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American Animators active until 1970 - Letter L

© 2009 ALBERTO BECATTINI

 

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)

Animator: DISNEY 30s; HARMAN-ISING -38; MGM 39-46/48- -54 (Tom and Jerry 40-47/55, Innertube Antics 44, The Tree Surgeon 44, Barney Bear 44-45/52-54, Tex Avery cartoons 49-55); SKETCHBOOK FILM PRODUCTIONS c54 (Tom Schuler – Cobbler, Statesman 54 [for US Information Agency]); CASCADE 54-55; HANNA-BARBERA c58-60s (Quick Draw McGraw 59-62)

Director: MGM 45-48/55-58 (Private Snafu 45, Barney Bear 48-49, Tex Avery cartoons 49-55 [Bad Luck Blackie 49, Doggone Tired 49, Rock-a-Bye Bear 49, Little Johnny Jet 53], Droopy 55/57-58, Invitation to the Dance animated insert 57); SHIELD PRODUCTIONS 54 (Crusader Rabbit [11 unreleased episodes])

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

 

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) (11 Feb 1922-26 Nov 1999)

Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA c64-65/80-86 (Jonny Quest 64-66, The Smurfs 81-84, The Kwicky Koala Show 81-82, The Thirteen Ghosts of Scooby-Doo 85-86, The All-New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Hour 86-87); DE PATIE-FRELENG c66-67 (Super President 67-68)

NOTE: Comic Book artist for ACG 53-55

 

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

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

 

LANDSMAN, Lewis (Lew) (19 Nov 1901-Apr 1977)

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

 

LANDY, Arthur (Art) [née 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 (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

 

LANHAM, Sammy June

Layouts: DISNEY (101 Dalmatians 61)

 

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

Assistant Director: DISNEY c40 (Pluto 41 [Pluto's Playmate])

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

NOTE: Went on to direct live-action films and TV series for DISNEY 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 [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, Ring W. Jr. (19 Aug 1915-31 Oct 2000)

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

 

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

Assistant Animator/Animator: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 37-42 (Sniffles 40-41, Bugs Bunny 41, Porky Pig 41-42, Daffy Duck 42, Hubie and Bertie 43, 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 c69-77 (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)

 

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 1 June 33-July 33

Assistant Animator: DISNEY July 33-34 [Assistant to Ham Luske]

Animator: DISNEY 34-73 (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37 [Forest Creatures], Donald Duck 39 [The Hockey Champ], Dumbo 41 [Lullaby sequence], Three Is a Family 44, The Three Caballeros 45 [Aracuan bird], Make Mine Music 46 [Sasha in Peter and the Wolf], Kids Is Kids 61, The Sword in the Stone 63, Mary Poppins 64, Rag a Bone and A Box of Junk 64, The Jungle Book 67, The Aristocats 70, Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71, Robin Hood 73)

Supervising Animator: DISNEY (Fantasia 40 [Centaurs and Centaurettes in Pastoral Symphony])

Directing Animator: DISNEY (Pinocchio 40 [Figaro], Bambi 42 [Friend Owl], Song of the South 46, Melody Time 48, Cinderella 50 [Cinderella], Alice in Wonderland 51 [Caterpillar], Peter Pan 52 [Peter Pan, Tinker Bell and Darling Children's Flight], Lady and the Tramp 55 [Peg], 101 Dalmatians 61)

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

Title Designer: DISNEY c76 (The Rescuers 77)

Animation Consultant: DISNEY c82-85 (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-

 

LAUGHLIN, Edwin (Ed)

Animator: FLEISCHER c40

 

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 PRODUCTIONS (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]

 

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 (Mandrake); Newspaper strip artist (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])

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)

 

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

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)

Cel Painter: FLEISCHER 34-

Animator: FLEISCHER 30s; MGM c47-48 (Tom and Jerry 48 [Kitty Foiled], Barney Bear 48 [The Bear and the Hare])

 

LEVINSON, Leonard Louis [also Leonard Lewis] (c1904-1974)

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)

 

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])

Director: UPA c59-61/62/c70 (1001 Arabian Nights of Mr. Magoo 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)

 

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-Jan 1972)

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

Animator: MGM 40s; HANNA-BARBERA 60s

 

LIGNANTE, William (Bill) (1925- )

Key Animator: HANNA-BARBERA 65-66 (Space Ghost 66-67)

Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA c64-67/68-79 (Adventures of Jonny Quest 64-65, Space Ghost 66-68, Scooby Doo Where Are You 69-71, The New Scooby-Doo Movies 72-74, Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kids 73-74, Jabberjaw 76-77, Dynomutt Dog Wonder 76-78, Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics 77-78, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels 77-80, Challenge of the Super Friends 78-79, Scooby's All-Stars 78-79); FILMATION c67-68 (The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69); RUBY-SPEARS c79-80 (The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show 80-81)

