John Ryan Kinney (March 29, 1909 – February 9, 1992)Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 was an American

animator An animator is an artist who creates images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video games. Animat ...

, director and producer of

animated short Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...

s. Kinney is the older brother of fellow Disney animator

Dick Kinney Richard Timothy Kinney (December 15, 1916 – March 24, 1985) was an American animator and comic book writer. His comic book work was mostly in Disney comics, writing stories featuring Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck. He was the writer who, al ...

Early life

Jack Kinney was born on March 29, 1909, in

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.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 He attended John Muir Junior High School in

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(1925), and John C. Fremont High School (1926 - 1928), at the latter with Roy Williams. Both Fremont football players, they would later be hired by

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney ( ; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the Golden age of American animation, American animation industry, he introduced several develop ...

in 1930 to work at the Walt Disney Studio on Hyperion Avenue. Often referring to himself as Kinney's best friend, Williams would go on to star as the "Big Mooseketeer" with head Mouseketeer

Jimmie Dodd James Wesley Dodd (March 28, 1910 – November 10, 1964) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter best known as the master of ceremonies for the popular 1950s Walt Disney television series ''The Mickey Mouse Club,'' as well as the writer o ...

on the classic 1950s television program, ''

The Mickey Mouse Club ''The Mickey Mouse Club'' is an American variety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and briefly returned to social media in 2017. Created by Walt Disney and produced by Walt Disney Productions, the program was first te ...

'' (1955–1958).

Career

According to Jeff Lenburg's assessment of him, Kinney was a veteran

, who spend most of his career working at Walt Disney Productions (later known as the

Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), sometimes shortened to Disney Animation, is an American animation studio that produces animated feature films and short films for the Walt Disney Company. The studio's current production logo features a s ...

). He directed the first film in the ''

Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. Donald is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit, sailor shirt and cap with ...

'' series to win the

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. Two other films directed by Kinney were nominated for the same award.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney joined the Walt Disney studio on February 9, 1931. He was hired as an animator. He initially inked films for both the ''

Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is an American cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime icon and mascot of the Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large shoes, and white ...

'' and ''

Silly Symphony ''Silly Symphony'' (also known as ''Silly Symphonies'') is an American animation, animated series of 75 musical short films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939. As the series name implies, the ''Si ...

'' series of the studio. His film credits as an animator include ''

The Band Concert ''The Band Concert'' is a 1935 American animated short film produced in 3-strip Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The 73rd short film in the Mickey Mouse series, it was the second release of the year, and no ...

'' (1935) and ''

The Cookie Carnival ''The Cookie Carnival'' is an animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and originally released as part of the '' Silly Symphonies'' series on May 25, 1935. It is a Cinderella story involving a cookie girl who wishes to be queen at ...

'' (1935).Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney also served as a story director in films featuring Mickey Mouse and

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. His film credits in that role include ''

Brave Little Tailor ''Brave Little Tailor'' is a 1938 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures, being shown in theaters with '' Fugitives for a Night''. It is an adaptation of the fairy tale '' The Valiant ...

'' (1938), ''

Mickey's Trailer ''Mickey's Trailer'' is a 1938 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon stars Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy on a near disastrous road trip in a travel trailer. It was ...

'' (1938) and ''

Society Dog Show ''Society Dog Show'' is a ''Mickey Mouse'' cartoon short produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures on February 3, 1939. The animated short was directed by Bill Roberts and animated by Al Eugster, Shamus Culhane, Fred ...

'' (1939).Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney served as a sequence director on 10 of the Disney theatrical feature films. His credits in that role included ''

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel, ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a poor man named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...

'' (1940), ''

Dumbo ''Dumbo'' is a 1941 American Animated film, animated Musical film, musical Fantasy film, fantasy Comedy drama, comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film i ...

'' (1941), ''

Saludos Amigos ''Saludos Amigos'' (Spanish for "Greetings, Friends") is a 1942 American live-action/animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Set in Latin America, it is made up of four different segments; Donald Duck ...

