KACHIVAS, Louis (Lou)

Animator: FILMATION 60s-70s (Treasure Island 72, Lassie Rescue Rangers 73-75, Star Trek 73-75, Journey Back to Oz 74); HANNA-BARBERA 60s (Herculoids 66-67)

Director: FILMATION 70s-80s (The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle/Quacula 79-80, Mighty Mouse in The Great Space Race 82, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 83-85, The Secret of the Sword 85, Bravestarr 87-88)

KAHL, Milton Erwin (Milt) (1909-1987)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY 25 June 34-35 (Mickey Mouse shorts 35-36 [Mickey’s Service Station 35, Mickey’s Fire Brigade 35, On Ice 35, Orphan’s Picnic 36])

Animator: DISNEY 35-4/30/76 (Mickey Mouse shorts 35-37 [Mickey’s Circus 36, Lonesome Ghosts 37], Silly Symphony 35-39 [The Cookie Carnival 35, Elmer Elephant 36, Toby Tortoise Returns 36, The Farmyard Symphony 38, The Ugly Duckling 39], Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37, Ferdinand the Bull 38, The Winged Scourge 43, The Grain That Built a Hemisphere 43, Chicken Little 43, Education for Death 43, Reason and Emotion 43, Saludos Amigos 43 [Llama in Lake Titicaca], Three Is a Family 44, Goofy 44-45 [How to Play Football 44, Tiger Trouble 45, Hockey Homicide 45], Donald Duck 45 [Duck Pimples], The Three Caballeros 45, Make Mine Music 46 [The Martins and the Coys], So Dear to My Heart 49, Lambert the Sheepish Lion 52, Mary Poppins 64, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day 68, Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 77)

Directing Animator: DISNEY 1938-4/30/76 (Pinocchio 40 [Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket], Song of the South 46, Melody Time 48, Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49 [MacBadger, Bram Bones], Cinderella 50 [Duke, Fairy Godmother], Alice in Wonderland 51 [Alice and Flamingo], Peter Pan 52, Lady and the Tramp 55, Sleeping Beauty 59 [Prince Phillip], 101 Dalmatians 61, The Sword in the Stone 63 [Sir Ector, Kay], The Jungle Book 67 [Shere Khan], The Aristocats 70 [Old Lawyer], Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71, Robin Hood 73, The Rescuers 77 [Madame Medusa])

Supervising Animator: DISNEY 39-41 (Bambi 42 [Bambi, Thumper])

KAHN, Samuel (Sam)

Animator?: FLEISCHER -30-31-

KAKUDO, Howard (1906-2000)

Layouts: DISNEY -38- (Pluto)

Animator: JAM HANDY 40s (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 48 [for Montgomery Ward & Co.])

KALUZA, Lester (Les)

Animator: FILMATION c68-73 (The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69, Journey Back to Oz 74)

Layouts: FILMATION 73-80s (Lassie Rescue Rangers 73-75, Star Trek 73-75, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle/Quacula 79-80)

KANE, Gerald [also Gerard] (Gerry)

Assistant Animator: FINE ARTS FILMS c69 (Shinbone Alley 70)

Animator: MELENDEZ (A Boy Named Charlie Brown 69)

KANE, Robert (Bob) [nee Robert KAHN] (1916-1998)

Inker/Opaquer: FLEISCHER c34

Creator/Story: SAM SINGER/TRANS-ARTIST PRODS. c60 (Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse 60-61); AL BRODAX/KING FEATURES c66-68 (Cool McCool 66-69)

KAPLAN, Al

Animator?: FLEISCHER -30-31-

KAPLAN, Erwin L. (Erv)

Backgrounds: UPA c57-58 (Mr. Magoo 57, Ham and Hattie 58)

Background Director: FILMATION c68-69 (The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69)

Director of Color: FILMATION 70s (Star Trek 73-75, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle/Quacula 79-80)

KARP, Hubert (Hubie) (1915-1953)

Story: DISNEY c38-44; SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 44-45 (Looney Tunes [The Great Piggy Bank Robbery 46] [Bob CLAMPETT Unit])

KARP, Lynn Theodore (1905-1992)

Animator: DISNEY 10 Aug 36-18 May 42 (Silly Symphony 38-39 [Farmyard Symphony 38, The Ugly Duckling 39], Mickey Mouse 39 [The Pointer], Pinocchio 40, Fantasia 40, Donald Duck 40 [Donald’s Vacation], Bambi 42)

KARP, Robert Louis (Bob) (1911-1975)

Animator: DISNEY (Silly Symphony 33 [Lullaby Land])

Story: FILMATION (DC Heroes) ????

