Eric Larson

Eric Cleon Larson (September 3, 1905 – October 25, 1988) was an American animator for the Walt Disney Studios starting in 1933, and was one of "Disney's Nine Old Men".[1]
== Biography ==
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Born in Cleveland, Utah, Larson was the son of Danish immigrants Peter, a clothing salesman, and Nora.[2] He worked on such films as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, Melody Time, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Throughout the years, Larson has animated characters on classics like The Aristocats and Robin Hood and also provided the titles on The Rescuers (along with Mel Shaw and Burny Mattinson). In the 1980s his work was minor, but he served as animation consultant on animated films and shorts like Mickey's Christmas Carol, The Black Cauldron, and The Great Mouse Detective.
In 1973, he began a recruitment training program that brought a new generation of animators into the Disney studio. Many well-known figures in animation today went through Larson's training program, including Brad Bird, Don Bluth, Chris Buck, Tim Burton, Randy Cartwright, Ron Clements, Andreas Deja, Gary Goldman, Ed Gombert, Mark Henn, Dan Haskett, Glen Keane, Bill Kroyer, John Lasseter, John Musker, Phil Nibbelink, Richard Rich, Burny Mattinson, Melvin Shaw, Jeffrey J. Varab, John Pomeroy, Joe Ranft, Jerry Rees, Henry Selick and Tad Stones among many others.
Larson was married to Gertrude Larson. By his retirement in 1986, he was the longest-working employee at Disney, having worked there for 53 years. He died on October 25, 1988, at the age of 83.
== Filmography ==
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Year 	Title 	Credits 	Characters
1934 	Two-Gun Mickey 	Assistant animator 	
1935 	The Golden Touch 	Animator 	
1935 	Mickey's Service Station 	Animator 	
1935 	The Tortoise and the Hare 	Assistant Animator 	
1935 	Who Killed Cock Robin? 	Assistant Animator 	
1935 	Cock o' the Walk 	Animator 	
1935 	On Ice 	Animator 	
1935 	Mickey's Fire Brigade 	Animator 	
1936 	Three Little Wolves 	Animator 	
1937 	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 	Animator 	Forest Animals, Seven Dwarfs on deer
1938 	Farmyard Symphony 	Animator 	
1938 	The Whalers 	Animator 	
1939 	The Ugly Duckling 	Animator 	
1940 	Pinocchio 	Animation Director 	Figaro, Cleo, Marionettes, Donkeys
1940 	Fantasia 	Animation Supervisor - Segment "The Pastoral Symphony"	
1942 	Bambi 	Supervising Animator 	Thumper, Friend Owl
1942 	Donald's Gold Mine 	Animator 	
1943 	The Grain That Built a Hemisphere (Documentary short)	Animator 	
1945 	The Three Caballeros 	Animator 	"The Flying Gauchito", Donald Duck, Jose Carioca, Panchito, Aracuan
1945 	Tiger Trouble (Short) 	Animator 	
1945 	African Diary (Short) 	Animator 	
1946 	A Knight for a Day (Short) 	Animator 	
1946 	Make Mine Music 	Animator 	"Casey at the Bat", "Peter and the Wolf"
1946 	Song of the South 	Directing Animator 	
1947 	Fun and Fancy Free 	Animator 	
1948 	Melody Time 	Directing Animator 	"Once Upon A Wintertime", "Johnny Appleseed" and "Little Toot"
1949 	So Dear to My Heart 	Animator 	
1949 	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 	Animator 	
1950 	Cinderella 	Directing Animator 	Cinderella, Prince Charming
1951 	Alice in Wonderland 	Directing Animator 	Alice, Dinah, Caterpillar, Queen Of Hearts
1952 	Lambert the Sheepish Lion (Short) 	Animator 	
1953 	Peter Pan 	Directing Animator 	Peter Pan, Wendy, Captain Hook
1955 	Lady and the Tramp 	Directing Animator 	Lady, Tramp, Beaver, Peg
1959 	Sleeping Beauty 	Sequence Director 	
1961 	One Hundred and One Dalmatians 	Directing Animator 	Pongo, Perdita, Puppies, Colonel, Tibbs
1962 	A Symposium on Popular Songs (Short) 	Animator 	
1963 	The Sword in the Stone 	Character Animator 	Wart, Merlin, Archimedes, Sir Ector, Madam Mim
1964 	Man's Search for Happiness (Short) 	Animator 	
1964 	Mary Poppins 	Animator 	Forest animals, Racers
1966 	Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (Short) 	Animator 	
1967 	The Jungle Book 	Character Animator 	Mowgli, Bagheera, Vultures
1968 	Understanding Stresses and Strains (Short) 	Animator 	
1969 	It's Tough to Be a Bird (Documentary short) 	Animator 	
1970 	The Aristocats 	Character Animator 	Roquefort, Kittens, Scat Cat
1971 	Bedknobs and Broomsticks 	Animator 	Ballroom Fish, Elephant Soccer Player, Crocodile Soccer Player,
1973 	Robin Hood 	Character Animator 	Robin Hood, Little John, Vultures
1974 	Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (Short) 	Directing Animator 	
1977 	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 	Animator 	Kanga, Roo, Winnie The Pooh, Christopher Robin,
1977 	The Rescuers 	Titles/Animator 	
1956 - 1979	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV Series) 	Animator 	17 Episodes
1981 	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV Series) 	 	Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life - Himself
1981 	The Fox and the Hound 	Animation Consultant 	
1983 	Mickey's Christmas Carol (Short) 	Animation Consultant 	
1984 	DTV: Golden Oldies (Video) 	Animator 	
1985 	The Disney Family Album (TV Series documentary) 	Eric Larson 	Himself
1985 	The Black Cauldron 	Animation Consultant 	
1986 	The Great Mouse Detective 	Animation Consultant 	
Category:1905 births
Category:1988 deaths
Category:Animators from Utah
Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Category:Disney Legends
Category:People from Emery County, Utah
Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios people