Ken Harris
- Visual effects
- July 31, 1898 · Tulare County, California, USA
- March 24, 1982
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]
Known for
Filmography
- Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection · Animation
- The Thief and the Cobbler · Animation
- Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special · Animation
- Die Titelmacher · Self
- The Return of the Pink Panther · Title Designer
- A Christmas Carol · Animation
- Cat and Dupli-cat · Animation
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! · Animation
- Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary · Animation
- Duel Personality · Animation
- The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics · Animation
- Zip Zip Hooray! · Animation
- Of Feline Bondage · Animation
- Haunted Mouse · Animation
- Tom-ic Energy · Animation
- Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life · Animation
- The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse · Animation
- War and Pieces · Animation
- Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! · Animation
- Much Ado About Mousing · Animation
- Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? · Animation
- The Cat Above and the Mouse Below · Animation
- To Beep or Not to Beep · Animation
- Mad as a Mars Hare · Animation
- Pent-House Mouse · Animation
- Gay Purr-ee · Animation
- Louvre Come Back to Me! · Animation
- A Sheep in the Deep · Animation
- Nelly's Folly · Animation
- Beep Prepared · Animation
- Compressed Hare · Animation
- A Scent of the Matterhorn · Animation
- The Mouse on 57th Street · Animation
- Zip 'n Snort · Animation
- High Note · Animation
- Hopalong Casualty · Animation
- Ready, Woolen and Able · Animation
- Rabbit's Feat · Animation
- Who Scent You? · Animation
- Fastest with the Mostest · Animation
- A Witch's Tangled Hare · Animation
- Wild About Hurry · Animation
- Really Scent · Animation
- Hare-abian Nights · Director
- Baton Bunny · Animation
- Cat Feud · Animation
- Whoa, Be-Gone! · Animation
- Hare-Way to the Stars · Animation
- Robin Hood Daffy · Animation
- Drafty, Isn't It? · Animation
- Touché and Go · Animation
- Zoom and Bored · Animation
- What's Opera, Doc? · Animation
- Steal Wool · Animation
- Boyhood Daze · Animation
- Scrambled Aches · Animation
- 90 Day Wondering · Animation
- There They Go-Go-Go! · Animation
- Deduce, You Say · Animation
- Rocket-bye Baby · Animation
- Barbary-Coast Bunny · Animation
- Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z · Animation
- Heaven Scent · Animation
- Broom-Stick Bunny · Animation
- One Froggy Evening · Animation
- Guided Muscle · Animation
- Two Scent's Worth · Animation
- Double or Mutton · Animation
- Past Perfumance · Animation
- Ready.. Set.. Zoom! · Animation
- Beanstalk Bunny · Animation
- A Hitch in Time · Animation
- Baby Buggy Bunny · Animation
- Bewitched Bunny · Animation
- Claws for Alarm · Animation
- No Barking · Animation
- Zipping Along · Animation
- Bully for Bugs · Animation
- Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century · Animation
- Wild Over You · Animation