUCTIONS

Director: LANTZ 38-48 (Oswald the Rabbit 38, Baby Face Mouse 38, Nertsery Rhyme 39, Andy Panda 42-49, Woody Woodpecker 44-48)

 

KLING, Heywood Fisher (“Woody”) [also Heyward KLING] (14 Apr 1925-10 Apr 1988)

Story: PARAMOUNT c65-66 (Honey Halfwitch 66 [Trick or Cheat, The Defiant Giant, Potions and Notions]), Modern Madcap 66-67 [A Balmy Knight 66, A Wedding Knight 66, Baa Baa Blacksmith 67]); HAL SEEGER c66-67 (Milton the Monster 65-68, Batfink 66-67); DE PATIE-FRELENG c71-72 (The Houndcats 72-73); HANNA-BARBERA c72-73 (Speedy Buggy 73-74)

Owner/Director/Producer/Story: KLING STUDIOS 70s (TV Commercials)

Co-Owner/Director/Producer/Story: RAPHAEL-WOLF-KLING 70s (TV Commercials)

 

KLYNN, Herbert David (Herb) (11 Nov 1917-3 Feb 1999)

Director: U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS MOTION PICTURE UNIT c42-44; DE PATIE-FRELENG c73 (The Incredible Indelible Magical Physical Mystery Trip 73)

Backgrounds/Color Styling: UPA 44-50 (Fox and Crow 48-49, Mr. Magoo 49-50, Gerald McBoing Boing 51)

Production Manager: UPA c52-55 (The Tell-Tale Heart 53, The Rise of Duton Lang 55)

Co-owner/President/Executive Producer [with Jules ENGEL and Buddy GETZLER]: FORMAT FILMS Aug 59-72 (TV Commercials 59-72, Popeye 60-61, The Alvin Show 61-62, The Lone Ranger 66-69, The Spy Swatter 67, Curiosity Shop 71-72, Daffy Duck & Speedy Gonzales [for WARNER BROS.])

NOTE: Vice-President and Chief of Production: UPA c53-59; Title Designer: I Spy 65-68;

Creator: The Duck Factory 80

 

KNEITEL, Abner (31 Aug 1914-June 1980)

Animator: FLEISCHER c39-42 (Gulliver’s Travels 39, Stone Age 40, Popeye 40-42, Mr. Bug Goes to Town 41); FAMOUS 42-43 (Popeye 43, Little Lulu 44, Noveltoon 44); US NAVAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SCIENCE LABORATORY c43-45 (US Navy Training Films)

NOTE: Brother of Seymour KNEITEL

 

KNEITEL, Seymour Holzter (16 Mar 1908-30 July 1964)

Color: BRAY 24 (Colonel Heeza Liar)

Inbetweener: FLEISCHER 25-27/28 (Out of the Inkwell)

Animator: LOUCKS AND NORLING 27 (Industrial films, Mutt and Jeff); FLEISCHER 28-41 (Talkartoon 31-32, Screen Song 32-34, Popeye 33-42, Color Classic 35-36, Stone Age 40)

Directing Animator: FLEISCHER 38-41 (Gulliver’s Travels 39, Mr. Bug Goes to Town 41)

Story: FLEISCHER 41-42 (Popeye 41, Superman 41-42)

Director: FAMOUS 42-64 (Superman 42, Popeye 42-57, Little Lulu 43-48, Cilly Goose 44, Herman and Henry 44-45, Noveltoons 45-64, Buzzy the Crow 47-54, Herman 47, Herman and Katnip 47-59, Casper 49-57, Lightning 50, Screen Song 50, Land of the Lost 51, Kartunes 51-53, Baby Huey 51-59, Little Audrey 47-48/52-57, Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare 48); PARAMOUNT 57-64 (Little Audrey 58, Casper 58-59, Modern Madcaps 59-64, Jeepers and Creepers 60, Skit and Skat 60, The Cat 60-61, Abner the Baseball 61, Little Lulu 61-62, Goodie the Gremlin 61-62, Beetle Bailey and His Friends 62, Snuffy Smith 62, Krazy Kat 62, Swifty and Shorty 64, Zippy Zeipher 64)

NOTE: Brother of Abner KNEITEL. Married to Ruth FLEISCHER, hence son-in-law of Max FLEISCHER

 

KNIGHT, Benjamin (“Tack”) (1895-1976)

Animator: ANIMATED FILM CORP. 15-17 (Creation 16); KGO-TV 50

Story: DISNEY 35; FLEISCHER 39-40

 

KNITCH, Thomas (Tom)

Designer: ACADEMY PICTURES c49-61 (TV Commercials)

 

KNOWLES, Thomas (Tom)

Background Designer: HANNA-BARBERA c64-65 (The Man Called Flintstone 66)

Backgrounds: HANNA-BARBERA c65-67/71-72 (Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles 66, The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 68 [The Terrible Tempered Kahleef], The Flintstone Comedy Hour 72, Charlotte’s Web 73)

Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA c67 (The Adventures of Gulliver 68 [The Forbidden Pool]); FILMATION c69-70/74 (Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down 70, Archie’s TV Funnies 71, The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty 75); RUBY-SPEARS c78-79 (The Incredible Detectives 79, The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Hour 79, ABC Weekend Specials 79/80 [The Incredible Detectives 79, The Puppy’s Amazing Rescue 80]); FOX c89 (Peter Pan and the Pirates 90)

Story Sketch: HANNA-BARBERA c75 (Davy Crockett on the Mississippi 76)

Storyboard Director: HANNA-BARBERA c75 (The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour 76 [16 episodes])

Character Layouts: CALICO c94 (The Critic 95 [Sherman, Woman and Child])

Storyboards: CALICO c92 (Bubsy 93)

Layout Supervisor: CALICO c92-93 (Mr. Bogus 93-94)

Character Designer/Storyboards?: FILM ROMAN; WARNER BROS. (Hero Boy); [STUDIO?] (Steven Spielberg’s Frekazoid)

 

KOHAN, Alan W. (Buz) (9 Aug 1933- )

Story: FAMOUS/PARAMOUNT c62 (Beetle Bailey 63 [5 episodes], Barney Google 63 [8 episodes])

NOTE: Live-action TV series/TV movie writer 65-08

 

KOHLER, Carl (?-2 Aug 1969)

Story: WARNER BROS. c60-61 (Daffy Duck 61 [Quackodile Tears], Looney Tunes 62 [Martian Through Georgia])

 

KOHN, William (Bill)

Layouts: SAM NICHOLSON/CRESTON c60 (Calvin and the Colonel 61)

 

KOMAR, Helen

Animator: FAMOUS/PARAMOUNT 60s-65 (Popeye, Casper); KRANTZ/PARAMOUNT c67-68 (Spider-Man 67-69); TV Commercials; KRANTZ/BAKSHI c70-72 (Fritz the Cat 72); RICHARD WILLIAMS 70s (Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure 78); DandR/SHERRISS 74 (Really Rosie 75)

 

KOPFSTEIN, Jacques

Producer: ANIMATED PICTURES CORPORATION c30 (Simon the Monk 30 [Hobo Hero, Monkeydoodle])

 

KOPIETZ, Fred J. (16 Jan 1909-Sept 1992)

Inbetweener: IWERKS 30

Animator: IWERKS 30-31; LANTZ 14 Mar 31-40 (Pooch the Pup 33, Oswald the Rabbit 33-38, Meany Miney and Moe 36-37, Nertsery Rhyme 39, Andy Panda 40); DISNEY c41-46/57-60/66 (Donald Duck 42/45-46/61 [The Village Smithy 42, Cured Duck 45, Dumbbell of the Yukon 46, Sleepy Time Donald 47, Donald and the Wheel 61], Sleeping Beauty 59, Man on Wheels 67)

Director: LANTZ 38 (Oswald the Rabbit)

 

KOROBKIN, Leonard (Len)

Story: RANKIN-BASS c65 (Mad Monster Party 66)

 

KOSSOFF, Paul B. (15 Mar 1897-18 May 1991)

Animator: DISNEY c37-40 (Fantasia 40 [Rite of Spring])

Effects Animator: DISNEY 40-41 (Donald Duck 41 [Golden Eggs, A Good Time for a Dime], Mickey Mouse 41 [The Little Whirlwind, A Gentleman’s Gentleman, Canine Caddy, The Nifty Nineties], Pluto 41 [Pluto’s Playmate], Bambi 42); SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 41 (Merrie Melodies 42 [Lights Fantastic])

 

KOUZEL, Alfred (Al) (2 Apr 1923-6 Sept 1990)

Animator: TERRYTOONS 50s-57

Production Designer: TERRYTOONS 57-60 (Clint Clobber 57 [Clint Clobber’s Cat], Gaston 57-59 [Gaston Is Here 57, Gaston Go Home 58, Gaston’s Mama Lisa 59], John Doormat 57-58 [Shove Thy Neighbor 57, Dustcap Doormat 58], Munro 61)

Character Designer/Director: TERRYTOONS 57-60 (Tom Terrific 57, The Juggler of Our Lady 58, John Doormat 58-59, The Fabulous Firework Family 59); PARAMOUNT c61 (Beetle Bailey and His Friends 62, Krazy Kat 62)

Co-Owner [with Eli BAUER]/Producer/Designer: ARIEL PRODUCTIONS c67+ (TV Commercials, Winky Dink and You 69-70, Sesame Street)

Storyboards: ANIMATION INTERNATIONAL c71 (Marco Polo Junior Vs. the Red Dragon 72); CULLEN-KASDAN c77-78 (A Special Valentine with the Family Circus 78, A Family Circus Christmas 79)

Sequence Director: MARVEL/SUNBOW c84-85 (G.I. Joe 85-86)

Producer: MARVEL/SUNBOW c85 (Potato Kids 86)

 

KRAEMER, Flo

Opaquer: FLEISCHER 30s.

 

KRANTZ, Steve (20 May 1923-4 Jan 2007)

Producer: KRANTZ 66-70/73-74 (Marvel Superheroes 66-68 [with PARAMOUNT and GRANTRAY-LAWRENCE], Spiderman 67-69 [with GRANTRAY-LAWRENCE 66-68], Rocket Robin Hood 66-69, The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat 74); KRANTZ/BAKSHI 70-72 (Fritz the Cat 72, Heavy Traffic 73)

NOTE: Previously a producer at NBC, director of program development/head of international sales at SCREEN GEMS

 

KREISL, George Louis (27 Jan 1913-25 Nov 1988)

Animator: DISNEY c39-42/46-60 (Donald Duck 40/52-53, Mickey Mouse 47-48, Pluto 47-50, Goofy 51, Lady and the Tramp 55, Duck for Hire 57, Donald’s Weekend 58, Duck Flies Coop 59, Sleeping Beauty 59, This Is Your Life Donald Duck 60, Kids Is Kids 61); HANNA-BARBERA c64-68/70-73 (Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear! 64, The Man Called Flintstone 66, Jack and the Beanstalk 67, Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor 67-69, The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show 71-72, Charlotte’s Web 73, Speed Buggy 73-74); FILMATION c69-70/72-73 (Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down 70, Journey Back to Oz 74)

 

KREMER, Warren (26 July 1921-24 July 2003)

Animator: FLEISCHER 39-41

Director/Graphic Arts/Storyboards: HARVEY/FAMOUS TV 60-63 (Matty’s Funday Funnies 60-62, The New Casper Cartoon Show 63)

 

KRESSE, William (Bill) (17 June 1933- )

Animator: TERRYTOONS 50s

NOTE: Newspaper strip artist (Super Duper)

 

KROEGER, Lyn (11 July 1930-29 Mar 2008)

Inbetweener: DISNEY 54 (Lady and the Tramp 55); QUARTET FILMS c55-63 (TV Commercials); MELENDEZ c64-65; MURAKAMI-WOLF c65-70s; HABOUSH 70s; LEVITOW-HANSON c72-75; DUCK SOUP 70s; HANNA-BARBERA 80s-84

NOTE: Retired in 1984

 

KROLL, Helen

Inker?: BARRÉ-BOWERS 17-21 (Mutt and Jeff 17-21)

 

KRUKOWSKI, Paul [= William KRUKOWSKI?]

Animator: FILMATION c67-73 (Fantastic Voyage 68, The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69, The Hardy Boys 69-71, Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down 70, Journey Back to Oz 74)

 

KRUKOWSKI, William (Bill) [= Paul KRUKOWSKI?]

Animator: FILMATION c69-72 (Archie’s Fun House 70-73)

 

KUBEL, Max

Animator?: FLEISCHER -30-31-

 

KULEZA, Chester W.

