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list of a few of Barks' colleagues from both the
animation and the scripting years: Homer Brightman (1901-1988)
Very versatile storyman for Disney from 1935 (Saludos
Amigos, Three Caballeros, Cinderella and many Donald
Duck shorts and newspaper strips). Also worked for Walter
Lantz (Woody Woodpecker) and MGM (Tom & Jerry).
Charles 'Chuck' Couch
(1909-1987)
Worked as both animator, storyman and so-called
story developer. He later went on to dedicate his time to
Disney's TV productions.
Otto Englander (1906-1969)
His name does not exactly reveal that he was an
immigrant from the former Yugoslavia. He was a storyman
on many feature films such as Snow White, Pinocchio,
Fantasia, and Dumbo.
Nicholas 'Nick' George (1910-1978)
Animator and storyman on both Donald Duck and
Mickey Mouse shorts. During the 1950s and 1960s he worked
for Western Publishing.
Jack Hannah (1913-1994)
Grew tired of
being an animator and got into the script department
where Barks already worked. Hannah did not know much
about storytelling but he was a whiz on cartooning thus
the two men quickly became colleagues. Hannah later
became a director on numerous shorts.
Kenneth 'Ken' Hultgren (1915-1968)
Animator on Snow White, Bambi, Sleeping
Beauty and many other feature films. Also drew comic
book artwork for Western Publishing.
Jack King (1882-1943)
Animator and director for feature films like Pinocchio,
Dumbo, and Saludos Amigos. Directed Donald
Duck shorts until his death when Hannah took over.
Jack Kinney (1909-1992)
Started as an animator but worked primarily as a
director on numerous shorts, and as sequence director on Pinocchio,
Dumbo and other feature films.
Harry Reeves (1931-?)
Started as an animator but later became storyman
on numerous shorts starring Donald Duck and Pluto. Leader
of the story department from 1939.
'Ted' Sears (1900-1958)
Storyman on most of the feature films spanning from Snow
White to Sleeping Beauty. A very versatile
artist who also wrote song lyrics for Peter Pan.
Sears became the first head for the story department.
Webster 'Webb' Smith
(1895-?)
Storyman on Mickey Mouse, Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo,
Saludos Amigos, and more.
Roy Williams (1907-1976)
Animator on Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies. Later
storyman on Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck shorts, and co-host
of the original Mickey Mouse Club.
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