'' (1942), ''

Victory Through Air Power ''Victory Through Air Power'' is a 1942 non-fiction book by Alexander P. de Seversky. It was made into a 1943 Walt Disney animated feature film of the same name. Theories De Seversky began his military life at a young age. After serving in t ...

'' (1943), ''

The Three Caballeros ''The Three Caballeros'' is a 1944 American live-action and animated musical propaganda anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film premiered in Mexico City on December 21, 1944. It was released in the ...

'' (1944), ''

Make Mine Music ''Make Mine Music'' is a 1946 American animated Musical film, musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures on April 20, 1946. During World War II, much of Walt Disney's staff was drafted into the United Stat ...

'' (1946), ''

Fun and Fancy Free ''Fun and Fancy Free'' is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy anthology film produced by Walt Disney and Ben Sharpsteen and released on September 27, 1947, by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is a compilation of two stories: ''Bongo'', narrate ...

'' (1947), ''

Melody Time ''Melody Time'' is a 1948 American live-action and animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney. It was released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on May 27, 1948. Made up of seven segments set to popular music and folk music, the f ...

'' (1948), and ''

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad ''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' is a 1949 American animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It consists of two segments: the first based on Kenneth Grahame's 1908 children's novel ...

'' (1949).Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Beginning in 1940, Kinney was promoted to the position of director for animated short films. Kinney was the primary director of the ''

Goofy Goofy is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. He is a tall, Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic dog who typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fe ...

'' series, with his debut being the second entry in the series, ''Goofy's Glider'' (1940), all the way up to the final regular entry in the series, ''How to Sleep'' (1953), directing a total of 39 entries in the series. His most notable creations for this series were the Goofy ''How to...'', where the character demonstrated how to play various popular sports. Goofy's efforts in these films had "predictably disastrous" results.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 One of his Goofy cartoons, '' How to Play Football'' (1944), was nominated the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, one of two entries in the ''Goofy'' series to be nominated for the Award. Kinney also directed two entries in the ''

'' series, as well as directing four entries in the ''

'' series, including ''

Der Fuehrer's Face ''Der Fuehrer's Face'' (originally titled ''Donald Duck in Nutziland'' or ''A Nightmare in Nutziland'') is an American animated anti-Nazi propaganda short film produced by Walt Disney Productions, created in 1942 and released on January 1, 1943 ...

'' (1943), a wartime

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, the

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Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...

,Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 which became the only Donald Duck short to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, as well being listed as Number 22 in the 1994 book,

The 50 Greatest Cartoons ''The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals'' is a 1994 book by animation historian Jerry Beck, with a foreword written by Chuck Jones. The book features the fifty greatest cartoons of all time, selected by a group ...

. Kinney's other director credits included a number of ''Walt Disney Specials''. Among them were ''

Pigs Is Pigs "Pigs Is Pigs" is a story by American writer Ellis Parker Butler. First published as a short story in ''The American Magazine, American Illustrated Magazine'' in September 1905, "Pigs Is Pigs" went on to dozens of printings as a book and in an ...

'' (1954), '' Casey Bats Again'' (1954), and ''

Social Lion ''Social Lion'' is a Walt Disney-produced animated short film directed by Jack Kinney John Ryan Kinney (March 29, 1909 – February 9, 1992)Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 was an American animator, director and producer of animated shorts. Kinney is t ...

'' (1954). ''Pigs Is Pigs'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It was the third and last film directed by Kinney to be nominated for the Award.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Another film credit for Kinney as a director was ''

The Lone Chipmunks ''The Lone Chipmunks'' is a 1954 American animated short film directed by Jack Kinney and produced by Walt Disney. In the short film, Chip 'n' Dale are in the Old West, trying to bring in Black Pete for a $10,000 reward, being the only short f ...

'' (1954). It was the last animated short film of the ''

Chip 'n' Dale Chip and Dale (also spelled Chip 'n' Dale) are a cartoon duo of anthropomorphic chipmunks created by The Walt Disney Company, who debuted in the 1943 short film '' Private Pluto''. Concept The characters were first drawn by Bill Justice an ...