Storyboards: JOHN SUTHERLAND c47-48 (Chiquita Banana Minute Movie Playlets 47-48)

 

KULSAR, Ethel

Character Designer/Backgrounds: DISNEY c38-41 (Fantasia 40)

 

KUPERSMITH, Samuel (Sam)

Animator?: FLEISCHER -30-31-

 

KURTZ, Robert (Bob)

Story/Storyboards: DISNEY 59-60 (The Emperor’s Nightingale [unreleased], The Little Fir Tree [unreleased]); DE PATIE-FRELENG (Pink Panther 65); FORMAT FILMS c60-61 (The Alvin Show 61-62); DE PATIE-FRELENG c64-65 (Pink Panther 65 [Dial “P” for Pink, Pickled Pink, Shocking Pink, The Pink Tail Fly, An Ounce of Pink]); DE PATIE-FRELENG/WARNER BROS. c66 (Cool Cat 67)

Director/Story: DISNEY 60 (Harold and His Amazing Green Plants)

Layouts/Story: PANTOMIME PICTURES c64-65 (Roger Ramjet 65-66)

Designer: JAY WARD c66-69 (George of the Jungle 67-70)

Owner/Director/Producer/Story: KURTZ AND FRIENDS/BOB KURTZ PRODUCTIONS 72-80s (TV Commercials [Chevron, IBM, AT&T, McDonald’s, Gallo Wines, Kroger, Sears, Kitty Salmon Cat Food 75, Wild About Anchorage 82 et al], My Son the King 70, How Things Work)

Director/Producer: GEORGE CARLIN c84 (Drawing on My Mind 85)

Co-Writer/Director/Producer: UNICORN PRODUCTIONS c93 (Roman City 94)

NOTE: Writer/Designer/Director of opening titles/special sequences for live-action films c82-06- (A Midsummer’s Night Sex Comedy 82, Max Dugan Returns 83, Jetsons: The Movie 90, Honey I Blew Up the Kids 92, Honeymoon in Vegas 92, Jurassic Park 93, Casper 95, Four Rooms 95, A Very Brady Sequel 96, George of the Jungle 97, Minority Report 02, The Pink Panther 06)

 

KURTZMAN, Harvey (1924-1993)

Story: RANKIN-BASS c68 (Mad Monster Party 68)

 

KUWADA, Harry

Animator?: FAMOUS 50s

 

KUWAHARA, Robert (Bob) (12 Aug 1901-1964)

Inbetweener: DISNEY 32 [on staff Jan 33]-33

Story/Story Sketch: DISNEY 33-37 (Silly Symphony 34-35 [Lullaby Land 33, The Grasshopper and the Ants 34, The Flying Mouse 34, Who Killed Cock Robin 35, Water Babies 35], Mickey Mouse 36 [Thru the Mirror], Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37)

Layouts: MGM 37-42 (The Captain and the Kids 38-39, Count Screwloose and J. R. 39 [Jitterbug Follies])

Character Designer/Story: TERRYTOONS 50-59 (Heckle & Jeckle 61, Hashimoto 59/62-63)

Director: TERRYTOONS/CBS 59-66 (Hashimoto 59/62-63, The Deputy Dawg Show 59-60, Deputy Dawg 62, The Adventures of Lariat Sam 62, Hector Heathcote 63, Pitiful Penelope 64, Martian Moochers 66)

Director/Story: TERRYTOONS/CBS c62-64 (The Hector Heathcote Show 63-65)

NOTE: Newspaper Strip writer/artist 45-50 (Miki)

 

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LABBY, Sherman G. (30 Nov 1929-31 Aug 1998)

Storyboards/Continuity Storyboard: FILMATION c68-74 (The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69, Archie’s Funhouse 70-73, The Brady Kids 72-74, Lassie’s Rescue Rangers 73-75, Star Trek 73-75, Journey Back to Oz 74, The US of Archie 74, The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty 75); MARVEL/SUNBOW c85-86 (G.I. Joe 86-87)

Story Director: HANNA-BARBERA c77-80 (The Godzilla Power Hour 78, The Godzilla Super 90 78-79, Godzilla 79/81, The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour 79-80, The Godzilla/Hong Kong Phooey Hour 80-81)

Storyboards/Layouts: BAKSHI

 

LA CAVA, George Gregory (10 Mar 1892-1 Mar 1952)

Animator/Director: BRAY/IFS (Jerry on the Job 16-19); BARRÉ-BOWERS 16; RUBE GOLDBERG 16; HEARST IFS Fall 16-18 (Maud the Mule 16, The Katzenjammer Kids 16-18, Happy Hooligan 16-17, Joys and Gloom 16-17, Krazy Kat 16-17, Abie the Agent 17, Judge Rummy 18-20, The Shenanigan Kids 20)

NOTE: Live-action film director 20s-40s

 

LADD, Fred

Story/Assistant Producer: FILMATION c73-74 (Journey Back to Oz 74)

 

LAH, Michael R. (1 Sept 1912-13 Oct 1995)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY 34-37 (Servants’ Entrance 34 [for FOX], Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37)

Assistant Animator: HARMAN-ISING 37-38 (The Wayward Pups 37, The Little Bantamweight 38, Merbabies 38 [Asst to Mel SHAW]

Animator: HARMAN-ISING 38 (The Little Goldfish 39); DISNEY 38-39/41 (The Reluctant Dragon 41, Dumbo 41, Bambi 42); MGM 39-40/41-46/48--54 (Barney Bear 39-45/52-55 [The Bear That Couldn’t Sleep 39, The Fishing Bear 40, The Prospecting Bear 41, The Rookie Bear 41, The Flying Bear 41, The Bear and the Beavers 42, Wild Honey or How to Get Along Without a Ration Book 42, Barney Bear’s Victory Garden 42, Bah Wilderness 43, The Uninvited Pest 43, Bear Raid Warden 44, Barney Bear's “Polar Pest” 44, The Little Wise Quacker 52, Busybody Bear 52, Barney’s Hungry Cousin 53, Heir Bear 53, Wee-Willie Wildcat 53, Half-Pint Palomino 53, The Impossible Possum 54, Sleepy-Time Squirrel 54, Bird-Brain Bird Dog 54); One Mother's Family 39, Home on the Range 40, Swing Social 40, The Milky Way 40, Romeo in Rhythm 40, Mrs. Ladybug 40, The Homeless Flea 40, Gallopin' Gals 40, Tom and Jerry 40-47/55/57 (Puss Gets the Boot 40, The Midnight Snack 41, The Night Before Christmas 41, Fraidy Cat 42, Puss n' Toots 42, The Bowling Alley-Cat  42, Mouse in Manhattan 45, Quiet Please 45, Springtime for Thomas 46, The Milky Waif 46, Trap Happy 46, Solid Serenade 46, Part Time Pal 47, Cat Fishin’ 47, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse 47, Salt Water Tabby 47, A Mouse in the House 47, Smarty Cat 55, Timid Tabby 57], The Goose Goes South 41, Dance of the Weed 41, Little Cesario 41, Officer Pooch 41,  The First Swallow 42,  Little Gravel Voice 42, Bats in the Belfry 42, Chips Off the Old Block 42, The Boy and the Wolf 43, The Stork’s Holiday 43, Innertube Antics 44, The Tree Surgeon 44, Anchors Aweigh 45, Holiday in Mexico 46, Droopy 49--56 [Señor Droopy 49, Daredevil Droopy 51, Droopy’s Good Deed 51, Caballero Droopy 52, The Three Little Pups 53, Drag-A-Long Droopy 54, Homesteader Droopy 54, Dixieland Droopy 54], Tex Avery cartoons 49-57 (The House of Tomorrow 49, Doggone Tired 49, Wags to Riches 49, Little Rural Riding Hood 49, Out-Foxed 49, The Counterfeit Cat 49, Ventriloquist Cat 50, The Cuckoo Clock 50, Garden Gopher 50, The Chump Champ 51, The Peachy Cobbler 51, Cock-a-Doodle Dog 51, Symphony in Slang 51, Car of Tomorrow 51, Magical Maestro 52, One Cab’s Family 52, Rock-a-Bye Bear 52, Cobs and Robbers 53, T.V. of Tomorrow 53, Billy Boy 54, The Farm of Tomorrow 54, The Flea Circus 54, Field and Scream 55, The First Bad Man 55, Cat’s Meow 57],  Dangerous When Wet 53, It’s Always Fair Weather 55); FLEISCHER c41 (Mr. Bug Goes to Town 41); SKETCHBOOK FILM PRODUCTIONS c53 (Tom Schuler: Cobbler Statesman 53 [for US Information Agency]); CASCADE 54-55; DISNEY [freelance] c56-57/65 (Fresh-Up Freddie TV Commercials 58, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree 66); HANNA-BARBERA 57-59 (The Ruff and Reddy Show 57-60 [58 episodes], Pixie Dixie and Mr. Jinks 58 [6 episodes], Quick Draw McGraw 59-60); QUARTET FILMS 60-61/79 (TV Commercials 60-61, The Fantastic Funnies [Dennis the Menace] 80); FILMATION c71 (Journey Back to Oz 72)

Animator/Director: MGM c41-55 (Dog Trouble 42, Barney Bear 45 [The Unwelcome Guest 45], Invitation to the Dance animated insert 56)

Animator/Co-Director: MGM c44-56 (Barney Bear 45 [The Unwelcome Guest 45], Little Johnny Jet  53, Cellbound 55, Droopy 56 [Millionaire Droopy])

Director: MGM 45-48/53-57 (Private Snafu 45, Droopy 55/57-58 [Deputy Droopy 55, Grin and Share It 57, Blackboard Jumble 57, One Droopy Knight 57, Sheep Wrecked 58, Mutts About Racing 58, Droopy Leprechaun 58]); SHIELD PRODUCTIONS 54 (Crusader Rabbit [11 unreleased episodes])

Co-Director: MGM c48-56 (Barney Bear 49 [The Bear and the Bean 48, The Bear and the Hare 49, Goggle Fishing Bear 49], Tex Avery cartoons 49-55 [Bad Luck Blackie 49, Doggone Tired 49, Rock-a-Bye Bear 49, Cat’s Meow 57])

Co-Founder/Director: QUARTET FILMS 52-57/60-70 (TV Commercials: McCaw Toucan Bird [for Fruit Loops], Snap Crackle Pop [for Kellog’s], The Green Giant, Tony the Tiger [for Frosted Flakes])

Animator/Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA 57-60 (The Huckleberry Hound Show 58-61 [14 episodes])

Animation Timer: DIC 87 (Beany and Cecil 88)

NOTE: Plays drunken ranger in Rugged Rangers 52; Vice President QUARTET FILMS Jan 61-90s

 

LAMB, Herbert (Herb)

Layouts?: DISNEY

Co-Owner: HERB LAMB PRODUCTIONS 40s (Industrial films, some sub-contracted by DISNEY)

 

LAMORE, Marshall (Marsh)

Animator: FILMATION c68-74 (The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69, Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down 70, The Brady Kids 72-74, Lassie’s Rescue Rangers 73-75, Star Trek 73-75, The US of Archie 74, The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty 75)

Director: FILMATION c77-87 (The Captain and the Kids 78, The New Adventures of Tom and Jerry 80-82, The Secret of the Sword 85, Bravestarr 87-88); DISNEY 89/92-93/96-97 (Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue 90, Marsupilami 93-94, The Return of Jafar 94, Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin 97, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World 98)

Timing Director: DISNEY TV c87-88/90-92/00-02 (The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 88-92, DuckTales: The Movie 90, TaleSpin 90-94, Darkwing Duck 91-94, The Little Mermaid 92-93, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 00-01, Stitch Experiment 626 02, 101 Dalmatians: Patch’s London Adventure 03, Kim Possible 02-03); MIRAMAX c99-00 (Clerks 00-01)

Storyboards: DIC c88/92-94 (Super Mario Bros. Super Show! 89, Sonic the Hedgehog 93-95)

Supervising Timing Director: DISNEY TV c91-92 (Goof Troop 92-93)

Director/Timing Director: DISNEY TV c95/98 (Aladdin and the King of Thieves 96, Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas 99)

 

LAMPERT, Harry (1916-13 Nov 2004)

Animator: FLEISCHER 32-38 [5 ½ years]

NOTE: Comic Book artist (The Flash)

 

LANDAU, Kenneth (Ken) (1931-12 July 2012)

Inbetweener: DISNEY 41-43 (Goofy, Pluto).

