Ken Harris
- Known for
- Visual Effects
- Born
- July 31, 1898
- Died
- March 24, 1982 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Tulare County, California, USA
Biography
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]
Known For
Filmography
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
Movie · Animation
The Thief and the Cobbler
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Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
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A Christmas Carol
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Cat and Dupli-cat
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Duel Personality
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Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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Tom-ic Energy
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Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
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Haunted Mouse
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The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
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Zip Zip Hooray!
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Of Feline Bondage
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The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
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The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
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Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
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Much Ado About Mousing
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War and Pieces
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Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
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Pent-House Mouse
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To Beep or Not to Beep
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Mad as a Mars Hare
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Gay Purr-ee
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Louvre Come Back to Me!
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A Sheep in the Deep
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Zip 'n Snort
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The Mouse on 57th Street
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Beep Prepared
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A Scent of the Matterhorn
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Nelly's Folly
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Compressed Hare
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Fastest with the Mostest
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Who Scent You?
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Rabbit's Feat
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Ready, Woolen and Able
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Hopalong Casualty
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High Note
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A Witch's Tangled Hare
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Baton Bunny
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Wild About Hurry
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Really Scent
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Hare-Way to the Stars
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Cat Feud
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Whoa, Be-Gone!
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Robin Hood Daffy
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What's Opera, Doc?
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Boyhood Daze
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Drafty, Isn't It?
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Zoom and Bored
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Scrambled Aches
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Steal Wool
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Touché and Go
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90 Day Wondering
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Broom-Stick Bunny
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Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
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There They Go-Go-Go!
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Deduce, You Say
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Rocket-bye Baby
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Barbary-Coast Bunny
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Heaven Scent
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One Froggy Evening
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A Hitch in Time
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Ready.. Set.. Zoom!
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Guided Muscle
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Beanstalk Bunny
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Two Scent's Worth
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Double or Mutton
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Past Perfumance
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Bewitched Bunny
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Baby Buggy Bunny
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No Barking
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Claws for Alarm
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Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
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Duck Amuck
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Kiss Me Cat
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Zipping Along
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Bully for Bugs
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Much Ado About Nutting
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Forward March Hare
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Wild Over You
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Don't Give Up the Sheep
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Rabbit Seasoning
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Feed the Kitty
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The Hasty Hare
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Going! Going! Gosh!
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Operation: Rabbit
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Mouse-Warming
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Little Beau Pepé
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Chow Hound
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Drip-Along Daffy
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Bunny Hugged
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Scent-imental Romeo
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A Bear for Punishment
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Cheese Chasers
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Rabbit of Seville
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8 Ball Bunny
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The Scarlet Pumpernickel
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Dog Gone South
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The Hypo-Chondri-Cat
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The Ducksters
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Long-Haired Hare
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Fast and Furry-ous
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Rabbit Hood
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For Scent-imental Reasons
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Mississippi Hare
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Mouse Wreckers
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Haredevil Hare
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Scaredy Cat
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You Were Never Duckier
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A Pest in the House
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House Hunting Mice
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Quentin Quail
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Hare Tonic
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Trap Happy Porky
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The Weakly Reporter
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Wackiki Wabbit
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To Duck.... Or Not to Duck
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Super-Rabbit
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The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
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Hold the Lion, Please
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My Favorite Duck
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Toy Trouble
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Elmer's Candid Camera
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Old Glory
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Prest-O Change-O
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Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
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Have You Got Any Castles
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Now That Summer Is Gone
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The Night Watchman
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Streamlined Greta Green
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The Lyin' Mouse
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Page Miss Glory
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Little Dutch Plate
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