Ken Harris

Age: N/A | From: Tulare County, California, USA

TV
Involvement

115

Movie
Involvement

Person Details

Birthday:

Aliases: M. Cannes Harris , Karyl Ross Harris , Karol Ross Harris

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Tulare County, California, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 115

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

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]

Most Famous Work

Average

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1976	Self	Die Titelmacher 1976-03-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1980	Animation	Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special 1980-11-20 Movie
1967	Animation	Cat and Dupli-cat 1967-01-20 Movie
1966	Animation	Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary 1966-02-17 Movie
	Animation	Duel Personality 1966-01-20 Movie
1965	Animation	The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics 1965-12-15 Movie
	Animation	Zip Zip Hooray! 1965-11-08 Movie
	Animation	Of Feline Bondage 1965-05-19 Movie
	Animation	Haunted Mouse 1965-03-24 Movie
	Animation	Tom-ic Energy 1965-01-27 Movie
	Animation	Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life 1965-01-20 Movie
1964	Animation	The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse 1964-12-08 Movie
	Animation	Much Ado About Mousing 1964-04-14 Movie
	Animation	Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? 1964-03-24 Movie
	Animation	The Cat Above and the Mouse Below 1964-02-25 Movie
1963	Animation	To Beep or Not to Beep 1963-12-27 Movie
	Animation	Mad as a Mars Hare 1963-10-19 Movie
	Animation	Pent-House Mouse 1963-07-27 Movie
1962	Animation	Gay Purr-ee 1962-10-24 Movie
	Animation	Louvre Come Back to Me! 1962-08-18 Movie
1961	Animation	Nelly's Folly 1961-12-30 Movie
	Animation	Beep Prepared 1961-11-11 Movie
	Animation	Compressed Hare 1961-07-29 Movie
	Animation	A Scent of the Matterhorn 1961-06-24 Movie
	Animation	The Mouse on 57th Street 1961-02-25 Movie
	Animation	Zip 'n Snort 1961-01-21 Movie
1960	Animation	High Note 1960-12-03 Movie
	Animation	Hopalong Casualty 1960-10-08 Movie
	Animation	Ready, Woolen and Able 1960-07-30 Movie
	Animation	Rabbit's Feat 1960-06-04 Movie
	Animation	Who Scent You? 1960-04-23 Movie
	Animation	Fastest with the Mostest 1960-01-19 Movie
1959	Animation	A Witch's Tangled Hare 1959-10-31 Movie
	Animation	Baton Bunny 1959-01-10 Movie
1958	Animation	Cat Feud 1958-12-20 Movie
	Animation	Whoa, Be-Gone! 1958-04-11 Movie
	Animation	Hare-Way to the Stars 1958-03-29 Movie
1957	Animation	Drafty, Isn't It? 1957-12-31 Movie
	Animation	Zoom and Bored 1957-09-13 Movie
	Animation	What's Opera, Doc? 1957-07-06 Movie
	Animation	Steal Wool 1957-06-08 Movie
	Animation	Boyhood Daze 1957-04-20 Movie
	Animation	Scrambled Aches 1957-01-25 Movie
1956	Animation	90 Day Wondering 1956-12-01 Movie
	Animation	There They Go-Go-Go! 1956-11-09 Movie
	Animation	Deduce, You Say 1956-09-29 Movie
	Animation	Rocket-bye Baby 1956-08-04 Movie
	Animation	Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z 1956-05-05 Movie
	Animation	Broom-Stick Bunny 1956-02-25 Movie
1955	Animation	One Froggy Evening 1955-12-30 Movie
	Animation	Guided Muscle 1955-12-10 Movie
	Animation	Two Scent's Worth 1955-10-15 Movie
	Animation	Ready.. Set.. Zoom! 1955-04-29 Movie
	Animation	Beanstalk Bunny 1955-02-12 Movie
	Animation	A Hitch in Time 1955-01-01 Movie
1954	Animation	Baby Buggy Bunny 1954-12-18 Movie
	Animation	Bewitched Bunny 1954-07-24 Movie
	Animation	Claws for Alarm 1954-05-22 Movie
	Animation	No Barking 1954-02-26 Movie
1953	Animation	Zipping Along 1953-09-18 Movie
	Animation	Bully for Bugs 1953-08-08 Movie
	Animation	Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century 1953-07-25 Movie
	Animation	Much Ado About Nutting 1953-05-23 Movie
	Animation	Duck Amuck 1953-02-28 Movie
	Animation	Kiss Me Cat 1953-02-21 Movie
	Animation	Forward March Hare 1953-02-14 Movie
1952	Animation	Rabbit Seasoning 1952-09-20 Movie
	Animation	Going! Going! Gosh! 1952-08-23 Movie
	Animation	The Hasty Hare 1952-06-07 Movie
	Animation	Feed the Kitty 1952-02-02 Movie
	Animation	Operation: Rabbit 1952-01-19 Movie
1951	Animation	Drip-Along Daffy 1951-11-17 Movie
	Animation	A Bear for Punishment 1951-10-20 Movie
	Animation	Cheese Chasers 1951-08-25 Movie
	Animation	Chow Hound 1951-06-16 Movie
	Animation	Scent-imental Romeo 1951-03-24 Movie
	Animation	Bunny Hugged 1951-03-10 Movie
1950	Animation	Rabbit of Seville 1950-12-16 Movie
	Animation	Dog Gone South 1950-08-26 Movie
	Animation	8 Ball Bunny 1950-07-08 Movie
	Animation	The Hypo-Chondri-Cat 1950-04-15 Movie
	Animation	The Scarlet Pumpernickel 1950-03-04 Movie
1949	Animation	Rabbit Hood 1949-12-24 Movie
	Animation	For Scent-imental Reasons 1949-11-12 Movie
	Animation	Fast and Furry-ous 1949-09-17 Movie
	Animation	Long-Haired Hare 1949-06-25 Movie
	Animation	Mouse Wreckers 1949-04-23 Movie
	Animation	Mississippi Hare 1949-02-26 Movie
1948	Animation	Scaredy Cat 1948-12-18 Movie
	Animation	You Were Never Duckier 1948-08-07 Movie
	Animation	Haredevil Hare 1948-07-24 Movie
1947	Animation	House Hunting Mice 1947-09-06 Movie
	Animation	A Pest in the House 1947-08-02 Movie
1945	Animation	Hare Tonic 1945-11-10 Movie
	Animation	Trap Happy Porky 1945-02-23 Movie
1943	Animation	Wackiki Wabbit 1943-07-03 Movie
	Animation	Super-Rabbit 1943-04-03 Movie
	Animation	To Duck.... Or Not to Duck 1943-03-06 Movie
1942	Animation	My Favorite Duck 1942-12-05 Movie
	Animation	The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall 1942-09-19 Movie
	Animation	Hold the Lion, Please 1942-06-06 Movie
1941	Animation	Toy Trouble 1941-04-11 Movie
1940	Animation	Elmer's Candid Camera 1940-03-02 Movie
1939	Animation	Old Glory 1939-07-01 Movie
	Animation	Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur 1939-04-22 Movie
	Animation	Prest-O Change-O 1939-03-25 Movie
1938	Animation	The Night Watchman 1938-11-18 Movie
	Animation	Have You Got Any Castles? 1938-06-25 Movie
	Animation	Now That Summer Is Gone 1938-05-14 Movie
1937	Animation	The Lyin' Mouse 1937-10-15 Movie
	Animation	Streamlined Greta Green 1937-06-19 Movie
1936	Animation	Page Miss Glory 1936-03-07 Movie
1935	Animation	Little Dutch Plate 1935-10-18 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv