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John Halas (1912-1995)

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Alias:
János Halász

Birthplace:
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Born:
April 16, 1912

Died:
January 21, 1995

Additional information:

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Animation:
1942  Dustbin Parade
1945  6 Little Jungle Boys

Art Designer:
1942  Dustbin Parade
1945  6 Little Jungle Boys

Art Direction:
1942  Dustbin Parade
1945  6 Little Jungle Boys
1978  Max und Moritz

Director:
1938  Music Man
1941  Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
1942  Dustbin Parade
1942  Fable of the Fabrics
1942  Filling the Gap
1943  Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943  Abu's Dungeon
1944  Christmas Wishes
1944  Cold Comfort
1945  6 Little Jungle Boys
1945  Handling Ships
1946  A Modern Guide to Health
1946  Train Trouble
1947  Dolly, Put the Kettle On
1948  Charley in New Town
1948  Charley's March of Time
1948  Robinson Charley
1948  The Magic Canvas
1948  Water for Firefighting
1948  Your Very Good Health
1949  Charley Junior's Schooldays
1949  Charley's Black Magic
1949  Farmer Charley
1949  R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
1950  Fowl Play
1950  The Shoemaker and the Hatter
1952  The Owl And The Pussycat
1954  Animal Farm
1956  The Candlemaker
1956  The History of the Cinema
1959  Piping Hot
1959  The Christmas Visitor
1961  Hamilton the Musical Elephant
1962  Hamilton in the Music Festival
1963  The Axe and the Lamp
1964  Automania 2000
1964  Midsummer Nightmare
1964  The Hoffnung Music Academy
1965  Birds, Bees and Storks
1965  The Hoffnung Maestro
1965  The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra
1967  Dying for a Smoke
1967  Flurina
1967  The Question
1969  To Our Children's Children's Children
1974  The Three Musketeers
1978  Max und Moritz
1979  Autobahn
1980  Flying Free
1981  Dilemma
1982  Players
1990  A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy

Producer:
1938  Music Man
1941  Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
1942  Dustbin Parade
1942  Fable of the Fabrics
1942  Filling the Gap
1943  Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943  Abu's Dungeon
1944  Christmas Wishes
1944  Cold Comfort
1945  6 Little Jungle Boys
1945  Handling Ships
1946  A Modern Guide to Health
1946  Train Trouble
1947  Dolly, Put the Kettle On
1948  Charley in New Town
1948  Charley's March of Time
1948  Robinson Charley
1948  The Magic Canvas
1948  Water for Firefighting
1948  Your Very Good Health
1949  Charley Junior's Schooldays
1949  Charley's Black Magic
1949  Farmer Charley
1949  R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
1950  As Old as the Hills
1950  Fowl Play
1950  The Shoemaker and the Hatter
1951  John Gilpin
1952  The Figurehead
1952  The Owl And The Pussycat
1953  The Moving Spirit
1954  Animal Farm
1954  Power to Fly
1956  The Candlemaker
1956  The History of the Cinema
1959  Piping Hot
1959  The Christmas Visitor
1960  HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape
1961  Hamilton the Musical Elephant
1961  The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1962  Hamilton in the Music Festival
1963  The Axe and the Lamp
1964  Automania 2000
1964  Midsummer Nightmare
1964  The Hoffnung Music Academy
1965  Birds, Bees and Storks
1965  The Hoffnung Maestro
1965  The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra
1967  Dying for a Smoke
1967  Flow Diagram
1967  Flurina
1967  Ruddigore
1967  The Question
1969  To Our Children's Children's Children
1969  Topology
1970  Ways and Means
1971  Animation Has Changed
1974  The Three Musketeers
1978  Max und Moritz
1979  Autobahn
1979  Dream Doll
1980  Flying Free
1981  Dilemma
1982  Players
1990  A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy
1994  Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
????  Painter and Poet No. 1
????  Painter and Poet No. 2
????  Painter and Poet No. 3

