Dick Huemer

American animator

Dick Huemer

Born|

Richard Huemer

(1898-01-02)January 2, 1898

New York City, U.S.

Died| November 30, 1979(1979-11-30) (aged 81)

Burbank, California, U.S.

Occupation(s)| Animator, director
Years active| 1916–1973
Employers|

* Raoul Barré Cartoon Studios (1916–1923)
* Fleischer Studio (1923–1930) Screen Gems (1930–1933)
* Walt Disney Animation Studios (1933–1948, 1951–1973)

Richard Huemer (January 2, 1898 – November 30, 1979) was an American animator in the Golden Age of Animation.

## Career[edit]

While as an artist-illustrator living in the Bronx, New York City, Huemer first began his career in animation at the Raoul Barré cartoon studio in 1916. He joined the Fleischer Studio in 1923 where he developed the Koko the Clown character. He redesigned the "Clown" for more efficient animation production and moved the Fleischer's away from their dependency upon the Rotoscope for fluid animation. Huemer created Ko-Ko's canine companion, Fitz.[1] Most importantly, Huemer set the drawing style that gave the series its distinctive look. Later he moved to Hollywood and worked as an animator and director for the Charles Mintz studio creating the character Scrappy. He subsequently moved to the Disney Studio, where he remained for the duration of his career, except for a three-year hiatus from 1948–51 when he pioneered animated TV commercials and created with Paul Murry The Adventures of Buck O'Rue comic strip.[2] Some of Huemer's most creative work was done in partnership with Joe Grant; examples include Fantasia (story director), Dumbo (screenplay), and several propaganda films to advance the U.S. war effort during World War II. Atypically, Huemer and Grant submitted Dumbo to Walt Disney not as a completed storyboard, but as a series of storyboard "chapters," each ending in a cliffhanger. This was intended to pique Disney's enthusiasm for the project, and it worked. Huemer was at the Disney organization from April 16, 1933, to February 28, 1973.

## Awards and accomplishments[edit]

Huemer was given a Mousecar by the Disney Studio in February 1973 at a ceremony attended by a number of his peers.[3]

He accepted the Winsor McCay Award at the Annie Awards in October 1978 and was introduced by Ward Kimball.

On October 10, 2007, Huemer's son Dr. Richard P. Huemer accepted the Disney Legends award that was given in his father's name.[4]

## Filmography[edit]

### Director[edit]

* Goofy and Wilbur (1939)
* The Whalers (1938)
* Scrappy's Auto Show (1933)
* Hollywood Babies (1933)
* Sandman Tails (1933)
* Movie Struck (1933)
* The World's Affair (1933)
* Technocracked (1933)
* The Match Kid (1933)
* False Alarm (1933)
* Beer Parade (1933)
* Scrappy's Party (1933)
* Sassy Cats (1933)
* The Wolf at the Door (1932)
* The Bad Genius (1932)
* Flop House (1932)
* The Great Bird Mystery (1932)
* Black Sheep (1932)
* Camping Out (1932)
* Fare Play (1932)
* Battle of the Barn (1932)
* Stepping Stones (1932)
* The Pet Shop (1932)
* Railroad Wretch (1932)
* The Treasure Runt (1932)
* Minding the Baby (1932)
* The Chinatown Mystery (1932)
* Showing Off (1931)
* The Dog Snatcher (1931)
* Sunday Clothes (1931)
* Little Pest (1931)
* Yelp Wanted (1931)
* The Museum (1930)

### Writer[edit]

#### Features[edit]

* Alice in Wonderland (1951)
* Peter and the Wolf (1946)
* Make Mine Music (1946)
* Saludos Amigos (1943)
* Dumbo (1941)
* The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
* Fantasia (1940) (story director)

#### TV shows (some dates uncertain)[edit]

* Disneyland: "An Adventure in Art" (1958) #5694
* Disneyland: "Tricks of Our Trade" (1956) #5664
* Disneyland: "The Plausible Impossible" (1956) #5644
* Disneyland: "The Story of the Animated Drawing" (1955) #5605
* "Concerto con Doodle" (195?) (never aired)
* The Roy Williams Show (c. 1950)

#### Cartoons[edit]

* Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)*
* Melody (1953)
* Chicken Little (1943)
* Reason and Emotion (1943)
* Education for Death (1942)
* Der Fuehrer's Face (1942)*
* The New Spirit (1942)

