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2[[caption-width-right:292:Bill Nolan, standing outside the Universal cartoon department.]]
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4William Charles "Bill" Nolan (June 10, 1894 – December 6, 1954) was a pioneering animator from UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation and UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation. He was one of the top animators of the Silent Age, capable of turning out a record 500 drawings per day--a feat only surpassed by animator Creator/UbIwerks.
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6Bill was important in that he was a pioneer of the rubberhose art style that defined classical animation--the origins of it began in 1924, when working on WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat with Creator/OttoMessmer, that he decided to redesign Felix into a softer, curvier design than before, to not only make it easier for animation to overlap and be smoother, but also make animation less of a burden for the workers. Thus, he is the father of RubberhoseLimbs.
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8Nolan also discovered that if a long background painting was slid under a character running in place, it gave the illusion of a camera {{pan}}, thus making him the inventor of the WraparoundBackground.
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10Mr. Nolan also did a rare instructional book on how to draw newspaper comic characters in the 30's, which can be [[http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-to-draw-cartoons-old-school-way-by.html found here]], courtesy of UsefulNotes/AnimationResources.
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13!List of Cartoons He Worked On:
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15* Tad's Indoor Sports (1918)
16* Tad's Little Daffydills (1918)
17* Cupid's Advice (1920)
18* Apollo (1920)
19* Happy Hooldini (1920)
20* A Romance of '76 (1920)
21* Oil (1920)
22* Roll Your Own (1921)
23* A Close Shave (1921)
24* Hot Dogs (1921)
25* The Smoke Eater (1925)
26* The Flight That Failed (1925)
27* Hair Raiser (1925)
28* A Uke-Calamity (1925)
29* Bokays and Brickbatz (1925)
30* Jams & Gems (1925)
31* Monkey Business (1925)
32* Battling For Barleycorn (1925)
33* Punctured Romance (1925)
34* The Ghost Fakir (1925)
35* The Sucker Game (1925)
36* Back To Batching (1925)
37* Double Crossed (1925)
38* Scents and Nonsense (1926)
39* The Feather Pushers (1926)
40* Cops Suey (1926)
41* Puss and Boots (1926)
42* Chicken Chaser (1926)
43* East Is Best (1926)
44* Shore Enough (1926)
45* Watery Gravy (1926)
46* Cheese It (1926)
47* Dots and Dashes (1926)
48* The Wrong Queue (1926)
49* Gold Struck (1926)
50* Horse Play (1927)
51* Busy Birds (1927)
52* Sharps and Flats (1927)
53* Kiss Crossed (1927)
54* Fool's Errand (1927)
55* Stomach Trouble (1927)
56* Hire A Hall (1927)
57* Don Go On (1927)
58* Burnt Up (1927)
59* Night Owl (1927)
60* The Rug (1927)
61* On The Trail (1927)
62* Passing the Hat (1927)
63* Best Wishes (1927)
64* Wild Rivals (1927)
65* Topsy and Eva (1927)
66* Film/KingOfJazz (1930): Worked on the animated segment of the film.
67* The Singing Sap (1930): First work at the Creator/WalterLantz studio. An WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit short.
68* The Detective (1930)
69* The Fowl Ball (1930)
70* The Navy (1930)
71* Mexico (1930)
72* Africa (1930)
73* Alaska (1930)
74* Mars (1930)
75* China (1931)
76* College (1931)
77* Shipwreck (1931)
78* The Farmer (1931)
79* The Fireman (1931)
80* Sunny South (1931)
81* Country School (1931)
82* The Bandmaster (1931)
83* Northwoods (1931)
84* Stone Age (1931)
85* The Stone Age (1931)
86* Radio Rhythm (1931)
87* Kentucky Belles (1931)
88* Hot Feet (1931)
89* The Hunter (1931)
90* Wonderland (1931)
91* The Hare Mail (1931)
92* The Fisherman (1931)
93* The Clown (1931)
94* Grandma's Pet (1932)
95* Mechanical Man (1932)
96* Wins Out (1932)
97* Beau and Arrows (1932)
98* Making Good (1932)
99* Let's Eat (1932)
100* The Winged Horse (1932)
101* Cat Nipped (1932)
102* A Wet Knight (1932)
103* A Jungle Jumble (1932)
104* Day Nurse (1932)
105* The Athlete (1932)
106* The Busy Barber (1932)
107* Carnival Capers (1932)
108* The Under Dog (1932)
109* Wild and Woolly (1932)
110* Teacher's Pests (1932)
111* Merry Dog (1933)
112* The Plumber (1933)
113* The Terrible Trobadour (1933)
114* The Shriek (1933)
115* Going to Blazes (1933)
116* Beau Best (1933)
117* Nature's Workshop (1933)
118* Ham and Eggs (1933)
119* Pin Feathers (1933)
120* Confidence (1933)
121* Hot and Cold (1933)
122* King Klunk (1933)
123* Five and Dime (1933)
124* The Zoo (1933)
125* WesternAnimation/TheMerryOldSoul (1933)
126* Parking Space (1933)
127* Chicken Reel (1934)
128* The Candy House (1934)
129* County Fair (1934)
130* Country Fair (1934)
131* The Toy Shoppe (1934)
132* Kings Up (1934)
133* The Ginger Bread Boy (1934)
134* Goldielocks and the Three Bears (1934)
135* Annie Moved Away (1934)
136* William Tell (1934)
137* The Dizzy Dwarf (1934)
138* Spring in the Park (1934): Last Lantz short he worked on.
139* WesternAnimation/GulliversTravels (1939): Was an animator on the film.
140* Poopdeck Pappy (1940): animation director ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} cartoon directed by him.
141* Child Psykolojiky (1941): animation director
142* The Flying Jeep (1946)

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