Production Design:
1938  Music Man
1941  Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
1942  Dustbin Parade
1942  Fable of the Fabrics
1942  Filling the Gap
1943  Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943  Abu's Dungeon
1944  Christmas Wishes
1944  Cold Comfort
1945  6 Little Jungle Boys
1945  Handling Ships
1946  A Modern Guide to Health
1946  Train Trouble
1947  Dolly, Put the Kettle On
1948  Charley in New Town
1948  Charley's March of Time
1948  Robinson Charley
1948  The Magic Canvas
1948  Water for Firefighting
1948  Your Very Good Health
1949  Charley Junior's Schooldays
1949  Charley's Black Magic
1949  Farmer Charley
1949  R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
1950  As Old as the Hills
1950  Fowl Play
1950  The Shoemaker and the Hatter
1951  John Gilpin
1952  The Figurehead
1952  The Owl And The Pussycat
1953  The Moving Spirit
1954  Animal Farm
1954  Power to Fly
1956  The Candlemaker
1956  The History of the Cinema
1959  Piping Hot
1959  The Christmas Visitor
1960  HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape
1961  Hamilton the Musical Elephant
1961  The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1962  Hamilton in the Music Festival
1963  The Axe and the Lamp
1964  Automania 2000
1964  Midsummer Nightmare
1964  The Hoffnung Music Academy
1965  Birds, Bees and Storks
1965  The Hoffnung Maestro
1965  The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra
1967  Dying for a Smoke
1967  Flow Diagram
1967  Flurina
1967  Ruddigore
1967  The Question
1969  To Our Children's Children's Children
1969  Topology
1970  Ways and Means
1971  Animation Has Changed
1974  The Three Musketeers
1978  Max und Moritz
1979  Autobahn
1979  Dream Doll
1980  Flying Free
1981  Dilemma
1982  Players
1990  A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy
1994  Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
????  Painter and Poet No. 1
????  Painter and Poet No. 2
????  Painter and Poet No. 3

Production Manager:
1938  Music Man
1941  Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
1942  Dustbin Parade
1942  Fable of the Fabrics
1942  Filling the Gap
1943  Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943  Abu's Dungeon
1944  Christmas Wishes
1944  Cold Comfort
1945  6 Little Jungle Boys
1945  Handling Ships
1946  A Modern Guide to Health
1946  Train Trouble
1947  Dolly, Put the Kettle On
1948  Charley in New Town
1948  Charley's March of Time
1948  Robinson Charley
1948  The Magic Canvas
1948  Water for Firefighting
1948  Your Very Good Health
1949  Charley Junior's Schooldays
1949  Charley's Black Magic
1949  Farmer Charley
1949  R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
1950  As Old as the Hills
1950  Fowl Play
1950  The Shoemaker and the Hatter
1951  John Gilpin
1952  The Figurehead
1952  The Owl And The Pussycat
1953  The Moving Spirit
1954  Animal Farm
1954  Power to Fly
1956  The Candlemaker
1956  The History of the Cinema
1959  Piping Hot
1959  The Christmas Visitor
1960  HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape
1961  Hamilton the Musical Elephant
1961  The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1962  Hamilton in the Music Festival
1963  The Axe and the Lamp
1964  Automania 2000
1964  Midsummer Nightmare
1964  The Hoffnung Music Academy
1965  Birds, Bees and Storks
1965  The Hoffnung Maestro
1965  The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra
1967  Dying for a Smoke
1967  Flow Diagram
1967  Flurina
1967  Ruddigore
1967  The Question
1969  To Our Children's Children's Children
1969  Topology
1970  Ways and Means
1971  Animation Has Changed
1974  The Three Musketeers
1978  Max und Moritz
1979  Autobahn
1979  Dream Doll
1980  Flying Free
1981  Dilemma
1982  Players
1990  A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy
1994  Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
????  Painter and Poet No. 1
????  Painter and Poet No. 2
????  Painter and Poet No. 3

Screenplay:
1938  Music Man
1941  Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
1942  Dustbin Parade
1942  Fable of the Fabrics
1942  Filling the Gap
1943  Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943  Abu's Dungeon
1944  Christmas Wishes
1944  Cold Comfort
1945  6 Little Jungle Boys
1945  Handling Ships
1946  A Modern Guide to Health
1946  Train Trouble
1947  Dolly, Put the Kettle On
1948  Charley in New Town
1948  Charley's March of Time
1948  Robinson Charley
1948  The Magic Canvas
1948  Water for Firefighting
1948  Your Very Good Health
1949  Charley Junior's Schooldays
1949  Charley's Black Magic
1949  Farmer Charley
1949  R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
1950  As Old as the Hills
1950  Fowl Play
1950  The Shoemaker and the Hatter
1951  John Gilpin
1952  The Figurehead
1952  The Owl And The Pussycat
1953  The Moving Spirit
1954  Animal Farm
1954  Power to Fly
1956  The Candlemaker
1956  The History of the Cinema
1959  Piping Hot
1959  The Christmas Visitor
1960  HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape
1961  Hamilton the Musical Elephant
1961  The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1962  Hamilton in the Music Festival
1963  The Axe and the Lamp
1964  Automania 2000
1964  Midsummer Nightmare
1964  The Hoffnung Music Academy
1965  Birds, Bees and Storks
1965  The Hoffnung Maestro
1965  The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra
1967  Dying for a Smoke
1967  Flow Diagram
1967  Flurina
1967  Ruddigore
1967  The Question
1969  To Our Children's Children's Children
1969  Topology
1970  Ways and Means
1971  Animation Has Changed
1974  The Three Musketeers
1978  Max und Moritz
1979  Autobahn
1979  Dream Doll
1980  Flying Free
1981  Dilemma
1982  Players
1990  A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy
1994  Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
????  Painter and Poet No. 1
????  Painter and Poet No. 2
????  Painter and Poet No. 3