'' series.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 From 1954 to 1957, Kinney started directing television animation. He supervised new animation used to tie some of the old shorts together for the ''

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'', which was broadcast by the

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(ABC).Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 On March 13, 1958, Kinney departed from the Disney studio. He served at the Disney company for 27 years.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 After Kinney left Disney, he started an independent animation studio, Kinney-Adelquist Productions, Inc. . His partner was Hal Adelquist, another Disney alum. According to

animation historian Animation, the method for creating moving pictures from still images, has an Early history of animation, early history and a modern history that began with the advent of Celluloid, celluloid film in 1888. Between 1895 and 1920, during the rise of ...

Jeff Lenburg, the company was known as Jack Kinney Productions.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney directed an animated feature film for the UPA studio. It was '' 1001 Arabian Nights'' (1959) and featured

Mr. Magoo Mr. Magoo, whose first name is "Quincy", is a fictional cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced for many years by Jim Backus, Mr. Magoo is an elderly, wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of comi ...

.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney next partnered with his own brother

, to produce ''

Popeye the Sailor Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.King Features Syndicate King Features Syndicate, Inc. is an American content distribution and animation studio, consumer product License, licensing and print syndication company owned by Hearst Communications that distributes about 150 comic strips, columnist, newspape ...

. The series was shot in color.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney resurfaced as a story writer for ''

The New Three Stooges ''The New 3 Stooges'' is an American animated television series that ran during the 1965–66 television season starring the Three Stooges. The show follows the trio's antics both in live-action and animated segments. The cast consisted of Moe ...

'' (1965), a television series which featured both live-action and animated segments.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 He was next hired as a story director by

Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ; formerly known as H-B Enterprises, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. and H-B Production Co.), simply and commonly known as Hanna-Barbera, was an American animation studio and production company, which was acti ...

, serving in this position from 1978 to 1982. He worked on several

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s by the company. Among them were '' Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'' (1979-1980) and '' The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour'' (1982-1983).Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 In 1983, Kinney was awarded a

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, in recognition for his lifetime of contribution to the art of animation. The award was created by the International Animated Film Society (also known as

ASIFA-Hollywood ASIFA-Hollywood, an American non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, is a branch member of the International Animated Film Association. Its purpose is to promote the art of film animation in a variety of ways, including its own arc ...

).Lenburg (2006), pp. 180

Death and legacy

In 1988, Kinney published a short memoir, ''Walt Disney and Assorted Other Characters: An Unauthorized Account of the Early Years at Disney's''. The book served as his

autobiography An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life, providing a personal narrative that reflects on the author's experiences, memories, and insights. This genre allows individuals to share thei ...

.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney died on February 9, 1992, in

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at the age of 82. His death was reported as a

death by natural causes In many legal jurisdictions, the manner of death is a determination, typically made by the coroner, medical examiner, police, or similar officials, and recorded as a vital statistic. Within the United States and the United Kingdom, a distin ...

.Obituary in the New York Times
Retrieved March 2012Lenburg (2006), pp. 180

Filmography

Short films

* ''

Santa's Workshop In Christmas folklore and legends, Santa's Workshop is the workshop where Santa Claus and his Christmas elf, elves live and make the toys and presents given out at Christmas. The exact location of Santa's workshop varies depending upon local cult ...

'' (animator - uncredited) (1932) * '' Birds in the Spring'' (animator - uncredited) (1933) * '' Ye Olden Days'' (animator - uncredited) (1933) * ''The Mail Pilot'' (animator - uncredited) (1933) * ''

Mickey's Mechanical Man ''Mickey's Mechanical Man'' is a 1933 animated short cartoon created by Walt Disney. It was the 57th Mickey Mouse short film, and the seventh of that year. Plot Mickey finds out about a new boxing match involving "Kongo the Killer". Mickey const ...

