Ken Harris
Known for: Visual Effects
Born: July 31, 1898
Died: March 24, 1982
Place of birth: Tulare County, California, USA
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]
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Filmography
136 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
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Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
2020
7.1
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
6.6
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
1980NR
Die Titelmacher
1976
6.8
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975
7.2
A Christmas Carol
1971
6.2
Cat and Dupli-cat
1967
7.5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966
6.4
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
1966
6.2
Duel Personality
1966
7.3
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
1965
6.8
Zip Zip Hooray!
1965
6.2
Of Feline Bondage
1965
6.2
Haunted Mouse
1965
6.1
Tom-ic Energy
1965
6.4
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
1965
6.0
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
1964
6.9
War and Pieces
1964
6.5
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
1964
6.1
Much Ado About Mousing
1964
6.3
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
1964
6.0
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
1964
7.1
To Beep or Not to Beep
1963
6.6
Mad as a Mars Hare
1963
6.3
Pent-House Mouse
1963
6.6
Gay Purr-ee
1962
6.7
Louvre Come Back to Me!
1962
7.0
A Sheep in the Deep
1962
6.1
Nelly's Folly
1961
7.3
Beep Prepared
1961
6.9
Compressed Hare
1961
6.2
A Scent of the Matterhorn
1961
6.1
The Mouse on 57th Street
1961
6.7
Zip 'n Snort
1961
7.0
High Note
1960
6.9
Hopalong Casualty
1960
6.8
Ready, Woolen and Able
1960
6.3
Rabbit's Feat
1960
6.5
Who Scent You?
1960
7.0
Fastest with the Mostest
1960
6.1
A Witch's Tangled Hare
1959
7.1
Wild About Hurry
1959
7.0
Really Scent
1959
5.8
Hare-abian Nights
1959
6.8
Baton Bunny
1959
6.3
Cat Feud
1958
7.2
Whoa, Be-Gone!
1958
7.2
Hare-Way to the Stars
1958
7.0
Robin Hood Daffy
1958
5.6
Drafty, Isn't It?
1957
6.6
Touché and Go
1957
7.2
Zoom and Bored
1957
7.6
What's Opera, Doc?
1957
7.1
Steal Wool
1957
6.0
Boyhood Daze
1957
7.2
Scrambled Aches
1957
5.2
90 Day Wondering
1956
6.8
There They Go-Go-Go!
1956
7.1
Deduce, You Say
1956
6.7
Rocket-bye Baby
1956
6.9
Barbary-Coast Bunny
1956
6.7
Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
1956
6.6
Heaven Scent
1956
6.8
Broom-Stick Bunny
1956
7.7
One Froggy Evening
1955
7.2
Guided Muscle
1955
6.7
Two Scent's Worth
1955
7.3
Double or Mutton
1955
6.8
Past Perfumance
1955
7.1
Ready.. Set.. Zoom!
1955
7.0
Beanstalk Bunny
1955
5.5
A Hitch in Time
1955
6.9
Baby Buggy Bunny
1954
7.1
Bewitched Bunny
1954
7.3
Claws for Alarm
1954
6.6
No Barking
1954
7.0
Zipping Along
1953
7.3
Bully for Bugs
1953
7.6
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
1953
6.4
Wild Over You
1953
7.1
Much Ado About Nutting
1953
8.1
Duck Amuck
1953
6.8
Kiss Me Cat
1953
7.2
Forward March Hare
1953
7.4
Rabbit Seasoning
1952
6.6
Mouse-Warming
1952
7.0
Going! Going! Gosh!
1952
7.0
The Hasty Hare
1952
6.7
Little Beau Pepé
1952
7.4
Feed the Kitty
1952
6.9
Operation: Rabbit
1952
7.2
Drip-Along Daffy
1951
6.9
A Bear for Punishment
1951
7.2
Cheese Chasers
1951
6.5
Chow Hound
1951
7.0
Scent-imental Romeo
1951
6.9
Bunny Hugged
1951
7.6
Rabbit of Seville
1950
6.9
The Ducksters
1950
6.9
Dog Gone South
1950
6.9
8 Ball Bunny
1950
6.7
The Hypo-Chondri-Cat
1950
6.8
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
1950
6.8
Rabbit Hood
1949
6.8
For Scent-imental Reasons
1949
7.1
Fast and Furry-ous
1949
7.1
Long-Haired Hare
1949
7.6
Mouse Wreckers
1949
7.0
Mississippi Hare
1949
7.6
Scaredy Cat
1948
7.0
You Were Never Duckier
1948
7.2
Haredevil Hare
1948
7.1
House Hunting Mice
1947
7.0
A Pest in the House
1947
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Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
1946
6.3
Quentin Quail
1946
7.0
Hare Tonic
1945
6.9
Trap Happy Porky
1945
5.6
The Weakly Reporter
1944
6.8
Wackiki Wabbit
1943
6.6
Super-Rabbit
1943
6.6
To Duck.... Or Not to Duck
1943
7.2
My Favorite Duck
1942
6.8
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
1942
6.4
Hold the Lion, Please
1942
7.0
Toy Trouble
1941
6.6
Elmer's Candid Camera
1940
5.1
Old Glory
1939
6.3
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
1939
6.6
Prest-O Change-O
1939
6.3
The Night Watchman
1938
6.6
Have You Got Any Castles
1938
6.1
Now That Summer Is Gone
1938
5.7
The Lyin' Mouse
1937
6.4
Streamlined Greta Green
1937
6.5
Page Miss Glory
1936
5.9
Little Dutch Plate
1935