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Edward Robert Sears (March 13, 1900 – August 22, 1958) was an American animator during the Golden Age of American animation. Sears worked for the Fleischer Studios in the late-1920s and early-1930s, and was hired away from Max Fleischer to work at the Walt Disney studio in 1931.
Ted Sears (1900-1958) Writer. Animation Department. Director. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. As his writing partner, Winston Hibler, once put it, "Perhaps Ted's greatest talent was his own unique brand of humor. It was warm, gentle humor; there was never a barb in it. And his was the key, to Ted's whole personality. He was the kindest man I ever knew.
- Writer, Animation Department, Director
- March 13, 1900
- Ted Sears
- August 22, 1958
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Edward Robert "Ted" Sears Jr. was an animator and story writer for Disney during its early years. As his writing partner, Winston Hibler, once put it, "Perhaps Ted's greatest talent was his own unique brand of humor. It was warm, gentle humor; there was never a barb in it. And his was the key, to Ted's whole personality. He was the kindest man I ever knew. He lived with laughter and without malice. He was generous in all things. His talents could be had for the asking. No job was too small, none too big. And this all adds up to the fact that through his talents and his personal virtues. Ted was able to achieve two of the goals he set for himself in life: he made good pictures and he made good friends."
Born in 1900, he spent most of his childhood in New York where he attended a trade school and became a sign painter to help support his family and later lettered title cards for silent movies, worked with trick photography, drew ads, and even made props for early two-reel comedies. He even came up with plot ideas and gags for silent film comic, Charlie Bowers. He eventually joined Max Fleischer's organization where he contributed story ideas as well as animation.
In 1931, Walt Disney hired Ted on a long term contract not as an animator but as a senior writer, (the head of Disney Story Department) and in the twenty-seven years that followed no one ever challenged his position. He was responsible for writing dialogue and story lines for virtually every important production the Disney Studio, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Bambi, Dumbo, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan. He also co-wrote narration for many of the Disney nature films with Winston Hibler, and later did a number of the Disney TV shows.
As part of the Disney's company's original story department he is one of the men attributed in the creation of storyboarding now an industry standard for not just animated film but also live action.
•His sister-in-law, Irene, was the Disney family nurse for many years attending to both Walt's brother and mother
•Sears had initially provided the voice of the titular character in Pinocchio before the character was reimagined and child actor Dickie Jones was cast as the voice of the character instead.
March 13, 1900 · Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA. Died. August 22, 1958 · Los Angeles County, California, USA (undisclosed) Birth name. Edward Sears. Mini Bio. As his writing partner, Winston Hibler, once put it, "Perhaps Ted's greatest talent was his own unique brand of humor. It was warm, gentle humor; there was never a barb in it.
- March 13, 1900
- August 22, 1958
Edward M. Sears (born April 6, 1977) is an American actor, known for his roles as Richard Patrick Woolsley on the TNT legal drama series Raising the Bar, Patrick on the first season of FX anthology horror drama American Horror Story (retroactively titled Murder House), Dr. Austin Langham on the Showtime period drama series Masters of Sex, and ...
YearTitleRole2024Brilliant MindsJosh Nichols2022Jeffery2021Tripp Hersch2021Jim FisherMar 12, 2012 · A 1939 shot of Hurter at work on "Pinocchio". The book itself was planned and prepared by Hurter himself and as outlined in his will, he personally picked Ted Sears (Fleischer animator/Disney storyman) to compile the material and write the forward introduction. The drawings are wonderful and recall the fantastic work of artists like Heinrich Kley.
Biography. “Born : Pratt Falls, New York, in 1900. “Educated in pool rooms. “Youngest graduate of Elmira Reform School, ‘09. “Married Eva Tanguay in 1913. “Two children, Lew Cody and George Bernard Shaw. “Favorite sport : Murder. “Batting average : 237.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily.