KARPÉ, Karl (1899-1984)

Layouts: DISNEY 37-41/42-49 (Victory Through Air Power 43, Three Is a Crowd 44, Pluto 45-50, Mickey Mouse 45-48, Goofy 51)

NOTE: In DISNEY Comic Strip Department as inker/letterer 40-42

KARRBERG, Chester (Chet)

Animator: LANTZ 30 (Oswald the Rabbit 31)

KASHDAN, George (1928- )

Story: TRANS-LUX/ORIOLO c63-64 (The Mighty Hercules 63-65); FILMATION c66-67 (The New Adventures of Superman 66-67; The Superman-Aquaman Hour of Adventure 67-68)

KATAOKA, Michi

Backgrounds: UPA c53 (Mr. Magoo 53, Gerald McBoing Boing 53)

KAUFMAN, Millard

Story: UPA -49-50- (Mr. Magoo 49, Fox and Crow 50)

KAUFMAN, Van

Assistant Animator/Animator: DISNEY c40-41 (Pluto 40-41 [Pluto’s Playmate 41], Dumbo 41)

Animator: U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE FIRST MOTION PICTURE UNIT c41-46 (Army Training Films)

KAUSLER, Mark

Assistant Animator: FINE ARTS FILMS c69-70 (Shinbone Alley 70)

KAWAGUCHI, M. Mike

Backgrounds: HANNA-BARBERA Early 60s (Adventures of Jonny Quest 64-65); KRANTZ/PARAMOUNT c67-68 (Spider-Man 67-69); PANTOMIME PICTURES c69-71 (Hot Wheels 69-71, Sky Hawks 69-71)

Animator: HANNA-BARBERA c67-69 (The Wacky Races 68-70)

Story Director: HANNA-BARBERA Early 70s (The New Scooby-Doo Movies 72-74)

Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA Early 80s (The Kwicky Koala Show 81-82, The Smurfs 81-80s)

KEARIN, Patrick

Story/Storyboards: CAMBRIA c65 (New Three Stooges 65)

KEEFER, Melvin (Mel) (1926- )

Layouts: HANNA-BARBERA c64-65 (Adventures of Jonny Quest 64-65); GRANTRAY-LAWRENCE c66-67 (Marvel Superheroes 66-68); FILMATION c68-69 (The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69); PANTOMIME PICTURES c69-70 (Sky Hawks 69-71)

Character Design: FILMATION c81-82 (Black Star 81-83); HANNA-BARBERA c82-83 (The Little Rascals 82-84, The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show 83-84)

Storyboards: FILMATION c83 (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 85-86)

Layout Design: HANNA-BARBERA c87 (The Little Troll Prince 87)

KEENAN, William (Bill)

Story: FILMATION c67 (Journey to the Center of the Earth 67-69)

KEI, Sam S.

Layout Supervisor: JAY WARD Mid-60s (Hoppity Hooper 64-67)

KEICHLE, Edgar

Layouts: LANTZ c38 (Oswald the Rabbit 38)

KEIL, William (Bill)

Animator: DISNEY c59-60 (101 Dalmatians 61); HANNA-BARBERA c60-72 (Loopy de Loop 61-64, Adventures of Jonny Quest 64-65, The Man Called Flintstone 66, Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles 66-68, Scooby-Doo Where Are You 69-71, Where’s Huddles? 70, Josie and the Pussycats 70-72, The New Scooby-Doo Movies 72-74)

Animation Co-ordinator: HANNA-BARBERA c72 (Charlotte’s Web 73)

Animation Supervisor: HANNA-BARBERA 70s-80s (Tom and Jerry 75-76, The All-New Super Friends Hour 77-78; The New Fred and Barney Show 79, Scooby and Scrappy-Doo 79-80, The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour 82-83, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show 84-85)

