Harvey Toombs

Harvey Franklin Toombs was an American animator, who worked at Disney from the 1940s until his death in 1968.
Toombs was born on in Kansas City, the son of Frederick Boggs Toombs and Helena Hamilton and was the youngest of three boys (Ernest and Floyd). Passionate about drawing since childhood, he studied art before landing a job at Max and Dave Fleischer's studios working on the feature film Gulliver's Travels, the studio's effort to copy the same success as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. After a few months, Toombs accepted an offer to work at Disney during the pre-production of several film productions, such as Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi. He learned how to animate character designs of several senior colleagues with whom he worked closely with, such as Milt Kahl, Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, and Ollie Johnston as well unique sequences from the films.
At Disney, Toombs met Leota Wharton, a young in-betweener, whom he married in 1947. The couple then gave birth to two daughters: Kim and Launie. An avid outdoorsman, Toombs rode horses and hiked with daughters and performed brass instruments and guitar on occasion with his Disney colleagues from the Firehouse Five Plus Two.
During the 1960s, his payroll, like others, was cut due to downsizing in the studio's animation department due to the financial loss caused by Sleeping Beauty. To continue making end's meat, he began seeking working at other studios, such as UPA and Hanna-Barbara. Toombs died on March 19, 1968 and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, CA.
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Position
1939 	Mickey's Surprise Party 	Animator (uncredited)
1940 	Pinocchio 	AnimatorCharacter Animator: Pinocchio
1940 	Fantasia 	Animator: "Dance of the Hours"Character Animator: Elephants and Crocodiles
1941 	The Reluctant Dragon 	Animator
1941 	Dumbo 	AnimatorCharacter Animator: Tigers, Giraffes, Monkeys
1942 	Bambi 	Animator (uncredited)
1942 	The Sleep Walker 	Animator
1942 	Saludos Amigos 	Character Animator: "Lake Titicaca"
1942 	Pluto at the Zoo 	Animator
1943 	Pluto and the Armadillo 	Animator
1943 	Victory Through Air Power 	Animator
1943 	Home Defense 	Animator
1944 	Commando Duck 	Animator (uncredited)
1944 	How to Play Football 	Animator (uncredited)
1944 	Donald's Off Day 	Animator
1944 	The Three Caballeros 	Animator (uncredited): "The Cold-Blooded Penguin"
1945 	Donald's Crime 	Animator
1945 	Insects as Carriers of Disease 	Animator
1945 	No Sail 	Animator (uncredited)
1946 	Make Mine Music 	Animator: "Willie the Operatic Whale""Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet"
1946 	Double Dribble 	Animator (uncredited)
1946 	The Story of Menstruation 	Animator (uncredited)
1946 	Song of the South 	Animator
1947 	Pluto's Housewarming 	Animator (uncredited)
1947 	Fun and Fancy Free 	Character Animator: "Bongo" (Lumpjaw, Bongo the Bear)Animator: "Mickey and the Beanstalk"
1948 	Melody Time 	Animator: "Blame It on the Samba""The Legend of Johnny Appleseed""Bumble Boogie""Once Upon a Wintertime"
1948 	Three for Breakfast 	Animator (uncredited)
1949 	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	Character Animator: Cyril ProudbottomAngus MacBadgerJ. Thaddeus ToadIchabod Crane
1950 	Cinderella 	Character Animator: Lady Tremaine, The Grand Duke
1951 	Alice in Wonderland 	Character Animator: AliceQueen of HeartsCaterpillar (butterfly shape)
1951 	Corn Chips 	Animator (uncredited)
1951 	Tomorrow We Diet! 	Animator
1952 	Teachers are People 	Animator
1953 	Peter Pan 	AnimatorCharacter Animator: Peter Pan, Wendy
1953 	Melody 	Animator
1953 	Ben and Me 	Animator
1954 	Dragon Around 	Animator (uncredited)
1955-1960	The Magical World of Disney 	Animator
1955 	Lady and the Tramp 	Character Animator: Lady
1959 	Sleeping Beauty 	AnimatorCharacter Animator: Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather
1959 	Donald in Mathmagic Land 	Animator
1959 	How to Have an Accident at Work 	Animator
1961 	One Hundred and One Dalmatians 	Animator (uncredited)
1963 	The Sword in the Stone 	Animator
1964 	Mary Poppins 	Animator
1967 	The Jungle Book 	Animator
==Gallery==
Harvey Toombs during Bambi production.jpg|L-R: Cliff Nordberg, Bob Carlson, George Kreisl, Harvey Toombs, and Jerry Hathcock
Harvey Toombs with Walt Disney.jpg|L-R: John Brandt, Irving P. Kirk, Harvey Toombs, Walt Disney, and Art Scott
Peter Pan sketch Harvey Toombs.jpg|Concept art by Toombs for Peter Pan
===Character Gallery===
Profile - Pinocchio.jpeg|Pinocchio
Fantasia-disneyscreencaps com-8802.jpg|Alligators
Fantasia-disneyscreencaps com-12230.jpg|Elephants
36311.jpg|Donald Duck
Profile - Willie the Whale.jpg|Willie the Whale
Make-mine-music-disneyscreencaps.com-4703.jpg|Johnny Fedora
Alice 8.jpg|Alice Blue Bonnet
Bongo-Profile-Image-3.png|Bongo the Bear
Lulubelle-Profile-Image3.png|Lulubelle
Fun-disneyscreencaps com-3489.jpg|Lumpjaw
Bumble Boogie - Bumblebee.jpg|Bumble
Profile - Johnny Appleseed.jpg|Johnny Appleseed
Pecosbill.JPG|Pecos Bill
Profile.jpg|Jenny
Joemelodytime.jpg|Joe
27383-28519.gif|Aracuan Bird
Iceraichabodmrtoad0691.jpg|J. Thaddeus Toad
Vlcsnap-2014-10-21-23h22m21s70.png|Cyril Proudbottom
Iceraichabodmrtoad2318.jpg|Angus MacBadger
Iceraichabodmrtoad3226.jpg|Ichabod Crane
Profile - Lady Tremaine.jpeg|Lady Tremaine
Grand Duke Cinderella.jpeg|The Grand Duke
Profile - Alice.jpeg|Alice
QH1.jpg|Queen of Hearts
Profile - Peter Pan.jpeg|Peter Pan
Profile - Wendy Darling.jpeg|Wendy Darling
Profile - Lady.jpeg|Lady
Profile - Three Good Faries.png|Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather
==External links==
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*Chronique Disney - Harvey Toombs
*French Disney Wiki: Harvey Toombs
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