Ken Harris

Birthday:

07/31/1898

Place of birth:

Tulare County, California, USA:

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]



Credits

Die Titelmacher (1976)
Self
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980)
Animation
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Title Designer
Cat and Dupli-cat (1967)
Animation
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary (1966)
Animation
Duel Personality (1966)
Animation
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965)
Animation
Zip Zip Hooray! (1965)
Animation
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
To Beep or Not to Beep (1963)
Animation
Mad as a Mars Hare (1963)
Animation
Pent-House Mouse (1963)
Animation
Gay Purr-ee (1962)
Animation
Louvre Come Back to Me! (1962)
Animation
Compressed Hare (1961)
Animation
A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961)
Animation
The Mouse on 57th Street (1961)
Animation
Zip 'n Snort (1961)
Animation
High Note (1960)
Animation
Hopalong Casualty (1960)
Animation
Ready, Woolen and Able (1960)
Animation
Rabbit's Feat (1960)
Animation
Who Scent You? (1960)
Animation
Fastest with the Mostest (1960)
Animation
A Witch's Tangled Hare (1959)
Animation
Hare-Abian Nights (1959)
Director
Baton Bunny (1959)
Animation
Cat Feud (1958)
Animation
Whoa, Be-Gone! (1958)
Animation
Hare-Way to the Stars (1958)
Animation
Drafty, Isn't It? (1957)
Animation
Zoom and Bored (1957)
Animation
What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
Animation
Steal Wool (1957)
Animation
Boyhood Daze (1957)
Animation
Scrambled Aches (1957)
Animation
90 Day Wondering (1956)
Animation
There They Go-Go-Go! (1956)
Animation
Deduce, You Say (1956)
Animation
Rocket-bye Baby (1956)
Animation
Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z (1956)
Animation
Broom-Stick Bunny (1956)
Animation
One Froggy Evening (1955)
Animation
Guided Muscle (1955)
Animation
Two Scent's Worth (1955)
Animation
Ready.. Set.. Zoom! (1955)
Animation
Beanstalk Bunny (1955)
Animation
A Hitch in Time (1955)
Animation
Baby Buggy Bunny (1954)
Animation
Bewitched Bunny (1954)
Animation
Claws for Alarm (1954)
Animation
No Barking (1954)
Animation
Zipping Along (1953)
Animation
Bully for Bugs (1953)
Animation
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
Animation
Much Ado About Nutting (1953)
Animation
Duck Amuck (1953)
Animation
Kiss Me Cat (1953)
Animation
Forward March Hare (1953)
Animation
Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
Animation
Going! Going! Gosh! (1952)
Animation
The Hasty Hare (1952)
Animation
Feed the Kitty (1952)
Animation
Operation: Rabbit (1952)
Animation
Drip-Along Daffy (1951)
Animation
A Bear for Punishment (1951)
Animation
Cheese Chasers (1951)
Animation
Chow Hound (1951)
Animation
Scent-imental Romeo (1951)
Animation
Bunny Hugged (1951)
Animation
Rabbit of Seville (1950)
Animation
Dog Gone South (1950)
Animation
8 Ball Bunny (1950)
Animation
The Hypo-Chondri-Cat (1950)
Animation
The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950)
Animation
Rabbit Hood (1949)
Animation
For Scent-imental Reasons (1949)
Animation
Fast and Furry-ous (1949)
Animation
Long-Haired Hare (1949)
Animation
Mouse Wreckers (1949)
Animation
Mississippi Hare (1949)
Animation
Scaredy Cat (1948)
Animation
You Were Never Duckier (1948)
Animation
Haredevil Hare (1948)
Animation
House Hunting Mice (1947)
Animation
A Pest in the House (1947)
Animation
Trap Happy Porky (1945)
Animation
Wackiki Wabbit (1943)
Animation
Super-Rabbit (1943)
Animation
To Duck.... Or Not to Duck (1943)
Animation
My Favorite Duck (1942)
Animation
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (1942)
Animation
Hold the Lion, Please (1942)
Animation
Toy Trouble (1941)
Animation
Elmer's Candid Camera (1940)
Animation
Old Glory (1939)
Animation
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939)
Animation
Prest-O Change-O (1939)
Animation
The Night Watchman (1938)
Animation
Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)
Animation
Now That Summer Is Gone (1938)
Animation
The Lyin' Mouse (1937)
Animation
Streamlined Greta Green (1937)
Animation
Page Miss Glory (1936)
Animation
Little Dutch Plate (1935)
Animation