Unit Director: HANNA-BARBERA 70s (Hong Kong Phooey 74-76)

KELLER, Lewis (Lew, Lou)

Inspirational Sketches: DISNEY c40-41 (Bambi 42)

Designer: SHAMUS CULHANE PRODS. 48- -52 (TV Commercials 48-52 [Halo Shampoo 48/52, Bab-O 51])

Art Director/Designer/Layouts: UPA c53-57 (Gerald McBoing Boing 56, Mr. Magoo 57 [for Bobe CANNON])

Director: UPA 57-59 (Ham and Hattie 58-59); JAY WARD 59-60s (Rocky and His Friends 59-61, Hoppity Hooper 64-67, Uncle Waldo’s Cartoon Show 65-66)

Story: UPA c58-59 (1,001 Arabian Nights of Mr. Magoo 59)

KELLING, Frank

Animator: DISNEY 31/35-36 (Mickey Mouse 31/36 [The Barnyard Broadcast 31, The Beach Party 31, Orphans’ Picnic 36, Mickey’s Circus 36]); LANTZ 34 (Cartune Classics [Toyland Premiere]); FLEISCHER 38 (Betty Boop 39)

Directing Animator: FLEISCHER c38-39 (Gulliver’s Travels 39)

KELLY, ?

Color: SERING D. WILSON INC. 24-25 (Ebenezer Ebony 25)

KELLY, Raymond (Ray)

Story: VAN BEUREN c34-35 (Rainbow Parade 35 [The Foxy Terrier, The Merry Kittens]); MGM 37-

Animator: VAN BEUREN -36; TERRYTOONS 36-37; MGM 37-38- (The Captain and the Kids 38-39)

KELLY, Selby [aka Selby DALEY] (1917- )

Inker/Inbetweener/Assistant Animator/Animator: DISNEY 36-42 (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37); MGM 42- (Tom and Jerry); WARNER BROS. (Bugs Bunny); LANTZ; CHARLES EAMES; GEORGE PAL 40s (Puppetoons); JAY WARD; BILL MELENDEZ 60s; HANNA-BARBERA; FINE ARTS FILMS c69 (Shinbone Alley 70)

Animator/Designer/Producer: Sesame Street, The Electric Company, TV Commercials

KELLY, Walter Crawford (Walt) (1913-1973)

Story: DISNEY 35-36 (Silly Symphony)

Animator: DISNEY 36-41 (Mickey Mouse 37- -41 [Clock Cleaners 37, The Little Whirlwind 41, The Nifty Nineties 41], Pinocchio 40 [Geppetto's Workshop], Fantasia 40 [Pastoral Symphony], Dumbo 41 [Crows])

Co-Producer/Story: CHUCK JONES/MGM 69 (The Special Pogo Birthday Special 69)

KELSAY, Keith

Story: PANTOMIME PICTURES c69-70 (Hot Wheels 69-71, Sky Hawks 69-71)

KELSEY, Richmond I. (Dick) (1905-1987)

Layouts: DISNEY 38-41

Backgrounds: DISNEY 38-41/c50-70 (Pinocchio 40, Fantasia 40, Dumbo 41, Bambi 42, Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71)

Story: DISNEY 45-50 (Make Mine Music 46, Alice in Wonderland 51)

Color and Styling: DISNEY c47 (Melody Time 48)

Cartoon Art Treatment: DISNEY c48 (So Dear to My Heart 49)

Background Design: HANNA-BARBERA 60s (Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear! 64)

NOTE: At DISNEY in Comic Strip Department 1941-42

KENNEDY, John

Animator: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. Early 40s [Friz FRELENG Unit]; DISNEY c57-58 (Sleeping Beauty 59)

KERNS, Jack

Assistant Animator: HANNA-BARBERA c65 (The Man Called Flintstone 66); BAKSHI c74-75 (Coonskin 75)

