Thomas McKimson

Personal Info

Known For Visual Effects

Gender Male

Birthday 1907-03-05

Deathday 1998-02-14 (90 years old)

Place of Birth Denver, Colorado, USA

Also Known As Thomas Jacob McKimson, Tom McKimson, Thomas McKinson

Thomas McKimson

Biography

Thomas Jacob McKimson (March 5, 1907 – February 14, 1998) was an American animator, best known for his work at the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio. He was the older brother of animators Robert and Charles McKimson. Tom McKimson was born in Denver, Colorado, but relocated to Los Angeles with his family in the 1920s. He attended Otis Art Institute (now called Otis College of Art and Design) in the 1920s. He began his career in animation in 1929, when he joined the Walt Disney Studio, becoming an assistant to animator Norm Ferguson. He left Disney a year later to work briefly for Romer Grey, then joined Harman-Ising Studios around 1932. After Harman and Ising left Warner Bros. for MGM, McKimson became a member of Bob Clampett's animation unit, where he is credited as a layout artist and the original design for Tweety Bird. McKimson also provided layout designs for Arthur Davis's unit after he took over Clampett's unit by 1945. During his time at Warner Bros., McKimson also worked for Dell Comics, providing illustrations for the Bugs Bunny and Road Runner comic books. McKimson also illustrated the Roy Rogers daily comic strip from 1949 to 1953 in collaboration with his brother Charles and artist Pete Alvarado, using the collective pseudonym "Al McKimson." He left Warners in 1947 when Don Smith replaced him as layout artist for Davis' unit. He would become an art director for Dell's parent company Western Publishing, where he remained until his retirement in 1972. McKimson died in 1998 in West Los Angeles at the age of 90. [biography (edited) from Wikipedia]

Known For

Visual Effects

1946
Baby Bottleneck

as Layout Supervisor

1946
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

as Layout Supervisor

1944
Birdy and the Beast

as Animation

1944
Buckaroo Bugs

as Animation

1943
1943
Falling Hare

as Animation

1943
Fighting Tools

as Animation

1938
Merbabies

as Animation

1933
Bosko in Dutch

as Animation

1933
The Organ Grinder

as Animation

1932
I Love a Parade

as Animation

1932
It's Got Me Again!

as Animation

1932
1930
Hot-Toe Mollie

as Animation

Art

1946
The Big Snooze

as Background Designer

1946
Baby Bottleneck

as Background Designer

1945
A Gruesome Twosome

as Background Designer

Director

1946
The Big Snooze

as Layout

1945
1933
Gay Gaucho

as Director