Layouts: CAMBRIA 60 (Captain Fathom); HANNA-BARBERA c64/79-86 (Jonny Quest 64 [The Dreadful Doll], The Flintstones Family Adventures 80 [R.V. Fever], The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang 80-81 [13 episodes], Super Friends 80-81 [14 episodes], The Kwicky Koala Show 81 [Sink or Swim/Hat Dance/Dry Run/Cheap Trick/Crazy, It's Cold Outside/Pigskin Pooch], Space Stars 81, The Smurfs 81-84 [120 episodes], Christmas Comes to PacLand 82, Pac-Man 82 [13 episodes], The Dukes 83 [13 episodes], The New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show 83 [13 episodes], Yogi’s Treasure Hunt 85 [Bungle in the Jungle], The Thirteen Ghosts of Scooby-Doo 85 [13 episodes], Paw Paws 85-86 [18 episodes], The All-New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Hour 86-87); DE PATIE-FRELENG c66-67 (Super President 67); TOMMY J. PRODUCTIONS c75 (Once Upon a Girl 76); BZZ FILMS/SEPP c83 (Bibifoc 84)

Graphic Designer: DE PATIE-FRELENG c71-74 (The Lorax 72, The Oddball Couple 75)

NOTE: Comic Book artist for BETTER/STANDARD 52; HARWELL 53; LEV GLEASON 53; MARVEL 53; ST.JOHN 53; ACG 53-55; DELL 56-61. Newspaper strip artist (Dragnet)

 

LANDERS, Lewis (Lew) (21 Mar 1905-May 1984)

Director: TV ART PRODUCTIONS c48 (Speaking of Animals 48)

 

LANDSMAN, Lewis (Lew) (16 Sept 1912-9 Dec 1974)

Story: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 37 (Porky Pig 38 [Porky at the Crocadero])

Assistant Director: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 40 (Merrie Melodies 40 [Wacky Wildlife] [Assistant to Tex AVERY])

 

LANDY, Arthur (Art) [nee Charles Arthur LANDMESSER] (18 May 1904-21 May 1977)

Backgrounds: DISNEY c47-52 (Figaro 47 [Figaro and Frankie], Mickey Mouse 47-48 [Mickey’s Delayed Date 47, Mickey Down Under 48], Pluto 47-51 [Pluto’s Blue Note 47, Bone Bandit 48, Pluto’s Heart Throb 50, Pluto and the Gopher 50, Camp Dog 50, Cold Storage 51], Peter Pan 53); LANTZ c53-66 (Sugarfoot 54 [A Horse’s Tale], Cartune 55 [Sh-h-h-h], Chilly Willy 56 [Hold That Rock])

Sets/Set Designer: LANTZ c52-65 (Woody Woodpecker 53-66 [Operation Swadust 53, Wrestling Wrecks 53, Belle Boys 53, The Hypnotic Hick 53, HotNoon or 12 O’Clock for Sure 53, Socko in Morocco 54, Alley to Bali 54, Under the Counter Spy 54, Real Gone Woody 54, Fine Feathered Frenzy 54, Convict Concerto 54, Helter Shelter 55, Witch Crafty 55, Private Eye Pooch 55, Bedtime Bedlam 55, Bunco Busters 55, After the Ball 55, Chief Charlie Horse 56, Woodpecker from Mars 56, Niagara Fools 56, Red Riding Hoodlum 56, The Unbearable Salesman 57, Round Trip to Mars 57, Dopey Dick the Pink Whale 57, Misguided Missile 58, Watch the Birdie 58, Half-Empty Saddles 58, His Better Elf 58, Everglade Raid 58, Tree’s a Crowd 58, Jittery Jester 58, Tomcat Combat 59, Log Jammed 59, Woodpecker in the Moon 59, The Tee Bird 59, Kiddie League 59, Pistol Packin’ Woodpecker 60, How to Stuff a Woodpecker 60, Bats in the Belfry 60, The Bird Who Came to Dinner 61, Gabby’s Diner 61, Frankenstymied 61, Rock-a-Bye Gator 62, Home Sweet Home Wrecker 62, Rocket Racket 62, The Tenant’s Racket 63, Teepee for Two 63, Dumb Like a Fox 64, Get Lost! Little Doggy 64, Birds of a Feather 65, Sioux Me 65, What’s Peckin’ 65, Rough Riding Hood 66], Chilly Willy 53/57-66 [Chilly Willy 53, Operation Cold Feet 57, The Big Snooze 57, Swiss Mis-Fit 57, A Chilly Reception 58, Little Televillain 58, Robinson Gruesome 59, Fish Hooked 60, Clash and Carry 61, Tricky Trout 61, Mackerel Moocher 62, Fish and Chips 63, Pesky Pelican 63, Lighthouse-Keeping Blues 64, Ski-Napper 64, Fractured Friendship 65, Snow Place Like Home 66], Cartune 54/55/60/61 [Dig That Dog 54, Flea for Two 55, Hunger Strife 60, Eggnapper 61, St. Moritz Blitz 61, Tin Can Concert 61], Sugarfoot 54 [Hay Rube], Maw and Paw 54 [Pig in a Pickle], Maggie and Sam 56-57 [The Ostrich Egg and I 56, Fowled-Up Party 57], Windy 58 [Salmon Yeggs], Windy and Breezy 59 [Truant Student, Bee Bopped], Hickory Dickory and Doc 59 [Mouse Trapped], Doc 60 [Witty Kitty], Inspector Willoughby 61-65 [Case of the Red-Eyed Ruby 61, Coming-Up Party 63, Case of the Cold Storage Yegg 63, Hi-Seas Hijacker 63, The Case of the Elephant Trunk 65], Doc and Champ 62 [Pest of Show, Corny Concerto], The Beary Family 62-67 [Fowled-Up Birthday 62, Mother’s Little Helper 62, Charlie’s Mother-in-Law 63, Rah Rah Ruckus 64, Rooftop Razzle Dazzle 64, Guest Who? 65, Davey Cricket 65, Foot Brawl 66, Window Pains 67])

 

LANE, George

Assistant Animator: DISNEY c29-31 (Silly Symphony 30-31 [Frolicking Fish 30, The China Plate 31])

Animator: DISNEY 31 (Silly Symphony 31 [The Busy Beavers, The Cat’s Out]); MINTZ 30s

 

LANHAM, Sammy June

Layouts: DISNEY c59-60 (101 Dalmatians 61); SNOWBALL c60-62 (Matty’s Funday Funnies 60-62 [Beany and Cecil])

Assistant Animator: SCREEN IMAGES c73 (The City That Forgot About Christmas 74)

 

LANPHER, Dorse A. (1935- )

Trainee Animator: DISNEY 56 (Our Friend the Atom 57, Paul Bunyan 58, The Saga of Windwagon Smith 61)

Assistant Effects Animator: DISNEY 56-Mar 58/60-62 (Sleeping Beauty 59, 101 Dalmatians 61, The Sword in the Stone 63 [Assistant to Jack BUCKLEY])

Special Effects/Visual Effects Animator: DISNEY c75- -03 (The Rescuers 77, Pete’s Dragon 77, The Small One 78, The Black Hole 79, Who Framed Roger Rabbit 88, Oliver & Company 88, The Little Mermaid 89, Roller Coaster Rabbit 90, The Prince and the Pauper 90, Aladdin 92, The Lion King 94, Pocahontas 95, Mulan 98, Fantasia 2000 99, Tarzan 99, Atlantis: The Lost Empire 01, Home on the Range 04); DON BLUTH c78-79 (Banjo the Woodpile Cat 79, Xanadu 80); AMBLIN c92 (Trail Mix-Up 93)

Visual Effects Supervisor: DON BLUTH c82-83 (Dragon’s Lair 83, Space Ace 84)

Director: SCREEN IMAGES c69/73 (Christmas Is 70, The City That Forgot About Christmas 74)

Directing Special Effects Animator/Title Designer: DON BLUTH c84-87 (An American Tail 86, The Land Before Time 88)

Supervising Effects Animator: DISNEY c89- -99 (Beauty and the Beast 91, The Hunchback of Notre Dame 96, Hercules 97, The Emperor’s New Groove 00)

 

LANSBURGH, Lawrence M. (Larry) (18 May 1911-25 Mar 2001)

Assistant Director: DISNEY c40-42 (Pluto 41 [Pluto’s Playmate])

Production Supervisor: DISNEY c43-45 (The Three Caballeros 45)

NOTE: Director on DISNEY live-action films and TV series 53-67

 

LANSING, Bror A. (22 May 1901-12 Oct 1993)

Animator: MELENDEZ c68 (A Boy Named Charlie Brown 69)

 

LANSING, Steve

Animator: UPA 51-58

Director: UPA 58-59 (Mr. Magoo); DE PATIE-FRELENG 65-67 (Road Runner?)

 

LANTZ, Walter Benjamin [nee Walter LANZA] (27 Apr 1899-22 Mar 1994)

Animator/Director/Story: HEARST IFS 16-18 (Katzenjammer Kids, Krazy Kat, Happy Hooligan, Tad’s Cartoons 18 [Tad’s Little Daffydils, Tad’s Cat]); BRAY 18-27 (Colonel Heeza Liar 18-25, Jerry on the Job 18-20, Dinky Doodle 24-26, Un-natural History 25-27, Hot Dog 26, Pete the Pup 26-27); BARRÉ-BOWERS (Mutt and Jeff); DISNEY 27-28

Producer: BRAY 22-26 (Colonel Heeza Liar)

Animator/Director: LANTZ/MINTZ/UNIVERSAL 27-29 (On the Road 28, Animated Prologue to The King of Jazz 30)

Owner/Producer: LANTZ 29-72 [Independent Producer Nov 35+]

Director/Producer: LANTZ (Oswald the Rabbit 36-37, Andy Panda 40-42, Cartune 40-41, Woody Woodpecker 41-42/51-52, Swing Symphonies 41-42)

Story: LANTZ (Meany Miney and Mo 36-37)

 

LARDNER, Ringgold Wilmer Jr. (Ring) (19 Aug 1915-31 Oct 2000)

Story: UNITED FILM/UPA c44 (Brotherhood of Man 45)

NOTE: Journalist and live-action movie screenwriter (Laura 44, Forever Amber 47, M*A*S*H 70)

 

LARRIVA, Rudolph (Rudy) (12 Feb 1916-16 Feb 2010)

Assistant Animator/Animator: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 37-42 (Sniffles 40-41 [The Egg Collector 40, Brave Little Bat 41], Merrie Melodies 40 [Tom Thumb in Trouble], Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd 41 [Elmer’s Pet Rabbit], Porky Pig 41-42 [Porky’s Ant 41, Porky’s Café 42], Daffy Duck and Porky Pig 42 [My Favorite Duck], Hubie and Bertie 43 [The Aristo Cat], Point Rationing of Food 43)

Animator: U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE FIRST MOTION PICTURE UNIT 42-46 (Army Training Films); DISNEY 25 Feb 46-28 May 47 (Song of the South 46, Melody Time 48); UPA 47-56 (Fox and Crow 48-50, Mr. Magoo 49-55, Gerald McBoing Boing 51, A Unicorn in the Garden 53); JACK KINNEY/KFS c59-60 (Popeye 60-61); DE PATIE-FRELENG/WARNER BROS. 64-66 (Road Runner 65-67); HANNA-BARBERA; JOHN SUTHERLAND

Director: UPA c56-59 (Mr. Magoo 57-59 [Magoo’s Masquerade 57, Magoo’s Private War 57, Magoo’s Cruise 58, Merry Minstrel Magoo 59, Magoo’s Lodger Brother 59]); FORMAT FILMS c60-61/66 (The Alvin Show 61-62, The Spy Swatter 67); DE PATIE-FRELENG/WARNER BROS. c64-66 (Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales 67); DE PATIE-FRELENG c66 (The Pink Panther 67); FILMATION c67-77 (The New Adventures of Superman 67, Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down 70, Archie’s Funhouse 70-73, The New Adventures of Gilligan 74-77, The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty 75, The US of Archie 75, The Space Sentinels 77); RUBY-SPEARS c77-90 (Fangface 78-79, The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show 79-80, Mr. T 83-86, Alvin and the Chipmunks 83-91, It’s Punky Brewster 85)

Associate Director: UPA c58-59 (1001 Arabian Nights of Mr. Magoo 59)

Director/Story: DE PATIE-FRELENG/WARNER BROS. c64 (Road Runner 65 [Run Run Sweet Road Runner, Tired and Feathered])

Story: TERRYTOONS 60s?

