Rollin Hamilton
Rollin Hamilton | |
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| Born | Rollin Clare Hamilton October 28, 1898 South Dakota |
| Died | June 3, 1951 (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupation | Animator |
| Years active | 1924–1940 |
Rollin Clare (Ham) Hamilton (October 28, 1898, South Dakota – June 3, 1951 Los Angeles, California) was an early motion picture animator. He was Walt Disney's first hire, and from 1924 to 1928, he worked as an animator for the Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts. In 1928, Hamilton and several other animators left the Walt Disney Studio to work at Winkler Pictures' new animation studio with the help of Charles Mintz. A year later, Hamilton helped fellow animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising establish their own animation studio. He was one of the primary animators for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. From 1929 to 1934, he animated the Bosko character in the Harman and Ising studio.[1]
He was one of the few animators who remained with Leon Schlesinger after Harman and Ising left in 1933. In Schlesinger's studio, he animated Buddy, Beans the Cat, and Porky Pig. He then worked as a freelance animator until 1940.
He died in 1951 of a heart attack.
References[]
- ^ Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood Cartons: American Animation in its Golden Ag - Michael Barrier - Google Books. ISBN 9780198020790. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
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- American animators
- 1898 births
- 1951 deaths
- People from South Dakota
- Walt Disney Animation Studios people
- Warner Bros. Cartoons people