'' (animator - uncredited) (1933) * '' The Hot Choc-late Soldiers'' (animator - uncredited) (1934) * ''Two-Gun Mickey'' (animator - uncredited) (1934) * ''

'' (director and animator) (1935) * '' Mickey's Service Station'' (animator) (1935) * ''

'' (director and animator) (1935) * '' Mickey's Fire Brigade'' (animator) (1935) * '' Cock o' the Walk'' (animator) (1935) * ''

Donald and Pluto ''Donald and Pluto'' is a 1936 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by United Artists. The film stars Donald Duck, employed as a plumber, and Mickey's dog Pluto as his assistant. The film was directed by Ben Sh ...

'' (writer) (1936) * ''

Moose Hunters ''Moose Hunters'' is a 1937 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. It was the 93rd short in the ''Mickey Mouse'' film series, and the fourth for that year. The cartoon stars Mickey Mouse, ...

'' (animator) (1937) * ''

'' (writer and director) (1938) * ''

Mickey's Parrot ''Mickey's Parrot'' is an animated short film produced by Walt Disney, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and released on September 9, 1938. The film was directed by Ben Sharpsteen and animated by Frenchy de Trémaudan, Louie Schmittt, Chuck Couc ...

'' (writer) (1938) * ''

'' (writer and director) (1938) * ''

'' (writer and director) (1939) * ''Goofy's Glider'' (writer and director) (1940) * ''

Bone Trouble ''Bone Trouble'' is a 1940 animated short produced by Walt Disney, and directed by Jack Kinney. It stars Pluto (Disney), Pluto and Butch the Bulldog, in the latter's first appearance. Plot The short begins with Pluto waking up in his dog hous ...

'' (director) (1940) * ''Baggage Buster'' (director) (1941) * ''

The Art of Skiing ''The Art of Skiing'' is a Goofy cartoon made by Walt Disney Productions in 1941. It has historical significance as the first cartoon to use the now-famous Goofy holler, provided by Hannes Schroll, as well as the short that led to the "How to. ...

'' (director) (1941) * '' The Art of Self Defense'' (director) (1941) * ''

How to Play Baseball ''How to Play Baseball'' is a cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures on September 4, 1942, featuring Goofy. The short was produced at the request of Samuel Goldwyn and first shown to accompany the 1942 fea ...

'' (director) (1942) * ''

The Olympic Champ ''The Olympic Champ'' is a 1942 Goofy cartoon made by Walt Disney Animation Studios which explains the events in track and field at the Olympic Games. Summary The short starts off with Goofy doing the Olympic flame#Torches, Olympic torch relay ...

'' (director) (1942) * '' How to Swim'' (director) (1942) * ''

How to Fish ''How to Fish'' is an animated short produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released on December 4, 1942. It stars Goofy and was directed by Jack Kinney John Ryan Kinney (March 29, 1909 – February 9, 1992)Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 was a ...

'' (director) (1942) * ''

'' (director) (1943) * ''Figaro and Cleo'' (director) (uncredited; 1943) * ''Victory Vehicles'' (director) (1943) * ''

How to Play Golf ''How to Play Golf'' is a 1944 short animated Walt Disney Productions film directed by Jack Kinney. Eight minutes long, it was distributed by RKO, and was a part of a series where Goofy learned to play various sports. Reception Upon release, ...

'' (director) (1944) * ''How to Be a Sailor'' (writer and director) (1944) * '' How to Play Football'' (director) (1944) * ''

Hockey Homicide ''Hockey Homicide'' is a cartoon made by Walt Disney Productions in 1945, featuring Goofy. Plot Narrator Doodles Weaver explains the rules of ice hockey in satirical format. The narration's emphasis on good sportsmanship is countered by the vi ...

'' (director) (1945) * '' Duck Pimples'' (director) (1945) * ''Californy er Bust'' (director) (1945) * ''African Diary'' (director) (1945) * ''Tiger Trouble'' (director) (1945) * '' The Story of Menstruation'' (short documentary) (director) (uncredited; 1946) * '' Goofy Gymnastics'' (director) (1949) * ''Tennis Racquet'' (director) (1949) * ''

Hold That Pose ''Hold That Pose'' is a 1950 American animated cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film's plot centers on Goofy trying to get a job as a wildlife photographer but ending up causing trouble in a gri ...

