About

Known credits:
41
Birthday:
1901-08-12
Place of birth:
Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Bob Kuwahara

Overview

From Wikipedia: Japanese-born American animator best known for his work with Walt Disney and Terrytoons between the 1930s and 1960s. Kuwahara was born in Tokyo on August 12, 1901, and his family moved to the United States in 1910, where he graduated from Los Angeles Polytechnic High School in 1921. After high school he attended the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles until 1928. In 1929 Kuwahara moved to New York City to work as a commercial artist, but the stock market crash later that year forced him to return to Los Angeles. In 1932 Kuwahara began working as an animator and writer for Walt Disney, where he had a hand in shorts like Thru the Mirror and the Academy Award-nominated Who Killed Cock Robin?, as well as the feature-length film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In 1937 Kuwahara went to work for MGM, but later spent three years in the Heart Mountain internment camp during World War II. In 1945 Kuwahara and his family moved to Larchmont, New York where he wrote and drew a comic strip called Miki for five years before low circulation forced him to drop the strip. In 1950 Kuwahara returned to animation, signing on with Paul Terry's Terrytoons studio, and stayed with the studio following CBS' purchase of the studio in 1955. In 1959 Kuwahara wrote and directed the first of 14 Hashimoto-san theatrical shorts, for which he is probably best remembered today. Production of these shorts continued until 1963, after which time they were incorporated into CBS' The Hector Heathcote Show. During the same period Kuwahara was also a director for the popular Deputy Dawg series. Kuwahara's final TV series was 1965's syndicated The Astronut Show.

Known for

Directing
1971 Oscar's Birthday Present Directing Director N/A
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1970 Martian Moochers Directing Director N/A
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1966 The Cowardly Watchdog Directing Director N/A
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1966 Champion Chump Directing Director N/A
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1965 The Invisibeam Directing Director N/A
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1964 Hokey Home Movies Directing Director N/A
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1964 Search For Misery Directing Director N/A
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1963 Spooky-Yaki Directing Director N/A
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1963 A Bell for Philadelphia Directing Director N/A
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1963 Cherry Blossom Festival Directing Director N/A
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1963 Obnoxious Obie Directing Director N/A
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1963 Tea House Mouse Directing Director N/A
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1963 Pearl Crazy Directing Director N/A
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1963 The Square Planet Directing Director N/A
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1962 Big Chief No Treaty Directing Director 59
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1962 Honorable Paint in the Neck Directing Director N/A
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1962 Loyal Royalty Directing Director N/A
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1962 Honorable Family Problem Directing Director N/A
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1962 Where There's Smoke Directing Director 59
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1959 Hashimoto-San Directing Director N/A
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1939 Jitterbug Follies Directing Layout 58
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Writing
1961 Sappy New Year Writing Story N/A
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1959 Hashimoto-San Writing Writer N/A
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1958 Gaston, Go Home Writing Writer N/A
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1958 Gaston's Baby Writing Writer N/A
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1957 It's a Living Writing Story N/A
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1957 Gag Buster Writing Writer N/A
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1957 Topsy TV Writing Story N/A
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1957 Gaston Is Here Writing Writer N/A
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1950 The Fox Hunt Writing Writer N/A
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1936 More Kittens Writing Story 58
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1936 Toby Tortoise Returns Writing Storyboard 59
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1936 Thru the Mirror Writing Story 62
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1936 Three Little Wolves Writing Storyboard 59
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1936 Three Little Wolves Writing Screenplay 59
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Art
1939 Jitterbug Follies Art Background Designer 58
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Visual Effects
1959 Foofle's Train Ride Visual Effects Animation N/A
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1934 Mickey's Steam Roller Visual Effects Animation 59
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1934 The Hot Choc-late Soldiers Visual Effects Animation 58
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1933 Lullaby Land Visual Effects Animation 58
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1933 Father Noah's Ark Visual Effects Animation 58
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