biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1907–79)
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| biography:
| Writer and illustrator, born in Dallas, Texas, USA. He worked as a logger, bank clerk, and deckhand before taking up study at the Chouinard Art School, Los Angeles (1928–30). He became head animator for Walt Disney productions, Hollywood (1930–6), moved to New York City to work for Fortune magazine (1937–9), and settled in Westport, CT. He is remembered for his tugboat series for children, notably Little Toot (1939). |
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