Ken Harris

Known for Visual EffectsBorn 1898-07-31Died 1982-03-24Tulare 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]Read more

Movies & web series

Duck Amuck

One Froggy Evening

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

What's Opera, Doc?

Rabbit of Seville

The Thief and the Cobbler

Scaredy Cat

Mouse Wreckers

Rabbit Seasoning

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

Feed the Kitty

A Christmas Carol

Bully for Bugs

Double or Mutton

Whoa, Be-Gone!

Scrambled Aches

Claws for Alarm

To Beep or Not to Beep

Guided Muscle

Cheese Chasers

Zoom and Bored

Bewitched Bunny

High Note

Wild About Hurry

Steal Wool

Drip-Along Daffy

My Favorite Duck

Hare-Way to the Stars

Ready.. Set.. Zoom!

Haredevil Hare

Fast and Furry-ous

Long-Haired Hare

Really Scent

Deduce, You Say

Forward March Hare

House Hunting Mice

Beep Prepared

A Sheep in the Deep

Mississippi Hare

Fastest with the Mostest

The Return of the Pink Panther

Hopalong Casualty

Scent-imental Romeo

Going! Going! Gosh!

Robin Hood Daffy

Zipping Along

You Were Never Duckier