Fred Moore (animator)

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Robert Fred Moore (September 7, 1911 - November 23, 1952), was an American artist and character animator for Walt Disney Productions. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Character animation is a specialized area of the Animation process concerning the animation of one or more characters featured in an animated work Often called "Freddie", he was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Despite limited formal art training, he rose to prominence at Disney very quickly in the early thirties due to his great natural talent and the tremendous appeal of his drawings, which is still greatly admired by animators and animation fans.

Moore is best known for being the resident specialist in the animation of Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. He is most notable for re-designing the character in 1938 for his landmark role as The Sorcerer's Apprentice in Fantasia, a look which remains Mickey's official look to this day. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Sorcerer's Apprentice is the English name of Goethe 's poem Der Zauberlehrling (1797 Fantasia is a 1940 Animated film produced by Walt Disney, and is the third film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics. His animation of the earlier Mickey design was especially memorable in the 1938 short Brave Little Tailor, the last significant appearance of the "pie-eyed" Mickey. Brave Little Tailor ( 1938) is a one-reel Animated cartoon Short subject in the Mickey Mouse series produced in

Moore's other significant work at the studio included "The Three Little Pigs", on which he was the principal animator; animation supervision of the dwarfs in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"; most of Lampwick in "Pinocchio" (all of the poolroom scene and until halfway through his transformation to a donkey); and Timothy the mouse in "Dumbo". Three Little Pigs is an animated Short film released on May 27, 1933 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American film based on the eponymous German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Pinocchio is the second Animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics. Dumbo is a 1941 Animated feature Film produced by Walt Disney and first released on October 23 1941 by RKO Radio Pictures. Moore animated some of the later scenes of the White Rabbit in "Alice In Wonderland", and did the mermaids in the Mermaid Lagoon for "Peter Pan". Alice in Wonderland is a 1951 Animated feature film produced by Walt Disney and originally premiered in London England on July 26 Peter Pan is an animated feature film produced by Walt Disney based on the play Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up by

Moore was well-known around the studio for his drawings of innocently sexy, often nude, women, referred to as "Freddie Moore Girls. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE-ROMEOS*************** Nudity is the state of wearing no Clothing. The term' "nudity" can also occasionally be used to refer to wearing significantly less clothing than expected " Some of his girl designs found their way into Disney films: for example, the centaurettes in Fantasia and the teenage girls in the "All the Cats Join In" segment of Make Mine Music. In Greek mythology, the centaurs (from Ancient Greek: Κένταυροι - Kéntauroi are a race of creatures composed of part Human Make Mine Music is an animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on August 15 1946 (In "All The Cats Join In", Moore personally animated the sequence at the beginning, when the girl answers the telephone and then quickly showers and dresses, through to her scene putting on lipstick in front of her mirror). Moore's enduring influence can also be seen in the design of Casey's daughters in the 1954 short "Casey Bats Again". His girl drawings remain iconic and influential. A model sheet for Ariel in the 1989 Disney film The Little Mermaid" made specific distinctions between the design of that character and a "Freddie Moore Girl". The Little Mermaid is a 1989 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation with a pencil test beginning on September 23, 1988 and

Moore's drawings and design style have come to epitomize the formative years of the studio in between Ub Iwerks' departure in 1931 and the ascension of the "Nine Old Men", after which studio design was dominated by animator Milt Kahl, along with storyboard artist Bill Peet, and later production designer Ken Anderson. Ub Iwerks, ASC ( Ubbe Ert Iwwerks) ( 24 March 1901 &ndash 7 July 1971) was a two-time Academy Award winning Disney's Nine Old Men were the core Animators (some of whom later became directors who created the Disney studio 's most famous works from Snow Milton Erwin Kahl (born March 22, 1909, in San Francisco California, USA; died April 19, 1987, in Mill Valley California Bill Peet ( January 29, 1915 &ndash May 11, 2002) was an American children's book illustrator and a story writer for Disney During the 1930s, Moore, Art Babbitt, Norm Ferguson, Bill Tytla, and Ham Luske were the dominant Disney animators whose pioneering work culminated in 1937 with the breakthrough of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Arthur Harold Babitsky, better known as Art Babbitt ( October 8, 1907 &ndash March 4, 1992) was an American Animator William Norman "Norm" Ferguson ( September 2, 1902 - November 4, 1957) was an animator for the The Walt Disney Studios and Vladimir Peter Tytla ( October 25 1904 &ndash December 30 1968) was one of the original Disney Animators and is considered Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American film based on the eponymous German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.

Moore was a close friend of fellow animators Ward Kimball and Walt Kelly, though he apparently had a quieter and more reserved nature than either of them. Ward Walrath Kimball ( March 4, 1914 &ndash July 8, 2002) was an Academy Award -winning Animator for the Walt Walter Crawford Kelly Jr ( August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973) known as Walt Kelly, was a Cartoonist notable for his Many surviving gag drawings by Kelly from the period of "Pinocchio" show Kimball as the corrupt Lampwick, with boyish Moore as Pinocchio. Moore and Kimball were also caricatured as song and dance men in the 1941 Mickey Mouse short "The Nifty Nineties". The Nifty Nineties is a Disney cartoon starring Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Moore makes a brief (and quiet) live-action appearance in the 1941 feature "The Reluctant Dragon", along with Kimball and animator Norm Ferguson during one of the studio tour sequences. The Reluctant Dragon is an animated film produced by Walt Disney, directed by Alfred Werker, and released by RKO Radio Pictures on William Norman "Norm" Ferguson ( September 2, 1902 - November 4, 1957) was an animator for the The Walt Disney Studios and

Fred Moore left the Disney Studios in 1946 and worked for Walter Lantz, where he redesigned the character Woody Woodpecker during a two-year stint that ended with his return to Disney in 1948. Walter Benjamin Lantz ( April 27 1899 &ndash March 22 1994) was an American Cartoonist and Animator, best Woody Woodpecker is an animated cartoon character, an Anthropomorphic Woodpecker who appeared in theatrical Short films produced

Moore was already at work animating the mermaids and the lost boys for Peter Pan when both he and his second wife, Virginia, were injured in a traffic accident early on the evening of Saturday, November 22, 1952, when their car was struck head-on while she made a U-turn on a rural highway through Big Tujunga Canyon near the Angeles National Forest. Peter Pan is an animated feature film produced by Walt Disney based on the play Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up by The Moores were reportedly returning from a day spent watching a football game with fellow Disney artist Jack Kinney. Jack Kinney ( March 29, 1909 - February 9, 1992) was an American Animator, director and producer of Animated shorts Moore died the following day at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California from a cerebral hemorrhage resulting from a concussion. Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County California, United States. Moore is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in a plot overlooking the Disney Studios. Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery is part of the Forest Lawn chain of Southern California cemeteries

Fred Moore was posthumously inducted as a Disney Legend by the studio in 1995, and posthumously received the industry's Winsor McKay Award in 1983. Established in 1987, the Disney Legends program recognizes men and women who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company.

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