Ken Harris
Born: 1898-07-31 in Tulare County, California, USA
Died: 1982-03-24
Known For: Visual Effects
Biography
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]
Filmography
2020
- Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection ... (Animation)
1993
- The Thief and the Cobbler ... (Animation)
1980
- Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special ... (Animation)
1976
- Die Titelmacher as Self
1975
- The Return of the Pink Panther ... (Title Designer)
1971
- A Christmas Carol ... (Animation)
1967
- Cat and Dupli-cat ... (Animation)
1966
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! ... (Animation)
- Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary ... (Animation)
- Duel Personality ... (Animation)
1965
- Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life ... (Animation)
- The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics ... (Animation)
- Tom-ic Energy ... (Animation)
- Of Feline Bondage ... (Animation)
- Haunted Mouse ... (Animation)
- Zip Zip Hooray! ... (Animation)
1964
- Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! ... (Animation)
- The Cat Above and the Mouse Below ... (Animation)
- War and Pieces ... (Animation)
- Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? ... (Animation)
- The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse ... (Animation)
- Much Ado About Mousing ... (Animation)
1963
- Mad as a Mars Hare ... (Animation)
- To Beep or Not to Beep ... (Animation)
- Pent-House Mouse ... (Animation)
1962
- Gay Purr-ee ... (Animation)
- A Sheep in the Deep ... (Animation)
- Louvre Come Back to Me! ... (Animation)
1961
- Zip 'n Snort ... (Animation)
- The Mouse on 57th Street ... (Animation)
- Nelly's Folly ... (Animation)
- A Scent of the Matterhorn ... (Animation)
- Beep Prepared ... (Animation)
- Compressed Hare ... (Animation)
1960
- Fastest with the Mostest ... (Animation)
- Ready, Woolen and Able ... (Animation)
- High Note ... (Animation)
- Rabbit's Feat ... (Animation)
- Hopalong Casualty ... (Animation)
- Who Scent You? ... (Animation)
1959
- Really Scent ... (Animation)
- A Witch's Tangled Hare ... (Animation)
- Baton Bunny ... (Animation)
- Wild About Hurry ... (Animation)
- Hare-abian Nights ... (Director)
1958
- Hare-Way to the Stars ... (Animation)
- Cat Feud ... (Animation)
- Robin Hood Daffy ... (Animation)
- Whoa, Be-Gone! ... (Animation)
1957
- Zoom and Bored ... (Animation)
- What's Opera, Doc? ... (Animation)
- Drafty, Isn't It? ... (Animation)
- Boyhood Daze ... (Animation)
- Touché and Go ... (Animation)
- Steal Wool ... (Animation)
- Scrambled Aches ... (Animation)
1956
- There They Go-Go-Go! ... (Animation)
- Broom-Stick Bunny ... (Animation)
- Rocket-bye Baby ... (Animation)
- Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z ... (Animation)
- 90 Day Wondering ... (Animation)
- Barbary-Coast Bunny ... (Animation)
- Deduce, You Say ... (Animation)
- Heaven Scent ... (Animation)
1955
- Past Perfumance ... (Animation)
- One Froggy Evening ... (Animation)
- Beanstalk Bunny ... (Animation)
- Two Scent's Worth ... (Animation)
- Ready.. Set.. Zoom! ... (Animation)
- A Hitch in Time ... (Animation)
- Double or Mutton ... (Animation)
- Guided Muscle ... (Animation)
1954
- Bewitched Bunny ... (Animation)
- Claws for Alarm ... (Animation)
- Baby Buggy Bunny ... (Animation)
- No Barking ... (Animation)
1953
- Duck Amuck ... (Animation)
- Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century ... (Animation)
- Kiss Me Cat ... (Animation)
- Bully for Bugs ... (Animation)
- Wild Over You ... (Animation)
- Much Ado About Nutting ... (Animation)
- Forward March Hare ... (Animation)
- Zipping Along ... (Animation)
1952
- Feed the Kitty ... (Animation)
- Rabbit Seasoning ... (Animation)
- Little Beau Pepé ... (Animation)
- Operation: Rabbit ... (Animation)
- The Hasty Hare ... (Animation)
- Going! Going! Gosh! ... (Animation)
- Mouse-Warming ... (Animation)
1951
- A Bear for Punishment ... (Animation)
- Chow Hound ... (Animation)
- Bunny Hugged ... (Animation)
- Cheese Chasers ... (Animation)
- Drip-Along Daffy ... (Animation)
- Scent-imental Romeo ... (Animation)
1950
- The Hypo-Chondri-Cat ... (Animation)
- Rabbit of Seville ... (Animation)
- Dog Gone South ... (Animation)
- 8 Ball Bunny ... (Animation)
- The Ducksters ... (Animation)
- The Scarlet Pumpernickel ... (Animation)
1949
- Fast and Furry-ous ... (Animation)
- Long-Haired Hare ... (Animation)
- Rabbit Hood ... (Animation)
- For Scent-imental Reasons ... (Animation)
- Mississippi Hare ... (Animation)
- Mouse Wreckers ... (Animation)
1948
- Scaredy Cat ... (Animation)
- You Were Never Duckier ... (Animation)
- Haredevil Hare ... (Animation)
1947
- A Pest in the House ... (Animation)
- House Hunting Mice ... (Animation)
1946
- Quentin Quail ... (Animation)
1945
- Hare Tonic ... (Animation)
- Trap Happy Porky ... (Animation)
1944
- The Weakly Reporter ... (Animation)
1943
- To Duck.... Or Not to Duck ... (Animation)
- Super-Rabbit ... (Animation)
- Wackiki Wabbit ... (Animation)
1942
- The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall ... (Animation)
- Hold the Lion, Please ... (Animation)
- My Favorite Duck ... (Animation)
1941
- Toy Trouble ... (Animation)
1940
- Elmer's Candid Camera ... (Animation)
1939
- Old Glory ... (Animation)
- Prest-O Change-O ... (Animation)
- Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur ... (Animation)
1938
- Now That Summer Is Gone ... (Animation)
- Have You Got Any Castles ... (Animation)
- The Night Watchman ... (Animation)
1937
- Streamlined Greta Green ... (Animation)
- The Lyin' Mouse ... (Animation)
1936
- Page Miss Glory ... (Animation)
1935
- Little Dutch Plate ... (Animation)