Earl Hurd

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Earl Hurd

Directing September 14, 1880

Kansas City - Missouri - USA

Pioneering American animator and film director. He is noted for creating and producing the silent Bobby Bumps animated short subject series for early animation producer J.R. Bray'…

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

7.1 1937 Movie
Mickey's Rival

Mickey's Rival

6.3 1936 Movie
Elmer Elephant

Elmer Elephant

6.3 1936 Movie
Two-Gun Mickey

Two-Gun Mickey

6.2 1934 Movie
Mother Pluto

Mother Pluto

6.2 1936 Movie
Pantry Pirate

Pantry Pirate

6.4 1940 Movie
Bobby Bumps Starts for School

Bobby Bumps Starts for School

7.7 1917 Movie
Bobby Bumps and His Pointer Pup

Bobby Bumps and His Pointer Pup

5.5 1916 Movie
At the Dentist

At the Dentist

4.3 1918 Movie
Chicken Dressing

Chicken Dressing

6.3 1923 Movie
Bobby Bumps in Hunting and Fishing

Bobby Bumps in Hunting and Fishing

7.0 1921 Movie
Bobby Bumps' Fly Swatter

Bobby Bumps' Fly Swatter

5.5 1916 Movie

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Pioneering American animator and film director. He is noted for creating and producing the silent Bobby Bumps animated short subject series for early animation producer J.R. Bray's Bray Productions. Hurd and Bray are jointly responsible for developing the processes involved in cel animation, and were granted patents for their processes in 1914. -Wikipedia Entry

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1940
    Pantry Pirate

    Movie Story

  2. 1937
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Movie Screenplay

  3. 1936
    Mother Pluto

    Movie Story

  4. 1936
    Mickey's Rival

    Movie Story

  5. 1936
    Elmer Elephant

    Movie Writer

  6. 1934
    Two-Gun Mickey

    Movie Animation

  7. 1923
    Chicken Dressing

    Movie Director

  8. 1922
    Fresh Fish

    Movie Producer

  9. 1921
    Bobby Bumps in Hunting and Fishing

    Movie Writer

  10. 1919
    Bobby Bumps and the Hypnotic Eye

    Movie Director

  11. 1919
    Bobby Bumps Eel-lectric Launch

    Movie Animation

  12. 1919
    Bobby Bumps' Pup Gets the Flea-Enza

    Movie Director

  13. 1919
    Bobby Bumps' Last Smoke

    Movie Director

  14. 1919
    Bobby Bumps in Their Master's Voice

    Movie Himself

  15. 1918
    Bobby Bumps Puts a Beanery on the Bum

    Movie Director

  16. 1918
    Bobby Bumps and the Speckled Death

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1918
    Bobby Bumps on the Doughnut Trail

    Movie Director

  2. 1918
    Bobby Bumps Caught in the Jam

    Movie Writer

  3. 1918
    Bobby Bumps' Fight

    Movie Director

  4. 1918
    At the Dentist

    Movie Director

  5. 1917
    Bobby Bumps: Tanks

    Movie Director

  6. 1917
    Bobby Bumps at Fido's Birthday Party

    Movie Writer

  7. 1917
    Bobby Bumps, Chef

    Movie Director

  8. 1917
    Bobby Bumps Starts for School

    Movie Director

  9. 1917
    Bobby Bumps, Surf Rider

    Movie Writer

  10. 1917
    Bobby Bumps' Amusement Park

    Movie Writer

  11. 1917
    Bobby Bumps' Fourth

    Movie Director

  12. 1917
    Bobby Bumps Outwits the Dogsnatcher

    Movie Director

  13. 1917
    Bobby Bumps, Office Boy

    Movie Director

  14. 1917
    Bobby Bumps Adopts a Turtle

    Movie Director

  15. 1916
    Bobby Bumps Helps Out a Book Agent

    Movie Director

  16. 1916
    Bobby Bumps at the Circus

    Movie Director

  17. 1916
    Bobby Bumps Starts a Lodge

    Movie Director

  18. 1916
    Bobby Bumps and the Stork

    Movie Director

  19. 1916
    Bobby Bumps and the Detective Story

    Movie Director

  20. 1916
    Bobby Bumps' Fly Swatter

    Movie Writer

  21. 1916
    Bobby Bumps and His Goatmobile

    Movie Writer

  22. 1916
    Bobby Bumps Gets a Substitute

    Movie Director

  23. 1916
    Bobby Bumps and His Pointer Pup

    Movie Writer