KESSLER, Saul

Animator?: FLEISCHER -30-31-

KESTER, Lenard

Backgrounds: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. c40-43 (Porky Pig 41 [Notes to You 41], Merrie Melodies 41-43 [The Fighting 69 1/2th 41, The Cat’s Tale 41, The Trial of Mr. Wolf 41, Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt 41, The Wacky Worm 41, Sport Chumpions 41, Rookie Revue 41, Rhapsody in Rivets 41, Hop Skip and a Chump 42, Lights Fantastic 42, Double Chaser 42, Foney Fables 42, The Sheepish Wolf 42, Ding Dong Daddy 42, Pigs in a Polka 43, Fifth Column Mouse 43, Greetings Bait 43], Bugs Bunny 42-44 [The Wabbit Who Came to Supper 42, Fresh Hare 42, Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk 43, Little Red Riding Rabbit 43, Meatless Flyday 44], Daffy Duck 43 [Daffy the Commando 43] [Friz FRELENG Unit]); DISNEY Early 40s (Why We Fight 42, Pluto 44 [Springtime for Pluto 44, First Aiders 44])

KETCHAM, Henry King (Hank) (1920-2001)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY c37-39 (Pinocchio 40, Fantasia 40)

Animator: DISNEY c39-41 (The Seven Wise Dwarfs 41); LANTZ 41-42

Story: DE PATIE-FRELENG 80 (Dennis the Menace in “Mayday for Mother” 81)

KEY, Ted

Story: JAY WARD 60s (The Bullwinkle Show 61-63)

KHIM, Richard

Backgrounds: HANNA-BARBERA -65-71- (The Man Called Flintstone 66, Scooby-Doo Where Are You? 69-71)

KIMBALL, Ward Walrath (1914-2002)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: DISNEY 2 Apr 34-Aug 34 (Silly Symphony 34 [The Wise Little Hen 34, The Goddess of Spring 34], Mickey Mouse 34 [Orphan’s Benefit 34])

Assistant Animator: Aug 34-36 (Silly Symphony 34 [The Tortoise and the Hare 35] [Assistant to Ham LUSKE])

Animator: DISNEY 36- -64 (Silly Symphony 36 [Toby Tortoise Returns 36, More Kittens 36, Woodland Café 37, Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 38], Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37, Donald Duck [The Autograph Hound 39], Saludos Amigos 43, Victory Through Air Power 43, The Three Caballeros 45, Make Mine Music 46 [Willie the Operatic Whale, Peter and the Wolf], Mary Poppins 64)

Supervising Animator: DISNEY c37-39 (Fantasia 40 [Bacchus in Pastoral Symphony])

Directing Animator: DISNEY c36- -52 (Pinocchio 40 [Jiminy Cricket], Dumbo 41 [Crows], Fun and Fancy Free 47, Melody Time 48 [Pecos Bill], The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49, Cinderella 50 [Gus, Jaq, Lucifer the Cat], Alice in Wonderland 51 [Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Walrus and Carpenter, Mad Tea Party, Cheshire Cat], Peter Pan 52)

Director: DISNEY c52-73 (Melody-Adventures in Music 53, Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom 53, Man in Space 55, Man and the Moon 55, Mars and Beyond 57, It’s Tough to Be a Bird 69, Dad Can I Borrow the Car? 70)

Story: DISNEY c59 (Eyes Into Outer Space 59)

Sequence Director: DISNEY c70-71 (Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71)

KIMMELMAN, Philip (Phil) (1910-1997)

Inbetweener/Assistant Animator: FAMOUS 40s?

KIMMELMAN, Kenneth (Ken) (1940- )

Animator: TERRYTOONS 58-60s

Animator/Designer/Producer: KIMMELMAN 60s+ (Theatricals, Sesame Street TV, The Electric Company commercials)

KING, Harold (Hal)

Animator: NY Studios?; DISNEY 20 July 36-28 Aug 73 (Donald Duck 40-46 [Donald’s Vacation 40, Window Cleaners 40, Fire Chief 40, Timber 41, Early to Bed 41, Truant Officer Donald 41, Old MacDonald Duck 41, The Vanishing Private 42, The Old Army Game 43, Home Defense 43, Trombone Trouble 44, Duck Pimples 45, Wet Paint 46, Lighthouse Keeping 46], The Three Caballeros 45, Make Mine Music 46, Song of the South 46, Fun and Fancy Free 47, Melody Time 48, Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49, So Dear to My Heart 49, Cinderella 50, Alice in Wonderland 51, Peter Pan 52, Susie the Little Blue Coupé 52, Lady and the Tramp 55, Sleeping Beauty 59, 101 Dalmatians 61, The Sword in the Stone 63, The Jungle Book 67, The Aristocats 70, Bedknobs and Broomsticks 71, Robin Hood 73)

