About

Known credits:
51
Birthday:
1912-05-11
Place of birth:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Website:
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Don Towsley

Overview

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]

Known for

Directing
1975 Fraidy Cat Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing
1965 Of Feline Bondage Writing Story 58
Average

Visual Effects
2013 Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1969 Pink on the Cob Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1968 The Night Before Christmas Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1967 The Bear That Wasn't Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1967 Advance and Be Mechanized Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1967 Cat and Dupli-cat Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1966 Love Me, Love My Mouse Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1966 Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1966 Duel Personality Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1965 The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics Visual Effects Animation Supervisor 59
Average
1965 Of Feline Bondage Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1965 Haunted Mouse Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1965 Tom-ic Energy Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1965 Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1964 The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1964 Much Ado About Mousing Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1964 Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1964 The Cat Above and the Mouse Below Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1960 Talking of Tomorrow Visual Effects Animation N/A
N/A
1948 Drip Dippy Donald Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1947 It's a Grand Old Nag Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1947 Wide Open Spaces Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1947 Crazy with the Heat Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1947 Donald's Dilemma Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1947 Sleepy Time Donald Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1946 Dumbell of the Yukon Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1946 Wet Paint Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1946 Donald's Double Trouble Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1945 Old Sequoia Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1945 Cured Duck Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1945 Donald's Crime Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1945 The Clock Watcher Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1944 The Plastics Inventor Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1943 Donald's Tire Trouble Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1942 Sky Trooper Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1942 Donald's Snow Fight Visual Effects Animation 60
Fair
1940 Mr. Duck Steps Out Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1940 Pinocchio Visual Effects Animation 70
Good
1939 Donald's Cousin Gus Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1939 The Hockey Champ Visual Effects Animation 60
Fair
1939 Donald's Lucky Day Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1938 Donald's Golf Game Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1938 Donald's Nephews Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1938 Donald's Better Self Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1936 Moving Day Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1935 On Ice Visual Effects Animation 60
Fair
1935 The Cookie Carnival Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1935 Mickey's Service Station Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1934 Two-Gun Mickey Visual Effects Animation 59
Average