'' (director) (1950) * '' Motor Mania'' (director) (1950) * ''

The Brave Engineer ''The Brave Engineer'' is a 1950 Walt Disney-produced animated short film, based on the exploits of legendary railroad engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones. It is narrated by comic Jerry Colonna and is a comedically madcap fanciful re-telling of ...

'' (director) (1950) * ''How to Ride a Horse'' (director) (1950) * '' Lion Down'' (director) (1951) * ''

Father's Lion ''Father's Lion'' is an animated short film in the ''Goofy'' series, produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters on January 4, 1952 by RKO Radio Pictures. The film tells the story of Goofy taking his son camping an ...

'' (director) (1951) * '' No Smoking'' (director) (1951) * ''Fathers Are People'' (director) (1951) * ''Get Rich Quick'' (director) (1951) * ''Tomorrow We Diet!'' (director) (1951) * ''Cold War'' (1951) (director) * ''Home Made Home'' (director) (1951) * ''Cold Storage'' (director) (1951) * ''How to Be a Detective'' (1952) * ''Two Weeks Vacation'' (director) (1952) * ''Teachers Are People'' (director) (1952) * ''Two Gun Goofy'' (director) (1952) * ''Man's Best Friend'' (director) (1952) * ''Hello Aloha'' (director) (1952) * ''

Donald's Diary Donald's Diary is a Donald Duck short film which was produced in Technicolor and released March 5, 1954 by RKO Radio Pictures. This marks the final appearances of Daisy Duck and Huey, Dewey and Louie in The Golden Age of Animation. Plot On Febru ...

'' (director) (1953) * ''How to Sleep'' (director) (1953) * ''Football Now and Then'' (director) (1953) * ''How to dance'' (director) (1953) * ''Father's Week-end'' (director) (1953) * ''For Whom the Bulls Toil'' (director) (1953) * ''Father's Day Off'' (director) (1953) * ''

Canvas Back Duck ''Canvas Back Duck'' is a 1953 Walt Disney animated short film starring Donald Duck, his nephews, and Pete. Plot Donald Duck and his nephews visit a carnival. While they play games, Donald is tricked by a shifty barker into fighting "Pee Wee ...

'' (writer) (1953) * ''Two for the Record'' (director) (1954) * ''

'' (director) (1954) * ''

'' (director) (1954) * ''Casey Bats Again'' (director) (1954) * ''Social Lion'' (director) (1954) * '' Chips Ahoy'' (director) (1955) * ''Contrast in Rhythm'' (director) (1956) * ''How to Have an Accident in the Home'' (writer) (1956) * ''How to Have an Accident at Work'' (writer) (1959)

Feature films

* '' Hollywood Party'' (animator - uncredited) (1934) * ''

Servants' Entrance ''Servants' Entrance'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical comedy film. It was written by Samson Raphaelson from the Sigrid Boo novel and directed by Frank Lloyd, with a cartoon sequence by Walt Disney in which an understandably startled J ...

'' (animator - uncredited) (1934) * ''

'' (director) (1940) * '' The Reluctant Dragon'' (director) (1941) * ''

'' (director) (1941) * ''

Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American Animated film, animated Coming of age, coming-of-age drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Loosely based on Felix Salten's 1923 novel ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'', the ...

'' (animator: opening sequence) (1942) * ''

'' (director: ''El gaucho Goofy'' segment; 1942) * ''

'' (director) (1943) * ''

'' (director) (1944) * ''

'' (director: Five of the film's ten segments: ''The Martins and the Coys'', ''All the Cats Join In'', ''Casey at the Bat'', ''Two Silhouettes'', and ''Johnnie Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet'' segments; 1946) * ''

'' (director: Bongo segment; 1947) * ''

'' (director: ''Bumble Boogie'' segment; 1948) * ''

'' (director: both ''The Wind in the Willows'' and ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' segments; 1949) * ''

Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical ...

