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His career in animation spanned over half a century, including the entirety of the Golden Age of Animation. Initially an animator for J.R. Bray's studio in the mid-1910s (producing silent animated adaptations of comic strips such as ''ComicStrip/Krazy Kat'' and ''Jerry On The Job''), Lantz was promoted to a director position in the mid-1920s and helmed the "Dinky Doodle" series for Bray. Lantz's eponymous studio, in which the bulk of his most well-known output was produced, was founded in 1929, primarily to continue the ''WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit'' series for Universal. Highly conscious of the rigid budgetary limits imposed by Universal, Lantz rapidly became notable for "cost-efficient" production in the ensuing decades, enabling his studio to be resurrected from bankruptcy and closure ''twice'' during the 1940s. Nonetheless, his revolving door of directors enabled several notable animation personnel (such as rubberhose pioneer Bill Nolan, Disney directors Dick Lundy and Jack Hannah, former Fleischer animator Shamus Culhane and, most notably, Creator/TexAvery) to infuse reasonably-unique artistic perspectives into what would otherwise prove relatively low-budget affairs; shorts helmed by more workmanlike or conservative directors (such as Paul J. Smith in the studio's later years) tended to display the limits of Lantz's budgets far more evidently. As the TV-dominated Dark Age of Animation advanced, however, even Lantz's experience with low-budget production would prove futile in the face of his output's increased unprofitability, forcing him to finally close in 1972 (resultantly becoming the final non-Disney Golden Age animated studio to cease production). You can find more info on his cartoons, as well as a complete filmography of his work, [[http://www.intanibase.com/gac/lantz/ here.]] An autobiography has also been published called "The Walter Lantz Story.", with a new one coming up called "Walter Lantz: Legends of Animation".
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His career in animation spanned over half a century, including the entirety of the Golden Age of Animation. Initially an animator for J.R. Bray's studio in the mid-1910s (producing silent animated adaptations of comic strips such as ''ComicStrip/Krazy Kat'' ''ComicStrip/KrazyKat'' and ''Jerry On The Job''), Lantz was promoted to a director position in the mid-1920s and helmed the "Dinky Doodle" series for Bray. Lantz's eponymous studio, in which the bulk of his most well-known output was produced, was founded in 1929, primarily to continue the ''WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit'' series for Universal. Highly conscious of the rigid budgetary limits imposed by Universal, Lantz rapidly became notable for "cost-efficient" production in the ensuing decades, enabling his studio to be resurrected from bankruptcy and closure ''twice'' during the 1940s. Nonetheless, his revolving door of directors enabled several notable animation personnel (such as rubberhose pioneer Bill Nolan, Disney directors Dick Lundy and Jack Hannah, former Fleischer animator Shamus Culhane and, most notably, Creator/TexAvery) to infuse reasonably-unique artistic perspectives into what would otherwise prove relatively low-budget affairs; shorts helmed by more workmanlike or conservative directors (such as Paul J. Smith in the studio's later years) tended to display the limits of Lantz's budgets far more evidently. As the TV-dominated Dark Age of Animation advanced, however, even Lantz's experience with low-budget production would prove futile in the face of his output's increased unprofitability, forcing him to finally close in 1972 (resultantly becoming the final non-Disney Golden Age animated studio to cease production). You can find more info on his cartoons, as well as a complete filmography of his work, [[http://www.intanibase.com/gac/lantz/ here.]] An autobiography has also been published called "The Walter Lantz Story.", with a new one coming up called "Walter Lantz: Legends of Animation".
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His career in animation spanned over half a century, including the entirety of the Golden Age of Animation. Initially an animator for J.R. Bray's studio in the mid-1910s (producing silent animated adaptations of comic strips such as ''Comic/Krazy Kat'' and ''Comic/JerryOnTheJob''), Lantz was promoted to a director position in the mid-1920s and helmed the "Dinky Doodle" series for Bray. Lantz's eponymous studio, in which the bulk of his most well-known output was produced, was founded in 1929, primarily to continue the ''WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit'' series for Universal. Highly conscious of the rigid budgetary limits imposed by Universal, Lantz rapidly became notable for "cost-efficient" production in the ensuing decades, enabling his studio to be resurrected from bankruptcy and closure ''twice'' during the 1940s. Nonetheless, his revolving door of directors enabled several notable animation personnel (such as rubberhose pioneer Bill Nolan, Disney directors Dick Lundy and Jack Hannah, former Fleischer animator Shamus Culhane and, most notably, Creator/TexAvery) to infuse reasonably-unique artistic perspectives into what would otherwise prove relatively low-budget affairs; shorts helmed by more workmanlike or conservative directors (such as Paul J. Smith in the studio's later years) tended to display the limits of Lantz's budgets far more evidently. As the TV-dominated Dark Age of Animation advanced, however, even Lantz's experience with low-budget production would prove futile in the face of his output's increased unprofitability, forcing him to finally close in 1972 (resultantly becoming the final non-Disney Golden Age animated studio to cease production). You can find more info on his cartoons, as well as a complete filmography of his work, [[http://www.intanibase.com/gac/lantz/ here.]] An autobiography has also been published called "The Walter Lantz Story.", with a new one coming up called "Walter Lantz: Legends of Animation".