Assistant Director: FILMATION c67-68 (The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69)

Sequence Director: FILMATION c71-73 (Treasure Island 72, Oliver Twist 73, Journey Back to Oz 74)

Animator/Director: JELLYBEAN c84 (We Think the World Is Round 84)

 

LARSEN, Lindsay (Lin)

Layouts: DE PATIE-FRELENG/WARNER BROS. c66 (Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales 67); DE PATIE-FRELENG c66-71 (The Inspector 67, The Further Adventures of Dr. Doolittle 70-72); HANNA-BARBERA c68-70/73-75 (Dastardly and Muttley and Their Flying Machines 69-71, Hong Kong Phooey 74-76, Tom and Jerry 75-76); RUBY-SPEARS c78-80 (The Plastic Man Adventure/Comedy Hour 79-80, The Garfield and Dingbat Show 80-81)

Graphic Designer: DE PATIE-FRELENG c76-77 (Baggy Pants and the Nitwits 77-78)

Storyboards: HANNA-BARBERA c88 (Yogi Bear 88-89)

Storyboard Designer: DISNEY TV c87-91 (The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 88-92)

 

LARSEN, Robert (Bob)

Story: GEORGE PAL c45 (Puppetoons/Madcap Models 46)

 

LARSON, Eric Cleon (3 Sept 1905-25 Oct 1988)

Inbetweener: DISNEY 32-May 33 (Silly Symphonies [Santa’s Workshop 32])

Assistant Animator: DISNEY 1 June 33-34 (Silly Symphonies [Lullaby Land 33, The Night Before Christmas 33, Funny Little Bunnies 34, The Goddess of Spring 34, The Tortoise and the Hare 35, Who Killed Cock Robin? 35], Mickey Mouse 34 [Two-Gun Mickey] [Assistant to Ham Luske])

Animator: DISNEY 34- -73 (Mickey Mouse 35 [Mickey’s Service Station, Mickey’s Fire Brigade, On Ice 35, The Whalers 38], Silly Symphonies 35-39 [Cock o’ the Walk 35, The Old Mill 37, The Farmyard Symphony 38, The Ugly Duckling 39], Three Little Wolves 36, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37 [Forest Creatures, Dwarfs], Donald Duck 39/42/50 [The Hockey Champ 39, Donald’s Gold Mine 42, Crazy Over Daisy 50], Dumbo 41 [Lullaby sequence], The Grain That Built a Hemisphere 43, Three Is a Family 44, The Three Caballeros 45 [Aracuan bird, Flying Gauchito], Goofy 45-46 [Tiger Trouble 45, African Diary 45, A Knight for a Day 46], Make Mine Music 46 [Sasha in Peter and the Wolf], Casey at the Bat 46, Fun and Fancy Free 47, Melody Time 48 [Little Toot, Johnny Appleseed], So Dear to My Heart 48, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49, Lambert the Sheepish Lion 52, Kids Is Kids 61, A Symposium on Popular Songs 62, The Sword in the Stone 63, Man’s Search for Happiness 64, Mary Poppins 64, Rag a Bone and A Box of Junk 64, The Jungle Book 67 [Vultures], Understanding Stresses and Strain 68, It’s Tough to Be a Bird 69, The Aristocats 70, Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71, Robin Hood 73)

Supervising Animator: DISNEY c39-40 (Fantasia 40 [Flying Horses, Centaurs and Centaurettes in Pastoral Symphony])

Directing Animator: DISNEY c39- -74 (Pinocchio 40 [Figaro, Cleo, Geppetto], Bambi 42 [Friend Owl, Thumper], Song of the South 46 [Br’er Bear], Melody Time 48 [Once Upon a Wintertime], Cinderella 50 [Cinderella], Alice in Wonderland 51 [Caterpillar], Peter Pan 53 [Peter Pan, Tinker Bell and Darling Children’s Flight], Lady and the Tramp 55 [Peg], 101 Dalmatians 61 [Puppies], Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too 74)

Sequence Director: DISNEY c56-27 June 58 (Sleeping Beauty 59)

Animation Director/Title Designer: DISNEY c76 (The Rescuers 77)

Animation Consultant: DISNEY c82-85 (The Fox and the Hound 81, The Black Cauldron 85, The Great Mouse Detective 86)

NOTE: Head of animation training program at DISNEY 73-28 Feb 86

 

LARSON, Lester (Les)

Animator?: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. Early 40s [Friz FRELENG Unit]

 

LASHER, John

Animator: FLEISCHER -30-31-

 

LA VERO, Boyd

Producer/Director: BOYD LA VERO STUDIOS 34-35 (Marty the Monk 34-35)

 

LAWRENCE, Edward (Eddie)

Story: PARAMOUNT c61-65 (Abner the Baseball 61, Modern Madcap 62 [Without Time or Reason], Swifty and Shorty 64-65 [Panhandling on Madison Avenue 64, A Friend in Tweed 64, Fix That Clock 64, The Once Over 64, Call Me a Taxi 64, Hip Hip Olé 64, The Busy Way to Travel 64, Getting Ahead 65])

NOTE: Also voiced characters for PARAMOUNT c59-65

 

LAWRENCE, Hawley

Animator?: RAY PATIN 50s (TV Commercials)

 

LAWRENCE, Robert E. (Bob)

Owner/Producer/Animator/Director: ROBERT LAWRENCE ANIMATION (TV Commercials)

Co-Owner/Co-Producer/Animator/Director: GRANTRAY-LAWRENCE [with Grant SIMMONS and Ray PATTERSON] c55-67 (TV Commercials, The Hope That Jack Built 57, The Marvel Superheroes 66-68, Spider-Man 67-69 [for KRANTZ])

 

LAYNE, William H. (Bill) (25 May 1911-7 Apr 2005)

Backgrounds: DISNEY 42- -74 (Sleeping Beauty 59, 101 Dalmatians 61, Holiday for Henpecked Husbands 61, The Hunting Instinct 61, Von Drake in Spain 62, The Sword in the Stone 63, Fly with Von Drake 63, Mary Poppins 64, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree 66, The Jungle Book 67, Man on Wheels 67, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day 68, The Aristocats 70, Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71, Robin Hood 73, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too 74)

Space Paintings: DISNEY c54-58 (Man and the Moon 55, Mars and Beyond 57, Cosmic Capers 57, Eyes in Outer Space 59)

 

LEAF, Caroline (1946- )

Animator/Director: LEAF (Sand or Peter and the Wolf 69, Orfeo 72, The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend 76, The Street 76, Interview 79, An Equal Opportunity 82, A Dog’s Tale: A Mexican Parable 86, Two Sisters 90, I Met a Man 91, Bell Partout 92, Fleay’s Fauna Centre 94, Brain Battle 95, Radio Rock Détente 95, Odysseus and the Olive Tree 01); NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA 79-91

 

LEAN, Archibald (Arch)

Animator: SAM NICHOLSON/CRESTON c60 (Calvin and the Colonel 61)

 

LEBEDEFF, Constantin (Costa)

Animator?: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. Early 40s [Friz FRELENG Unit]

 

LEBENSON, S.

Opaquer: FLEISCHER Late 30s

 

LE BLANC, André (16 Jan 1921-21 Dec 1998)

Key Animator: HANNA-BARBERA 65-66 (Dino-Boy 66-68)

Character Designer: HANNA-BARBERA 77/93 (Challege of the Super Friends 78-79, The Greatest Adventure – Stories from the Bible 94-96)

NOTE: Comic Book artist 66-67 (Mandrake, Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery); Newspaper strip artist 44-90 (The Spirit, Flash Gordon, The Phantom)

 

LEDERER, Carl Francis (27 Nov 1894-June 1980)

Animator/Director/Producer/Story: LUBIN/VITAGRAPH (Lederer Cartoons 15 [Ping Pong Woo])

Animator: BARRÉ-BOWERS 17-21 (Mutt and Jeff 17-21)

 

LEE, Joanna

Story: HANNA-BARBERA -61-66- (The Flintstones 62-66, Adventures of Johnny Quest 64-65)

 

LEFFINGWELL, Robert R. (30 June 1909-Oct 1984)

Animator: DISNEY c38 (Mickey Mouse 38 [The Whalers]); U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER c42-45 (War Training Films)

Animator/Story: FLEISCHER 38-39 (Popeye 40 [Me Feelins Is Hurt])

Directing Animator: FLEISCHER 38-39 (Gulliver’s Travels 39)

 

LEGG, J. Gordon

Backgrounds: DISNEY 30s (Silly Symphony 38 [Wynken, Blynken and Nod])

Art Director: DISNEY c38-40 (Fantasia 40)

Space Paintings: DISNEY c56 (Mars and Beyond 57)

Background Paintings: DISNEY c57 (Magic Highway USA 58)

Backgrounds/Effects Animator: SCREEN IMAGES c69 (Christmas Is 70)

 

LEGGEMAN, R.

Story?: FLEISCHER -30-31-

 

LEHTI, John (Jack) (27 July 1912-5 Jan 1991)

Animator: JOE ORIOLO c62/67-70 (The Mighty Hercules 63, Tales from the Great Book 67-70)

NOTE: Newspaper strip artist 46-72 (Tarzan, Tommy of the Big Top, Tales from the Great Book); Comic Book artist (Big Town, Lassie, Flash Gordon, Tom Corbett)

 

LENIHAN, Patrick Francis (18 Nov 1882-16 Mar 1954)

Animator: LANTZ 30s

Director: LANTZ 38 (Cartune 38)

 

LEONARD, Harry D.

Animator/Director/Producer/Story: PARAMOUNT c20-21 (Peanut Comedies 20-21)

 

LEONARDI, Arthur (Art)

Animator: WARNER BROS. 57-63 (Tweety & Sylvester 61-62, Daffy Duck 62, Elmer Fudd 62, Yosemite Sam 62-63, Bugs Bunny 62-64, Speedy Gonzales 63-64 [Bob McKIMSON and Friz FRELENG Units]; DE PATIE-FRELENG/WARNER BROS. 63-64/67 (Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam 64, Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester 64, Tweety and Sylvester 64, Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales 67); DE PATIE-FRELENG 64-79 (Pink Panther shorts and film titles 67-68/72, The Inspector 67)

Story: DE PATIE-FRELENG 60s (Pink Panther 66/71)

Character Designer: DE PATIE-FRELENG c68-69 (Here Comes the Grump 69-70); AMBLIMATION/WARNER BROS. c91 (Tiny Toons Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation 92)

Director: DE PATIE-FRELENG c69-84 (The Tijuana Toads 69-72, Marvel Super Heroes, The Blue Racer 72-74, Hoot Kloot 73, The Dogfather c75, The Pink Panther 75-76, Dennis the Menace in “Mayday for Mother” 81, Pink Panther and Sons 84); AMBLIMATION/WARNER BROS. c89-90 (Tiny Toon Adventures)

Storyboard Director: DE PATIE-FRELENG c71-74 (The Barkleys 72-73, The Houndcats 72-73)

Title Designer: DE PATIE-FRELENG c69-72/76-77 (The Further Adventures of Dr. Doolittle 70-72, The Barkleys 72-73, The Houndcats 72-73, Baggy Pants and the Nitwits 77-78)

Storyboard Director/Title Designer: DE PATIE-FRELENG c72-74 (Bailey’s Comets 73-75)

Storyboards/Title Designer: DE PATIE-FRELENG c76-78 (What’s New, Mr. Magoo? 77-79)

Background Layout: HANNA-BARBERA 84-89 (Jetsons: The Movie 90)

Assistant Producer/Character Designer/Titles: HANNA-BARBERA c84 (Pink Panther and Sons 84-85)

Character Designer: HANNA-BARBERA c88-89 (Hägar the Horrible 89-90)

 

LESLIE, John

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY c56-58

 

LETHERMAN, Mark

Animator?: STORYBOARD, INC. (TV Commercials)

 

LEUNG, Monroe

Animator?: U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE FIRST MOTION PICTURE UNIT c42-45 (Army Training Films)

 

LEVEN, Melvin (Mel)

Story: UPA c58 (Ham and Hattie 58)

 

LEVENTHAL, J. D.

Animator: BRAY 17-18 (Picto-Puzzle 17)

Director: BRAY c19-21 (Goldwyn-Bray Pictographs 20-21)

 

LEVINE, Irving (Irv) (1914-1965)

Cel Painter: FLEISCHER 34-

Animator: FLEISCHER 30s

Animator/Model Sheets: MGM c42-43/47-48 (Dumbhounded 43, Tom and Jerry 48 [Kitty Foiled], Barney Bear 48 [The Bear and the Hare])

 

LEVINSON, Leonard Louis [also Leonard Lewis] (2 Mar 1904-30 Jan 1974)

Producer/Director/Story: IMPOSSIBLE PICTURES/REPUBLIC 47 (Jerky Journeys 48 [Beyond Civilization to Texas, The Three Minnies, Bungle in the Jungle, Romantic Rumbolia Seat of the Rumba)

 

LEVITAN, Eli

Opaquer: FLEISCHER 30s-6 May 1937

 

LEVITOW, Abraham (Abe) (2 July 1922-8 May 1975)

Inbetweener: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. c40-42

Assistant Animator: WARNER BROS. c46-51

Animator: US SIGNAL CORPS MOTION PICTURE UNIT c42-45 (War Training Films); WARNER BROS. c52-58 (Daffy Duck 53/54/56/58, Marc Anthony & Pussyfoot 54, Pepe le Pew 54/56/57, Porky Pig 54-56, Road Runner 54-58, Bugs Bunny 54-58, Daffy Duck 54/56/58, Ralph Wolf & Sam Sheepdog 54-55, Merrie Melodies 55/58, Looney Tunes 57, Ralph Phillips 57 [Chuck JONES Unit])

Co-Director: WARNER BROS. 58-59/61/62 (Bugs Bunny 59, Pepe le Pew 59, Merrie Melodies 59/61, Road Runner 61, Looney Tunes 62 [with Chuck JONES])

Animation Director: UPA c59-61/62/c70 (1001 Arabian Nights 59, The Dick Tracy Show 61-62, Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol 61, Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol 62, Gay Purr-ee 62, Uncle Sam Magoo 70); MGM c66-67 (Tom and Jerry 66-67)

Supervising Director: UPA c60-64 (The Dick Tracy Show 61-62, The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo 64-65)

Co-Director/Co-Producer: CHUCK JONES/TOWER 12 PRODUCTIONS c69 (The Phantom Toll Booth 69)

