A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Rokuro Kuwahara
Birthplace:
Tokyo, Japan
Born:
August 12, 1901
Died:
December 10, 1964
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.
Animation:
1933 Father Noah's Ark
1933 Lullaby Land
1934 Mickey's Steam Roller
1934 The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
1959 Foofle's Train Ride
Background Designer:
1933 Father Noah's Ark
1933 Lullaby Land
1934 Mickey's Steam Roller
1934 The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
1939 Jitterbug Follies
1959 Foofle's Train Ride
Director:
1933 Father Noah's Ark
1933 Lullaby Land
1934 Mickey's Steam Roller
1934 The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
1939 Jitterbug Follies
1959 Foofle's Train Ride
1959 Hashimoto-San
1962 Big Chief No Treaty
1962 Honorable Family Problem
1962 Honorable Paint in the Neck
1962 Loyal Royalty
1962 Where There's Smoke
1963 A Bell for Philadelphia
1963 Cherry Blossom Festival
1963 Obnoxious Obie
1963 Pearl Crazy
1963 Spooky-Yaki
1963 Tea House Mouse
1964 Hokey Home Movies
1964 Search For Misery
1965 The Invisibeam
1966 Champion Chump
1966 The Cowardly Watchdog
1970 Martian Moochers
1971 Oscar's Birthday Present
Layout:
1933 Father Noah's Ark
1933 Lullaby Land
1934 Mickey's Steam Roller
1934 The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
1939 Jitterbug Follies
1959 Foofle's Train Ride
1959 Hashimoto-San
1962 Big Chief No Treaty
1962 Honorable Family Problem
1962 Honorable Paint in the Neck
1962 Loyal Royalty
1962 Where There's Smoke
1963 A Bell for Philadelphia
1963 Cherry Blossom Festival
1963 Obnoxious Obie
1963 Pearl Crazy
1963 Spooky-Yaki
1963 Tea House Mouse
1964 Hokey Home Movies
1964 Search For Misery
1965 The Invisibeam
1966 Champion Chump
1966 The Cowardly Watchdog
1970 Martian Moochers
1971 Oscar's Birthday Present
Screenplay:
1933 Father Noah's Ark
1933 Lullaby Land
1934 Mickey's Steam Roller
1934 The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
1936 Three Little Wolves
1939 Jitterbug Follies
1959 Foofle's Train Ride
1959 Hashimoto-San
1962 Big Chief No Treaty
1962 Honorable Family Problem
1962 Honorable Paint in the Neck
1962 Loyal Royalty
1962 Where There's Smoke
1963 A Bell for Philadelphia
1963 Cherry Blossom Festival
1963 Obnoxious Obie
1963 Pearl Crazy
1963 Spooky-Yaki
1963 Tea House Mouse
1964 Hokey Home Movies
1964 Search For Misery
1965 The Invisibeam
1966 Champion Chump
1966 The Cowardly Watchdog
1970 Martian Moochers
1971 Oscar's Birthday Present
Story:
1933 Father Noah's Ark
1933 Lullaby Land
1934 Mickey's Steam Roller
1934 The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
1936 More Kittens
1936 Three Little Wolves
1936 Thru the Mirror
1939 Jitterbug Follies
1957 It's a Living
1957 Topsy TV
1959 Foofle's Train Ride
1959 Hashimoto-San
1961 Sappy New Year
1962 Big Chief No Treaty
1962 Honorable Family Problem
1962 Honorable Paint in the Neck
1962 Loyal Royalty
1962 Where There's Smoke
1963 A Bell for Philadelphia
1963 Cherry Blossom Festival
1963 Obnoxious Obie
1963 Pearl Crazy
1963 Spooky-Yaki
1963 Tea House Mouse
1964 Hokey Home Movies
1964 Search For Misery
1965 The Invisibeam
1966 Champion Chump
1966 The Cowardly Watchdog
1970 Martian Moochers
1971 Oscar's Birthday Present
Storyboard:
1933 Father Noah's Ark
1933 Lullaby Land
1934 Mickey's Steam Roller
1934 The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
1936 More Kittens
1936 Three Little Wolves
1936 Thru the Mirror
1936 Toby Tortoise Returns
1939 Jitterbug Follies
1957 It's a Living
1957 Topsy TV
1959 Foofle's Train Ride
1959 Hashimoto-San
1961 Sappy New Year
1962 Big Chief No Treaty
1962 Honorable Family Problem
1962 Honorable Paint in the Neck
1962 Loyal Royalty
1962 Where There's Smoke
1963 A Bell for Philadelphia
1963 Cherry Blossom Festival
1963 Obnoxious Obie
1963 Pearl Crazy
1963 Spooky-Yaki
1963 Tea House Mouse
1964 Hokey Home Movies
1964 Search For Misery
1965 The Invisibeam
1966 Champion Chump
1966 The Cowardly Watchdog
1970 Martian Moochers
1971 Oscar's Birthday Present
Writer:
1933 Father Noah's Ark
1933 Lullaby Land
1934 Mickey's Steam Roller
1934 The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
1936 More Kittens
1936 Three Little Wolves
1936 Thru the Mirror
1936 Toby Tortoise Returns
1939 Jitterbug Follies
1950 The Fox Hunt
1957 Gag Buster
1957 Gaston Is Here
1957 It's a Living
1957 Topsy TV
1958 Gaston's Baby
1958 Gaston, Go Home
1959 Foofle's Train Ride
1959 Hashimoto-San
1961 Sappy New Year
1962 Big Chief No Treaty
1962 Honorable Family Problem
1962 Honorable Paint in the Neck
1962 Loyal Royalty
1962 Where There's Smoke
1963 A Bell for Philadelphia
1963 Cherry Blossom Festival
1963 Obnoxious Obie
1963 Pearl Crazy
1963 Spooky-Yaki
1963 Tea House Mouse
1964 Hokey Home Movies
1964 Search For Misery
1965 The Invisibeam
1966 Champion Chump
1966 The Cowardly Watchdog
1970 Martian Moochers
1971 Oscar's Birthday Present
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