Don Lusk

Donald Ross "Don" Lusk was an American animator and director.
Lusk was born in Los Angeles, California and got his professional career started when he was employed at Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1933 as an inbetween artist before being promoted to animator with the short Ferdinand the Bull. Some of his more notable work included Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi before leaving to join the United States Marines during World War II. After the war, Lusk returned to Disney where he worked Song of the South, Melody Time, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Sleeping Beauty.
By 1960, Lusk quit at Disney, but continued to work as an animator during the 1960s and 1970s for other studios, most notably for the studio for productions related to The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, Paw Paws, Snorks, Pound Puppies, Yogi Bear, and The Greatest Adventure: Stories from The Bible. He also worked on films, such as Gay Purr-ee, The Thief and the Cobbler, Journey Back to Oz, Cool World, All Dogs go to Heaven, and various Peanuts films and specials.
Lusk retired after nearly 60 years in the animation industry. He died on December 30, 2018, in San Clemente, California, aged 105.
==Filmography==
Year 	Title 	Position
1936 	Mickey's Polo Team 	Animator (uncredited)
1936 	Moving Day 	Animator (uncredited)
1937 	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 	Animator (uncredited)
1938 	Farmyard Symphony 	Animator (uncredited)
1938 	Ferdinand the Bull 	Animator (uncredited)
1940 	Pinocchio 	Animator
1940 	Fantasia 	Animator: "Nutcracker Suite""The Pastoral Symphony"
1942 	Bambi 	Animator
1942 	Saludos Amigos 	Animator (uncredited)
1942 	How to Fish 	Animator
1943 	The Grain That Built a Hemisphere 	Animator (uncredited)
1943 	Figaro and Cleo 	Animator (uncredited)
1944 	Contrary Condor 	Animator (uncredited)
1944 	The Three Caballeros 	Animator (uncredited)
1946 	Make Mine Music 	Animator (uncredited)
1946 	Song of the South 	Animator
1946 	The Story of Menstruation 	Animator (uncredited)
1947 	Donald's Dilemma 	Animator (uncredited)
1947 	Fun and Fancy Free 	Character Animator (uncredited; earlier cartoon clips)
1948 	Melody Time 	Character AnimatorAnimator: "Trees""The Legend of Johnny Appleseed""Once Upon a Wintertime"
1949 	So Dear to My Heart 	Animator
1949 	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	Character Animator: "The Wind in the Willows"
1950 	Cinderella 	Character Animator
1951 	Alice in Wonderland 	Character Animator
1951 	Chicken in the Rough 	Animator (uncredited)
1952 	Lambert the Sheepish Lion 	Animator
1952 	Trick or Treat 	Animator
1953 	Peter Pan 	Character Animator
1953 	Ben and Me 	Animator
1954-1960	The Magical World of Disney 	Animator
1955 	Lady and the Tramp 	Character Animator
1959 	Sleeping Beauty 	Character Animator
1961 	One Hundred and One Dalmatians 	Character Animator
1961 	Aquamania 	Animator (uncredited)
1990 	Adventures of the Gummi Bears 	Animator (uncredited)
==Gallery==
===Character Gallery===
Ferdinand the Bull 5.jpg|Ferdinand the Bull
Profile - Cleo.jpg|Cleo
ImagesCA1ALFWJ.jpg|Big Toot
Iceraichabodmrtoad0691.jpg|J. Thaddeus Toad
Iceraichabodmrtoad0429.jpg|Mole
Iceraichabodmrtoad2318.jpg|Angus MacBadger
Iceraichabodmrtoad0660.jpg|Water Rat
Profile - Mr. Winky.jpg|Mr. Winky
Iceracinderella0203.jpg|Birds
Cinderella-1198.jpg|Lucifer
Cinderella-disneyscreencaps com-855.jpg|Gus
Alice400.jpg|Alice
Tink-in-peterpan-14.jpg|Tinker Bell
Peter-pan-disneyscreencaps.com-179.jpg|Wendy Darling
Tramp-disneyscreencaps.com-1487.jpg|Tramp
Ladyandthetramp119.jpg|Lady
Sleepingbeauty 1060.jpg|Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather
Owl Sleeping Beauty.jpg|Owl
==Trivia==
*Despite leaving Disney in 1960, much of his animation was recycled for later productions, which included The Sword in the Stone, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Robin Hood, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and The Little Mermaid.
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