Don Towsley (animator)

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Donald F. Towsley
Born(1912-05-11)May 11, 1912
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)animator, director

Don Towsley (May 11, 1912 – November 25, 1986) was an animator working at Walt Disney Animation Studios,[1] and later at MGM and Filmation.

Career

Starting out at Disney, Towsley worked on three shorts in the Silly Symphony series, animating the band in The Cookie Carnival (1935), a scene of dancing hens ultimately cut from Cock o' the Walk (1935), and the introduction and opening scene of Donald's Better Self (1938).[2] In 1938, Towsley became the main animator for the Donald Duck short films, following Fred Spencer's death.[3]

Towsley contributed to the 1940 film

Pastoral Symphony" segment of the 1940 film Fantasia.[5]

In 1943, Towsley, along with a team of animators, contributed to a wartime animated short film titled Der Fuehrer's Face produced by Walt Disney.[6]

In 1948, after leaving the Disney studio, Towsley created a line of children's wallpaper cutouts, featuring images of animals.[7][8]

In the 1960s, Towsley worked for MGM's

Haunted Mouse.[9]

Towsley joined the

My Favorite Martians (1973–75), The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–77), The U.S. of Archie (1974–76), The New Adventures of Batman (1977), Sabrina, Super Witch (1977–78) and The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979–80), among others.[11] He also directed a sequence in Filmation's 1972 film, Journey Back to Oz.[12]

Films worked on

1930s

1940s

1960s

1970s and 1980s

References

  1. ISBN 9780823001194
    . Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9
    .
  3. ISBN 978-1-4500-8746-9
    . Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. ^ Blowen, Michael (December 20, 1984). "Pinocchio Carves a Special Space in Film". The Boston Globe. p. 110. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. ISBN 9780810980785
    .
  6. ISBN 9780899502182
    . Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  7. ^ Riebeth, Rome (August 22, 1948). "Decal Menagerie". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. p. 14. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  8. ^ Youse, Olive (April 10, 1949). "Cheery Child's Room Created with Cut Outs: Animal Figures Cavort on Wallpaper". Chicago Tribune. p. 82. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  9. ISBN 9780786453788
    .
  10. ISBN 978-1-60549-044-1
    .
  11. ISBN 978-1476665993
    .
  12. ISBN 9781476609669
    .

External links
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