 

LILLY, Louis (Lou, Louie)

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

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: MOSER-TERRY-COFFMAN/AUDIO-CINEMA 30-32; AUDIO-CINEMA/TERRY 31-32 (Kangaroo Steak 30, Pigskin Caper 30, Go West Big Boy 31 [for EDUCATIONAL/FOX], 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]); CINEFFECTS c50s (Technical animation); FLETCHER-SMITH 57 (TV Commercials); ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER 57-70 (Technical animation)

 

LITTLE, Robert (Bob)

Backgrounds: 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); 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 (Ben)

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, Raymond (Ray)

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

 

LOCKWOOD, Harold (Hal)

Animator: ULLMAN (Colonel Bleep 57)

 

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

Backgrounds: FLEISCHER 30s-42 (Mr. Bug Goes to Town 41); FAMOUS 42-56 (Little Lulu 44-47, Noveltoons 46-56, Popeye -53-55-); PARAMOUNT 56-62 (Noveltoons 56-63, Beetle Bailey and His Friends 62, Krazy Kat 62)

 

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

Animator: TERRYTOONS; FLETCHER SMITH; FLEISCHER; FAMOUS; BILL STURM; 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); 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, 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 c38 (Baby Face Mouse 38)

 

LONGSTREET, Stephen

Story: COLUMBIA/SCREEN GEMS c43 (Phantasy 43)

 

LOOMER, Arthur (Art)

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])

 

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)

 

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], 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 52 [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)

Animator: DISNEY 30-35/17 May 37- -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; MGM 41-46 (Tex Avery cartoons 42-47); BOB CLAMPETT PRODUCTIONS 46 (It's a Grand Old Nag 47 [for REPUBLIC]); LANTZ c46-48 (Woody Woodpecker 47-49, Andy Panda 48); HANNA-BARBERA c58-67/69-75/76-89 (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, Harry (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 and Tony LOVE. Head of HANNA-BARBERA Training Program 67-81

 

LOVY, 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)

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, Arthur (Art) (25 Mar 1922-10 Apr 2005)

Inbetweener: 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)

 

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); MARVEL; HANNA-BARBERA; HYPERION -97

 

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

Cel Painter: DISNEY 29

Inbetweener: DISNEY 29

Assistant Animator: DISNEY 29-30 [assisted Burt GILLETT, Norm FERGUSON]

Animator: DISNEY 30- -43 (Mickey Mouse 30-36 [The Shindig 30, Playful Pluto 34, Orphan's Benefit 34, The Dognapper 34, Mickey's Service Station 35, Thru the Mirror 36], Silly Symphony 31-33 [The Ugly Duckling 31, Three Little Pigs 33], Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37, Donald Duck 39-42 [Donald's Lucky Day 39, Mr. Duck Steps Out 40, Window Cleaners 40, Donald's Gold Mine 42]); LANTZ Nov 43-44 (Andy Panda 43-45); HANNA-BARBERA c59-70/71-73 (The Flintstones, Quick Draw McGraw 59-62, Loopy de Loop 61-63, The Man Called Flintstone 66, Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles 66-68, Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor 67-69, The New Adventures of Huck Finn 68-69, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 69-71, Where's Huddles? 70, The New Scooby-Doo Movies 72-74, Charlotte's Web 73); KRANTZ/BAKSHI c70 (Fritz the Cat 72)

Director: DISNEY 39-43 (Donald Duck 39-43 [Sea Scouts 39, The Riveter 40, A Good Time for a Dime 41, Donald's Camera 41, Donald's Garden 42, Donald's Gold Mine 42, Donald's Tire Trouble 43, Flying Jalopy 43]); LANTZ 44-4 Dec 48 (Swing Symphonies 45, Andy Panda 45-49, Woody Woodpecker 46-49, Wally Walrus 47-48, Musical Miniatures 48); MGM May 50-Oct 51 (Droopy 52, Barney Bear 52-54); SKETCHBOOK FILM PRODUCTIONS c54 (Tom Schuler – Cobbler, Statesman 54 [for US Information Agency])

 

LUSK, Donald (Don) (13 Nov 1912-Dec 1971)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY 33-35

Animator: DISNEY 36-42/45-60 (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 52, 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)

 

LUSKE, Hamilton (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 52, 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 10th 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 (Dick)

Director: DISNEY c40 (The Seven Wise Dwarfs 41)

 

LYNCH, Ernest (Ernie)

Animator: HARMAN-ISING 30s

Effects Animator: DISNEY (Donald Duck 47)

 

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