Carman Griffin Maxwell (December 27, 1902 – September 22, 1987) was an American

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and voice actor. Maxwell was born in Siloam Springs,

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, and later moved to

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. He began his career with

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at the

Laugh-O-Gram Studio The Laugh-O-Gram Studio (also called Laugh-O-Gram Studios) was an animation studio located on the second floor of the McConahay Building at 1127 East 31st in Kansas City, Missouri, that operated from June 28, 1921, to October 16, 1923. In Animati ...

where Maxwell, along with Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, and

Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng (; August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, Film director, director, Film producer, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons ...

, was part of the unit that eventually broke away from Disney to form the nucleus of what later became the Warner Bros. animation studio (under contract with

Leon Schlesinger Leonardo Schlesinger ( ; May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American film producer who founded Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, during the Golden Age of American animation The gold ...

). Before going to Harman-Ising, he animated for

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for Disney and Winkler Pictures, with his Disney alumni. Besides animating for Harman-Ising, Maxwell also performed the voice of their most famous creation,

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. Maxwell was also later a production manager in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, working there as late as 1956.Harman-Ising’s “The Early Bird And The Worm” (1936)
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* * American male voice actors 1902 births 1987 deaths 20th-century American male actors Warner Bros. people Warner Bros. Cartoons people People from Siloam Springs, Arkansas Animators from Arkansas Laugh-O-Gram Studio people Walt Disney Animation Studios people Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio people Burials at Santa Barbara Cemetery {{US-animator-stub