KING, Jack (1895-1958)

Director: HEARST (Judge Rummy 20-21); SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 34-Apr 36 (Buddy 34-35, Beans 35-36, Porky and Beans 35-36, Porky Pig 36); DISNEY Apr 36-46 (Donald Duck 37-48)

Animator: DISNEY 29-33/Early 40s (Silly Symphony [Santa’s Workshop 32, Three Little Pigs 33], Donald Duck 41-42 [Truant Officer Donald 41, Sky Trooper 42]); SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 33-36 (Buddy 33-35, Merrie Melodies 33-35)

Sequence Director: DISNEY c38-46 (Pinocchio 40, Dumbo 41, Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Firing Line 42, The Spirit of '43 43, Defense Against Invasion 43, Saludos Amigos 43, The Three Caballeros 45, Make Mine Music 46, Melody Time 48, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49)

KING, John

Co-Creator: ORIOLO c58 (Felix the Cat 58-61)

KING, William

Animator: GEORGE PAL c46 (Puppetoons/Madcap Models 47 [Animated models])

KINNEY, Jane

Assistant Director: DISNEY (Bambi 42, Victory Through Air Power 43, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49)

KINNEY, John (Jack) (1910-1992)

Animator: DISNEY 31-38 (Mickey Mouse 31-36- [The Band Concert 35], Silly Symphony -35- [The Cookie Carnival 35])

Sequence Director: DISNEY c38-48 (Pinocchio 40, Dumbo 41, Saludos Amigos 43, Victory Through Air Power 43, The Three Caballeros 45, Make Mine Music 46, Fun and Fancy Free 47, Melody Time 48, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 49)

Story Director: DISNEY (Mickey Mouse [The Brave Little Tailor 38, Mickey’s Trailer 38, Society Dog Show 39]; Pluto [Bone Trouble 40]); HANNA-BARBERA c78-82 (Scooby and Scrappy-Doo 79-80, The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour 82-83)

Director: DISNEY c39-57 (Goofy 40-53, Figaro 43 [Figaro and Cleo 43], The Brave Engineer 50, Football-Now and Then 53, Donald Duck 54 [Donald's Diary 54], Chip ’n’ Dale 54 [The Lone Chipmunks 54], Pigs Is Pigs 54, Casey Bats Again 54, Social Lion 54, TV cartoons 54-57); UPA c58-59 (1,001 Arabian Nights of Mr. Magoo 59); JACK KINNEY PRODS./KING FEATURES c60-61 (Popeye 60-61)

Story/Storyboards: CAMBRIA c65 (New Three Stooges 65)

KINNEY, Richard (Dick) (1916-1985)

Inbetweener: LANTZ 38

Story: HARMAN-ISING 30s; DISNEY -45-54- (Make Mine Music 46, Goofy 47-53, Donald Duck 47/55, The Brave Engineer 50, Pluto 50-51, Chip ‘n’ Dale 54); UPA 57- -61 (Mr. Magoo 57-59, 1,001 Arabian Nights of Mr. Magoo 59, Dick Tracy 61-62); LANTZ c58- -62 (Cartune series, Hickory Dickory & Doc 61, The Beary Family 62-63); JACK KINNEY PRODS./KING FEATURES c60-61 (Popeye 60-61); TERRYTOONS Early 60s (The Unsung Hero 61, Deputy Dawg, Hector Heathcote); FINE ARTS FILMS c69 (Shinbone Alley 70); HANNA-BARBERA 70s (Tom and Jerry 75-76)

KIRBY, Jack [nee Jacob KURTZBERG] (1917-1994)

Inbetweener: FLEISCHER 9/35-2/37 (Popeye 35-37, Color Classic Cartoons 35-37)

Presentation Boards/Story Consultant/Storyboards: DE PATIE-FRELENG 78 (The New Fantastic Four 78-79)

