Ken Harris

Ken Harris

  • Birthday: 1898-07-31
  • Deathday: 1982-03-24
  • Place of birth: Tulare County, California, USA
  • Also know as: M. Cannes Harris

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]

Filmography

Die Titelmacher

1976

As Self

Production

The Return of the Pink Panther

1975

As Title Designer

Hare-Abian Nights

1959

As Director

Elmer's Candid Camera

1940

As Animation

Long-Haired Hare

1949

As Animation

Rabbit Seasoning

1952

As Animation

Rabbit of Seville

1950

As Animation

Duck Amuck

1953

As Animation

What's Opera, Doc?

1957

As Animation

One Froggy Evening

1955

As Animation

90 Day Wondering

1956

As Animation

A Hitch in Time

1955

As Animation

A Witch's Tangled Hare

1959

As Animation

A Pest in the House

1947

As Animation

Broom-Stick Bunny

1956

As Animation

Drafty, Isn't It?

1957

As Animation

Chow Hound

1951

As Animation

Bewitched Bunny

1954

As Animation

Boyhood Daze

1957

As Animation

Feed the Kitty

1952

As Animation

Hare-Way to the Stars

1958

As Animation

Haredevil Hare

1948

As Animation

Kiss Me Cat

1953

As Animation

8 Ball Bunny

1950

As Animation

Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z

1956

As Animation

Baby Buggy Bunny

1954

As Animation

Fast and Furry-ous

1949

As Animation

The Hasty Hare

1952

As Animation

Scaredy Cat

1948

As Animation

Drip-Along Daffy

1951

As Animation

Have You Got Any Castles?

1938

As Animation

To Beep or Not to Beep

1963

As Animation

Baton Bunny

1959

As Animation

No Barking

1954

As Animation

Bunny Hugged

1951

As Animation

Mad as a Mars Hare

1963

As Animation

Rabbit Hood

1949

As Animation

The Scarlet Pumpernickel

1950

As Animation

Cat Feud

1958

As Animation

Old Glory

1939

As Animation

Scent-imental Romeo

1951

As Animation

Going! Going! Gosh!

1952

As Animation

Ready.. Set.. Zoom!

1955

As Animation

Zipping Along

1953

As Animation

Guided Muscle

1955

As Animation

Whoa, Be-Gone!

1958

As Animation

There They Go-Go-Go!

1956

As Animation

Zoom and Bored

1957

As Animation

Scrambled Aches

1957

As Animation

Deduce, You Say

1956

As Animation

Now That Summer Is Gone

1938

As Animation

The Night Watchman

1938

As Animation

Page Miss Glory

1936

As Animation

Prest-O Change-O

1939

As Animation

Rocket-bye Baby

1956

As Animation

A Bear for Punishment

1951

As Animation

Bully for Bugs

1953

As Animation

Steal Wool

1957

As Animation

Operation: Rabbit

1952

As Animation

Dog Gone South

1950

As Animation

Wackiki Wabbit

1943

As Animation

To Duck.... Or Not to Duck

1943

As Animation

Who Scent You?

1960

As Animation

Rabbit's Feat

1960

As Animation

Fastest with the Mostest

1960

As Animation

Ready, Woolen and Able

1960

As Animation

The Mouse on 57th Street

1961

As Animation

Hopalong Casualty

1960

As Animation

Zip 'n Snort

1961

As Animation

High Note

1960

As Animation

Duel Personality

1966

As Animation

Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur

1939

As Animation

Claws for Alarm

1954

As Animation

For Scent-imental Reasons

1949

As Animation

Mississippi Hare

1949

As Animation

You Were Never Duckier

1948

As Animation

My Favorite Duck

1942

As Animation

Hold the Lion, Please

1942

As Animation

Super-Rabbit

1943

As Animation

The Hypo-Chondri-Cat

1950

As Animation

Cheese Chasers

1951

As Animation

Trap Happy Porky

1945

As Animation

House Hunting Mice

1947

As Animation

Mouse Wreckers

1949

As Animation

Of Feline Bondage

1965

As Animation

The Lyin' Mouse

1937

As Animation

Toy Trouble

1941

As Animation

Little Dutch Plate

1935

As Animation

Compressed Hare

1961

As Animation

Much Ado About Mousing

1964

As Animation

Pent-House Mouse

1963

As Animation

Streamlined Greta Green

1937

As Animation

Tom-ic Energy

1965

As Animation

Gay Purr-ee

1962

As Animation

Cat and Dupli-cat

1967

As Animation

Haunted Mouse

1965

As Animation

Two Scent's Worth

1955

As Animation

Much Ado About Nutting

1953

As Animation

A Scent of the Matterhorn

1961

As Animation

Zip Zip Hooray!

1965

As Animation

Forward March Hare

1953

As Animation

Louvre Come Back to Me!

1962

As Animation

Beanstalk Bunny

1955

As Animation

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