Bill Nolan (animator)
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Born | William Charles Nolan June 10, 1894 Connecticut, United States |
Died | December 6, 1954 Los Angeles, California, United States | (aged 60)
Occupation | Animator, director, cartoon writer, artist |
Years active | 1925–1954 |
William Nolan (June 10, 1894 – December 6, 1954) was an American animated cartoon writer, animator, director, and artist. He is best known for creating and perfecting the rubber hose style of animation and for streamlining Felix the Cat. From 1925 to 1927, he worked on a loose animated adaptation of George Herriman's Krazy Kat for Margaret J. Winkler and from 1929 to 1934, worked as an animator, storyman, and director at the Walter Lantz Studio on the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series. Nolan also worked at MGM on The Captain and the Kids series based on the comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids.
External links[]
- Bill Nolan at IMDb
- Cartooning Self-Taught by Bill Nolan, published in 1936.
Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1954 deaths
- Animators from Connecticut
- American animated film directors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio people
- American animator stubs