Character Designer/Creative Consultant: RUBY-SPEARS 80-86 (Thundarr the Barbarian 80-82, Goldie Gold and Action Jack 81-82, Mr. T 83-86, Turbo Teen 84-85, Centurions 85, Sectaurs 85, Rambo 86, Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos 86, Lazer Tag Academy 86-87)

Character Designer: HANNA-BARBERA c81- -84 (Space Stars 81-82 [Space Ghost, Herculoids], The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show 83-84, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show 84-85)

KIRK, Robert (Bob)

Animator: MGM c67 (Tom and Jerry 67 [Cannery Rodent 67]); DE PATIE-FRELENG c76-81 (Baggy Pants and the Nitwits 77-78, What’s New, Mr. Magoo? 77-79, Pink Panther 78 [Pink Arcade, Pink Bananas, Pink UFO, Sprinkle Me Pink, Supermarket Pink, Toro Pink], All-New Pink Panther Show 78-79, The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat 82)

KIRSANOFF, Anatole (1911-1973)

Animator: SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 40s (point Rationing of Food 43); HANNA-BARBERA c64-67 (Adventures of Jonny Quest 64-65, Secret Squirrel 67); FILMATION c73 (Journey Back to Oz 74)

Sequence Director: FILMATION 60s (The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69)

KISSANE, Ruth (1929- )

Animator: DISNEY 54- ; UPA; CHURCHILL-WEXLER FILMS; FORMAT FILMS; PLAYHOUSE PICTURES; BOSUSTOW (Legend of John Henry, Nate the Great 78); HUBLEY (Doonesbury Special); FILMATION c86 (Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 87)

Layouts: MELENDEZ c65-71 (A Charlie Brown Christmas 65, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown 66, A Boy Named Charlie Brown 69, Snoopy Come Home 72)

KLEIN, Earl

Animator: HEARST IFS c16-18 (Krazy Kat 16-17)

Layouts/Background Design: WARNER BROS. -42-46 [Chuck JONES Unit]

Story Director: HANNA-BARBERA 70s (The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 69-71, The Harlem Globetrotters 70-73)

Director: HANNA-BARBERA 73 (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids 73-74)

KLEIN, Isadore (Izzy) (1897-1986)

Animator/Story: HEARST IFS 16-18 (Katzenjammer Kids, Krazy Kat, Happy Hooligan, Silk Hat Harry); BARRÉ-BOWERS 18-25 (Mutt and Jeff); TED ESHBAUGH c34 (The Pastry Town Wedding 34); VAN BUREN 34-35; MINTZ 35-36 (Scrappy, Barney Google); DISNEY 36-40 (Silly Symphony 36-38 [Toby Tortoise Returns 36, Mother Pluto 36, Woodland Café 37, The Moth and the Flame 38, Wynken Blynken and Nod 38, Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 38], Donald Duck 37 [Donald’s Ostrich], Mickey Mouse 37 [Lonesome Ghosts], Ferdinand the Bull 38); FAMOUS (Noveltoon 53); PARAMOUNT c62 (Beetle Bailey and His Friends 62); KLEIN (TV Commercials 60s, Tick Tock Expo 67)

Animator: HAL SEEGER c64-67 (Milton the Monster 65-68)

Story: TERRYTOONS 40-44 (Farmer Al Falfa, Super Mouse/Mighty Mouse 42-45 [creator]); FAMOUS 44-54 (Little Lulu 45/48, Popeye 46- -56, Noveltoons 48- -56, Casper 50-55); VARIOUS STUDIOS 54-70s (TV Commercials)

KLEIN, Philip (Phil)

Animator: VAN BEUREN -35-; DISNEY c36-41; FAMOUS 42-48- (Popeye)

KLINE, Lester (Les)

Animator : LANTZ 30-38/44-48/59-69 (Oswald the Rabbit 31-38, Pooch the Pup 33, Meany Miny and Moe 36-37, Woody Woodpecker 44/46/48/59-69, Windy & Breezy 58-59, Chilly Willy 60/66-70, Inspector Willoughby 63-65, The Beary Family 63-71)

Director: LANTZ 38-48 (Oswald the Rabbit 38, Baby Face Mouse 38, Nertsery Rhyme 39, Andy Panda 42-49, Woody Woodpecker 44-48)

