About

Known credits:
116
Birthday:
1898-07-31
Place of birth:
Tulare County, California, USA
Website:
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Ken Harris

Overview

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

Acting
1976 Die Titelmacher Actor Self N/A
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Directing
1959 Hare-Abian Nights Directing Director 59
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Art
1975 The Return of the Pink Panther Art Title Designer 63
Fair

Visual Effects
1980 Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1967 Cat and Dupli-cat Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1966 Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1966 Duel Personality Visual Effects Animation 58
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1965 The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1965 Zip Zip Hooray! Visual Effects Animation 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
1963 To Beep or Not to Beep Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1963 Mad as a Mars Hare Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1963 Pent-House Mouse Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1962 Gay Purr-ee Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1962 Louvre Come Back to Me! Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1961 Nelly's Folly Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1961 Beep Prepared Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1961 Compressed Hare Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1961 A Scent of the Matterhorn Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1961 The Mouse on 57th Street Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1961 Zip 'n Snort Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1960 High Note Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1960 Hopalong Casualty Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1960 Ready, Woolen and Able Visual Effects Animation 59
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1960 Rabbit's Feat Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1960 Who Scent You? Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1960 Fastest with the Mostest Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1959 A Witch's Tangled Hare Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1959 Baton Bunny Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1958 Cat Feud Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1958 Whoa, Be-Gone! Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1958 Hare-Way to the Stars Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1958 Robin Hood Daffy Visual Effects Animation 60
Fair
1957 Drafty, Isn't It? Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1957 Zoom and Bored Visual Effects Animation 59
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1957 What's Opera, Doc? Visual Effects Animation 63
Fair
1957 Steal Wool Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1957 Boyhood Daze Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1957 Scrambled Aches Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1956 90 Day Wondering Visual Effects Animation 59
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1956 There They Go-Go-Go! Visual Effects Animation 59
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1956 Deduce, You Say Visual Effects Animation 59
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1956 Rocket-bye Baby Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1956 Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1956 Broom-Stick Bunny Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1955 One Froggy Evening Visual Effects Animation 63
Fair
1955 Guided Muscle Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1955 Two Scent's Worth Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1955 Ready.. Set.. Zoom! Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1955 Beanstalk Bunny Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1955 A Hitch in Time Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1954 Baby Buggy Bunny Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1954 Bewitched Bunny Visual Effects Animation 59
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1954 Claws for Alarm Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1954 No Barking Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1953 Zipping Along Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1953 Bully for Bugs Visual Effects Animation 60
Fair
1953 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century Visual Effects Animation 63
Fair
1953 Much Ado About Nutting Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1953 Duck Amuck Visual Effects Animation 65
Fair
1953 Kiss Me Cat Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1953 Forward March Hare Visual Effects Animation 59
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1952 Rabbit Seasoning Visual Effects Animation 62
Fair
1952 Going! Going! Gosh! Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1952 The Hasty Hare Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1952 Feed the Kitty Visual Effects Animation 61
Fair
1952 Operation: Rabbit Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1951 Drip-Along Daffy Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1951 A Bear for Punishment Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1951 Cheese Chasers Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1951 Chow Hound Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1951 Scent-imental Romeo Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1951 Bunny Hugged Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1950 Rabbit of Seville Visual Effects Animation 62
Fair
1950 Dog Gone South Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1950 8 Ball Bunny Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1950 The Hypo-Chondri-Cat Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1950 The Scarlet Pumpernickel Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1949 Rabbit Hood Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1949 For Scent-imental Reasons Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1949 Fast and Furry-ous Visual Effects Animation 60
Fair
1949 Long-Haired Hare Visual Effects Animation 61
Fair
1949 Mouse Wreckers Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1949 Mississippi Hare Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1948 Scaredy Cat Visual Effects Animation 60
Fair
1948 You Were Never Duckier Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1948 Haredevil Hare Visual Effects Animation 60
Fair
1947 House Hunting Mice Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1947 A Pest in the House Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1945 Hare Tonic Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1945 Trap Happy Porky Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1943 Wackiki Wabbit Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1943 Super-Rabbit Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1943 To Duck.... Or Not to Duck Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1942 My Favorite Duck Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1942 The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall Visual Effects Animation 60
Fair
1942 Hold the Lion, Please Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1941 Toy Trouble Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1940 Elmer's Candid Camera Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1939 Old Glory Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1939 Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1939 Prest-O Change-O Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1938 The Night Watchman Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1938 Have You Got Any Castles? Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1938 Now That Summer Is Gone Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1937 The Lyin' Mouse Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1937 Streamlined Greta Green Visual Effects Animation 58
Average
1936 Page Miss Glory Visual Effects Animation 59
Average
1935 Little Dutch Plate Visual Effects Animation 59
Average