Animation Producer: FORMAT FILMS c70-71 (Curiosity Shop 71-72)

Co-Owner/Director/Producer [with David HANSON]: LEVITOW-HANSON 72-75 (B.C.: The First Thanksgiving 72)

Co-Director: WARNER BROS. 78 (Bugs Bunny’s Howl-oween Special 78)

 

LEVITT, Edward L. (Ed) (8 Mar 1912-20 Sept 1992)

Backgrounds: DISNEY c38-41/49-50 (Fantasia 40, Bambi 42, Goofy 50 [Hold That Pose])

Designer: RAY PATIN 50s (TV Commercials [Wisco Gasoline et al])

Layouts: TV SPOTS 57-58 (Crusader Rabbit 57-59)

Production Designer: UPA 61 (Gay Purr-ee 62)

Layouts/Backgrounds: MELENDEZ c65-71 (A Charlie Brown Christmas 65, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown 66, There’s No Time for Love Charlie Brown 71, A Boy Named Charlie Brown 69, Snoopy Come Home 72)

 

LEVKO, Leo

Animation Supervisor: ANIMATION SERVICE CO. -59-

 

LEVY, Arnold (Arnie) [also LEVEY]

Animator: HAL SEEGER c64-67 (Milton the Monster 65-68, Fearless Fly 65 [Sickened Honeymoon], Batfink 67 [Brother Goose, The Trojan Horse, The Mean Green Midget, Freiderfink, Old King Cruel, Whip Van Winkle]); FRED CALVERT? c68-69 (Winky Dink and You 69-70)

 

LEVY, Bert

Story/Producer: WORLD FILM CORP. 14-15 (Bertlevyettes 15)

 

LEVY, Sol

Animator: FLEISCHER -37-

 

LEWI, Beatrice (Bee) (9 Feb 1910-Mar 1990)

Story: FAMOUS 47 (Noveltoon 48 [Flip Flap])

 

LEWIS, Fred

Animator?: FLEISCHER -30-31-

 

LEWIS, Philip (Phil)

Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA c65-68/80s (Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles 66-68, Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor 67-69, The Wacky Races 68-70)

Backgrounds: FILMATION c68-73 (The Hardy Boys 69-71, Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down 70, Archie’s Funhouse 70-73, Journey Back to Oz 74); HANNA-BARBERA c61-68/76-77/80-89 (The Jetsons 62-64, Shazzan! 67-69, The C.B. Bears 77-78, The Kwicky Koala Show 81-82, The Smurfs 81-85, The Smurfs Springtime Special 82, Heidi’s Song 82, The Shirt Tales 82-84, The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show 83-84, The Jetsons 85 [The Swiss Family Jetson], A Pup Named Scooby-Doo 88-90); SANRIO c77 (Winds of Change aka Metamorphoses 78); RUBY-SPEARS c77-79 (Fangface 78-79, The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show 79-80)

Assistant Art Director/Sets: DREAMWORKS SKG c92 (Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers 93)

Art Director: DREAMWORKS SKG c94 (Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave 95)

Production Designer: DREAMWORKS SKG c99+ (Chicken Run 00, Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 05)

 

LIGGERA, John Frank (Johnny) (10 Oct 1913-19 Jan 1972)

Assistant Animator: DISNEY 30s?; IWERKS/CELEBRITY PRODUCTIONS 34-36; LANTZ

Animator: MGM -41-44-; HANNA-BARBERA 60s

NOTE: Comic Book inker 46-72

 

LIGNANTE, William Gaetano (Bill) (20 Mar 1925-27 Feb 2018)

Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA c64-67/68-79 (Adventures of Jonny Quest 65 [Pirates from Below], Scooby Doo Where Are You 69-70 [17 episodes], The New Scooby-Doo Movies 72 [16 episodes], Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kids 73 [13 episodes], Devlin 74 [16 episodes], The Great Grape Ape Show 75, The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour 76 [16 episodes], Jabberjaw 76 [16 episodes], Scooby’s All-Star Laff-a-Lympics 77, Dynomutt Dog Wonder 76-77 [20 episodes],  Challenge of the Super Friends 78 [16 episodes]; FILMATION c67 (The Batman/Superman Hour 68 [3 episodes]); RUBY-SPEARS c78-80 (The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show 79, ABC Weekend Specials 80 [Scruffy], Heathcliff 80)

NOTE: Comic Strip artist 54-71 (Ozark Ike, King of the Royal Mounted, Red Ryder, The Phantom, Let’s Explore Your Mind); Comic Book artist 55-69 (Red Ryder, Little Beaver, The Phantom, Keys of Knowledge, Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, King Queen and Jack, Track Hunter, Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Tarzan); Courtroom Sketch Artist for ABC News [26 years]

 

LILLY, Louis Haskall (Lou, Louie) (26 Feb 1909- )

Animator: MINTZ/COLUMBIA/SCREEN GEMS -38-42 (Krazy Kat 38-39, Scrappy 38-39, Fables 39-41, Phantasies 41-42); JERRY FAIRBANKS

Inbetweener/Story: WARNER BROS. 43-45 (Merrie Melodies 43, Looney Tunes 44, Bugs Bunny 44, Daffy Duck 45)

Animator/Head Story: TV ART PRODUCTIONS c48 (Speaking of Animals 48)

 

LIND, Terence (Terry)

Backgrounds: LANTZ c45-46 (Woody Woodpecker 45-46 [The Loose Nut 45, Who’s Cooking Who? 46, The Reckless Driver 46, Fair Weather Fiends 46], Andy Panda 46 [The Poet and the Peasant, Apple Andy]); WARNER BROS. 46 (Bugs Bunny 46 [Rhapsody Rabbit])

 

LINDEN, Brooke

Effects Animator: HANNA-BARBERA c65 (The Man Called Flintstone 66)

 

LINK, Edward (Eddie)

Animator?: TERRY -26-

 

LIPINSKY, Philip (Phil) (4 Apr 1909-10 Jan 1992)

Animator: FLEISCHER -37-

 

LISS, Abraham (Abe)

Creative Director/Layouts: UPA [NY] 50-52 (Mr. Magoo 50-52 [Trouble Indemnity 50, Bungled Bungalow 50, Barefaced Flatfoot 51, Grizzly Golfer 51, Sloppy Jalopy 52, The Dog Snatcher 52], Jolly Frolics 51 [Family Circus])

Director: UPA 54 (Family Circus 55 [Spare the Child]); TRANS-FILM 54 (The United Way 54)

Story: UPA c54 (Baby Boogie 55)

Co-Owner/Director/Producer [with Sam MAGDOFF]: ELEKTRA FILMS 56-68- (TV Commercials [Ford, Esso Imperial, Puss ‘n’ Boots, Sandran Tile, Costa Ice Cream et al], Titles for NBC series Wide Wide World 55-58, Genesis, Litho, It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World movie trailer 64)

 

LITTLE, Frank P. (30 Apr 1907-16 Apr 1997)

Animator: TERRY/AUDIO-CINEMA 30; TERRY MOSER & COFFMAN 30-32 (Kangaroo Steak 30, Pigskin Caper 30, Go West Big Boy 31, Dr. Seuss Cartoon [Neath the Bababa Tree 31]); VAN BEUREN 32-34 (Toddle Tales 34 [Grandfather’s Clock 34, A Little Bird Told Me 34]); LOUCKS & NORLING 35-36; TERRYTOONS 37-43 (Mighty Mouse); FAMOUS 43-45 (Popeye, Little Lulu [It’s Nifty to Be Thrifty 44, Beau Ties 44, Daffydilly Daddy 45, Snap Happy 45, Bored of Education 46]); CINEFFECTS c50s (Technical animation); FLETCHER-SMITH 57 (TV Commercials); ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER 57-70 (Technical animation)

 

LITTLE, Robert (Bob)

Backgrounds/Storyboards: FLEISCHER c36-41 (Popeye 36-37, Gulliver’s Travels 39, Mr. Bug Goes to Town 41); FAMOUS/PARAMOUNT 42-66 (Little Lulu 44-47, Paramount Newsreel 45, Popeye -45-53-, Noveltoon 49-66, Honey Halfwitch 65-66)

Story: FAMOUS c43 (Superman 43)

 

LITTLEFIELD, Ted

Title Designer: WOLPER INC. c59 (The Race for Space 59)

Backgrounds: FILMATION c67-69 (Fantastic Voyage 68, The Archie Show 68-69, The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69); PANTOMIME PICTURES c69-71 (Hot Wheels 69-71, Sky Hawks 69-71)

 

LITTLEJOHN, William C. (Bill) (1914- )

Cel Washer/Inker/Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: VAN BEUREN (Tom and Jerry)

Animator: VAN BEUREN 31-33 (Aesop’s Fables, Amos ‘n’ Andy, Cubby the Bear, The Little King, Tom and Jerry); TED ESHBAUGH c34 (The Pastrytown Wedding 34); HARMAN-ISING/MGM c34-38; MGM 38-41 (The Captain and the Kids 38-39, Jitterbug Follies 39, The Blue Danube 39, A Rainy Day with the Bear Family 40, The Field Mouse 41, Tom and Jerry 42); STORYBOARD, INC./HUBLEY c54-62/73-00 (TV Commercials, Adventures of an * 57, The Hole 62, The Hat 63, Zuckerhandl 68, Cockaboody 73, Voyage to Next 74, W.O.W. Women of the World 75, Everybody Rides the Carousel 76, People People People 76, Simple Gifts 77, Whither Weather 77, A Doonesbury Special 77, Step by Step 79, Sky Dance 80, Enter Life 81, The Big Bang and Other Creation Myths 81, Hello 84, The Cosmic Eye 86, Time of the Angels 87, Yes We Can 89, Amazonia 90, Upside Down 91, Tall Time Tales 92, Seers & Clowns 94, My Universe Inside Out 96, Cloudland 98, Rainbows of Hawaii 98, Our Spirited Earth 00); FINE ARTS FILMS c56 (Petroushka 56); PLAYHOUSE PICTURES c56--64 (TV Commercials); JAY WARD c64 (The Nut House!! 64); MELENDEZ c65--90s (A Charlie Brown Christmas 65, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown 66, He’s Your Dog Charlie Brown 68, A Boy Named Charlie Brown 69, It Was a Short Summer Charlie Brown 69, Play It Again Charlie Brown 71, There’s No Time for Love Charlie Brown 71, You’re Not Elected Charlie Brown 72, Snoopy Come Home 72, There’s No Time for Love Charlie Brown 73, It’s a Mystery Charlie Brown 74, You’re a Good Sport Charlie Brown 75, Race for Your Life Charlie Brown 77, It’s Your First Kiss Charlie Brown 77, You’re the Greatest Charlie Brown 79, She’s a Good Skate Charlie Brown 80, Bon Voyage Charlie Brown 80, Life Is a Circus Charlie Brown 80, It’s Magic Charlie Brown 81, Someday You’ll Find Her Charlie Brown 81, Here Comes Garfield 82, The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show 82-83, Garfield on the Town 83, It’s Flashbeagle Charlie Brown 84, Garfield in the Rough 84, Happy New Year Charlie Brown! 85, Garfield in Disguise 85, Happily Ever After 85, This Is America Charlie Brown 88 [The NASA Space Station], Snoopy’s Reunion 91, It’s Spring Training Charlie Brown 92, Frosty Returns 92, TV Commercials); CHUCK JONES/MGM 69/c92 (The Phantom Toll Booth 70, Mrs. Doubtfire 93 [animated insert]); BOSUSTOW ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTIONS c72 (To Try Again… and Succeed, The Legend of John Henry 73); LEO SALKIN FILMS c73 (The 2000 Year Old Man 75); NEPENTHE c76-77 (Watership Down 78); REITMAN-MOGEL/COLUMBIA c79-80 (Heavy Metal 81 [B-17]); THE INK TANK c80 (The Soldier’s Tale 81); TITA COOLEY c84 (Moebius Play 85)

Directing Animator: STORYBOARD, INC./HUBLEY c61/73/83 (Of Stars and Men 61, Hello 73, Starlore 83)

 

LIVINGSTONE, Alan

Story: LARRY HARMON c57-60 (Bozo the Clown 58-62)

 

LLOYD, Benjamin Farley (Ben) (5 Dec 1916- )

Animator: COLUMBIA/SCREEN GEMS c42-48 (Fox and Crow 43-46, Li’l Abner 44, Phantasy 47-49)

 

LLOYD, Samuel (Sam)

Animator: BRAY 17 (Quacky Doodles, Picto-Puzzle)

 

LOCKREM, James Raymond (Ray) (20 Nov 1911-18 Dec 1951)

Backgrounds: DISNEY c35-41 (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37, Fantasia 40, Dumbo 41)

 

LOCKWOOD, Harold (Hal)

Animator: ULLMAN (Colonel Bleep 57)

 

LOEB, Anton C. (Tony) (31 Mar 1908-10 Dec 1984)

