Perce Pearce

Percival Cooke "Perce" Pearce, Jr. was an American writer and producer, who worked for Disney from 1935 to 1953.
Born in Waukegan, Illinois; Pearce was the son of English immigrants, and his father was a physician. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago, having already started out as a cartoonist at the age of 16. He worked in a newspaper job before joining Walt Disney. He worked as a sequence director for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, where he was reputedly the model for Doc. After World War II, Pearce began producing some of Disney's early live-action feature films, like Treasure Island, The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, and Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue. Disney trusted him to oversee the production of these films in England and take part in the post-production process.
During Treasure Island, Pearce and associate Fred Leahy were asked to air-mail him specific takes for editing, and after a test screening in early January, he ordered them to cut ten to twelve minutes and provide a more forceful musical score; he also advised them that a more detailed criticism would follow. Two days later, he ordered the editor to fly from England to Los Angeles, apparently so that Walt could oversee the editing himself. For Robin Hood, Disney left much of the final decisions to Pearce, who had laid out every shot in the movie in thumbnail sketches, or storyboards, and sent them on along with photostats and the final script to Walt for approval.
He died in England while on business from coronary thrombosis in 1955.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position
1937	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 	Sequence Director
1940	Fantasia 	Story Development: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
1942	Bambi 	Story DirectionMr. Mole - uncredited
1943	Victory Through Air Power 	Story Direction
1946	Song of the South 	Associate Producer
1948	So Dear to My Heart 	Associate Producer
1950	Cinderella 	Writer
1950	Treasure Island 	Producer
1952	The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men	Producer
1953	The Sword and the Rose 	Producer
1953	Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 	Producer
1955	Mickey Mouse Club 	Production Supervisor: "Guest Star Day: Wally Boag"
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Category:Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Category:Fantasia
Category:Bambi
Category:Song of the South
Category:So Dear to My Heart
Category:Cinderella
Category:Treasure Island
Category:The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Category:Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue
Category:Mickey Mouse Club
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