Dale Baer

Dale Baer
Background information
Born	Dale Leonard Baer June 15, 1950 Denver, Colorado, United States
Died	January 15, 2021 (age 70) Irvine, California, United States
Cause of death	Complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Nationality	American
Occupation	Animator
Years active	1972-2021
Spouse	Jane Baer (1976-?) Teddy (?-2021) (his death)
Children	2

Baer (far right) with fellow animators Mark Henn and Eric Goldberg and writer Burny Mattinson at the opening of Winnie the Pooh.

Dale Leonard Baer was an American character animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios, who had worked there since the early 1970s.

Credits

Year	Film	Position
1973	Robin Hood	Character Animator
1974	Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!	Animator
1977	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	Animator
1977	The Rescuers	Character Animator
1977	Pete's Dragon	Character Animator
1983	Mickey's Christmas Carol	Animator
1985	The Black Cauldron	Animator: Fflewddur Fflam
1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Supervising Animator
1990	The Prince and the Pauper	Supervising Animator
1994	The Lion King	Animator: Adult Simba
1999	Tarzan	Additional Animator
2000	The Emperor's New Groove	Supervising Animator: Yzma
2002	Treasure Planet	Animator: Doctor Doppler
2004	Home on the Range	Supervising Animator: Slim and Junior
2005	Chicken Little	Animator
2007	Meet the Robinsons	Supervising Animator: Wilbur
2007	How to Hook Up Your Home Theater	Animator
2009	The Princess and the Frog	Animator: Ray / Lead Animator: Frog Hunters
2011	The Ballad of Nessie	Supervising Animator
2011	Winnie the Pooh	Supervising Animator: Owl
2012	Wreck-It Ralph	Additional Visual Development
2013	Get a Horse!	Animator
2013	Frozen	Additional Visual Development
2016	Zootopia	Additional Visual Development

Gallery

Fflewddur Fflam

Adult Simba

Yzma

Doctor Doppler

Slim

Junior

Wilbur

Ray

Frog Hunters

Owl

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