'' (director) (uncredited; 1953) * '' 1001 Arabian Nights'' (director) (1959) * ''

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini ''How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'' is a 1965 Pathécolor beach party film from American International Pictures. The sixth entry in a seven-film series, the movie was directed by William Asher and features Mickey Rooney, Annette Funicello, Dwayn ...

'' (animator) (1965) * ''

Song of Norway ''Song of Norway'' is an operetta written in 1944 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Edvard Grieg and the book by Milton Lazarus and Homer Curran. A very loose film adaptation with major changes to both the book ...

'' (animator) (1970)

Television

* ''

Disneyland Disneyland is a amusement park, theme park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It was the first theme park opened by the Walt Disney Company and the only one designed and constructed under the direct supervision of Walt Disney, ...

'' (1955-1979) ** ''The Goofy Success Story'' (writer and director; 1955) ** ''The Wind in the Willows'' (director; 1955) ** ''The Goofy Sports Story'' (writer and director; 1956) ** ''Pluto's Day'' (writer; 1956) ** ''How to Relax'' (segment director; 1957) ** ''Four Fabulous Characters'' (segment director; 1957) ** ''Adventures in Fantasy'' (segment director; 1957) ** ''Magic and Music'' (segment director; 1958) ** ''Donald's Weekend'' (story; 1958) ** ''This Is Your Life Donald Duck'' (segment director; 1960) ** ''This Is Your Life Donald Duck'' (sequence director; 1961) ** ''Holiday for Henpecked Husbands'' (sequence director; 1961) ** ''Inside Donald Duck'' (sequence director; 1961) ** ''Man Is His Own Worst Enemy'' (director; 1962) ** ''A Square Peg in a Round Hole'' (sequence director; 1963) ** ''Three Tall Tales'' (sequence director; 1963) ** ''In Shape with Von Drake'' (sequence director; 1964) ** ''How the West Was Lost'' (sequence director; 1967) ** ''Baseball Fever'' (director; 1979) * ''

Popeye the Sailor Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.The New 3 Stooges ''The New 3 Stooges'' is an American animated television series that ran during the 1965–66 television season starring the Three Stooges. The show follows the trio's antics both in live-action and animated segments. The cast consisted of Moe ...

'' (writer) (1965) * '' Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'' (director) (1979-1980) * ''Mickey Mouse Disco'' (director) (1980) * ''

The Flintstone Comedy Show ''The Flintstone Comedy Show'' is an American Saturday-morning cartoon, animated television series revival and spin-off (media), spin-off of ''The Flintstones'' produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired on NBC from November 22, 1980, to October 24, ...

'' (director) (1980) ** 1 episode: ''R.V. Fever/Fred Goes Ape/Quiet Please/Ghost Sitters/Clownfoot/Mouse Cleaning/Birthday Boy'' * '' The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour'' (director) (1982-1983) * ''DTV: Golden Oldies'' (Video) (original material; 1984) * ''DTV: Pop & Rock'' (Video) (original material; 1984) * ''DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues'' (Video) (original material; 1984) * ''The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue'' (Video short) (archive footage; 1985) * ''DTV Valentine'' (TV Movie) (original material; 1986) * ''American Legends'' (Video) (segment "The Brave Engineer") (2001)

References

Sources

*Kinney, Jack, ''Walt Disney and other assorted characters - An unauthorised account of the early years at Disney's'', Harmony Books, New York, 1988 *

External links

* Retrieved March 2012
Obituary in the New York Times
Retrieved March 2012

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Michael Barrier Michael J. Barrier (born June 15, 1940) is an American animation historian, author, and critic, best known for his extensive research on the history of American animation and comic art. He is the author of ''Hollywood Cartoons: American Animat ...

and Milton Gray Retrieved October 2015 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinney, Jack 1909 births 1992 deaths Animators from Utah American animated film producers 20th-century American memoirists American animated film directors American fantasy film directors Walt Disney Animation Studios people Hanna-Barbera people Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners American propaganda film directors