KLING, Heywood [also Heyward KLING]

Story: PARAMOUNT c65-66 (Honey Halfwitch 66 [Trick or Cheat, The Defiant Giant, Potions and Notions]), Modern Madcap 66-67 [A Balmy Knight 66, A Wedding Knight 66, Baa Baa Blacksmith 67]); HAL SEEGER c65-67 (Milton the Monster 65-68)

KLYNN, Herbert D. (Herb) (1917-1999)

Backgrounds/Color Styling: UPA c48-50 (Fox and Crow 48-49, Mr. Magoo 49-50, Gerald McBoing Boing 51)

Production Manager: UPA 50s (The Tell-Tale Heart 53)

Co-owner/Producer [with Jules ENGEL and Buddy GETZLER]: FORMAT FILMS Aug 59-60s (TV Commercials, The Alvin Show 61-62)

KNEITEL, Abner (1914-1980)

Animator: FLEISCHER c39-42 (Gulliver’s Travels 39, Stone Age 40, Popeye 40-42, Mr. Bug Goes to Town 41); FAMOUS 42-44 (Popeye 43, Little Lulu 44, Noveltoon 44)

KNEITEL, Seymour (?-1964)

Animator: FLEISCHER 25-/28-41 (Talkartoon 31-32, Screen Song 32-34, Popeye 33-42, Color Classic 35-36, Stone Age 40)

Directing Animator: FLEISCHER 38-41 (Gulliver’s Travels 39, Mr. Bug Goes to Town 41)

Story: FLEISCHER 41-42 (Popeye 41, Superman 41-42)

Director: FAMOUS 42-64 (Superman 42, Popeye 42-57, Little Lulu 43-48/61-62, Cilly Goose 44, Herman and Henry 44-45, Noveltoons 45-64, Buzzy the Crow 47-54, Herman 47, Herman and Katnip 47-59, Casper 49-59, Lightning 50, Screen Song 50, Land of the Lost 51, Kartunes 51-53, Baby Huey 51-59, Little Audrey 47-48/52-58, Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare 48, Modern Madcaps 59-64, Jeepers and Creepers 60, Skit and Skat 60, The Cat 60-61, Abner the Baseball 61, Goodie the Gremlin 61-62, Beetle Bailey and His Friends 62, Snuffy Smith 62, Swifty and Shorty 64, Zippy Zeipher 64)

KNIGHT, Benjamin (“Tack”) (1895-1976)

Animator: ANIMATED FILM CORP. 15-17 (Creation 16); KGO-TV 50

Story: DISNEY 35; FLEISCHER 39-40

KNOWLES, Thomas (Tom)

Character Designer/Story/Storyboards: HANNA-BARBERA 60s (The Flintstones, Jonny Quest, Scooby Doo, Yogi Bear); FILM ROMAN; CALICO; WARNER BROS.; FILMATION

Backgrounds: HANNA-BARBERA c65 (The Man Called Flintstone 66)

KOHLER, Carl

Story: WARNER BROS. c60-61 (Daffy Duck 61, Looney Tunes 62)

KOMAR, Helen

Animator: FAMOUS/PARAMOUNT 60s-65 (Popeye, Casper); KRANTZ/PARAMOUNT c67-68 (Spider-Man 67-69); TV Commercials; BAKSHI/KRANTZ c70-72 (Fritz the Cat 72); RICHARD WILLIAMS 70s (Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure 78); DandR/SHERRISS 74 (Really Rosie 75)

KOPIETZ, Fred J. (1909-1992)

Inbetweener: IWERKS 30

Animator: IWERKS 30-33; LANTZ 33-40 (Pooch the Pup 33, Oswald the Rabbit 33-38, Meany Miney and Moe 36-37, Nertsery Rhyme 39, Andy Panda 40); DISNEY c41-46/57-60 (Donald Duck 42/45-46/61 [The Village Smithy 42, Cured Duck 45, Dumbbell of the Yukon 46, Sleepy Time Donald 47, Donald and the Wheel 61], Sleeping Beauty 59)

Director: LANTZ 38 (Oswald the Rabbit)

