Johnny Cannon

John William Cannon was an American animator, who worked in the early years of the Disney Studios throughout the 1930s.
Cannon was born in Terre Haute, Indiana to John and Maybelle Cannon. When he was eleven, his parents divorced and went to live with his mother. Later, he moved to California where he attended Venice High School and eventually settled in Santa Monica.
In 1927, Cannon accepted a job at Disney, where he worked on several cartoons for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. However, after a year, the studio's contract was pulled and while the majority of Disney's staff left, Cannon was one of the few who remained with Walt and Roy. Following the success of Steamboat Willie, where he also helped with sound effects, Cannon continued animating the majority of the Mickey Mouse shorts, as well as future Donald Duck and Pluto shorts. Along with Les Clark, he helped to create the character of Mortimer Mouse in Mickey's Rival. Cannon also worked in the Silly Symphonies division where he animated shorts, such as Babes in the Woods, King Neptune, Flowers and Trees, and Broken Toys.
By 1940, Cannon had decided to leave the studio for other opportunities. He continued to work at various animation studios, such as Columbia Pictures, where teamed with Disney collaborator Ub Iwerks. However, he suffered a fatal heart attack on December 6, 1946 and died.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position
1928	Steamboat Willie 	AnimatorSound effects (uncredited)
1929	The Barn Dance 	Animator (uncredited)
1929	The Opry House 	Animator (uncredited)
1929	When the Cat's Away 	Animator (uncredited)
1929	The Barnyard Battle 	Animator (uncredited)
1929	Mickey's Choo-Choo 	Animator (uncredited)
1929	The Jazz Fool 	Animator (uncredited)
1929	Wild Waves 	Animator (uncredited)
1929	Jungle Rhythm 	Animator (uncredited)
1929	The Haunted House 	Animator (uncredited)
1929	The Merry Dwarfs 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	Summer 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	Autumn 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	The Barnyard Concert 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	Cannibal Capers 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	Fiddling Around 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	The Cactus Kid 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	Frolicking Fish 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	The Fire Fighters 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	Arctic Antics 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	Midnight in a Toy Shop 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	Night 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	The Chain Gang 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	Monkey Melodies 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	The Gorilla Mystery 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	The Picnic 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	Winter 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	Pioneer Days 	Animator (uncredited)
1930	Playful Pan 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	The Birthday Party 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	Birds of a Feather 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	Traffic Troubles 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	The Castaway 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	Mother Goose Melodies 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	The China Plate 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	The Cat's Out 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	Blue Rhythm 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	Egyptian Melodies 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	Fishin' Around 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	The Spider and the Fly 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	Mickey Cuts Up 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	Mickey's Orphans 	Animator (uncredited)
