Ken Harris
Personal Info
Known for
Visual Effects
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-07-31
Day of Death
1982-03-24 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Tulare County, California, USA
Ken 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]
Known For
Acting
(1976)
Die Titelmacher
as Self
Crew
(1980)
(1975)
The Return of the Pink Panther
Title Designer
(1971)
A Christmas Carol
Animation
(1967)
Cat and Dupli-cat
Animation
(1966)
Duel Personality
Animation
(1966)
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
Animation
(1966)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Animation
(1965)
Tom-ic Energy
Animation
(1965)
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
Animation
(1965)
Haunted Mouse
Animation
(1965)
(1965)
Zip Zip Hooray!
Animation
(1965)
Of Feline Bondage
Animation
(1964)
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
Animation
(1964)
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
Animation
(1964)
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
Animation
(1964)
Much Ado About Mousing
Animation
(1964)
War and Pieces
Animation
(1963)
Pent-House Mouse
Animation
(1963)
To Beep or Not to Beep
Animation
(1963)
Mad as a Mars Hare
Animation
(1962)
Gay Purr-ee
Animation
(1962)
Louvre Come Back to Me!
Animation
(1962)
A Sheep in the Deep
Animation
(1961)
The Mouse on 57th Street
Animation
(1961)
Zip 'n Snort
Animation
(1961)
Beep Prepared
Animation
(1961)
A Scent of the Matterhorn
Animation
(1961)
Nelly's Folly
Animation
(1961)
Compressed Hare
Animation
(1960)
Fastest with the Mostest
Animation
(1960)
Who Scent You?
Animation
(1960)
Rabbit's Feat
Animation
(1960)
Ready, Woolen and Able
Animation
(1960)
Hopalong Casualty
Animation
(1960)
High Note
Animation
(1959)
A Witch's Tangled Hare
Animation
(1959)
Baton Bunny
Animation
(1959)
Hare-Abian Nights
Director
(1959)
Wild About Hurry
Animation
(1958)
Hare-Way to the Stars
Animation
(1958)
Cat Feud
Animation
(1958)
Whoa, Be-Gone!
Animation
(1958)
Robin Hood Daffy
Animation
(1957)
What's Opera, Doc?
Animation
(1957)
Boyhood Daze
Animation
(1957)
Drafty, Isn't It?
Animation
(1957)
Scrambled Aches
Animation
(1957)
Zoom and Bored
Animation
(1957)
Steal Wool
Animation
(1956)
90 Day Wondering
Animation
(1956)
Broom-Stick Bunny
Animation
(1956)
Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
Animation
(1956)
There They Go-Go-Go!
Animation
(1956)
Deduce, You Say
Animation
(1956)
Rocket-bye Baby
Animation
(1955)
One Froggy Evening
Animation
(1955)
A Hitch in Time
Animation
(1955)
Ready.. Set.. Zoom!
Animation
(1955)
Guided Muscle
Animation
(1955)
Beanstalk Bunny
Animation
(1955)
Two Scent's Worth
Animation
(1955)
Double or Mutton
Animation
(1954)
Bewitched Bunny
Animation
(1954)
Baby Buggy Bunny
Animation
(1954)
No Barking
Animation
(1954)
Claws for Alarm
Animation
(1953)
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
Animation
(1953)
Duck Amuck
Animation
(1953)
Kiss Me Cat
Animation
(1953)
Zipping Along
Animation
(1953)
Bully for Bugs
Animation
(1953)
Much Ado About Nutting
Animation
(1953)
Forward March Hare
Animation
(1952)
Rabbit Seasoning
Animation
(1952)
Feed the Kitty
Animation
(1952)
The Hasty Hare
Animation
(1952)
Going! Going! Gosh!
Animation
(1952)
Operation: Rabbit
Animation
(1952)
Mouse-Warming
Animation
(1951)
Chow Hound
Animation
(1951)
Drip-Along Daffy
Animation
(1951)
Bunny Hugged
Animation
(1951)
Scent-imental Romeo
Animation
(1951)
A Bear for Punishment
Animation
(1951)
Cheese Chasers
Animation
(1950)
Rabbit of Seville
Animation
(1950)
8 Ball Bunny
Animation
(1950)
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
Animation
(1950)
Dog Gone South
Animation
(1950)
The Hypo-Chondri-Cat
Animation
(1950)
The Ducksters
Animation
(1949)
Long-Haired Hare
Animation
(1949)
Fast and Furry-ous
Animation
(1949)
Rabbit Hood
Animation
(1949)
For Scent-imental Reasons
Animation
(1949)
Mississippi Hare
Animation
(1949)
Mouse Wreckers
Animation
(1948)
Haredevil Hare
Animation
(1948)
Scaredy Cat
Animation
(1948)
You Were Never Duckier
Animation
(1947)
A Pest in the House
Animation
(1947)
House Hunting Mice
Animation
(1946)
Quentin Quail
Animation
(1945)
Hare Tonic
Animation
(1945)
Trap Happy Porky
Animation
(1943)
Wackiki Wabbit
Animation
(1943)
To Duck.... Or Not to Duck
Animation
(1943)
Super-Rabbit
Animation
(1942)
(1942)
Hold the Lion, Please
Animation
(1942)
My Favorite Duck
Animation
(1941)
Toy Trouble
Animation
(1940)
Elmer's Candid Camera
Animation
(1939)
Old Glory
Animation
(1939)
Prest-O Change-O
Animation
(1939)
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
Animation
(1938)
Have You Got Any Castles?
Animation
(1938)
Now That Summer Is Gone
Animation
(1938)
The Night Watchman
Animation
(1937)
Streamlined Greta Green
Animation
(1937)
The Lyin' Mouse
Animation
(1936)
Page Miss Glory
Animation
(1935)
Little Dutch Plate
Animation