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William Hanna

William Hanna

Biography

William Denby "Bill" Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, director, producer, television director, television producer, and cartoon artist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the 20th century. When he was a young child, Hanna's family moved frequently, but they settled in Compton, California, by 1919. There, Hanna became an Eagle Scout. Hanna graduated from Compton High School in 1928. He briefly attended Compton City College but dropped out at the onset of the Great Depression.After working odd jobs in the first months of the Depression, Hanna joined the Harman and Ising animation studio in 1930. During the 1930s, Hanna steadily gained skill and prominence while working on cartoons such as Captain and the Kids. In 1937, while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hanna met Joseph Barbera. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing Tom and Jerry and live action films. In 1957, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing programs such as The Flintstones, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and Yogi Bear. In 1967, Hanna–Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained heads of the company until 1991. At that time the studio was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn was merged with Time Warner, owners of Warner Bros., in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors.Hanna and Barbera won seven Academy Awards and eight Emmy Awards. Their cartoons have become cultural icons, and their cartoon characters have appeared in other media such as films, books, and toys. Hanna–Barbera's shows have a global audience of over 300 million people and have been translated into more than 20 languages.

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

499

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-07-14

Place of Birth

Melrose, New Mexico, USA

Also Known As

Bill Hanna, William Denby Hanna, Denby Williams, William D. Hanna

Known For

Hanna-Barbera's 50th Tom and Jerry Cowboy Up! Sufferin' Cats! The Mouse Comes to Dinner Trap Happy The Zoot Cat Fraidy Cat Timid Tabby Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers Solid Serenade The Lonesome Mouse The Little Orphan The Million Dollar Cat Saturday Evening Puss The Last Halloween The Prospecting Bear Garden Gopher Screwball Squirrel The Bowling Alley-Cat Fine Feathered Friend Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection Pet Peeve Little Quacker Dangerous When Wet I Yabba-Dabba Do! Baby Puss Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash The Truce Hurts The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo The Flintstones The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Cartoon Network Christmas: Yuletide Follies The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration Tom & Jerry Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection On a Roll The House That Cat Built Puss Gets the Boot Quiet Please! Little Gravel Voice Bad Luck Blackie Here Comes a Star The Invisible Mouse War Dogs Puppy Tale Tom and Jerry: Golden Collection Volume One Kitty Foiled The Cat Concerto Polka-Dot Puss Mouse Cleaning Springtime for Thomas The Yankee Doodle Mouse Hanna-Barbera's Christmas Sing-A-Long! Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! Salt Water Tabby A Mouse in the House Mouse Trouble Puss n' Toots Tee for Two The Midnight Snack Old Rockin' Chair Tom Part Time Pal The Milky Waif Flirty Birdy Blue Cat Blues Happy Go Ducky His Mouse Friday The Man Called Flintstone Joshua and the Battle of Jericho David and Goliath Noah's Ark Good Will to Men Jetsons: The Movie Baby Butch Casanova Cat The Two Mouseketeers Smitten Kitten Puttin' on the Dog Cat Fishin' The Bodyguard The Night Before Christmas Dog Trouble Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse Hatch Up Your Troubles Heavenly Puss Jerry and Jumbo Jerry and the Goldfish Jerry and the Lion Jerry's Cousin Jerry's Diary Johann Mouse Just Ducky The Flying Cat The Smurfs Halloween Special Designs on Jerry Busy Buddies Mice Follies The Cat and the Mermouse Cat Napping The Missing Mouse Life with Tom Mouse for Sale Mouse in Manhattan Barbecue Brawl Mucho Mouse That's My Mommy Pecos Pest That's My Pup! Texas Tom Muscle Beach Tom Neapolitan Mouse Little Runaway Little School Mouse Cruise Cat Cue Ball Cat Down Beat Bear Downhearted Duckling Nit-Witty Kitty The Duck Doctor Southbound Duckling The Egg and Jerry Love That Pup Feedin' the Kiddie Fit to Be Tied Tom and Chérie The Hollywood Bowl Posse Cat Professor Tom Pup on a Picnic Push-Button Kitty Tom's Photo Finish The Flying Sorceress The Framed Cat Tops with Pops Tot Watchers Touché, Pussy Cat! Triplet Trouble Robin Hoodwinked Sleepy-Time Tom Slicked-up Pup Smarty Cat Royal Cat Nap Safety Second Hic-cup Pup The Vanishing Duck Two Little Indians Yogi's Birthday Party Les Aventures effrayantes de Scoubidou Make Mine Freedom Millionaire Droopy Grin and Share It One Droopy Knight Sheep Wrecked Mutts About Racing Droopy Leprechaun Scooby-Doo! and the Skeletons Gallopin' Gals Old Smokey Shutter Bugged Cat Matinee Mouse Give and Tyke Scat Cats Blue Monday What a Lion! Scooby-Doo's Creepiest Capers The Goose Goes South Officer Pooch Rock Odyssey Charlotte's Web The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't The Flintstones: Hollyrock a Bye Baby To Spring Swing Social A Fallible Fable Bear Hug Bear Knuckles Bear Up! Big Mouse-Take Bunnies Abundant Chicken Fracas-See Chicken Hearted Wolf Crook Who Cried Wolf Drum-Sticked Elephantastic Habit Rabbit Horse Shoo Just a Wolf at Heart Crow's Fete Not in Nottingham Pork Chop Phooey Raggedy Rug Rancid Ransom Sheep Stealers Anonymous Trouble Bruin Watcha Watchin'? Wolf in Sheep Dog's Clothing The Dog House The Count of Monte Cristo A Christmas Story Oliver and the Artful Dodger Le bébé schtroumpf Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? Hard Luck Duck Christmas Flintstone Tennis Chumps Les p'tits schtroumpfs Yogi's Ark Lark The Fishing Bear Scooby-Doo Meets Batman 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park Smurfily Ever After The Last of the Curlews The Three Musketeers Here, Kiddie, Kiddie No Biz Like Shoe Biz Count Down Clown Wolf Hounded Little Bo Bopped Tale of a Wolf Life with Loopy Creepy Time Pal Snoopy Loopy The Do-Good Wolf This Is My Ducky Day Fee Fie Foes Zoo is Company Child Sock-Cology Catch Meow Kooky Loopy Loopy's Hare-do Bungle Uncle Beef For And After The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik Happy Go Loopy Two Faced Wolf Swash Buckled Common Scents Bearly Able Slippery Slippers Scooby-Doo! Winter WonderDog Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family Tom and Jerry: The Complete CinemaScope Collection Christopher Mouse Cat's Meow Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates Stay Awake or Else... Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters Il Meglio di... Tom & Jerry - Volume 1 Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology (1940–1958) Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters Yogi Bear's Big Break Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Ruh-Roh Robot!
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