Script:
1938  Music Man
1941  Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
1942  Dustbin Parade
1942  Fable of the Fabrics
1942  Filling the Gap
1943  Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943  Abu's Dungeon
1944  Christmas Wishes
1944  Cold Comfort
1945  6 Little Jungle Boys
1945  Handling Ships
1946  A Modern Guide to Health
1946  Train Trouble
1947  Dolly, Put the Kettle On
1948  Charley in New Town
1948  Charley's March of Time
1948  Robinson Charley
1948  The Magic Canvas
1948  Water for Firefighting
1948  Your Very Good Health
1949  Charley Junior's Schooldays
1949  Charley's Black Magic
1949  Farmer Charley
1949  R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
1950  As Old as the Hills
1950  Fowl Play
1950  The Shoemaker and the Hatter
1951  John Gilpin
1952  The Figurehead
1952  The Owl And The Pussycat
1953  The Moving Spirit
1954  Animal Farm
1954  Power to Fly
1956  The Candlemaker
1956  The History of the Cinema
1959  Piping Hot
1959  The Christmas Visitor
1960  HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape
1961  Hamilton the Musical Elephant
1961  The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1962  Hamilton in the Music Festival
1963  The Axe and the Lamp
1964  Automania 2000
1964  Midsummer Nightmare
1964  The Hoffnung Music Academy
1965  Birds, Bees and Storks
1965  The Hoffnung Maestro
1965  The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra
1967  Dying for a Smoke
1967  Flow Diagram
1967  Flurina
1967  Ruddigore
1967  The Question
1969  To Our Children's Children's Children
1969  Topology
1970  Ways and Means
1971  Animation Has Changed
1974  The Three Musketeers
1978  Max und Moritz
1979  Autobahn
1979  Dream Doll
1980  Flying Free
1981  Dilemma
1982  Players
1990  A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy
1994  Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
????  Painter and Poet No. 1
????  Painter and Poet No. 2
????  Painter and Poet No. 3

Sequence Supervisor:
1938  Music Man
1941  Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
1942  Dustbin Parade
1942  Fable of the Fabrics
1942  Filling the Gap
1943  Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943  Abu's Dungeon
1944  Christmas Wishes
1944  Cold Comfort
1945  6 Little Jungle Boys
1945  Handling Ships
1946  A Modern Guide to Health
1946  Train Trouble
1947  Dolly, Put the Kettle On
1948  Charley in New Town
1948  Charley's March of Time
1948  Robinson Charley
1948  The Magic Canvas
1948  Water for Firefighting
1948  Your Very Good Health
1949  Charley Junior's Schooldays
1949  Charley's Black Magic
1949  Farmer Charley
1949  R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
1950  As Old as the Hills
1950  Fowl Play
1950  The Shoemaker and the Hatter
1951  John Gilpin
1952  The Figurehead
1952  The Owl And The Pussycat
1953  The Moving Spirit
1954  Animal Farm
1954  Power to Fly
1956  The Candlemaker
1956  The History of the Cinema
1959  Piping Hot
1959  The Christmas Visitor
1960  HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape
1961  Hamilton the Musical Elephant
1961  The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1962  Hamilton in the Music Festival
1963  The Axe and the Lamp
1964  Automania 2000
1964  Midsummer Nightmare
1964  The Hoffnung Music Academy
1965  Birds, Bees and Storks
1965  The Hoffnung Maestro
1965  The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra
1967  Dying for a Smoke
1967  Flow Diagram
1967  Flurina
1967  Ruddigore
1967  The Question
1969  To Our Children's Children's Children
1969  Topology
1970  Ways and Means
1971  Animation Has Changed
1974  The Three Musketeers
1978  Max und Moritz
1979  Autobahn
1979  Dream Doll
1980  Flying Free
1981  Dilemma
1981  Heavy Metal
1982  Players
1990  A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy
1994  Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
????  Painter and Poet No. 1
????  Painter and Poet No. 2
????  Painter and Poet No. 3

