John Lounsbery
John Mitchell Lounsbery (March 9, 1911 – February 13, 1976) was an American animator who worked for Walt Disney Productions. He is best known as one of Disney's Nine Old Men, of which he was the shortest lived as well as the first to die.
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| Born | John Mitchell Lounsbery March 9, 1911 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | February 13, 1976 (aged 64) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Animator |
| Known for | One of Disney's Nine Old Men |
Life and career
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised in Colorado. He attended East Denver High School and the Art Institute of Denver. While attending the ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles, an instructor sent him to interview with Walt Disney.
Lounsbery was hired by Disney on July 2, 1935, beginning as an assistant animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). He went on to work on numerous short features in the 1940s while continuing to serve as part of the animating team on nearly all of Disney's most famous feature-length animated films. In the 1970s, he was promoted to director and directed the short film Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974) and The Rescuers (1977).
Lounsbery died on February 13, 1976. At the time of his death, he was working on The Rescuers and still directing at the Walt Disney Studios. He was named a Disney Legend in 1989 and was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Credits | Characters |
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| 1937 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Assistant animator | |
| 1939 | Society Dog Show (Short) | Animator | |
| The Practical Pig (Short) | Animator | ||
| The Pointer (Short) | Animator | ||
| Mickey's Surprise Party (Short) | Animator | ||
| Officer Duck (Short) | Animator | ||
| 1940 | Pinocchio | Animator | "Honest" John Worthington Foutfellow, Gideon |
| Bone Trouble (Short) | Animator | ||
| Donald's Dog Laundry (Short) | Animator | ||
| Fantasia | Animator - Segment "Dance of the Hours" | Hyacinth Hippo, Hippos, Ben Alligator, Alligators | |
| 1941 | Dumbo | Animation Director | Dumbo, Timothy Q. Mouse |
| Pluto's Playmate (Short) | Animator | ||
| 1942 | Bambi | Supervising animator | |
| Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line (Short) | Animator | ||
| Pluto at the Zoo (Short) | Animator | ||
| 1943 | Victory Through Air Power (Documentary) | Animator | |
| Chicken Little (Short) | Animator | ||
| Private Pluto (Short) | Animator | ||
| Pluto and the Armadillo (Short) | Animator | ||
| 1944 | The Three Caballeros | Animator | Donald Duck, Jose Carioca, Panchito |
| Springtime for Pluto (Short) | Animator | ||
| 1945 | The Legend of Coyote Rock (Short) | Animator | |
| Canine Patrol (Short) | Animator | ||
| 1946 | Make Mine Music | Animator | Wolf in "Peter and the Wolf" and "The Whale who Wanted to the sing at the Met" |
| Song of the South | Directing Animator | ||
| 1947 | Fun and Fancy Free | Directing Animator | Jiminy Cricket, Mickey Mouse, Willie the Giant |
| 1948 | Melody Time | Directing Animator | "Once Upon A Wintertime", "Blame it on the Samba" and "Pecos Bill" |
| 1949 | So Dear to My Heart | Animator | |
| The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | Directing Animator | Ichabod Crane's introductory scenes | |
| 1950 | Cinderella | Directing Animator | Jaq, Gus, Lucifer, Mice, Bruno, Major |
| 1951 | Alice in Wonderland | Directing Animator | Flowers, Catepillar, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Strange Creatures |
| 1952 | Lambert the Sheepish Lion (Short) | Animator | |
| 1953 | Peter Pan | Directing Animator | George Darling, Wendy, John, Michael, Mary, Nana, Lost Boys, Indians, Pirates, Captain Hook |
| Ben and Me (Short) | Animator | ||
| 1955 | Lady and the Tramp | Directing Animator | Lady, Tramp, Tony, Joe, Bull, Toughy, Boris, Peg, Professor, Cop |
| 1959 | Sleeping Beauty | Directing Animator | Prince Philip, King Hubert, King Stefan, Animals, Goons |
| 1960 | Goliath II (Short) | Directing Animator | |
| 1961 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | Directing Animator | Pongo, Perdita, Puppies, Colonel, Tibbs, Jasper, Horace, Danny, Captain Horse |
| Aquamania (Short) | Animator | ||
| 1963 | The Sword in the Stone | Directing Animator | Wart, Merlin, Archimedes, Sir Ector, Sir Kay, Sir Pelinore, Wolf, Pike, Madam Mim, Scullery Maid |
| 1964 | Mary Poppins | Animator | Farm Animals, Huntsman and Horse |
| 1966 | Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (Short) | Animator | |
| 1967 | The Jungle Book | Directing Animator | Colonel Hathi, Winifred, Junior, Elephants, Bugler elephant, Baloo, Mowgli, Bagheera, King Louie, Shere Khan, Vultures, Monkeys |
| 1968 | Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (Short) | Animator | |
| 1955 - 1970 | The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) | Animator | 12 Episodes |
| 1970 | The Aristocats | Directing Animator | Edgar, George Hautecourt, Alley Cats, Roquefort, |
| 1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Animator | |
| 1973 | Robin Hood | Directing Animator | Robin Hood, Little John, Sheriff of Nottingham, Wolf Arrowmen, Otto |
| 1974 | Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (Short) | Director | |
| 1977 | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | Animator / Director | |
| The Rescuers | Director | ||
| 1982 | The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) | Director | 1 Episode |
| 1984 | DTV: Golden Oldies (Video) | Character Animator | |
| 2011 | Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (TV Series short) | Director | 14 Episodes |
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