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: Snow White |
| 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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