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Animator, comics artist. Years active. 1935–1959. Riley A. Thomson Jr. (October 5, 1912 – January 26, 1960) was an American animator and comics artist who spent most of his career working with Walt Disney films and characters. He directed six Disney short films including The Nifty Nineties and Symphony Hour .
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Riley A. Thomson, Jr. was an American animator, director, writer, and comics artist, who spent most of his career working with Walt Disney films and characters. He directed six Disney short films, including The Nifty Nineties and Symphony Hour.
Thomson began his career in 1935 at Leon Schlesinger Productions (Warner Bros.) as an animator. While there he worked on Merrie Melodies cartoons and focused on the character Porky Pig. The following year Thomson went to work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He was first an animator and worked on Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphonies, and Donald Duck short films. He also worked on the feature-length film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment of Fantasia (1940).
After working on Fantasia Thomson moved to the story department where he became a writer and director. He directed the short films Put-Put Troubles (1940), The Little Whirlwind (1941), The Nifty Nineties, the remake of Orphan's Benefit, Mickey's Birthday Party (1942), and Symphony Hour. He also received story credits for They're Off (1948) and Dude Duck (1951). (The latter misspells his surname as "Thompson.")
In 1950, Thomson moved into the field of comics. He worked for Western Publishing from 1950 to 1953 drawing for several different comic books. His work mainly included Disney characters, such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, Chip and Dale, Grandma Duck, and Jaq and Gus. He also drew Woody Woodpecker comics. Throughout the 1950s Thomson drew comic strips for the Disney Studios including the Uncle Remus Sunday page (based on the 1946 film Song of the South) and the Mickey Mouse daily newspaper strip.
Thomson returned to animation in 1957 and worked for Walter Lantz Productions until 1959.
Riley A. Thomson Jr. (October 5, 1912 – January 26, 1960) was an American animator and comics artist who spent most of his career working with Walt Disney films and characters. He directed six Disney short films including The Nifty Nineties and Symphony Hour.
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Animation Department. Director. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Riley Thomson was born on 5 October 1912 in California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Fantasia (1940), Fantasia 2000 (1999) and The Magical World of Disney (1954). He died on 26 January 1960 in California, USA.
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Riley Thomson (b. 1912) Born: 1912 October 5 in Alhambra, California, United States. Died: 1960 January 26 in California, United States. Biography: Animator, first for Leon Schlesinger, best known for his work with Walt Disney, and finally for Walter Lantz. Worked for Western Publishing 1950-1953.
Last updated: 2018-11-25. Riley A. Thomson was an artist of the "second generation" of great Disney artists, along with Manuel Gonzales and Jack Bradbury. He began his career in 1935 working as an animator for Warner Brothers in Friz Freleng and Tex Avery's unit. Thomson left in 1938 to...