1931	The Ugly Duckling 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	The Duck Hunt 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	The Grocery Boy 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	Barnyard Olympics 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	Mickey's Revue 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	The Bears and Bees 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	Musical Farmer 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	Mickey in Arabia 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	Flowers and Trees 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	Just Dogs 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	Mickey's Nightmare 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	Trader Mickey 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	King Neptune 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	The Whoopee Party 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	The Klondike Kid 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	Babes in the Woods 	Animator (uncredited)
1932	Mickey's Good Deed 	Animator (uncredited)
1933	Building a Building 	Animator (uncredited)
1933	The Mad Doctor 	Animator (uncredited)
1933	Birds in the Spring 	Animator (uncredited)
1933	Mickey's Mellerdrammer 	Animator (uncredited)
1933	Ye Olden Days 	Animator (uncredited)
1933	The Mail Pilot 	Animator (uncredited)
1933	Mickey's Mechanical Man	Animator (uncredited)
1933	Old King Cole 	Animator (uncredited)
1933	Puppy Love 	Animator (uncredited)
1933	The Steeple-Chase 	Animator (uncredited)
1933	Giantland 	Animator (uncredited)
1934	Shanghaied 	Animator (uncredited)
1934	Gulliver Mickey 	Animator (uncredited)
1934	Orphan's Benefit 	Animator (uncredited)
1934	Mickey Plays Papa 	Animator (uncredited)
1934	The Dognapper 	Animator (uncredited)
1935	Mickey's Man Friday 	Animator (uncredited)
1935	The Band Concert 	Animator (uncredited)
1935	The Cookie Carnival 	Animator (uncredited)
1935	Mickey's Fire Brigade 	Animator (uncredited)
1935	On Ice 	Animator (uncredited)
1935	Broken Toys 	Animator (uncredited)
1936	Mickey's Polo Team 	Animator (uncredited)
1936	Thru the Mirror 	Animator (uncredited)
1936	Mickey's Rival 	Animator (uncredited)
1936	Mickey's Elephant 	Animator (uncredited)
1936	The Country Cousin 	Animator (uncredited)
1936	Mother Pluto 	Animator (uncredited)
1937	Don Donald 	Animator (uncredited)
1937	Magician Mickey 	Animator (uncredited)
1937	Woodland Café 	Animator (uncredited)
1937	Modern Inventions 	Animator (uncredited)
1937	Donald's Ostrich 	Animator (uncredited)
1938	Donald's Nephews 	Animator (uncredited)
1938	Mickey's Trailer 	Animator (uncredited)
1938	Good Scouts 	Animator
1938	Donald's Golf Game 	Animator (uncredited)
1938	Donald's Lucky Day 	Animator (uncredited)
1939	The Standard Parade 	Animator (uncredited)
1939	Donald's Cousin Gus 	Animator (uncredited)
1939	Donald's Penguin 	Animator (uncredited)
1939	Sea Scouts 	Animator (uncredited)
1939	The Autograph Hound 	Animator (uncredited)
1940	Donald's Dog Laundry 	Animator (uncredited)
1940	Tugboat Mickey 	Animator (uncredited)
1940	Put-Put Troubles 	Animator (uncredited)
==Gallery==
Silly Symphony unit 1929.jpg|L-R: Cannon, Jack Cutting, Wilfred Jackson, Ub Iwerks, and Les Clark
The disney bowling team.jpg|The Disney Bowling Team: Standing, from left: Clark, Ben SharpsteenKneeling, from left: Merle Gilson, Iwerks, Cannon
Disney staff 1930 (2).jpg|Standing: Cannon, Jackson, Clark, CuttingKneeling, from left: Iwerks, Walt Disney, Carl Stalling
Burt gillett and Disney staff.jpg|Seated, Carl Stalling and Iwerks; from left, Jackson, Sharpsteen, Burt Gillett, Clark, W. Disney, Cannon, and Jack King. Jackson said of this photo: "I believe Ub had just finished designing the sheet music cover."
Disney staff 1930s.jpg|Stalling at the piano, with, from left, Cannon, Disney, Gillett, Iwerks, Jackson, Clark, and (seated) King and Sharpsteen.
Disney staff in January 1930.jpg|Left to Right: W. Disney, Stalling, Sharpsteen, Iwerks, Clark, Gillett, Cannon, Jackson, and (standing) King
Disney staff in January 1930 (2).jpg|Standing, from left: Clark, King, Sharpsteen, Cutting, Gillett, Iwerks, Win Smith, Jackson, William Cottrell, Floyd GottfredsonKneeling, from left, Dick Lundy, Charles Byrne, Carlos Manriquez, Ferguson, Gilson, Chuck Couch, Stalling, Cannon, W. Disney
Disney staff 1931 (1).jpg|Standing from left: Edmond Seward, Frank Churchill, Otto Englander, Sharpsteen, Bert Lewis, Gilles "Frenchy" de Tremaudan, Clark, Rudy Zamora, Jackson, King, Tom Palmer, Cutting (behind Palmer), Cannon, Norman Ferguson, Webb SmithSeated, from left: David Hand, Ted Sears, Lundy, Gillett, W. Disney
Disney staff 1931 (2).jpg|1931; Standing from left: Smith, Seward, Englander, Zamora, Hand, Palmer, Cutting, W. Disney, Churchill, Cannon, SharpsteenSeated from left: King, Lundy, Sears, Ferguson, de Tremaudan, Jackson, Clark, Gillett, Lewis
==External links==
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*Animation Who & Where - Johnny Cannon
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