Backgrounds: FLEISCHER c.35-42 (Popeye 36-42 [The Paneless Window Washer 37, Learn Polikeness 38, Ghosks Is the Bunk 39, Kickin’ the Conga ’Round 42], Gulliver’s Travels 39, Mr. Bug Goes to Town 41); FAMOUS 42-56 (Little Lulu 44-47 [Lulu in Hollywood 44, Lulu’s Indoor Outing 44, Magica-Lulu 45, Bargain Counter Attack 46. Musica-Lulu 47, A Scout with the Gout 47, A Bout with a Trout 47, ], Popeye [Rocket to Mars 46, Abusement Park 47, Wotta Knight 47, Safari So Good 47, Pre-Hysterical Man 48, Snow Place Like Home 48, A Balmy Swami 49, Gym Jam 50, Double-Cross-Country Race 51,  Pilgrim Popeye 51, Let’s Stalk Spinach 51, Toreadorable 53, Shaving Muggs 53, Popeye the Ace of Space 53, Greek Mirthology 54, Private Eye Popeye 54, Cookin’ with Gags 55, Penny Antics 55, Car-azy Drivers 55, Cops Is Tops 55, Insect to Injury 56, Parlez-Vous Woo 56], Noveltoons 46-50 [Sudden Fried Chicken 46, The Mild West 47, We’re in the Honey 48, The Land of the Lost  48, The Mite Makes Right 48, The Little Cut-Up 49, Land of the Lost Jewels 50], Buzzy 47 [The Stupidstitious Cat], Blackie 47 [Much Ado About Mutton], Screen Song 47 [The Circus Comes to Clown 47], Casper 48-55 [There’s Good Boos To-Night 48, A-Haunting We Will Go 49, Casper Comes to Clown 51, Casper Takes a Bow-Wow 51, The Deep Boo Sea 52, Ghost of the Town 52, Pig-a-Boo 52, Frightday the 13th 53, Little Boo-Peep 53, Casper Genie 54, Puss ’n’ Boos 54, Hide and Shriek 55]); Screen Song 49-51 [Comin’ Round the Mountain 49,  Shortenin’ Bread 50, Heap Hep Injuns 50, Boos in the Nite 50, Fiesta Time 50, Drippy Mississippi 51, Miners Forty-Niners 51], The Hungry Lion 50 [Pleased to Eat You], Little Audrey 50/55 [Goofy Goofy Gander 50, Dizzy Dishes 55], Herman and Katnip 52/54 [Cat Carson Rides Again 52, Ship A-Hooey 54], Katnip 52 [City Kitty], Kartune 52-53 [Forest Fantasy 52, Invention Convention 53], Baby Huey 53/56 [Starting from Hatch 53, Huey’s Ducky Daddy 53, Swab the Duck 56]; PARAMOUNT 58-62 (Casper 59 [Casper’s Birthday Party], Jeepers and Creepers 60 [Scouting for Trouble], Popeye the Sailor 61 [54 episodes], Noveltoon 61 [Trick or Tree 61, Fiddlin’ Around 62], Modern Madcap 62-63 [Funderful Suburbia 62, Robot Ringer 62, Harry Happy 63, Tell Me a Badtime Story 63], Little Lulu 62 [Frog’s Legs], Beetle Bailey 62 [Home Sweet Swampy, Hero’s Reward, Et Tu Otto], Snuffy Smith 62 [The Hat], Krazy Kat 62 [Keeping Up with Krazy], The New Casper Cartoon Show 63 [16 episodes], Beetle Bailey 63 [10 episodes], Barney Google 64 [15 episodes], Zippy Zeipher 64 [Robot Rival], Swifty and Shorty 64 [Sailing Zero]; HANNA-BARBERA 72 (Charlotte’s Web 73)

NOTE: Comic book writer/artist 43-46 (ACG, BETTER, FOUR STAR, LEFFINGWELL, MARVEL, RURAL HOME, WILLIAM H. WISE); Children’s book illustrator 1947-50 (RANDOM HOUSE, WONDER BOOKS)

 

LOGAN, James F. (Jim) (19 Dec 1922-13 Jan 2003)

Animator: TERRYTOONS; FLEISCHER; FAMOUS; BILL STURM (TV Commercials); FLETCHER SMITH -59- (TV Commercials); TEMPO; ACADEMY; FOCUS; PARAMOUNT c60-63 (Noveltoon 61-63 [Goodie the Gremlin 61, Yule Laff 62, Good Snooze Tonight 63, Hound for Pound 63], Modern Madcap 62 [Without Time or Reason 62], Popeye 61-63); HAL SEEGER c67 (Batfink 67); PELICAN FILMS c68-70; KRANTZ/BAKSHI c70-71 (Fritz the Cat 72); FOCUS FILMS c73 (The Mad Magazine TV Special 74); ZANDER ANIMATION PARLOUR; RICHARD WILLIAMS 70s (Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure 78, The Thief and the Cobbler aka Arabian Knight 95); FILMFAIR; ZIGGY; HANNA-BARBERA; FILMATION

Assistant Animator: KRANTZ c73 (The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat 74); LESTER OSTERMAN/RICHARD WILLIAMS 70s (Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure 78)

 

LOKEY, William Hicks (5 Apr 1905-4 Nov 1990)

Animator: TERRY 26- (Aesop’s Fables); VAN BEUREN -34; FLEISCHER c34-37 (Betty Boop 34-38 [Betty Boop’s Trial 34, There’s Something About the Soldier 34, Taking the Blame 35, A Language All My Own 35, Judge for a Day 35, Betty Boop and the Little King 36, Not Now 36, Betty Boop and Little Jimmy 36, The New Deal Show 37], Color Classic 37 [Educated Fish]); DISNEY c37-41 (Fantasia 40 [Dance of the Hours], Dumbo 41); HANNA-BARBERA c58-87 (Quick Draw McGraw 59-62, The Hillbilly Bears 65-66, The Man Called Flintstone 66, The Secret Squirrel Show 67-68, Shazzan! 67-69, The Wacky Races 68-70, Scooby Doo Where Are You 69-71, Josie and the Pussycats 70-72, The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show 71-72, Hong Kong Phooey 74-76, The Godzilla Power Hour 78, The Godzilla Super 90 78-79, Scooby’s All-Stars 78-79, Challenge of the Super Friends 78-79, The New Shmoo 79, Godzilla 79/81, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo 79-80, The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour 79-80, The Godzilla/Hong Kong Phooey Hour 80-81, Space Stars 81-82 [Space Ghost, Herculoids], The Smurfs 81-82, The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour 82-83, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show 84-85, The Thirteen Ghosts of Scooby-Doo 85-86); RUBY-SPEARS 81 (Bunnicula the Vampire Rabbit 82)

Story: LANTZ c37 (Baby Face Mouse 38)

 

LONGSTREET, Stephen

Story: COLUMBIA/SCREEN GEMS c43 (Phantasy 43)

 

LOOMER, Arthur Wellington (Art) (22 Apr 1887-12 July 1958)

Backgrounds: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. c35-39 (Merrie Melodies 36-40 [The Cat Came Back 36, At Your Service, Madame 36, Toytown Hall 36, Boulevardier from the Bronx 36, Pigs Is Pigs 37, He was Her Man 37, The Fella with the Fiddle 37, I Only Have Eyes for You 37, She Was an Acrobat’s Daughter 37, Ain’t We Got Fun 37, Clean Pastures 37, Streamlined Greta Green 37, Plenty of Money and You 37, A Sunbonnet Blue 37, Speaking of the Weather 37, I Wanna Be a Sailor 37, The Lyin’ Mouse 37, Dog Daze 37, September in the Rain 38, Jungle Jitters 38, A Star Is Hatched 38, Katnip Kollege 38, Love and Curses 38, The Major Lied Till Dawn 38, Cracked Ice 38, The Night Watchman 38, Gold Rush Daze 39, Bars and Stripes Forever 39, Hobo Budget Band 39, Hare-Um Scare-Um 39, Sioux Me 39, Fagin’s Freshman 39, Busy Bakers 40], Porky Pig 37-39 [Porky and Gabby 37, My Little Buckaroo 38, Porky’s Phoney Express 38, Porky’s Hare Hunt 38, It’s an Ill Wind 39, Porky and Teabiscuit 39, Porky the Giant Killer 39], Egghead 37-38 [Egghead Rides Again 37, A-Lad-In Bagdad 38, Count Me Out 38])

 

LOPEZ, David

Backgrounds: PANTOMIME PICTURES c69-71 (Hot Wheels 69-71, Sky Hawks 69-71)

 

LORENCZ, William (Bill) (30 Mar 1942-15 Jan 2006)

Backgrounds: DISNEY 60s?; HANNA-BARBERA 72-79 (Super Friends 73-75, The Godzilla Power Hour 78, The Godzilla Super 90 78-79, Godzilla 79/81, The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour 79-80); RUBY-SPEARS c79-80 (The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show 80-81); BAGDASARIAN/DIC c86-87 (The Chipmunk Adventure 87); FILM ROMAN c91 (Tom and Jerry: The Movie 92); DISNEY c98-99 (Tarzan 99, The Emperor’s New Groove 00)

Color Story Sketcher: DON BLUTH c81-82 (The Secret of NIMH 82)

Backgrounds/Miniature Model Maker: DON BLUTH c85-86 (An American Tail 86)

Key Background Styling/Design: DISNEY TV c89-94 (The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 88-92, Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers 89-93, TaleSpin 90-94, Darkwing Duck 91-93, Raw Toonage 92-93, Bonkers 93-94, Aladdin 93-95, The Return of Jafar 94)

Key Layout Design/Key Background Design: DISNEY TV c91-93 (Marsupilami 92-94)

 

LOSEY, Joseph

Director: LOUCKS & NORDLING 38 (Pete Roleum and His Cousins 38 [Puppet animation])

NOTE: Famous movie director

 

LOTH, Pauline

Assistant Animator: FLEISCHER c38-42

NOTE: Voiced Honey in Mr. Bug Goes to Town 41

 

LOUDENSLANGER, William (Bill)

Layouts: FILMATION c68-73 (The Hardy Boys 69-71, Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down 70, Archie’s Fun House 70-73, Journey Back to Oz 74)

 

LOUGHLIN, Edwin (Ed)

Animator: FLEISCHER c40

 

LOUGHRY, Sandra

Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA c66-68 (Shazzan! 67-69)

 

LOUNSBERY, John Mitchell (Johnny) (9 Mar 1911-13 Feb 1976)

Assistant Animator: DISNEY 2 July 35-38 (Mickey Mouse 36-39 [Society Dog Show 39, The Pointer 39], Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37 [Witch], The Practical Pig 39 [Assistant to Norman FERGUSON])

Animator: DISNEY 38-45/56 (Pinocchio 40 [J. Worthington Foulfellow and Gideon], Fantasia 40 [Dance of the Hours], Donald Duck 40 [Donald’s Dog Laundry], Pluto 41-45 [Pluto’s Playmate 41, Pluto at the Zoo 42, Pluto and the Armadillo 43, Private Pluto 43, Springtime for Pluto 44, Canine Patrol 45], Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line 42, Chicken Little 43, Victory Through Air Power 43, The Three Caballeros 45, Make Mine Music 46 [Wolf in Peter and the Wolf], Our Friend the Atom 57)

Directing Animator: DISNEY c40- -73 (Dumbo 41 [Elephants, Timothy Mouse], Bambi 42, Song of the South 46, Fun and Fancy Free 47 [Willie the Giant], Melody Time 48, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49, Cinderella 50, Alice in Wonderland 51, Peter Pan 53 [George Darling, Indians], Lady and the Tramp 55 [Joe, Bull], Sleeping Beauty 59 [Prince Phillip, Owl, Maleficent’s Goon], 101 Dalmatians 61 [Sgt. Tibs, Horace Badun], The Sword in the Stone 63 [Wolf], Mary Poppins 64, The Jungle Book 67 [Shere Khan, Bugler Elephant], The Aristocats 70 [Edgar, Georges Hautecourt, Madame Bonfamille], Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71, Robin Hood 73 [Sheriff of Nottingham])

Co-Director: DISNEY c73-77 (Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too 74, The Rescuers 77)

 

LOVE, Anthony (Tony)

Animator: HANNA-BARBERA c61-63/67-69/71-77/78/80-84 (The Jetsons 62-64, The Herculoids 67-69, The Wacky Races 68-70, The Harlem Globetrotters 70-71, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids 73-74, Tom and Jerry 75-76, Dynomutt Dog Wonder 76-78, The All-New Super Friends Hour 77-78, Scooby’s All-Star Laff-a-Lympics 77-78, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels 77-80, Challenge of the Super Friends 78-79, The Galaxy Goof-Ups 78-79, Scooby’s All-Stars 78-79, The New Fred and Barney Show 79, The New Shmoo 79, The Smurfs 81-84, Super Friends: The Legendary Powers Show 84-85); DE PATIE-FRELENG c67/77-78 (Pink Panther 68 [The Pink Package Plot], Baggy Pants and the Nitwits 77-78, What’s New, Mr. Magoo? 77-79, The All-New Pink Panther Show 78-79 [Pink in the Drink 78, Star Pink 78, Pink Z-z-z 78, Pink Pull 78, Doctor Pink 78, Pink Quackers 79]); R&S c69-70 (Santa and the Three Bears 70); RUBY-SPEARS c78-79 (The Plastic Man Adventure/Comedy Hour 79-80)

