Hamilton Luton Luske was an American animator and film director, who directed many Disney films and shorts from 1936 until his death in 1968, such as Pinocchio, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois; Luske graduated from the University of California- Berkley where he majored in business and began working life as a newspaper cartoonist in Oakland. In 1931, he joined the Disney Studio, where he initially drew Mickey Mouse black & white shorts before moving on as full animator to the Silly Symphony, series which was done in color. He was soon trusted enough by Walt Disney to be made supervising animator of Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Over the years, he and his family contributed to Disney films. Luske used his one-year-old son, Jim as the live action actor for Baby Weems in the film The Reluctant Dragon. His daughter Peggy's Cocker Spaniel, Blondie was used as the model for Lady in Lady and The Tramp. His son Tom was the voice and model for Michael Darling in Peter Pan. Hamilton's wife, Marcel, modeled for the character Persephone in the Silly Symphony, Goddess of the Spring.
In 1965, he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for directing the animated sequence in Mary Poppins. He was posthumously named a Disney Legend in 1999.
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Flowers and Trees | Animator (uncredited) |
| King Neptune | Animator (uncredited) | |
| Babes in the Woods | Animator (uncredited) | |
| Santa's Workshop | animator (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | The Mad Doctor | Animator (uncredited) |
| Birds in the Spring | Animator (uncredited) | |
| Mickey's Mellerdrammer | Animator (uncredited) | |
| Ye Olden Days | Animator (uncredited) | |
| Father Noah's Ark | Animator (uncredited) | |
| The Mail Pilot | Animator (uncredited) | |
| Mickey's Gala Premier | Animator (uncredited) | |
| Lullaby Land | Animator (uncredited) | |
| The Pied Piper | Animator (uncredited) | |
| Giantland | Animator (uncredited) | |
| The Night Before Christmas | Animator (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | The Grasshopper and the Ants | Animator (uncredited) |
| Funny Little Bunnies | Animator (uncredited) | |
| The Big Bad Wolf | Animator (uncredited) | |
| Gulliver Mickey | Animator (uncredited) | |
| The Flying Mouse | Animator (uncredited) | |
| Peculiar Penguins | Animator (uncredited) | |
| The Goddess of Spring | Animator (uncredited) | |
| The Dognapper | Animator (uncredited) | |
| Two-Gun Mickey | Animator (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | The Robber Kitten | Animator (uncredited) |
| Who Killed Cock Robin? | Animator: "Jenny Wren" and "Cock Robin" (uncredited) | |
| Pluto's Judgement Day | Animator | |
| Three Orphan Kittens | Animator | |
| The Tortoise and the Hare | Animator (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | Orphans' Picnic | Animator (uncredited) |
| Elmer Elephant | Animator (uncredited) | |
| Mickey's Elephant | Director (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | The Worm Turns | Animator (uncredited) |
| A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios | Self | |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Supervising animator | |
| 1938 | How Walt Disney Cartoons Are Made | Self |
| Farmyard Symphony | Animator | |
| Ferdinand the Bull | Animator (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Mickey's Surprise Party | Director (uncredited) |
| The Ugly Duckling | Director Animator (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | Pinocchio | Supervising director |
| Fantasia | Assistant animator Director: "The Pastoral Symphony" (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | The Reluctant Dragon | Director (cartoon sequences) |
| 1942 | Food Will Win the War | Director |
| Saludos Amigos | Animator Sequence director: "Pedro" (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | The Pelican and the Snipe | Director |
| 1946 | Make Mine Music | Director: "Willie the Operatic Whale" |
| 1947 | Fun and Fancy Free | Animation director: "Mickey and the Beanstalk" |
| 1948 | Melody Time | Cartoon director: "Once Upon a Wintertime" |
| Trees | Director | |
| So Dear to My Heart | Cartoon director | |
| 1950 | Cinderella | Director |
| 1951 | Alice in Wonderland | Director |
| How to Catch a Cold | Director (uncredited) | |
| 1953 | Peter Pan | Director |
| Ben and Me | Supervising director (uncredited) | |
| 1954-1970 | Disneyland | Director Associate producer Writer: "Our Unsung Villains" Production supervisor: "I Captured the King of the Leprechauns" |
| 1955 | Contrasts in Rhythm | Director |
| Lady and the Tramp | Director | |
| 1956 | Disneyland, U.S.A. | Director |
| 1959 | Sleeping Beauty | Sequence director (uncredited) |
| Kodak Presents Disneyland '59 | Director | |
| Donald in Mathmagic Land | Supervising director | |
| 1961 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | Director |
| Donald and the Wheel | Director | |
| The Litterbug | Director | |
| 1963 | The Sword in the Stone | Animation Director: Kitchen's Enchanted Dishes, Brooms and Mops (Uncredited) |
| 1964 | Mary Poppins | Animation director |
| 1967 | Scrooge McDuck and Money | Director |
| 1968 | Understanding Stresses and Strains | Director |
| 2022 | Pinocchio | Special thanks |
| 2023 | Peter Pan & Wendy | Special thanks |
Gallery[]
Front row: Hamilton Luske, Jimmy Trout, Joe Hale, Mac Stewart, John Emerson
Seated: Secretary, Mary Satterwhite
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