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William Hanna
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American animator (1910–2001)
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William Denby Hanna was an American film producer, director, animator, and writer. Born in Melrose, New Mexico, in 1910, he was of Irish American descent. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, and began his professional career in 1930. Hanna worked for employers including Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Harman and Ising. He was a member of Scouting America and spoke English.
Hanna received several awards, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a Daytime Emmy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Winsor McCay Award. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He had two children and was buried in Lake Forest. He died in 2001.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 43
Top works
- Studies in small-pox and vaccination
- Saint Abraam
- Essays for Orthodox Youth
- Monroe's Fire
- Book of Condolences and Comforting Words
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Melrose, New Mexico, USA
William Denby "Bill" Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, director, producer, television director, television producer, and cartoon artist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the 20th century. When he was a young child, Hanna's family moved frequently, but they settled in Compton, California, by 1919. There,…
Known for
- Tom and Jerry — (archive voices)2023
- Tom and Jerry Cowboy Up! — Tom / Jerry (voice) (archive sound)2022
- Tom & Jerry — Tom / Jerry (archive sounds) (uncredited)2021
- The House That Cat Built — Tom / Jerry (archive sound) (uncredited)2021
- On a Roll — Tom / Jerry (archive sound) (uncredited)2021
- Tom and Jerry: Golden Collection Volume One — Tom (voice 1942-1958)2011
- Tom and Jerry: Golden Collection Volume One — Jerry (voice 1940-1958)2011
- Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection — Tom (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)2010
- Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers — Tom / Jerry (voice) (archive sound)2006
- Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection2004
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1910-07-14 ) July 14, 1910, Melrose , New Mexico Territory, U.S.
- Died
- March 22, 2001 (2001-03-22) (aged 90), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Burial place
- Ascension Cemetery, Lake Forest, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Animator musician voice actor
- Years active
- 1930–2001
- Employer s
- Harman-Ising Productions (1930–1937), MGM Cartoons (1937–1957), Hanna-Barbera (1957–2001)
- Spouse
- Violet Wogatzke ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Melrose
- Place of death
- North Hollywood
- Occupation
- comics artist
- Employer
- Harman and Ising
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- William Hanna 1977.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
Show 15 more facts
- date of birth
- 1910-07-14
- ethnic group
- Irish Americans
- Commons category
- William Hanna
- birth name
- William Denby Hanna
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
- member of
- Scouting America
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- place of burial
- Lake Forest
- name in native language
- William Hanna
- writing language
- English language
- partner in business or sport
- Joseph Barbera
- date of death
- 2001-03-22
- end of work period
- 2001-00-00
- cause of death
- esophageal cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, voice actor, and musician. Hanna and Joseph Barbera co-created Tom and Jerry and founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera, with Hanna providing the vocal effects for Tom and Jerry's title characters.
Hanna joined the Harman and Ising animation studio in 1930 and steadily gained skill and prominence while working on cartoons such as Captain and the Kids. In 1937, while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hanna met Barbera and formed a working relationship. In 1957, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, creating or producing programs such as The Flintstones, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and Yogi Bear. In 1967, Hanna-Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million (equivalent to about $116 million today) but Hanna and Barbera remained heads of the company until 1991. At that time, the studio was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn was merged with Time Warner in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors.
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