Assistant Animator: HANNA-BARBERA c65-66 (The Man Called Flintstone 66)

Animation Supervisor: HANNA-BARBERA c77 (Galaxy Goof-Ups 78)

Assistant Director: HANNA-BARBERA c83-84 (Challenge of the GoBots 84-85); RUBY-SPEARS c84-85 (The Centurions 85-86)

Director/Producer: ENCORE ENTERPRISES c83-89 (The Christmas Tree Train 83, The Adventure Machine 90); DIC c90-91 (James Bond Jr. 91-92)

Animator/Assistant Director: HANNA-BARBERA c85-86 (The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo 86-87)

Animator/Director: HANNA-BARBERA c84-85 (The Thirteen Ghosts of Scooby-Doo 85-86)

Director/Layout Supervisor: HANNA-BARBERA c85 (Yogi’s Treasure Hunt 85-86)

Producer: ENCORE ENTERPRISES c86 (A Chucklewood Easter 87)

Director: HANNA-BARBERA c89 (Potsworth & Co. 90); ENCORE ENTERPRISES c82-84 (The Turkey Caper 85); DIC c90-91 (The Toxic Crusaders 91-92); FRED WOLF FILMS c88 (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 89); MURAKAMI-WOLF-SWENSON 91 (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles’ Awesome Easter 91); WARNER BROS. TV c96 (Zorro 97)

Timing Director: ZULA c04-05 (The Zula Patrol 05-06)

NOTE: Son of Ed LOVE

 

LOVE, Edward H. (Ed) (24 May 1910-5 May 1996)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY 30-31

Animator: DISNEY c32-35/17 May 37-37/39-42/46-16 Jan 47 (Silly Symphony [Santa’s Workshop 32, Flowers and Trees 34], Mickey Mouse 33- -42 [Mickey’s Mechanical Man 33, Lonesome Ghosts 37, Symphony Hour 42], Fantasia 40, Donald Duck 39-42 [Donald’s Lucky Day 39, Sea Scouts 39, The Autograph Hound 39, Donald’s Vacation 40, Fire Chief 41, Timber 41, Early to Bed 41, Truant Officer Donald 41, Old MacDonald Duck 41, Donald’s Snow Fight 42, Donald Gets Drafted 42, The Vanishing Private 42, Sky Trooper 42]); IWERKS c35-36; HARMAN-ISING c37-38; MGM 41-46 (Tex Avery cartoons 42-47); BOB CLAMPETT PRODUCTIONS 46 (It’s a Grand Old Nag 47 [for REPUBLIC]); LANTZ 47-48 (Woody Woodpecker 47-49, Andy Panda 48, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein 48 [animated insert]); HANNA-BARBERA 57-67/69-75/76-89 (Quick Draw McGraw 59-62, Loopy de Loop 61, Herculoids 66-67, Jack and the Beanstalk 67, Scooby Doo Where Are You 69-71, The Harlem Globetrotters 70-73, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids 73-74, The Partridge Family: 2200 A.D. 74-75, Tom and Jerry 75-76, The C.B. Bears 77-78, Galaxy Goof-Ups 78, Challenge of the Super Friends 78-79, The New Fred and Barney Show 79; The Thirteen Ghosts of Scooby-Doo 85-86, Jetsons: The Movie 90); DE PATIE-FRELENG c68-69/75-76 (The Inspector 69, Here Comes the Grump 69-70, The Tiny Tree 75)

Owner/Animator/Director: LOVE HUTTEN AND LOVE c49-57

Assistant Director: HANNA-BARBERA c83-84 (Challenge of the GoBots 84-85)

Director: HANNA-BARBERA c88-90 (Yogi Bear 88-89, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo 88-90, Yo! Yogi! 91-92); DIC c90-91 (James Bond, Jr. 91-92)

NOTE: Father of Tony LOVE

 

LOVE, Harold (Harry) [nee Harold LIEBLICH] (30 Mar 1911-27 Feb 1997)

Inker/Cel Painter/Animator: HARRISON-GOULD 27-29 (Krazy Kat 27-29)

Animator/Director: MINTZ/COLUMBIA 29-36 (Krazy Kat 29-36, Scrappy 31-36)

Animator/Story: COLUMBIA/SCREEN GEMS 36-40 (Krazy Kat 36-39, Scrappy 36-40)

Animator: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 40-42; DISNEY c46-49; DE PATIE-FRELENG c67-72 (Pink Panther 67-73, The Inspector 67-69, The Ant and the Aardvaak 67-71, The Super Six 67-69, Dr. Doolittle, Goldilocks 70, Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat 71, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 72, Clerow Wilson and the Miracle of P.S. 14 72, The Houndcats 72-73, The Barkleys 72-73, The Incredible Indelible Magical Physical Mystery Trip 73, The Tijuana Toads); BAKSHI-KRANTZ c72-74 (Heavy Traffic 73, The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat 74); HANNA-BARBERA c74-81 (Jokebook 82)

Assistant Director/Story: DISNEY 42-43 (Saludos Amigos 43, Victory Through Air Power 43, Reason and Emotion 43)

Effects Animator: WARNER BROS. c50-63 (Goofy Gophers 51, Tweety & Sylvester 51/52, Bugs Bunny 52/56/58/63/64, Elmer Fudd 52, Road Runner 54/56/58/59/61, Porky Pig 55, Merrie Melodies 56, Ralph Wolf & Sam Sheepdog 56, Foghorn Leghorn 60, Sylvester 61, Pepe le Pew 61, Daffy Duck 62/63, Speedy Gonzales 64, Looney Tunes 64, The Incredible Mr. Limpet 64 [Friz FRELENG, Chuck JONES and Bob McKIMSON Units])

Production Coordinator: DE PATIE-FRELENG c67-71 (Pink Panther, The Inspector, Here Comes the Grump 69-70, The Further Adventures of Dr. Doolittle 70-72)

Production Manager: DE PATIE-FRELENG -72 (The Pink Panther); BAKSHI-KRANTZ c72 (Heavy Traffic 73)

Production Supervisor: DE PATIE-FRELENG c71-72 (The Barkleys 72-73, The Houndcats 72-73)

NOTE: Not related to Ed or Tony LOVE. Head of HANNA-BARBERA Training Program 67-81

 

LOVY, Alexander (Alex) (2 Sept 1913-14 Feb 1992)

Animator: VAN BEUREN 33

Story Sketch: LANTZ 37-38

Animator/Director: LANTZ 38-42/53- -59 (Baby Face Mouse 38, Oswald 38, Cartune 38- -43, Andy Panda 39-42, Woody Woodpecker 41-43/55-60, Swing Symphonies 42-43, Homer Pigeon 42/56, Chilly Willy 55-59, Maggie and Sam 56-57, Cartune 57, Pepito Chickeeto 57, Hickory Dickory and Doc 59, Doc 60); US NAVAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SCIENCE LABORATORY c43-45 (US Navy Training Films)

Director: COLUMBIA/SCREEN GEMS 46-48 (Phantasies 48, Rhapsodies 48, Fox and Crow 49); HANNA-BARBERA c65 (Alice in Wonderland or What Is a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? 66); DE PATIE-FRELENG/WARNER BROS. 66-67 (Cool Cat 67-68, Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales 67-68, Merlin the Magic Mouse 67-68, Looney Tunes 68, Merrie Melodies 68, Norman Normal 68)

Producer: HANNA-BARBERA 59-66/67-79/84-87 (The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show 65-68, Scooby-Doo Where Are You? 69-71, Super Friends 73-75, Dinky Dog 78-80, Casper and the Angels 79-80, Yogi’s Treasure Hunt 85-88); MARVEL/SUNBOW c85-86 (G.I. Joe 86-87)

Story Director: HANNA-BARBERA 59- -85- (Loopy de Loop 60-65, Adventures of Jonny Quest 64-65, Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles 66-68, Jack and the Beanstalk 67, The Secret Squirrel Show 67-68, Dastardly and Muttley and Their Flying Machines 69-71, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 69-71, Yogi Bear’s Treasure Hunt 85-86)

Associate Producer/Co-Producer: HANNA-BARBERA c63-66/68-76 (Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear! 64, The Hillbilly Bears 65-66, Dastardly and Muttley and Their Flying Machines 69-71, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 69-71, Where’s Huddles? 70, Josie and the Pussycats 70-72, The Harlem Globetrotters 70-73, The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan 72-74, Clue Club 76-77, Dynomutt 76-77)

Story: HANNA-BARBERA 64-65 (Jonny Quest 64, The Man Called Flintstone 66)

Recording Director: HANNA-BARBERA c74-80 (Tom and Jerry 75-76, Dynomutt Dog Wonder 76-78, The C.B. Bears 77-78, Yogi’s First Christmas 80)

Associate Producer/Storyboards: HANNA-BARBERA c70-71/76-77 (The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show 71-72, The C.B. Bears 77-78)

Storyboard Editor: HANNA-BARBERA c73-75 (Hong Kong Phooey 74-76, Tom and Jerry 75-76)

Producer/Recording Director: HANNA-BARBERA c80 (The Flintstones 80)

Producer/Recording Director/Story Director: HANNA-BARBERA c81 (The Flintstones 80, The Flintstones: Fred’s Final Fling 81)

Storyboards: MARVEL/SUNBOW c81-87 (Meatballs and Spaghetti 82-85, Beverly Hills Teens 87-88); HANNA-BARBERA c87-89 (Yogi Bear 88-89, Jetsons: The Movie 90)

 

LOZZI, Arminio (Art) (22 Oct 1929-Dec 2019)

Inbetweener/Backgrounds: MGM 56-57

Backgrounds: HANNA-BARBERA 57-66 (Quick Draw McGraw 59-62, Loopy de Loop 61-64, The Man Called Flintstone 66); FILMATION c67-69 (Fantastic Voyage 68, The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69)

Background Design: HANNA-BARBERA c63 (Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear! 64)

Note: Designer: interiors for Hilton Hotels and cruise ship line c69+

 

LUBOTSKY, ?

Animator?: BARRÉ-BOWERS 17-21 (Mutt and Jeff 17-21)

 

LUCAS, Richard N. (Dick) (20 July 1920-27 Aug 1997)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY 42-43/46-55 (The Three Caballeros 45)

Animator: DISNEY 55-66/80-81 (The Goofy Success Story 55, Goofy’s Cavalcade of Sports 56, How to Relax 57, Sleeping Beauty 59, 101 Dalmatians 61, The Sword in the Stone 63, The Jungle Book 67, The Fox and the Hound 81)

Story: DISNEY c65 (Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree 66)

Effects Animator: DISNEY c69-70/76-77 (The Aristocats 70, The Rescuers 77)

 

LUCKY, Frederick (Fred) (25 Jan 1932-8 Oct 1999)

Story/Storyboards: SCHLATTER-FRIENDLY PRODUCTIONS 61-; MGM; DISNEY c76 (The Rescuers 77); DISNEY TV c91-95 (Goof Troop 92-96)

Owner/Story/Storyboards: FRED LUCKY PRODUCTIONS

NOTE: Also did storyboards for several live-action films

 

LUDWIG, Ewald

Story: FAMOUS c46 (Noveltoon 47 [The Wee Men])

 

LUND, Gary

Storyboard: FILMATION c68-69 (The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69)

Production Designer/Backgrounds: FINE ART FILMS c69-70 (Shinbone Alley 70)

Production Designer: MURAKAMI-WOLF c71 (The Point 71); DE PATIE-FRELENG c73 (ABC Afterschool Specials 73)

Designer: BOSUSTOW c74 (The Legend of John Henry 74)

 

LUNDBERG, Carol N. [aka Carol MARSHALL] (1935-11 Feb 2007)

Layouts: FILMATION c67-81 (Fantastic Voyage 67, The Hardy Boys 69-71, Archie’s Funhouse 70-73, The US of Archie 74, The Secret Lives of waldo Kitty 75); JELLYBEAN c84 (We Think the World Is Round 84); MARVEL; HANNA-BARBERA; HYPERION -97

 

LUNDY, Mabel

Effects Assistant Animator: LANTZ -45-

 

LUNDY, Richard (Dick) (14 Aug 1907-7 Apr 1990)

Cel Painter: DISNEY July 29 [2 months]

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY Sept 29-Mar 30 (Mickey Mouse 29 [The Barnyard Battle, The Karnival Kid] [assisted Burt GILLETT, Norm FERGUSON]