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His career in animation spanned over half a century, including the entirety of the Golden Age of Animation. Initially an animator for J.R. Bray's studio in the mid-1910s (producing silent animated adaptations of comic strips such as ''Comic/Krazy ''ComicStrip/Krazy Kat'' and ''Comic/JerryOnTheJob''), ''Jerry On The Job''), Lantz was promoted to a director position in the mid-1920s and helmed the "Dinky Doodle" series for Bray. Lantz's eponymous studio, in which the bulk of his most well-known output was produced, was founded in 1929, primarily to continue the ''WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit'' series for Universal. Highly conscious of the rigid budgetary limits imposed by Universal, Lantz rapidly became notable for "cost-efficient" production in the ensuing decades, enabling his studio to be resurrected from bankruptcy and closure ''twice'' during the 1940s. Nonetheless, his revolving door of directors enabled several notable animation personnel (such as rubberhose pioneer Bill Nolan, Disney directors Dick Lundy and Jack Hannah, former Fleischer animator Shamus Culhane and, most notably, Creator/TexAvery) to infuse reasonably-unique artistic perspectives into what would otherwise prove relatively low-budget affairs; shorts helmed by more workmanlike or conservative directors (such as Paul J. Smith in the studio's later years) tended to display the limits of Lantz's budgets far more evidently. As the TV-dominated Dark Age of Animation advanced, however, even Lantz's experience with low-budget production would prove futile in the face of his output's increased unprofitability, forcing him to finally close in 1972 (resultantly becoming the final non-Disney Golden Age animated studio to cease production). You can find more info on his cartoons, as well as a complete filmography of his work, [[http://www.intanibase.com/gac/lantz/ here.]] An autobiography has also been published called "The Walter Lantz Story.", with a new one coming up called "Walter Lantz: Legends of Animation".
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Walter Lantz (April 27, 1899 – March 22, 1994) was a prominent American animator and director of cartoons during UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation, UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation and UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation from New Rochelle, New York. He was the creator of characters like WesternAnimation/AndyPanda, WesternAnimation/ChillyWilly, and most famous of all, WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker.
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Walter Lantz (April 27, 1899 – March 22, 1994) was a prominent American animator and director of cartoons during UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation, UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation and UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation from New Rochelle, New York. He His studio, operating from the dawn of the sound era in 1929 to the midst of the Dark Age in 1972, was the creator of responsible for creating characters like such as WesternAnimation/AndyPanda, WesternAnimation/ChillyWilly, and most famous of all, WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker.
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His career spanned the entirety of the Golden Age of Animation. Lantz first started making cartoons for Universal in 1929 at the beginning of the sound era. 43 years later in 1972, Lantz's studio was the very last Golden Age animation studio (with the obvious exception of Disney) to close. You can find more info on his cartoons, as well as a complete filmography of his work, [[http://www.intanibase.com/gac/lantz/ here.]] An autobiography has also been published called "The Walter Lantz Story.", with a new one coming up called "Walter Lantz: Legends of Animation".
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His career in animation spanned over half a century, including the entirety of the Golden Age of Animation. Initially an animator for J.R. Bray's studio in the mid-1910s (producing silent animated adaptations of comic strips such as ''Comic/Krazy Kat'' and ''Comic/JerryOnTheJob''), Lantz first started making cartoons was promoted to a director position in the mid-1920s and helmed the "Dinky Doodle" series for Universal in 1929 at the beginning of the sound era. 43 years later in 1972, Bray. Lantz's eponymous studio, in which the bulk of his most well-known output was produced, was founded in 1929, primarily to continue the ''WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit'' series for Universal. Highly conscious of the rigid budgetary limits imposed by Universal, Lantz rapidly became notable for "cost-efficient" production in the ensuing decades, enabling his studio was to be resurrected from bankruptcy and closure ''twice'' during the very last 1940s. Nonetheless, his revolving door of directors enabled several notable animation personnel (such as rubberhose pioneer Bill Nolan, Disney directors Dick Lundy and Jack Hannah, former Fleischer animator Shamus Culhane and, most notably, Creator/TexAvery) to infuse reasonably-unique artistic perspectives into what would otherwise prove relatively low-budget affairs; shorts helmed by more workmanlike or conservative directors (such as Paul J. Smith in the studio's later years) tended to display the limits of Lantz's budgets far more evidently. As the TV-dominated Dark Age of Animation advanced, however, even Lantz's experience with low-budget production would prove futile in the face of his output's increased unprofitability, forcing him to finally close in 1972 (resultantly becoming the final non-Disney Golden Age animation animated studio (with the obvious exception of Disney) to close.cease production). You can find more info on his cartoons, as well as a complete filmography of his work, [[http://www.intanibase.com/gac/lantz/ here.]] An autobiography has also been published called "The Walter Lantz Story.", with a new one coming up called "Walter Lantz: Legends of Animation".
