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
- Haunted Mouse ... (Animation)
- Of Feline Bondage ... (Animation)
- Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life ... (Animation)
- The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics ... (Animation)
- Zip Zip Hooray! ... (Animation)
- Tom-ic Energy ... (Animation)
1964
- Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! ... (Animation)
- Much Ado About Mousing ... (Animation)
- The Cat Above and the Mouse Below ... (Animation)
- The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse ... (Animation)
- Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? ... (Animation)
- War and Pieces ... (Animation)
1963
- Mad as a Mars Hare ... (Animation)
- Pent-House Mouse ... (Animation)
- To Beep or Not to Beep ... (Animation)
1962
- Gay Purr-ee ... (Animation)
- Louvre Come Back to Me! ... (Animation)
- A Sheep in the Deep ... (Animation)
1961
- Nelly's Folly ... (Animation)
- Zip 'n Snort ... (Animation)
- Compressed Hare ... (Animation)
- The Mouse on 57th Street ... (Animation)
- Beep Prepared ... (Animation)
- A Scent of the Matterhorn ... (Animation)
1960
- Fastest with the Mostest ... (Animation)
- High Note ... (Animation)
- Hopalong Casualty ... (Animation)
- Rabbit's Feat ... (Animation)
- Ready, Woolen and Able ... (Animation)
- Who Scent You? ... (Animation)
1959
- Really Scent ... (Animation)
- Baton Bunny ... (Animation)
- A Witch's Tangled Hare ... (Animation)
- Hare-abian Nights ... (Director)
- Wild About Hurry ... (Animation)
1958
- Hare-Way to the Stars ... (Animation)
- Robin Hood Daffy ... (Animation)
- Whoa, Be-Gone! ... (Animation)
- Cat Feud ... (Animation)
1957
- Zoom and Bored ... (Animation)
- Touché and Go ... (Animation)
- What's Opera, Doc? ... (Animation)
- Scrambled Aches ... (Animation)
- Boyhood Daze ... (Animation)
- Steal Wool ... (Animation)
- Drafty, Isn't It? ... (Animation)
1956
- Broom-Stick Bunny ... (Animation)
- Rocket-bye Baby ... (Animation)
- Barbary-Coast Bunny ... (Animation)
- Deduce, You Say ... (Animation)
- Heaven Scent ... (Animation)
- 90 Day Wondering ... (Animation)
- Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z ... (Animation)
- There They Go-Go-Go! ... (Animation)
1955
- Past Perfumance ... (Animation)
- Ready.. Set.. Zoom! ... (Animation)
- One Froggy Evening ... (Animation)
- Double or Mutton ... (Animation)
- Beanstalk Bunny ... (Animation)
- Guided Muscle ... (Animation)
- Two Scent's Worth ... (Animation)
- A Hitch in Time ... (Animation)
1954
- Baby Buggy Bunny ... (Animation)
- Bewitched Bunny ... (Animation)
- Claws for Alarm ... (Animation)
- No Barking ... (Animation)
1953
- Duck Amuck ... (Animation)
- Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century ... (Animation)
- Wild Over You ... (Animation)
- Kiss Me Cat ... (Animation)
- Bully for Bugs ... (Animation)
- Forward March Hare ... (Animation)
- Zipping Along ... (Animation)
- Much Ado About Nutting ... (Animation)
1952
- Operation: Rabbit ... (Animation)
- Little Beau Pepé ... (Animation)
- Rabbit Seasoning ... (Animation)
- Feed the Kitty ... (Animation)
- The Hasty Hare ... (Animation)
- Going! Going! Gosh! ... (Animation)
- Mouse-Warming ... (Animation)
1951
- Chow Hound ... (Animation)
- Cheese Chasers ... (Animation)
- Scent-imental Romeo ... (Animation)
- Bunny Hugged ... (Animation)
- Drip-Along Daffy ... (Animation)
- A Bear for Punishment ... (Animation)
1950
- The Ducksters ... (Animation)
- Dog Gone South ... (Animation)
- Rabbit of Seville ... (Animation)
- 8 Ball Bunny ... (Animation)
- The Hypo-Chondri-Cat ... (Animation)
- The Scarlet Pumpernickel ... (Animation)
1949
- Mouse Wreckers ... (Animation)
- Fast and Furry-ous ... (Animation)
- For Scent-imental Reasons ... (Animation)
- Rabbit Hood ... (Animation)
- Long-Haired Hare ... (Animation)
- Mississippi Hare ... (Animation)
1948
- Haredevil Hare ... (Animation)
- Scaredy Cat ... (Animation)
- You Were Never Duckier ... (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
- Wackiki Wabbit ... (Animation)
- Super-Rabbit ... (Animation)
- To Duck.... Or Not to Duck ... (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
- Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur ... (Animation)
- Prest-O Change-O ... (Animation)
- Old Glory ... (Animation)
1938
- Have You Got Any Castles ... (Animation)
- Now That Summer Is Gone ... (Animation)
- The Night Watchman ... (Animation)
1937
- Streamlined Greta Green ... (Animation)
- The Lyin' Mouse ... (Animation)
1936
- Page Miss Glory ... (Animation)
1935
- Little Dutch Plate ... (Animation)