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Don Towsley
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Don Towsley (May 11, 1912 – November 25, 1986) was an animator working at Walt Disney Animation Studios, and later at MGM and Filmation. Starting out at Disney, Towsley worked on…
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Don Towsley (May 11, 1912 – November 25, 1986) was an animator working at Walt Disney Animation Studios, and later at MGM and Filmation. Starting out at Disney, Towsley worked on three shorts in the Silly Symphony series, animating the band in The Cookie Carnival (1935), a scene of dancing hens ultimately cut from Cock o' the Walk (1935), and the introduction and opening scene of Donald's Better Self (1938). In 1938, Towsley became the main animator for the Donald Duck short films, following Fred Spencer's death. Towsley contributed to the 1940 film Pinocchio, as part of the team responsible for Jiminy Cricket and Monstro the Whale. He also animated the "Pastoral Symphony" segment of the 1940 film Fantasia. In 1943, Towsley, along with a team of animators, contributed to a wartime animated short film titled Der Fuehrer's Face produced by Walt Disney. In the 1960s, Towsley worked for MGM's Tom and Jerry series, including animation work on 1965's Haunted Mouse. Towsley joined the Filmation animation studio in 1968 as an associate director. He directed episodes of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–74), My Favorite Martians (1973–75), The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–77), The U.S. of Archie (1974–76), The New Adventures of Batman (1977), Sabrina, Super Witch (1977–78) and The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979–80), among others. He also directed a sequence in Filmation's 1972 film, Journey Back to Oz. [biography from Wikipedia]
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2013
Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness
Movie Animation
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1975
Fraidy Cat
TV show Director
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1973
The Weird Harold Special
Movie Sequence Supervisor
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1970
Uncle Sam Magoo
Movie Animation
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1969
Pink on the Cob
Movie Animation
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1968
The Night Before Christmas
Movie Animation
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1967
The Bear That Wasn't
Movie Animation
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1967
Advance and Be Mechanized
Movie Animation
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1967
Cat and Dupli-cat
Movie Animation
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1966
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Movie Animation
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1966
Love Me, Love My Mouse
Movie Animation
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1966
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
Movie Animation
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1966
Duel Personality
Movie Animation
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1965
The Inspector
TV show Animation
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1965
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
Movie Supervising Animator
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1965
Of Feline Bondage
Movie Story
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1965
Haunted Mouse
Movie Animation
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1965
Tom-ic Energy
Movie Animation
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1965
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
Movie Animation
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1964
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
Movie Animation
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1964
Much Ado About Mousing
Movie Animation
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1964
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
Movie Animation
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1964
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
Movie Animation
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1960
Talking of Tomorrow
Movie Animation
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1948
Drip Dippy Donald
Movie Animation
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1947
It's a Grand Old Nag
Movie Animation
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1947
Wide Open Spaces
Movie Animation
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1947
Crazy with the Heat
Movie Animation
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1947
Donald's Dilemma
Movie Animation
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1947
Sleepy Time Donald
Movie Animation
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1946
Dumb Bell of the Yukon
Movie Animation
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1946
Wet Paint
Movie Animation
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1946
Donald's Double Trouble
Movie Animation
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1945
Old Sequoia
Movie Animation
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1945
Cured Duck
Movie Animation
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1945
Donald's Crime
Movie Animation
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1945
The Clock Watcher
Movie Animation
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1944
The Plastics Inventor
Movie Animation
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1943
Donald's Tire Trouble
Movie Animation
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1942
Sky Trooper
Movie Animation
