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Ken Harris
Tulare County, California, USA
Karyl Ross "Ken" Harris (July 31, 1898 – March 24, 1982) was an American animator best known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons under the supervision of director Chuck Jones.…
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Karyl Ross "Ken" Harris (July 31, 1898 – March 24, 1982) was an American animator best known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons under the supervision of director Chuck Jones. The association with Jones began in 1937 and lasted until 1962, the longest time an animator spent with a director at the studio. Jones described him as "a virtuoso. Ken Harris did it all." Dan Backslide, one of the characters from the Jones short The Dover Boys, was a caricature of Harris. After Jones left Warner's, Harris worked with former animator Phil Monroe on two cartoons before Warner Bros. closed its cartoon department. In 1963, Harris worked briefly for Friz Freleng on the titles of The Pink Panther (1963), then for Hanna-Barbera on their first feature film Hey There It's Yogi Bear! (1964), then rejoined Jones at MGM for three years. After work as an animator on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) — directed by Jones, a longtime friend of Dr. Seuss — Harris came to the studio of independent animator Richard Williams in London in 1967. There he served as William's mentor as well as his employee. Harris's credits with him included A Christmas Carol (1971) — as animator of Ebenezer Scrooge — the opening titles of The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), and the still-unfinished animated feature The Thief and the Cobbler (animating the Thief of the title, which is very reminiscent of Harris's earlier work animating Wile E. Coyote for Jones). Harris died from Parkinson's disease at 83 years of age. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
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2020
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
Movie Animation
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1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
Movie Animation
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1980
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Movie Animation
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1976
Die Titelmacher
Movie Self
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1975
The Return of the Pink Panther
Movie Title Designer
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1971
A Christmas Carol
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
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
Movie Animation
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1966
Duel Personality
Movie Animation
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1965
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
Movie Animation
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1965
Zip Zip Hooray!
Movie Animation
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1965
Of Feline Bondage
Movie Animation
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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
War and Pieces
Movie Animation
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1964
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
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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1963
To Beep or Not to Beep
Movie Animation
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1963
Mad as a Mars Hare
Movie Animation
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1963
Pent-House Mouse
Movie Animation
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1962
Gay Purr-ee
Movie Animation
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1962
Louvre Come Back to Me!
Movie Animation
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1962
A Sheep in the Deep
Movie Animation
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1961
Nelly's Folly
Movie Animation
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1961
Beep Prepared
Movie Animation
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1961
Compressed Hare
Movie Animation
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1961
A Scent of the Matterhorn
Movie Animation
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1961
The Mouse on 57th Street
Movie Animation
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1961
Zip 'n Snort
Movie Animation
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1960
High Note
Movie Animation
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1960
Hopalong Casualty
Movie Animation
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1960
Ready, Woolen and Able
Movie Animation
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1960
Rabbit's Feat
Movie Animation
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1960
Who Scent You?
Movie Animation
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1960
Fastest with the Mostest
Movie Animation