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* WesternAnimation/AndyPanda (1939-1949): Lantz's successor to Oswald, only to be rapidly succeeded by Woody Woodpecker. Lasted for 24 shorts. Gradually underwent an AnthropomorphicShift from a more realistic panda inhabiting a forest to a clothed, bipedal {{Expy}} of Mickey Mouse inhabiting a suburban WorldOfFunnyAnimals.
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* WesternAnimation/AndyPanda (1939-1949): Lantz's successor to Oswald, only to be rapidly succeeded by Woody Woodpecker. Lasted for 24 shorts. Gradually underwent an AnthropomorphicShift from a more realistic panda cub inhabiting a forest to a an adult clothed, bipedal {{Expy}} of Mickey Mouse inhabiting a suburban WorldOfFunnyAnimals.
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* Lil' Eightball: A heavily stereotypical blackface character that was one of several attempts to give Lantz a new star. Only lasted for 3 shorts in 1939.
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* Lil' Eightball: A heavily stereotypical blackface character (created by former top Disney director Burt Gillett) that was one of several attempts to give Lantz a new star. Only lasted for 3 shorts in 1939.
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* WesternAnimation/DinkyDoodle: A series of silent comedies in the vein of [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Max Fleischer's]] "WesternAnimation/OutOfTheInkwell" series and Walt Disney's WesternAnimation/AliceComedies, starring Lantz himself alongside his characters. Technically produced by J.R. Bray's animation studio, which employed Lantz as a supervising director on the series.
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* WesternAnimation/DinkyDoodle: A series of silent comedies in the vein of [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Max Fleischer's]] "WesternAnimation/OutOfTheInkwell" series and Walt Disney's WesternAnimation/AliceComedies, starring Lantz himself alongside the eponymous young animated boy and his characters.rubberhose dog Weak-heart. Technically produced by J.R. Bray's animation studio, which employed Lantz as a supervising director on the series.
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* WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit (1929-1943): After Oswald was taken from Disney (and, subsequently, the crew that would proceed to found the ''Looney Tunes'' series), Lantz eventually got hold of Oswald from Charles Mintz. This character would promptly become Lantz's first successful star. He lasted for 143 shorts under Lantz's tenure (the vast majority produced from 1929 to 1938), making him Lantz's second most successful star. Notable as Creator/TexAvery's first animation gig, initially as an animator and later (specifically on the shorts "Towne Hall Follies" and "The Hillbilly") as director.
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* WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit (1929-1943): After Oswald was taken from Disney (and, subsequently, the crew that would proceed to found the ''Looney Tunes'' series), Lantz eventually got hold of Oswald from Charles Mintz. This character character, now under his third crew in two years, would promptly become Lantz's first successful star. He lasted for 143 shorts under Lantz's tenure (the vast majority produced from 1929 to 1938), making him Lantz's second most successful star. Notable as Creator/TexAvery's first animation gig, initially as an animator and later (specifically on the shorts "Towne Hall Follies" and "The Hillbilly") as director.
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* WesternAnimation/DinkyDoodle: A series of silent comedies in the vein of [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Max Fleischer's]] "WesternAnimation/OutOfTheInkwell" series and Walt Disney's WesternAnimation/AliceComedies, starring Lantz himself alongside his characters.
* WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit (1929-1943): After Oswald was taken from Disney, Lantz eventually got hold of Oswald from Charles Mintz. This character would promptly become Lantz's first successful character. He lasted for 143 shorts under Lantz's tenure, making him Lantz's second most successful star.
* WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit (1929-1943): After Oswald was taken from Disney, Lantz eventually got hold of Oswald from Charles Mintz. This character would promptly become Lantz's first successful character. He lasted for 143 shorts under Lantz's tenure, making him Lantz's second most successful star.
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* WesternAnimation/DinkyDoodle: A series of silent comedies in the vein of [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Max Fleischer's]] "WesternAnimation/OutOfTheInkwell" series and Walt Disney's WesternAnimation/AliceComedies, starring Lantz himself alongside his characters.
characters. Technically produced by J.R. Bray's animation studio, which employed Lantz as a supervising director on the series.
* WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit (1929-1943): After Oswald was taken fromDisney, Disney (and, subsequently, the crew that would proceed to found the ''Looney Tunes'' series), Lantz eventually got hold of Oswald from Charles Mintz. This character would promptly become Lantz's first successful character. star. He lasted for 143 shorts under Lantz's tenure, tenure (the vast majority produced from 1929 to 1938), making him Lantz's second most successful star.star. Notable as Creator/TexAvery's first animation gig, initially as an animator and later (specifically on the shorts "Towne Hall Follies" and "The Hillbilly") as director.
* WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit (1929-1943): After Oswald was taken from
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* Meany, Miny and Moe (1936-1937): A 13 short series centered around a trio of monkeys that initially appeared in an Oswald short. This was one of many attempts Lantz made to find another star series.
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* Meany, Miny and Moe (1936-1937): A 13 short series centered around a trio of monkeys that initially appeared in an Oswald short. This was one of many attempts Lantz made to find another star series.series in response to Oswald's then-declining popularity.
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* Lil' Eightball: A blackface character that was one of several attempts to give Lantz a new star. Only lasted for 3 shorts in 1939.
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* WesternAnimation/AndyPanda (1939-1949): Lantz's successor to Oswald, only to be succeeded by Woody Woodpecker. Lasted for 24 shorts.
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** "WesternAnimation/MusicalMomentsFromChopin" (1947): Co-starred Andy Panda. Oscar nominee.
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** "WesternAnimation/MusicalMomentsFromChopin" (1947): Co-starred A Musical Miniatures short (see below) co-starring Andy Panda. Oscar nominee.
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* Swing Symphonies (1941-1945): A series of [[AnimatedMusicVideo Animated Music Videos]], themed around Boogie Woogie tunes. Lasted for 14 shorts.
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* Swing Symphonies (1941-1945): A series of [[AnimatedMusicVideo Animated Music Videos]], themed around Boogie Woogie tunes.popular swing, big band and boogie-woogie standards of the day (often performed by high-profile jazz musicians). Lasted for 14 shorts.
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* Musical Miniatures (1946-1948): An offshoot of Swing Symphonies, centered around classical music. Lasted for six shorts.
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* Musical Miniatures (1946-1948): An offshoot of Swing Symphonies, centered around classical music. Lasted for six shorts. Allegedly the highest-budgeted shorts produced by the studio during its lifetime, hence their discontinuation upon the studio's re-opening in 1950.
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* Maw and Paw (1953-1955): Lasted for 4 shorts.
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* Maw and Paw (1953-1955): Starred a stereotypical large hillbilly family (helmed by the titular matriarch and patriarch) and their uniquely-intelligent pig, Milford. Lasted for 4 shorts.
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* Foolish Fables (1953-1955): Lasted for 3 shorts.
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* Maggie And Sam (1955-1957): Starred the bickering couple from Avery's "Crazy Mixed-Up Pup". Lasted for 4 shorts.
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* ''Film/DestinationMoon'' (1950): At the request of George Pal, the films producer, Lantz contributed a brief animated segment starring the newly redesigned WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker, explaning rocket propulsion to the audience.
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* ''Film/DestinationMoon'' (1950): At the request of George Pal, the films producer, Lantz (having recently re-opened his studio for the second time) contributed a brief animated segment starring the newly redesigned WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker, explaning explaining rocket propulsion to the audience.
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* The Beary Family (1962-1972): Lasted for 28 shorts.
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* The Beary Family (1962-1972): A loose pastiche of contemporary family sitcoms, starring a nuclear family of bears led by the archetypical BumblingDad Charlie Beary. Lasted for 28 shorts.
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His career spanned the entirety of the Golden Age of Animation. Lantz first started making cartoons for Universal in 1929 at the beginning of the sound era. 43 years later in 1972, Lantz's studio was the very last Golden Age animation studio to close. You can find more info on his cartoons, as well as a complete filmography of his work, [[http://www.intanibase.com/gac/lantz/ here.]] An autobiography has also been published called "The Walter Lantz Story.", with a new one coming up called "Walter Lantz: Legends of Animation".
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His career spanned the entirety of the Golden Age of Animation. Lantz first started making cartoons for Universal in 1929 at the beginning of the sound era. 43 years later in 1972, Lantz's studio was the very last Golden Age animation studio (with the obvious exception of Disney) to close. You can find more info on his cartoons, as well as a complete filmography of his work, [[http://www.intanibase.com/gac/lantz/ here.]] An autobiography has also been published called "The Walter Lantz Story.", with a new one coming up called "Walter Lantz: Legends of Animation".
