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Rollin Hamilton
South Dakota, USA
Rollin "Ham" Clare Hamilton (October 28, 1898 – June 3, 1951) was an early motion picture animator. He was Walt Disney's first hire, and from 1924 to 1928 he worked as an animator…
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Rollin "Ham" Clare Hamilton (October 28, 1898 – June 3, 1951) was an early motion picture animator. He was Walt Disney's first hire, and from 1924 to 1928 he worked as an animator for the Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts. In 1928, Hamilton and several other animators left the Walt Disney Studio to work at Winkler Pictures' new animation studio with the help of Charles Mintz. A year later, Hamilton briefly transferred to Walter Lantz’s new studio before he helped fellow animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising establish their own animation studio. He was one of the primary animators for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. From 1929 to 1934, he animated the Bosko character in the Harman and Ising studio. He was one of the few animators who remained with Leon Schlesinger after Harman and Ising left in 1933. In Schlesinger's studio, he animated Buddy, Beans the Cat, and Porky Pig. He then worked as a freelance animator until 1940. Hamilton died in 1951 of a heart attack. [biography from Wikipedia]
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1939
Detouring America
Movie Animation
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1938
Merbabies
Movie Animation
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1936
Toby Tortoise Returns
Movie Animation
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1935
Hollywood Capers
Movie Animation
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1934
Beauty and the Beast
Movie Animation
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1933
Gay Gaucho
Movie Director
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1933
The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
Movie Animation
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1933
The Organ Grinder
Movie Animation
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1933
Young and Healthy
Movie Animation
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1933
The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
Movie Animation
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1932
Three's a Crowd
Movie Animation
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1932
Bosko's Dizzy Date
Movie Animation
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1932
Bosko and Honey
Movie Animation
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1932
A Great Big Bunch of You
Movie Animation
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1932
I Wish I Had Wings
Movie Animation
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1932
You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!
Movie Animation
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1932
I Love a Parade
Movie Animation
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1932
Bosko at the Beach
Movie Animation
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1932
Bosko's Dog Race
Movie Animation
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1932
Bosko and Bruno
Movie Animation
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1932
Goopy Geer
Movie Animation
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1932
Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee
Movie Animation
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1932
Big-Hearted Bosko
Movie Animation
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1932
Pagan Moon
Movie Animation
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1931
Red-Headed Baby
Movie Animation
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1931
Bosko's Fox Hunt
Movie Animation
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1931
Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
Movie Animation
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1931
Bosko's Soda Fountain
Movie Animation
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1931
Bosko the Doughboy
Movie Animation
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1931
Bosko Shipwrecked!
Movie Animation
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1931
Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
Movie Animation
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1931
The Tree's Knees
Movie Animation
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1931
Yodeling Yokels
Movie Animation
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1931
Ups 'n Downs
Movie Animation
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1930
Box Car Blues
Movie Animation
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1930
Congo Jazz
Movie Animation
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1930
Sinkin' in the Bathtub
Movie Animation
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1929
Pussy Willie
Movie Writer
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1929
Ice Man's Luck
Movie Director
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1929
Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid
Movie Animation