KOROBKIN, Leonard (Len)

Story: RANKIN-BASS c65 (Mad Monster Party 66)

KOSSOFF, Paul B. (1897-1991)

Animator: DISNEY c37-40 (Fantasia 40 [Rite of Spring])

Effects Animator: DISNEY c40 (Donald Duck 41 [Golden Eggs, A Good Time for a Dime], Mickey Mouse 41 [The Little Whirlwind, A Gentleman’s Gentleman, Canine Caddy, The Nifty Nineties], Pluto 41 [Pluto’s Playmate])

KOUZEL, Alfred (Al) (1923-1990)

Animator: TERRYTOONS 50s-58

Character Designer/Director: TERRYTOONS 58-62 (The Juggler of Our Lady 58, John Doormat 58-59, The Fabulous Firework Family 59, Beetle Bailey and His Friends 62)

Co-Owner/Producer/Designer: ARIEL PRODS. 60s+ (TV Commercials: Winky Dink and You, Sesame Street)

KRANTZ, Steve

Producer: KRANTZ 66-70/73-74 (Marvel Superheroes 66-68 [with PARAMOUNT and GRANTRAY-LAWRENCE], Spiderman 67-69 [with GRANTRAY-LAWRENCE 66-68], Rocket Robin Hood and His Merry Spacemen 69-70, The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat 74); BAKSHI/KRANTZ 70-72 (Fritz the Cat 72, Heavy Traffic 73)

NOTE: Previously a producer at NBC, director of program development/head of international sales at SCREEN GEMS

KREISL, George L. (1913-1988)

Animator: DISNEY c39-58 (Mickey Mouse 47-48, Pluto 47-50, Goofy 51, Donald Duck 40/52-53, Lady and the Tramp 54, Sleeping Beauty 59); HANNA-BARBERA c64-72 (Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear! 64, The Man Called Flintstone 66, Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor 67-69, Charlotte’s Web 73); FILMATION c73 (Journey Back to Oz 74)

KREMER, Warren (1921-2003)

Animator: FLEISCHER 39-41

Director/Graphic Arts/Storyboards: HARVEY/FAMOUS TV 60-63 (Casper, Mattel Funday Funnies)

KRESSE, William (Bill) (1933- )

Animator: TERRYTOONS

KRUKOWSKI, Paul

Animator: FILMATION c68-73 (The Batman/Superman Hour 68-69, Journey Back to Oz 74)

KUBEL, Max

Animator?: FLEISCHER -30-31-

KULEZA, Chester W.

Storyboards: JOHN SUTHERLAND c47-48 (Chiquita Banana Minute Movie Playlets 47-48)

KULSAR, Ethel

Character Designer/Backgrounds: DISNEY c38-40 (Fantasia 40)

KUPERSMITH, Samuel (Sam)

Animator?: FLEISCHER -30-31-

KURTZ, Robert (Bob)

Story: DISNEY -60-; DE PATIE-FRELENG (Pink Panther 65); DE PATIE-FRELENG/WARNER BROS. 67

Owner/Director/Story: KURTZ AND FRIENDS 60s-80s- (TV Commercials [Chevron, Kitty Salmon Cat Food 75, Wild About Anchorage 82 et al])

KURTZMAN, Harvey (1924-1993)

Story: RANKIN-BASS c68 (Mad Monster Party 68)

KUWAHARA, Robert (Bob) (1901-1964)

Inbetweener: DISNEY Jan 33-33

Story/Story Sketch: DISNEY 33-37 (Silly Symphony 34-35 [The Grasshopper and the Ants 34, The Flying Mouse 34, Who Killed Cock Robin 35, Water Babies 35], Mickey Mouse 36 [Thru the Mirror], Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 37)

Layouts: MGM 37-c42 (The Captain and the Kids 38-39, Count Screwloose and J. R. 39 [Jitterbug Follies])

Character Designer/Story: TERRYTOONS 50-59 (Heckle & Jeckle 61, Hashimoto 59/62-63)

Director: TERRYTOONS/CBS 59-66 (Hashimoto 59/62-63, Deputy Dawg 62, Hector Heathcote 63, Pitiful Penelope 64, Martian Moochers 66)

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