### Animator[edit]

* Wynken, Blynken and Nod (1938)
* Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
* Little Hiawatha (1937) ...a.k.a. Hiawatha (1937)
* Don Donald (1937)
* Mickey's Elephant (1936)
* Alpine Climbers (1936)
* Mickey's Rival (1936)
* Mickey's Polo Team (1936)
* Broken Toys (1935)
* Music Land (1935)
* Mickey's Garden (1935)
* Water Babies (1935)
* The Band Concert (1935)
* The Tortoise and the Hare (1934)*
* The Goddess of Spring (1934)
* Peculiar Penguins (1934)
* The Wise Little Hen (1934)
* Funny Little Bunnies (1934)
* The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)
* The China Shop (1934)
* The Night Before Christmas (1933)
* Giantland (1933)
* The Steeplechase (1933)
* The Pied Piper (1933)
* Puppy Love (1933)
* Lullaby Land (1933)
* By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1927)
* Koko In 1999 (1927)
* Hell Is Freezing Over (c. 1926)
* Koko the Barber (1925)
* Oh Mabel (1924)

More for Fleischer, Associated Animators, and Raoul Barré – to be updated later.

* Denotes AMPAS ("Academy") Award.

## Miscellaneous at Disney's[edit]

### Books[edit]

* Baby Weems
* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
* True Life Adventures

### Newspaper features[edit]

* True-Life Adventures (March 14, 1955 – February 27, 1973)

### Phonograph records[edit]

* The Who-zis and The What-zis
* Melody
* Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom
* A Christmas Adventure in Disneyland

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Dogs". Fleischer Studios. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
2. ^ Daily Variety 186(1):24, December 6, 1979
3. ^ Dick Huemer in the Penthouse Club 1973
4. ^ Disney Legends Ceremony October 10, 2007,[permanent dead link] DVD, Disney Media Services,

## Sources[edit]

* Huemer.com

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## External links[edit]

* Disney Legends Image
* Annie Award Image
* Dick Huemer at IMDb

Awards for Dick Huemer

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* t
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Disney Legends Awards (2000s)

2000|

* Grace Bailey*
* Harriet Burns
* Joyce Carlson
* Ron Dominguez
* Cliff Edwards*
* Becky Fallberg
* Dick Jones
* Dodie Roberts
* Retta Scott*
* Ruthie Tompson

2001|

* Howard Ashman*
* Bob Broughton
* George Bruns*
* Frank Churchill*
* Leigh Harline*
* Fred Joerger
* Alan Menken
* Martin Sklar
* Ned Washington*
* Tyrus Wong

2002|

* Ken Annakin
* Hugh Attwooll
* Maurice Chevalier*
* Phil Collins
* Sir John Mills
* Robert Newton*
* Sir Tim Rice
* Robert Stevenson*
* Richard Todd
* David Tomlinson*

2003|

* Neil Beckett*
* Salvador Camarata
* Edna Francis Disney*
* Lillian Disney*
* Orlando Ferrante
* Richard Fleischer
* Floyd Gottfredson*
* Buddy Hackett*
* Harrison "Buzz" Price
* Al Taliaferro*
* Ilene Woods

2004|

* Bill Anderson*
* Tim Conway
* Rolly Crump
* Alice Davis
* Karen Dotrice
* Matthew Garber*
* Leonard H. Goldenson*
* Bob Gurr
* Ralph Kent
* Irwin Kostal*
* Mel Shaw

2005|

* Chuck Abbott*
* Milt Albright
* Hideo Amemiya*
* Hideo Aramaki
* Chuck Boyajian*
* Charles Boyer
* Randy Bright*
* James Cora
* Robert Jani*
* Mary Jones
* Art Linkletter
* Mary Anne Mang
* Steve Martin
* Tom Nabbe
* Jack Olsen*
* Cicely Rigdon
* William Sullivan
* Jack Wagner*
* Vesey Walker*

2006|

* Tim Considine
* Kevin Corcoran
* Al Dempster*
* Don Edgren
* Paul Frees*
* Peter Jennings*
* Sir Elton John
* Jimmy Johnson*
* Tommy Kirk
* Joe Ranft*
* David Stollery
* Ginny Tyler

2007|

* Roone Arledge*
* Art Babbitt*
* Carl Bongirno
* Marge Champion
* Dick Huemer*
* Ron Logan
* Lucille Martin
* Tom Murphy
* Randy Newman
* Floyd Norman
* Bob Schiffer*
* Dave Smith

2008|

* Wayne Allwine
* Bob Booth
* Neil Gallagher*
* Frank Gifford
* Burny Mattinson
* Walter Peregoy
* Dorothea Redmond
* Russi Taylor
* Toshio Kagami
* Ian McGuinness
* Barbara Walters
* Oliver Wallace*

2009|

* Tony Anselmo
* Harry Archinal
* Beatrice Arthur*
* Bill Farmer
* Estelle Getty*
* Don Iwerks
* Rue McClanahan
* Leota Toombs Thomas*
* Betty White
* Robin Williams

* Awarded posthumously

* Complete list
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s
* 2020s

* v
* t
* e

Winsor McCay Award (1970s)

