Don Towsley

Birthday:

05/11/1912

Place of birth:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA:

Biography:

Don Towsley (May 11, 1912 – November 25, 1986) was an animator working at Walt Disney Animation Studios, and later at MGM and Filmation. Starting out at Disney, Towsley worked on three shorts in the Silly Symphony series, animating the band in The Cookie Carnival (1935), a scene of dancing hens ultimately cut from Cock o' the Walk (1935), and the introduction and opening scene of Donald's Better Self (1938). In 1938, Towsley became the main animator for the Donald Duck short films, following Fred Spencer's death. Towsley contributed to the 1940 film Pinocchio, as part of the team responsible for Jiminy Cricket and Monstro the Whale. He also animated the "Pastoral Symphony" segment of the 1940 film Fantasia. In 1943, Towsley, along with a team of animators, contributed to a wartime animated short film titled Der Fuehrer's Face produced by Walt Disney. In the 1960s, Towsley worked for MGM's Tom and Jerry series, including animation work on 1965's Haunted Mouse. Towsley joined the Filmation animation studio in 1968 as an associate director. He directed episodes of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–74), My Favorite Martians (1973–75), The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–77), The U.S. of Archie (1974–76), The New Adventures of Batman (1977), Sabrina, Super Witch (1977–78) and The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979–80), among others. He also directed a sequence in Filmation's 1972 film, Journey Back to Oz. [biography from Wikipedia]



Credits

Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness (2013)
Animation
Pink on the Cob (1969)
Animation
The Night Before Christmas (1968)
Animation
The Bear That Wasn't (1967)
Animation
Advance and Be Mechanized (1967)
Animation
Cat and Dupli-cat (1967)
Animation
Love Me, Love My Mouse (1966)
Animation
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary (1966)
Animation
Duel Personality (1966)
Animation
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965)
Animation Supervisor
Of Feline Bondage (1965)
Story
Of Feline Bondage (1965)
Animation
Haunted Mouse (1965)
Animation
Tom-ic Energy (1965)
Animation
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life (1965)
Animation
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse (1964)
Animation
Much Ado About Mousing (1964)
Animation
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? (1964)
Animation
Talking of Tomorrow (1960)
Animation
Drip Dippy Donald (1948)
Animation
Wide Open Spaces (1947)
Animation
Crazy with the Heat (1947)
Animation
Donald's Dilemma (1947)
Animation
Sleepy Time Donald (1947)
Animation
Dumbell of the Yukon (1946)
Animation
Wet Paint (1946)
Animation
Donald's Double Trouble (1946)
Animation
Old Sequoia (1945)
Animation
Cured Duck (1945)
Animation
Donald's Crime (1945)
Animation
The Clock Watcher (1945)
Animation
The Plastics Inventor (1944)
Animation
Donald's Tire Trouble (1943)
Animation
Sky Trooper (1942)
Animation
Donald's Snow Fight (1942)
Animation
Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940)
Animation
Pinocchio (1940)
Animation
Donald's Cousin Gus (1939)
Animation
The Hockey Champ (1939)
Animation
Donald's Lucky Day (1939)
Animation
Donald's Golf Game (1938)
Animation
Donald's Nephews (1938)
Animation
Donald's Better Self (1938)
Animation
Moving Day (1936)
Animation
On Ice (1935)
Animation
The Cookie Carnival (1935)
Animation
Mickey's Service Station (1935)
Animation
Two-Gun Mickey (1934)
Animation