Hamilton Luske

Hamilton Luske
Background information
Born	Hamilton Luton Luske October 16, 1903 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died	February 19, 1968 (aged 64) Bel Air, California, United States
Nationality	American
Alternate names	Hamilton S. Luske Ham Luske
Occupation	Animator, film director
Years active	1934-1968
Spouse	Frances Mary Crabb (13 August 1928 - 19 February 1968)
Children	James, Tommy, Carol, and Peggy Luske

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. He joined the Disney Studio in 1931 where he initially drew Mickey Mouse black & white shorts before moving on as full animator to the Silly Symphony series which was done in colour. 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.

Disney Filmography

Year	Film	Position
1932	Flowers and Trees	animator - uncredited
1932	King Neptune	animator - uncredited
1932	Babes in the Woods	animator - uncredited
1932	Santa's Workshop	animator - uncredited
1933	Mickey's Mellerdrammer	animator - uncredited
1933	Ye Olden Days	animator - uncredited
1933	Father Noah's Ark	animator - uncredited
1933	The Mail Pilot	animator - uncredited
1933	Mickey's Gala Premier	animator - uncredited
1933	Lullaby Land	animator - uncredited
1933	The Pied Piper	animator - uncredited
1933	Giantland	animator - uncredited
1933	The Night Before Christmas	animator - uncredited
1934	The Grasshopper and the Ants	animator - uncredited
1934	Funny Little Bunnies	animator - uncredited
1934	Gulliver Mickey	animator - uncredited
1934	Two-Gun Mickey	animator - uncredited
1934	The Dognapper	animator - uncredited
1934	The Goddess of Spring	animator - uncredited
1934	Peculiar Penguins	animator - uncredited
1934	The Flying Mouse	animator - uncredited
1935	Who Killed Cock Robin?	animator: "Jenny Wren" and "Cock Robin" - uncredited
1935	The Tortoise and the Hare	animator - uncredited
1935	The Robber Kitten	animator - uncredited
1935	Pluto's Judgement Day	animator
1935	Three Orphan Kittens	animator
1936	Elmer Elephant	animator - uncredited
1936	Orphans' Picnic	animator - uncredited
1936	Mickey's Elephant	writer - uncredited
1937	The Worm Turns	animator - uncredited
1937	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	supervising animator
1938	Farmyard Symphony	animator
1938	Ferdinand the Bull	animator - uncredited
1939	Ugly Duckling	animator - uncredited
1939	Mickey's Surprise Party	director
1940	Pinocchio	supervising director
1940	Fantasia	assistant animator director - segment "The Pastoral Symphony" - uncredited
1941	The Reluctant Dragon	cartoon sequences
1942	Saludos Amigos	animator - Pedro Director - uncredited
1942	Food Will Win the War	director - Documentary short
1944	The Pelican and the Snipe	director
1946	Make Mine Music	director
1946	Willie the Operatic Whale	director
1947	Fun and Fancy Free	animation director - Mickey and the Beanstalk
1948	Trees	director
1948	Melody Time	Director - Once Upon a Wintertime segment
1948	So Dear to My Heart	cartoon director
1950	Cinderella	director
1951	Alice in Wonderland	director
1951	How to Catch a Cold	director - uncredited
1953	Peter Pan	director
1953	Ben and Me	director
1954-1970	The Magical World of Disney	director associate producer production supervisor writer
1955	Lady and the Tramp	director
1956	Disneyland, U.S.A.	director (Documentary short)
1959	Sleeping Beauty	sequence director - uncredited
1959	Donald in Mathmagic Land	supervising director
1961	The Litterbug	director
1961	Donald and the Wheel	director
1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	director
1964	Mary Poppins	animation director
1967	The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle	associate producer
1967	Scrooge McDuck and Money	director
1968	Understanding Stresses and Strains	director

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1920’s—1970’s Disney's Nine Old Men: Milt Kahl • Frank Thomas • Ollie Johnston • Les Clark • John Lounsbery • Marc Davis • Ward Kimball • Eric Larson • Wolfgang Reitherman Animators: Bill Tytla • Art Babbitt • Lee Blair • Preston Blair • Fred Moore • Shamus Culhane • Cy Young • Don Lusk • Norman Ferguson • Hal King • Jack Hannah • Dick Kinney • Hal Ambro • Ken O'Brien • Judge Whitaker • Bill Justice • Don Bluth • Gary Goldman • Charles A. Nichols • Blaine Gibson • John Kennedy • John Ewing • Walt Stanchfield • Fred Hellmich • Amby Paliwoda • Wilfred Jackson • Xavier Atencio • Ben Sharpsteen Visual Development, Layout, Background Artists and Character Designers: Gustaf Tenggren • Mary Blair • Marjorie Ralston • Joe Grant • Mel Shaw • Claude Coats • Don DaGradi • John Hench • Eyvind Earle • Ken O'Connor • Thor Putnam • Albert Hurter • John Hubley Storyboard Artists and Writers: Bill Peet • Ralph Wright • Dick Huemer • Floyd Norman • Yale Gracey • Ted Sears • Erdman Penner • Joe Rinaldi • Winston Hibler • Otto Englander Directors: Clyde Geronimi • Hamilton Luske • Jack Kinney • Ted Berman • Richard Rich • Leo Matsuda • Nathan Greno • George Scribner Producers: Walt Disney • Ron Miller • Ken Anderson 1980’s—Present Renaissance Directors: Rob Minkoff • Roger Allers • Gary Trousdale • Kirk Wise • Chris Sanders • Mark Dindal • John Musker Story Trust Directors: Ron Clements • Chris Buck • Byron Howard • Don Hall • Chris Williams • Rich Moore • Stephen J. Anderson Producers: Peter Del Vecho • Clark Spencer • Roy Conli • Dorothy McKim • Don Hahn Chief Creative Officer: Jennifer Lee Associated Figures: Bob Iger • Roy Edward Disney • Michael Eisner • John Lasseter • Ed Catmull • Jeffrey Katzenberg • Bob Chapek Signature Voice Actors: Jim Cummings • Alan Tudyk • Katie Lowes • John DiMaggio • Maurice LaMarche • Jodi Benson • David Ogden Stiers • Jesse Corti • Paul Briggs • Raymond S. Persi • Phil Johnston • Frank Welker • Bill Farmer • Brian Cummings Signature Musicians: Sherman Brothers • Robert B. Sherman • Richard Sherman • Alan Menken • Kristen Anderson-Lopez • Robert Lopez • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Howard Ashman • Tim Rice • Stephen Schwartz • Marc Shaiman Supervising Animators: Glen Keane • Andreas Deja • Alex Kupershmidt • Eric Goldberg • Mark Henn • Bruce W. Smith • John Pomeroy • Randy Haycock • T. Daniel Hofstedt • Tony Bancroft • Tom Bancroft • Tony Fucile • Anthony DeRosa • Russ Edmonds • Michael Surrey • Duncan Marjoribanks • Ruben Aquino • Nik Ranieri • Ron Husband • Rick Farmiloe • Tom Sito • Tony Anselmo Visual Development & Storyboard Artists: Dean DeBlois • Lisa Keene • Claire Keane • Brittney Lee • Jin Kim • Shiyoon Kim • Cory Loftis

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