Ken Harris
Visual Effects
Born 1898-07-31
Died 1982-03-24
Tulare County, California, USA
136 credits
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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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Filmography
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
The Return of the Pink Panther
The Thief and the Cobbler
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
Gay Purr-ee
Rabbit Seasoning
Scaredy Cat
Haunted Mouse
Fast and Furry-ous
Duel Personality
Of Feline Bondage
Zip 'n Snort
A Christmas Carol
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
A Pest in the House
Forward March Hare
Duck Amuck
Elmer's Candid Camera
Much Ado About Mousing
What's Opera, Doc?
Zoom and Bored
90 Day Wondering
Wild Over You
Hare Tonic
Claws for Alarm
Rabbit Hood
Kiss Me Cat
Tom-ic Energy
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
Bewitched Bunny
8 Ball Bunny
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
A Bear for Punishment
The Weakly Reporter
Operation: Rabbit
A Witch's Tangled Hare
Really Scent
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
Rabbit of Seville
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
Steal Wool
Baton Bunny
Old Glory
Pent-House Mouse
One Froggy Evening
Whoa, Be-Gone!
Cat and Dupli-cat
A Scent of the Matterhorn
Beanstalk Bunny
To Beep or Not to Beep
Hare-Way to the Stars
There They Go-Go-Go!
Little Beau Pepé
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
Double or Mutton
Rocket-bye Baby
High Note
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
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