Ken Harris

Personal Info

Known For Visual Effects

Gender Male

Birthday 1898-07-31

Deathday 1982-03-24 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Tulare County, California, USA

Also Known As M. Cannes Harris, Karyl Ross Harris, Karol Ross Harris

Ken Harris

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

Visual Effects

1967
Cat and Dupli-cat

as Animation

1966
Duel Personality

as Animation

1965
Tom-ic Energy

as Animation

1965
Haunted Mouse

as Animation

1965
Zip Zip Hooray!

as Animation

1965
Of Feline Bondage

as Animation

1964
1963
Pent-House Mouse

as Animation

1963
1963
Mad as a Mars Hare

as Animation

1962
Gay Purr-ee

as Animation

1962
1961
1961
Zip 'n Snort

as Animation

1961
Beep Prepared

as Animation

1961
1961
Nelly's Folly

as Animation

1961
Compressed Hare

as Animation

1960
1960
Who Scent You?

as Animation

1960
Rabbit's Feat

as Animation

1960
1960
Hopalong Casualty

as Animation

1960
High Note

as Animation

1959
1959
Baton Bunny

as Animation

1958
1958
Cat Feud

as Animation

1958
Whoa, Be-Gone!

as Animation

1958
Robin Hood Daffy

as Animation

1957
What's Opera, Doc?

as Animation

1957
Boyhood Daze

as Animation

1957
Drafty, Isn't It?

as Animation

1957
Scrambled Aches

as Animation

1957
Zoom and Bored

as Animation

1957
Steal Wool

as Animation

1956
90 Day Wondering

as Animation

1956
Broom-Stick Bunny

as Animation

1956
1956
1956
Deduce, You Say

as Animation

1956
Rocket-bye Baby

as Animation

1955
One Froggy Evening

as Animation

1955
A Hitch in Time

as Animation

1955
Ready.. Set.. Zoom!

as Animation

1955
Guided Muscle

as Animation

1955
Beanstalk Bunny

as Animation

1955
Two Scent's Worth

as Animation

1954
Bewitched Bunny

as Animation

1954
Baby Buggy Bunny

as Animation

1954
No Barking

as Animation

1954
Claws for Alarm

as Animation

1953
Duck Amuck

as Animation

1953
Kiss Me Cat

as Animation

1953
Zipping Along

as Animation

1953
Bully for Bugs

as Animation

1953
1953
Forward March Hare

as Animation

1952
Rabbit Seasoning

as Animation

1952
Feed the Kitty

as Animation

1952
The Hasty Hare

as Animation

1952
Going! Going! Gosh!

as Animation

1952
Operation: Rabbit

as Animation

1951
Chow Hound

as Animation

1951
Drip-Along Daffy

as Animation

1951
Bunny Hugged

as Animation

1951
Scent-imental Romeo

as Animation

1951
1951
Cheese Chasers

as Animation

1950
Rabbit of Seville

as Animation

1950
8 Ball Bunny

as Animation

1950
1950
Dog Gone South

as Animation

1950
1949
Long-Haired Hare

as Animation

1949
Fast and Furry-ous

as Animation

1949
Rabbit Hood

as Animation

1949
1949
Mississippi Hare

as Animation

1949
Mouse Wreckers

as Animation

1948
Haredevil Hare

as Animation

1948
Scaredy Cat

as Animation

1948
1947
A Pest in the House

as Animation

1947
House Hunting Mice

as Animation

1945
Hare Tonic

as Animation

1945
Trap Happy Porky

as Animation

1943
Wackiki Wabbit

as Animation

1943
Super-Rabbit

as Animation

1942
1942
My Favorite Duck

as Animation

1941
Toy Trouble

as Animation

1940
1939
Old Glory

as Animation

1939
Prest-O Change-O

as Animation

1938
1938
1938
The Night Watchman

as Animation

1937
1937
The Lyin' Mouse

as Animation

1936
Page Miss Glory

as Animation

1935
Little Dutch Plate

as Animation

Director

1959
Hare-Abian Nights

as Director

Art

1975

Actor

1976