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- Director
- Animation Department
- Additional Crew
Arthur Davis is among the most overlooked & forgotten members of Warner Brother's "Golden Age". He has been overshadowed by other animation directors, including Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones & Robert Clampett. A serviceable animator, Davis came to Warner Brothers with fellow animator Frank Tashlin, after working for Columbia Screen Gems. Davis continued to work for Tashlin's animation unit until 1944, when Tashlin left to pursue a career in live-action. He then worked as an animator in Bob Clampett's animation unit until 1945, when Clampett left over contract disputes with Edward Selzer. Davis completed several cartoons, that were already in production, such as "The Goofy Gophers" (1947), for which the dialogue had already been recorded. Davis' cartoons can be recognized by their laid-back attitude, and their characters' predilection for wearing bow ties. While not a ground-breaker like Jones, he did manage to direct one of the funniest Bugs Bunny cartoon shorts, of Bowery Bugs (1949), a retelling of the Steve Brodie/Brooklyn Bridge legend, [just like an ode]. Among the most popular Daffy Duck cartoons, (with Elmer Fudd & an unnamed fox), he directed is What Makes Daffy Duck (1948). In the early 1950's, cost-cutting measures at Warner Brothers forced the break-up of the Davis animation unit, and he was folded into Friz Freleng's unit. After spending the rest of the 50's as an animator, Davis directed one final Warner's cartoon, "Quackodile Tears," using Freleng's unit, in 1962. Following this, Davis left Warner Brothers & after working as an animator for Walter Lantz and a story-boarder for Hanna-Barbera, he joined Freleng's production company, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, as a director, in 1968. Once there, Davis made two of the last truly classic Pink Panther cartoon shorts, "Pinkcome Tax" & "In the Pink of the Night." But at the start of the 70's, DePatie-Freleng's cartoons suffered an overall decline in quality. Neither Davis nor any of the studio's other directors were able to bring anything special to generally uninspired stories featuring the Pink Panther and DePatie-Freleng's lower second-rate characters (Ant & Aardvark, Blue Racer & others). At the end of the 70's, DePatie-Freleng dissolved and Freleng returned to Warner's, bringing much of the staff with him. Davis worked briefly as a sequence director for TV specials featuring classic Warner's characters, then moved to Hanna-Barbera. Working once again as a sequence director on their Saturday morning and syndicated cartoon series, Davis stayed there until his retirement in the mid-late 80's. Davis passed away in 2000, at the age of 94. He was 36 days from reaching 95.- Writer
- Director
- Actor
William Fairchild was born on 6 January 1918 in Boscastle, Cornwall, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for John and Julie (1955), Star! (1968) and The Extra Day (1956). He was married to Robin Dalton and Isabel Dean. He died on 9 May 2000 in London, England, UK.- Bimbulat Vatayev was born on 15 March 1939 in Novyj Batakoyurt, North Ossetian ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now North Ossetia-Alania, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Rustam and Suhrab (1972), Poema dvukh serdets (1968) and Khasani-arobakash (1965). He died on 9 May 2000 in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia.
- Pita Amor was born on 30 May 1918 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She was an actress, known for La guerra de los pasteles (1944), El que murió de amor (1945) and Tentación (1943). She died on 9 May 2000 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Herta Lynd was born on 5 September 1915 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress, known for Love Is Dangerous (1933). She was married to Allen Max Forte and Reginald Sharland. She died on 9 May 2000 in Hamden, Connecticut, USA.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Actor
Alberto Basail was born on 2 October 1938 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a cinematographer and director, known for De la misteriosa Buenos Aires (1981), Gatica, the Monkey (1993) and La invitación (1982). He was married to Graciela Dufau. He died on 9 May 2000 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.