About

Known credits:
68
Birthday:
1913-11-17
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Volus Jones

Overview

Volus Jones started his career at Disney, first as an in-between artist before graduating to full animator status in the late 1930s. During his time at the studio he became something of a specialist in animating Donald Duck, earning him the nickname "The Duck Man" from his colleagues. He was one of the many animators that took part in the Disney animators' strike of 1941, although unlike a number of his colleagues he remained at the studio for some time afterwards, eventually leaving the company in 1956.

Jones spent the next few years working at various studios, and had a spell as an animation director on the early-1960s Popeye, working under former Disney colleague Jack Kinney. In 1967 he arrived at the newly re-opened Warner Bros. studio, but left along with director Alex Lovy the following year, and followed Lovy to the Hanna-Barbera studios. After three years at Hanna-Barbera, Jones went to work for the Walter Lantz studio, but left after just a year when the studio shut down production for good in 1972.

Following the closure of Lantz's studio, Jones worked as a freelancer for the remainder of his career. The vast majority of his work was for his previous employers, Hanna-Barbera, but he also animated on the films Heavy Traffic and The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat. His last screen credit was as a director on Challenge of the GoBots in 1985.

Wikipedia

Known for

Visual Effects
2005 Chip 'n Dale: Trouble in a Tree Visual Effects Animation 59
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2004 Chip 'n' Dale: Here Comes Trouble Visual Effects Animation 59
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1972 Bye, Bye, Blackboard Visual Effects Animation 59
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1972 Gold Diggin' Woodpecker Visual Effects Animation 59
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1972 Rain Rain, Go Away Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1972 Unlucky Potluck Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1972 Let Charlie Do It Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1972 A Fish Story Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1969 Bugged by a Bee Visual Effects Animation 58
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1968 Chimp & Zee Visual Effects Animation 59
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1968 3 Ring Wing-Ding Visual Effects Animation 58
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1968 Big Game Haunt Visual Effects Animation 59
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1968 Norman Normal Visual Effects Animation 58
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1962 Gay Purr-ee Visual Effects Animation 59
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1960 Barbecue for Two Visual Effects Animation 59
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1958 From All of Us to All of You Visual Effects Animation 59
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1956 How to Have an Accident in the Home Visual Effects Animation 59
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1955 Up a Tree Visual Effects Animation 59
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1955 Beezy Bear Visual Effects Animation 59
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1955 Bearly Asleep Visual Effects Animation 59
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1954 The Flying Squirrel Visual Effects Animation 59
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1954 Grin and Bear It Visual Effects Animation 59
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1954 Dragon Around Visual Effects Animation 59
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1954 Spare the Rod Visual Effects Animation 59
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1953 Canvas Back Duck Visual Effects Animation 59
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1953 Working for Peanuts Visual Effects Animation 59
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1953 Rugged Bear Visual Effects Animation 59
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1953 The New Neighbor Visual Effects Animation 59
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1953 Don's Fountain of Youth Visual Effects Animation 59
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1952 Pluto's Christmas Tree Visual Effects Animation 61
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1952 Trick or Treat Visual Effects Animation 60
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1952 Uncle Donald's Ants Visual Effects Animation 59
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1952 Let's Stick Together Visual Effects Animation 59
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1952 Two Chips and a Miss Visual Effects Animation 59
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1952 Donald Applecore Visual Effects Animation 59
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1951 Bee On Guard Visual Effects Animation 59
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1951 Out of Scale Visual Effects Animation 60
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1951 Lucky Number Visual Effects Animation 59
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1951 Test Pilot Donald Visual Effects Animation 59
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1951 Corn Chips Visual Effects Animation 59
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1951 Dude Duck Visual Effects Animation 59
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1950 Out on a Limb Visual Effects Animation 59
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1950 Bee at the Beach Visual Effects Animation 59
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1950 Trailer Horn Visual Effects Animation 59
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1950 Pluto and the Gopher Visual Effects Animation 59
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1950 Lion Around Visual Effects Animation 59
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1949 Toy Tinkers Visual Effects Animation 59
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1949 Slide Donald Slide Visual Effects Animation 59
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1949 The Greener Yard Visual Effects Animation 59
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1949 Honey Harvester Visual Effects Animation 59
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1949 Winter Storage Visual Effects Animation 59
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1949 Donald's Happy Birthday Visual Effects Animation 59
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1948 Tea for Two Hundred Visual Effects Animation 59
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1948 Three for Breakfast Visual Effects Animation 59
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1948 Soup's On Visual Effects Animation 59
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1948 Inferior Decorator Visual Effects Animation 59
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1948 They're Off Visual Effects Animation 59
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1947 Chip an' Dale Visual Effects Animation 60
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1947 Foul Hunting Visual Effects Animation 59
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1947 Clown of the Jungle Visual Effects Animation 59
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1947 Straight Shooters Visual Effects Animation 59
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1942 Donald's Gold Mine Visual Effects Animation 58
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1942 Donald's Garden Visual Effects Animation 58
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1941 Canine Caddy Visual Effects Animation 59
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1941 A Gentleman's Gentleman Visual Effects Animation 59
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1940 Put-Put Troubles Visual Effects Animation 59
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1940 Mr. Duck Steps Out Visual Effects Animation 59
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1940 Tugboat Mickey Visual Effects Animation 59
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