1972|

* Max Fleischer
* Dave Fleischer

1973|

* Walter Lantz

1974|

* Tex Avery
* Friz Freleng
* Chuck Jones
* Art Babbitt
* Winsor McCay

1975|

* Walt Disney
* John Hubley
* Faith Hubley
* Norman McLaren

1976|

* Robert Cannon
* Hugh Harman
* Rudolf Ising
* Mike Maltese
* George Pal
* Ward Kimball

1977|

* Bill Hanna
* Joe Barbera
* Mel Blanc
* Oskar Fischinger
* Bill Scott
* Milt Kahl

1978|

* Jay Ward
* Ub Iwerks
* Dick Huemer
* Carl Stalling
* Hans Conried

1979|

* Clyde Geronimi
* Bill Melendez
* Mae Questel
* Otto Messmer

* Complete list
* 1970s
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s
* 2020s

* v
* t
* e

Walt Disney Animation Studios

List of feature films

| 1930s–1940s|

* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
* Pinocchio (1940)
* Fantasia (1940)
* Dumbo (1941)
* Bambi (1942)
* Saludos Amigos (1942)
* The Three Caballeros (1944)
* Make Mine Music (1946)
* Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
* Melody Time (1948)
* The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

|

1950s–1960s|

* Cinderella (1950)
* Alice in Wonderland (1951)
* Peter Pan (1953)
* Lady and the Tramp (1955)
* Sleeping Beauty (1959)
* One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
* The Sword in the Stone (1963)
* The Jungle Book (1967)

1970s–1980s|

* The Aristocats (1970)
* Robin Hood (1973)
* The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
* The Rescuers (1977)
* The Fox and the Hound (1981)
* The Black Cauldron (1985)
* The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
* Oliver & Company (1988)
* The Little Mermaid (1989)

1990s–2000s|

* The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
* Beauty and the Beast (1991)
* Aladdin (1992)
* The Lion King (1994)
* Pocahontas (1995)
* The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
* Hercules (1997)
* Mulan (1998)
* Tarzan (1999)
* Fantasia 2000 (1999)
* Dinosaur (2000)
* The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
* Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
* Lilo & Stitch (2002)
* Treasure Planet (2002)
* Brother Bear (2003)
* Home on the Range (2004)
* Chicken Little (2005)
* Meet the Robinsons (2007)
* Bolt (2008)
* The Princess and the Frog (2009)

2010s–2020s|

* Tangled (2010)
* Winnie the Pooh (2011)
* Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
* Frozen (2013)
* Big Hero 6 (2014)
* Zootopia (2016)
* Moana (2016)
* Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
* Frozen II (2019)
* Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
* Encanto (2021)
* Strange World (2022)

Upcoming|

* Wish (2023)

Associated
productions|

* The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
* Victory Through Air Power (1943)
* Song of the South (1946)
* So Dear to My Heart (1948)
* Mary Poppins (1964)
* Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
* Pete's Dragon (1977)
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Television series

| 2020s|

* Baymax! (2022)
* Zootopia+ (2022)
* Iwájú (2023)
* Tiana (2024)
* Moana (2024)

|

People

| Executives|

* Edwin Catmull
* Roy Conli
* Roy E. Disney
* Walt Disney
* Don Hahn
* Jeffrey Katzenberg
* John Lasseter
* Jennifer Lee
* Peter Schneider
* Thomas Schumacher
* David Stainton
* Clark Spencer

|

Disney Legends
animators|

| Disney's Nine Old Men|

* Les Clark
* Marc Davis
* Ollie Johnston
* Milt Kahl
* Ward Kimball
* Eric Larson
* John Lounsbery
* Wolfgang Reitherman
* Frank Thomas

|

* James Algar
* Ken Anderson
* Xavier Atencio
* Art Babbitt
* Grace Bailey
* Carl Barks
* Mary Blair
* Joyce Carlson
* Marge Champion
* Claude Coats
* Don DaGradi
* Virginia Davis
* Andreas Deja
* Norm Ferguson
* Eyvind Earle
* Clyde Geronimi
* Manuel Gonzales
* Floyd Gottfredson
* Yale Gracey
* Joe Grant
* David Hand
* Jack Hannah
* John Hench
* Dick Huemer
* Ub Iwerks
* Wilfred Jackson
* Steve Jobs
* Bill Justice
* Glen Keane
* Hamilton Luske
* Burny Mattinson
* Fred Moore
* Floyd Norman
* Bill Peet
* Walter Peregoy
* Joe Ranft
* Retta Scott
* Ben Sharpsteen
* Mel Shaw
* Ruthie Tompson
* Roy Williams
* Tyrus Wong

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* Disney animators' strike
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* List of Disney theatrical animated features
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