Story:
1938  Music Man
1941  Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
1942  Dustbin Parade
1942  Fable of the Fabrics
1942  Filling the Gap
1943  Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943  Abu's Dungeon
1944  Christmas Wishes
1944  Cold Comfort
1945  6 Little Jungle Boys
1945  Handling Ships
1946  A Modern Guide to Health
1946  Train Trouble
1947  Dolly, Put the Kettle On
1948  Charley in New Town
1948  Charley's March of Time
1948  Robinson Charley
1948  The Magic Canvas
1948  Water for Firefighting
1948  Your Very Good Health
1949  Charley Junior's Schooldays
1949  Charley's Black Magic
1949  Farmer Charley
1949  R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
1950  As Old as the Hills
1950  Fowl Play
1950  The Shoemaker and the Hatter
1951  John Gilpin
1952  The Figurehead
1952  The Owl And The Pussycat
1953  The Moving Spirit
1954  Animal Farm
1954  Power to Fly
1956  The Candlemaker
1956  The History of the Cinema
1959  Piping Hot
1959  The Christmas Visitor
1960  HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape
1961  Hamilton the Musical Elephant
1961  The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1962  Hamilton in the Music Festival
1963  The Axe and the Lamp
1964  Automania 2000
1964  Midsummer Nightmare
1964  The Hoffnung Music Academy
1965  Birds, Bees and Storks
1965  The Hoffnung Maestro
1965  The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra
1967  Dying for a Smoke
1967  Flow Diagram
1967  Flurina
1967  Ruddigore
1967  The Question
1969  To Our Children's Children's Children
1969  Topology
1970  Ways and Means
1971  Animation Has Changed
1974  The Three Musketeers
1978  Max und Moritz
1979  Autobahn
1979  Dream Doll
1980  Flying Free
1981  Dilemma
1981  Heavy Metal
1982  Players
1990  A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy
1994  Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
????  Painter and Poet No. 1
????  Painter and Poet No. 2
????  Painter and Poet No. 3

Writer:
1938  Music Man
1941  Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard
1942  Dustbin Parade
1942  Fable of the Fabrics
1942  Filling the Gap
1943  Abu and the Poisoned Well
1943  Abu's Dungeon
1944  Christmas Wishes
1944  Cold Comfort
1945  6 Little Jungle Boys
1945  Handling Ships
1946  A Modern Guide to Health
1946  Train Trouble
1947  Dolly, Put the Kettle On
1948  Charley in New Town
1948  Charley's March of Time
1948  Robinson Charley
1948  The Magic Canvas
1948  Water for Firefighting
1948  Your Very Good Health
1949  Charley Junior's Schooldays
1949  Charley's Black Magic
1949  Farmer Charley
1949  R.A.F.: First Line of Defence
1950  As Old as the Hills
1950  Fowl Play
1950  The Shoemaker and the Hatter
1951  John Gilpin
1952  The Figurehead
1952  The Owl And The Pussycat
1953  The Moving Spirit
1954  Animal Farm
1954  Power to Fly
1956  The Candlemaker
1956  The History of the Cinema
1959  Piping Hot
1959  The Christmas Visitor
1960  HaBa Tales: The Cultured Ape
1961  Hamilton the Musical Elephant
1961  The Monster of Highgate Ponds
1962  Hamilton in the Music Festival
1963  The Axe and the Lamp
1964  Automania 2000
1964  Midsummer Nightmare
1964  The Hoffnung Music Academy
1965  Birds, Bees and Storks
1965  The Hoffnung Maestro
1965  The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra
1967  Dying for a Smoke
1967  Flow Diagram
1967  Flurina
1967  Ruddigore
1967  The Question
1969  To Our Children's Children's Children
1969  Topology
1970  Ways and Means
1971  Animation Has Changed
1974  The Three Musketeers
1978  Max und Moritz
1979  Autobahn
1979  Dream Doll
1980  Flying Free
1981  Dilemma
1981  Heavy Metal
1982  Players
1990  A Memory of L Moholy-Nagy
1994  Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
????  Painter and Poet No. 1
????  Painter and Poet No. 2
????  Painter and Poet No. 3

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TV Production

Creator:
1960  Snip and Snap

Director:
1960  Snip and Snap
1965  DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
1970  Tomfoolery

Producer:
1960  Snip and Snap
1965  DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space
1970  Tomfoolery
1978  European Folk Tales

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