Al Eugster

Biography

Alfred Julius Eugster (February 11, 1909 – January 1, 1997) was an American animator, writer, and film director. He worked for a number of American animation studios, including Fleischer Studios, the Iwerks Studio, Walt Disney Productions, and Famous Studios. Eugster began his career in animation in April 1925 where he worked at the Pat Sullivan studio. He would blacken in the drawing of Felix the Cat. During his time working for the Pat Sullivan studio, he worked under Otto Messmer. He attended Cooper Union at nighttime to study art while also working. He then left Sullivan's Studio in April 1929 and moved to Fleisher Studios. He would return to Fleischer in 1939. In 1932, Eugster went to work for Mintz. He worked with Preston Blair on many films, most notably Krazy Kat cartoons. Just a year later, he went on to work for Ub lwerks where he co-animated several ComiColor shorts with Shamus Culhane. Eugster worked at Iwerks Studio until 1935, when he joined Walt Disney Animation Studios. His specialty while at Disney studio was the animation of Donald Duck as well as the works of Snow White. He left Disney on March 18, 1939, due to an offer from Max Fleischer in Miami for a higher salary. He re-joined Fleischer in 1939 and stayed with them until the studio closed down in 1942. He would work briefly at Famous Studios but left for the US Army. After his release from the Army, he returned to Famous in 1945. Here he was the head animator and worked on a number of Screen Songs and Popeye cartoons until 1957. From 1957 to 1964, Eugster freelanced throughout New York working for various commercial studios. In 1964, he joined Paramount where he worked for Shamus Culhane and Ralph Bakshi until the studio closed in 1967. The following year, he joined Kim and Gifford, where he began his longest stay at a single studio. In September 1987, Eugster retired from Kim and Gifford, ending his 62-year career. [biography from Wikipedia]

