Director

Harry Reeves

Writing

Career Snapshot

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 52

TMDB ID: 68655

IMDb ID: nm0716206

Known for: Writing

Born: February 9, 1906

Died: February 1, 1971

Age: 64

Place of birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1921 - 2005

Years active: 85

Average TMDB rating: 6.35

Wikidata: Q3127896

Also known as

Harold Reeves

Frequent jobs

Story (27)Animation (19)Writer (6)

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Biography

While serving as a barker at a Broadway theater in 1929, Reeves met three animators from Pat Sullivan Cartoon Studios, producer of Felix the Cat shorts. He begged for a job. As a result, he met and worked under pioneer film animator Otto Messmer, creator of Felix. Messmer was a genius, but Sullivan was reluctant to allow him to make cartoons with voices. In November 1930 Reeves severed ties with Sullivan and joined Disney, who was beginning to earn a favorable reputation, where he earned $60 a week as an “apprentice cartoon animator.” In 1934 he was an “animator and apprentice story writer.”

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