Animator: DISNEY Mar 30-41 (Mickey Mouse 30-36 [Arctic Antics 30, The Shindig 30, The Chain Gang 30, The Gorilla Mystery 30, The Picnic 30, Pioneer Days 30, Traffic Troubles 31, The Castaway 31, The Birthday Party 31, The Moose Hunt 31, Blue Rhythm 31, Fishin’ Around 31, Mickey Cuts Up 31, Mickey’s Orphans 31, The Duck Hunt 32, Mickey in Arabia 32, Trader Mickey 32, The Whoopee Party 32, Mickey’s Good Deed 32, Building a Building 33, Mickey’s Gala Premiere 33, Mickey’s Mechanical Man 33, Puppy Love 33, Gulliver Mickey 34, Playful Pluto 34, Orphan’s Benefit 34, Mickey Plays Papa 34, The Dognapper 34, Mickey’s Service Station 35, Mickey’s Kangaroo 35, Pluto’s Judgement Day 35, Orphan’s Picnic 36, Mickey’s Grand Opera 36, Thru the Mirror 36, Mickey’s Parrot 38, Society Dog Show 39, Pluto’s Dream House 40, Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip 40], Silly Symphony 30-38 [Midnight in a Toy Shop 30, Night 30, Monkey Melodies 30, Winter 30, Playful Pan 30, Birds of a Feather 31, Mother Goose Melodies 31, The China Plate 31, The Spider and the Fly 31, The Fox Hunt 31, The Ugly Duckling 31, The Bears and the Bees 32, Flowers and Trees 32, Just Dogs 32, King Neptune 32, Babes in the Woods 32, Father Noah’s Ark 33, Three Little Pigs 33, The China Shop 34, The Grasshopper and the Ants 34, Funny Little Bunnies 34, The Big Bad Wolf 34, The Wise Little Hen 34, The Tortoise and the Hare 35, Who Killed Cock Robin? 35, Music Land 35, Toby Tortoise Returns 36, Three Little Wolves 36,Woodland Café 37, Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 38], Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37, Donald Duck 39-42 [Donald’s Lucky Day 39, Donald’s Cousin 39, Mr. Duck Steps Out 40, Window Cleaners 40, Fire Chief 40, Timber 41, Donald’s Gold Mine 42, Home Defense 43, Commando Duck 43], The Thrifty Pig 41); LANTZ Nov 43-May 44 (Andy Panda 43-45, Swing Symphony 44-45 [Aboo Ben Boogie 44, The Pied Piper of Basin Street 45], Woody Woodpecker 44-45 [The Beach Nut 44, Ski for Two 44, Chew Chew Baby 45], Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein 48 [animated insert]); KLING STUDIOS c54-May 56; LUNDY [Freelance]: June 58-Mar 59; HANNA-BARBERA Mar 59-70/71-Dec 73/76 (Huckleberry Hound Show 59-60 [7 episodes], The Flintstones 60-66 [56 episodes], Quick Draw McGraw 59-61 [14 episodes], Loopy de Loop 61-64 [30 episodes], The Yogi Bear Show 61-62 [5 episodes], Top Cat 61-62 [All That Jazz 61, Dibble’s Double 62], The Jetsons 62-63 [4 episodes], Touché Turtle and Dum Dum 62-63 [52 episodes], The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series 62-63 [52 episodes], Wally Gator 62-63 [53 episodes], Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har 62-63 [54 episodes], The Magilla Gorilla Show 64-65 [9 episodes], Breezly and Sneezly 64-66 [22 episodes], Squiddly Diddly 65-66 [25 episodes], Winsome Witch 65-66 [26 episodes], The Atom Ant Show 65-66 [26 episodes], The Secret Squirrel Show 65-66 [26 episodes], The Man Called Flintstone 66, Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles 66-68, Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor 67, The Adventures of Gulliver 68-69 [17 episodes], The New Adventures of Huck Finn 68-69 [5 episodes], The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 69 [6 episodes], Where’s Huddles? 70 [8 episodes], Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? 70 [8 episodes], Josie and the Pussycats 70 [Plateau of the Apes Plot], Love American Style 72 [Love and the Bachelor Party/Love and the Latin Lover/Love and the Old-Fashioned Father/Love and the Test of Manhood], The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie 72 [Yogi’s Ark Lark], The Roman Holidays 72 [13 episodes], The New Scooby-Doo Movies 72 [16 episodes], The Flintstone Comedy Hour 72-73 [16 episodes], Charlotte’s Web 73, Yogi’s Gang 73 [Dr. Bigot, Mr. Hothead], ABC Afterschool Specials 74 [Cyrano], Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels 77 [8 episodes]).

Assistant Director: DISNEY c 32--38 (Mickey Mouse 33 [The Mad Doctor, Mickey’s Mellerdrammer], Silly Symphony 33/39 [Birds in the Spring 33, The Three Little Pigs 33, The Ugly Duckling 39])

Director: DISNEY 37-Oct 43 (Donald Duck 39-43 [Sea Scouts 39, The Riveter 40, A Good Time for a Dime 41, Donald’s Camera 41, The Village Smithy 42, Donald’s Garden 42, Donald’s Gold Mine 42, Donald’s Tire Trouble 43, Flying Jalopy 43], Navy Training Pictures 42-44, The Pelican and the Snipe 44); LANTZ May 44-4 Dec 48 (The Enemy Bacteria 45 [for US Navy], Swing Symphonies 45 [Sliphorn King of Polaroo], Andy Panda 45-49 [Crow Crazy 45, Poet and Peasant 45, Apple Andy 46, The Wacky Weed 46, The Band Master 47, Playful Pelican 49, Dog Tax Dodgers 49, Scrappy Birthday 49], Reddy Kilowatt 46 [Reddy Made Magic], Woody Woodpecker 46-49 [Musical Moments from Chopin 46, Bathing Buddies 46, Smoked Hams 47, The Coo Coo Bird 47, Woody the Giant Killer 47, Well Oiled 47, Solid Ivory 47, The Mad Hatter 48, Banquet Busters 48, Wacky Bye Baby 48, Wet Blanket Policy 48, Wild and Woody! 48, Drooler’s Delight 49, Puny Express 50, Sleep Happy 51], Wally Walrus 47-48 [The Overture to William Tell 47, Kiddie Koncert 48], The Egg and I 47 [commercial for live action picture], The Story of Human Energy 47 [commercial], Musical Miniatures 48 [Pixie Picnic], Coca-Cola commercials 49 [Fisherman’s Luck, The Gallant Tailor, The Old Woman in the Shoe, The Three Pigs, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, Aladdin’s Lamp, Pancho’s Rainbow, The Wise Little Woodchopper, The Woodland Symphony, Pirate’s Treasure, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Mountain Flower]); MGM 15 May 50-Oct 50 (Droopy 52 [Caballero Droopy], Barney Bear 52-54 [The Little Wise Quacker 52, Busy Body Bear 52, Barney’s Hungry Cousin 53, Cobs and Robbers 53, Heir Bear 53, Wee-Willie Wildcat 53, Half-Pint Palomino 53, The Impossible Possum 54, Sleepy-Time Squirrel 54, Bird-Brain Bird Dog 54], Billy Boy 54); SKETCHBOOK FILM PRODUCTIONS c54 (Tom Schuler – Cobbler, Statesman 54 [for US Information Agency])

Timing Director: LANTZ Dec 48 [3 cartoons].

Supervisor/Director: RAPHAEL S. WOLFF PRODUCTIONS Apr 49-May 50 (TV Commercials: Kelvinator et al).

Manager/Director: DUDLEYS PRODUCTION 50--58

Animator/Layouts: KRANTZ/BAKSHI c70-71 (Fritz the Cat 72)

 

LUSK, Donald Ross (Don) (28 Oct 1913-30 Dec 2018)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY 33-35

Animator: DISNEY 36-42/45-60 (Ferdinand the Bull 38, Pinocchio 40 [Cleo], Fantasia 40 [Pastoral Symphony], Bambi 42, Figaro 43, Song of the South 46, Melody Time 48, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49, So Dear to My Heart 49, Cinderella 50, Alice in Wonderland 51, Peter Pan 53, Lady and the Tramp 55, Sleeping Beauty 59, 101 Dalmatians 61); UPA 61 (Gay Purr-ee 62); LANTZ c62 (Chilly Willy 62); EAGLE FILMS/DE TIEGE c63-64 (The Man from Button Willow 65); HANNA-BARBERA c63-65 (Hey There It’s Yogi Bear 64, The Man Called Flintstone 66); MELENDEZ c68-76 (A Boy Named Charlie Brown 69, There’s No Time for Love Charlie Brown 71, Snoopy Come Home 72, It’s a Mystery Charlie Brown 74, It’s Arbor Day Charlie Brown 76, Race for Your Life Charlie Brown 77)

Director: HANNA-BARBERA c80-91 (The Smurfs 81-90, Galtar and the Golden Lance 85-86, GoBots: War of the Rock Lords 86-87, The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones 87, Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears 88, Yogi Bear 88-89, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo 88-90, The Ugly Duckling 90, Potsworth & Co. 90, The Greatest Adventure 90/91 [Joseph and His Brothers 90, The Miracles of Jesus 91], Yo! Yogi! 91-92, Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream 92); RUBY-SPEARS c84-85 (The Centurions 85-86)

Assistant Director: HANNA-BARBERA c83-84 (Pink Panther and Sons 84-85)

NOTE: Newspaper strip artist 61 (Walt Disney’s Merry Menagerie)

 

LUSKE, Hamilton Sommers (Ham) (16 Oct 1903-19 Feb 1968)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY Apr 31-Fall 32

Animator: DISNEY Fall 32- -43 (Silly Symphony 32-36 [Santa’s Workshop 32, Father Noah’s Ark 33, Lullaby Land 33, The Pied Piper 33, The Night Before Christmas 33, The Big Bad Wolf 34, The Flying Mouse 34, The Tortoise and the Hare 35, The Robber Kitten 35, Who Killed Cock Robin? 35, Three Orphan Kittens 35, Elmer Elephant 36, Toby Tortoise Returns 36], Mickey Mouse 33-34 [Mickey’s Mellerdrammer 33, Mickey’s Gala Premiere 33, The Pet Store 33, Giantland 33, Gulliver Mickey 34], Donald Duck 39 [Sea Scouts], Figaro 43 [Figaro and Cleo])

Supervising Animator: DISNEY 35-37 (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37 [Snow White])

Supervising Director: DISNEY c38-40 (Pinocchio 40)

Sequence Director: DISNEY 39-64 (Fantasia 40, Reluctant Dragon 41, Saludos Amigos 43, Make Mine Music 46, Fun and Fancy Free 47, Melody Time 48, Cinderella 50, Alice in Wonderland 51,  Peter Pan 53, Lady and the Tramp 55, 101 Dalmatians 61, Mary Poppins 64)

Director: DISNEY 34-73 (The Pelican and the Snipe 44, Air Masses and Fronts 44, The Cold Front 44, Flying the Weather Map 44, Hold Your Horsepower 45, So Dear to My Heart 49, How to Catch a Cold 51, Ben and Me 53, Jiminy Cricket Presents Bongo 55, Our Unsung Villains 56, Our Friend the Atom 57, Man in Flight 57, Magic and Music 58, An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom 58, Four Tales on a Mouse 58, Donald in Mathmagic Land 59, Donald’s Silver Anniversary 60, An Adventure in Color 61, Donald and the Wheel 61, Kids Is Kids 61, Man Is His Own Worst Enemy 62, Von Drake in Spain 62, Three Tall Tales 63, A Square Peg in a Round Hole 63, Fly with Von Drake 63, The Truth About Mother Goose 63 [TV version], Disneyland Goes to the World’s Fair 64, A Ranger’s Guide to Nature 66, Man on Wheels 67, Scrooge McDuck and Money 67, How the West Was Lost 67, The Ranger of Brownstone 68, Pacifically Peeking 68)

NOTE: Director at DISNEY on People and Places series 56 and live-action TV specials (Disneyland the Park 57, Backstage Party 61, Disneyland ’61 61, Disneyland After Dark 62, Disneyland 10^th Anniversary 65)

 

LUTZ, William (Bill)

Story: HANNA-BARBERA c66-68/69-70 (Shazzan! 67-69, Scooby Doo Where Are You? 69-71); DE PATIE-FRELENG c68-69 (Here Comes the Grump 69-70)

Story Director: HANNA-BARBERA 70s (Josie and the Pussycats 70-72, Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space 72-74)

 

LYCETT, Eustace A. (21 Dec 1914-16 Nov 2006)

Special Effects: DISNEY c56-58 (Sleeping Beauty 59)

 

LYFORD, Richard Hoover (Dick) (7 Oct 1917-4 Nov 1985)

Director: DISNEY c40 (The Seven Wise Dwarfs 41)

 

LYNCH, Ernest Kendal (Ernie) (1 Jan 1901-18 Oct 1959)

Animator: HARMAN-ISING c34-3

Effects Animator: DISNEY c39-46 (Mickey Mouse 41 [A Gentleman’s Gentleman], Figaro 46 [Bath Day], Pluto 46 [The Purloined Pup], Donald Duck 47 [Sleepy Time Donald])