Most Famous Work

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Clock Cleaners

(1937) Animation

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Society Dog Show

(1939) Animation

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Donald's Golf Game

(1938) Animation

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Hawaiian Holiday

(1937) Animation

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Beach Picnic

(1939) Animation

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Mickey's Amateurs

(1937) Animation

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Officer Duck

(1939) Animation

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1977	Himself	Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat 1977-04-11 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2004	Animation	Cartoon Craze Vol. 24 presents: Sing A-Longs 2004-04-04 Movie
1967	Animation	Forget-Me-Nuts 1967-08-08 Movie
	Animation Director	The Squaw Path 1967-04-30 Movie
	Animation	The Squaw Path 1967-04-30 Movie
	Animation	The Blacksheep Blacksmith 1967-01-09 Movie
1966	Animation	Two by Two 1966-12-08 Movie
	Animation Director	A Wedding Knight 1966-08-08 Movie
	Animation	A Wedding Knight 1966-08-08 Movie
	Animation	A Balmy Knight 1966-06-10 Movie
1965	Animation	The Story of George Washington 1965-02-09 Movie
1958	Animation Director	Dante Dreamer 1958-01-03 Movie
	Animation	Dante Dreamer 1958-01-03 Movie
1957	Animation	Jolly the Clown 1957-10-25 Movie
	Animation Director	L'Amour the Merrier 1957-07-05 Movie
	Animation	The Crystal Brawl 1957-04-04 Movie
1956	Animation	A Haul in One 1956-12-14 Movie
	Animation Director	Sir Irving and Jeames 1956-10-19 Movie
	Animation	Parlez Vous Woo 1956-10-11 Movie
	Animation	Assault and Flattery 1956-07-02 Movie
1955	Animation	A Job for a Gob 1955-12-08 Movie
	Animation	Mister and Mistletoe 1955-09-30 Movie
	Animation	Nurse to Meet Ya 1955-02-11 Movie
1954	Animation	Fright to the Finish 1954-08-27 Movie
	Animation	Crazytown 1954-02-25 Movie
1953	Animation	No Place Like Rome 1953-07-30 Movie
	Animation	Baby Wants a Battle 1953-07-23 Movie
	Animation	Invention Convention 1953-06-10 Movie
	Animation Director	Aero-Nutics 1953-05-08 Movie
	Animation	Aero-Nutics 1953-05-08 Movie
	Animation Director	Ancient Fistory 1953-01-29 Movie
	Animation	Ancient Fistory 1953-01-29 Movie
	Animation	Hysterical History 1953-01-22 Movie
1952	Animation	Shuteye Popeye 1952-10-03 Movie
	Animation	City Kitty 1952-07-17 Movie
	Animation	Friend or Phony 1952-06-19 Movie
	Animation Director	Fun At The Fair 1952-05-09 Movie
	Animation	Fun At The Fair 1952-05-09 Movie
	Animation	The Awful Tooth 1952-05-02 Movie
	Animation	Lunch with a Punch 1952-03-13 Movie
	Animation Director	Snooze Reel 1952-01-11 Movie
	Animation	Snooze Reel 1952-01-11 Movie
1951	Animation	Pilgrim Popeye 1951-07-12 Movie
	Animation Director	Sing Again Of Michigan 1951-06-29 Movie
	Animation	Sing Again Of Michigan 1951-06-29 Movie
	Animation Director	Tweet Music 1951-02-09 Movie
	Animation	Tweet Music 1951-02-09 Movie
1950	Animation	Baby Wants Spinach 1950-09-28 Movie
	Animation	Helter Swelter 1950-08-24 Movie
	Animation	Win, Place and Showboat 1950-04-28 Movie
	Animation Director	Detouring Thru Maine 1950-02-17 Movie
	Animation	Detouring Thru Maine 1950-02-17 Movie
	Animation	Blue Hawaii 1950-01-13 Movie
1949	Animation	Leprechauns Gold 1949-10-13 Movie
	Animation	Our Funny Finny Friends 1949-08-25 Movie
	Animation	Farm Foolery 1949-08-05 Movie
	Animation	The Stork Market 1949-04-07 Movie
	Animation	The Emerald Isle 1949-02-25 Movie
1948	Animation	Readin', Writin', and Rhythmetic 1948-10-21 Movie
	Animation	Spinach vs Hamburgers 1948-08-19 Movie
	Animation	Camptown Races 1948-07-29 Movie
	Animation	Butterscotch and Soda 1948-07-06 Movie
	Animation	Sing or Swim 1948-06-15 Movie
	Animation	Winter Draws On 1948-03-18 Movie
1947	Animation	The Baby Sitter 1947-11-27 Movie
	Animation	Naughty But Mice 1947-10-09 Movie
	Animation	The Wee Men 1947-08-07 Movie
	Animation	The Enchanted Square 1947-05-08 Movie
1946	Animation	House Tricks? 1946-03-15 Movie
1945	Animation	When G.I. Johnny Comes Home 1945-02-01 Movie
1942	Animation Director	Baby Wants a Bottleship 1942-07-03 Movie
	Animation	Baby Wants a Bottleship 1942-07-03 Movie
1941	Animation	Two for the Zoo 1941-08-20 Movie
1940	Animation	The Riveter 1940-03-15 Movie
1939	Animation	Officer Duck 1939-10-10 Movie
	Animation	Donald's Penguin 1939-08-11 Movie
	Animation	Beach Picnic 1939-06-09 Movie
	Animation	Society Dog Show 1939-02-03 Movie
	Animation	Donald's Lucky Day 1939-01-13 Movie
1938	Animation	Donald's Golf Game 1938-11-04 Movie
	Animation	The Whalers 1938-08-19 Movie
	Animation	Good Scouts 1938-07-08 Movie
	Animation	Polar Trappers 1938-06-17 Movie
1937	Animation	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937-12-21 Movie
	Animation	Clock Cleaners 1937-10-15 Movie
	Animation	Hawaiian Holiday 1937-09-24 Movie
	Animation	Mickey's Amateurs 1937-04-17 Movie
	Animation	Don Donald 1937-01-09 Movie
	Animation	The Worm Turns 1937-01-02 Movie
1936	Animation	Donald and Pluto 1936-09-12 Movie
	Animation	Mickey's Circus 1936-08-01 Movie
	Animation	Moving Day 1936-06-20 Movie
	Animation	Orphan's Picnic 1936-02-15 Movie
1935	Animation	Music Land 1935-10-05 Movie
	Animation	Balloon Land 1935-09-30 Movie
1932	Animation	Light House Keeping 1932-08-15 Movie
1930	Animation	I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark 1930-01-29 Movie
1929	Animation	Noah's Lark 1929-10-24 Movie
	Animation	Finding His Voice 1929-06-21 Movie
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Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1935	Co-Director	Old Mother Hubbard 1935-04-02 Movie
	Co-Director	Little Black Sambo 1935-02-05 Movie
1934	Co-Director	Jack Frost 1934-12-22 Movie
	Co-Director	The Headless Horseman 1934-10-01 Movie
1933	Co-Director	Jack and the Beanstalk 1933-11-29 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv