Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-05-01 (114 years old)

Place of Birth

Minnesota, USA

Maurice Noble

Biography:

Maurice James Noble (May 1, 1910 – May 19, 2001) was an American animation production designer, background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry spanned more than 60 years. He was a long-time associate and right-hand man of animation director Chuck Jones, especially at Warner Bros. including Disney, MGM, Walter Lantz and Hanna-Barbera in the 1950s. His work contributed to such cartoon classics as Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, What's Opera, Doc? and the Road Runner series.

[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia; indicated birth/death dates reflect adjustments to match Mr. Noble's grave marker dates]

Known For

Directing

1991

1977

1967

Cannery Rodent as Co-Director
Cat and Dupli-cat as Co-Director
The Bear That Wasn't as Co-Director

1966

Duel Personality as Co-Director

1964

1963

Hare-Breadth Hurry as Co-Director
I Was a Teenage Thumb as Co-Director
Transylvania 6-5000 as Co-Director
Pent-House Mouse as Co-Director
To Beep or Not to Beep as Co-Director
Now Hear This as Co-Director
Mad as a Mars Hare as Co-Director

1962

Zoom at the Top as Co-Director
A Sheep in the Deep as Co-Director

1961

Compressed Hare as Co-Director
Beep Prepared as Co-Director
Nelly's Folly as Co-Director

Art

2002

Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat as Production Design
Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Video as Production Design

2001

Timber Wolf as Production Design

1979

1971

The Cat in the Hat as Production Design

1970

The Phantom Tollbooth as Production Design
Horton Hears a Who! as Production Design

1966

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! as Production Design

1954

It's Everybody's Business as Art Direction
Horizons of Hope as Art Direction

1938

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Background Designer

1936

Elmer Elephant as Background Designer

Visual Effects

1997

Father Of The Bird as Color Designer

1965

Zip Zip Hooray! as Layout Supervisor

1962

About Time as Layout Supervisor

1961

A Scent of the Matterhorn as Layout Supervisor

1960

High Note as Layout Supervisor
Who Scent You? as Layout Supervisor

1959

Baton Bunny as Layout Supervisor

1958

Hare-Way to the Stars as Layout Supervisor
Cat Feud as Layout Supervisor
Whoa, Be-Gone! as Layout Supervisor

1957

Steal Wool as Layout Supervisor
Zoom and Bored as Layout Supervisor
Scrambled Aches as Layout Supervisor

1956

Deduce, You Say as Layout Supervisor

1955

Two Scent's Worth as Layout Supervisor
Ready.. Set.. Zoom! as Layout Supervisor

1954

The Cats Bah as Layout Supervisor
No Barking as Layout Supervisor
Claws for Alarm as Layout Supervisor
Stop! Look! and Hasten! as Layout Supervisor
Sheep Ahoy as Layout Supervisor

1953

Duck Amuck as Layout Supervisor
Bully for Bugs as Layout Supervisor
Zipping Along as Layout Supervisor
Much Ado About Nutting as Layout Supervisor
Forward March Hare as Layout Supervisor

Writing

Crew

2001

Timber Wolf as In Memory Of

1999

Al Tudi Tuhak as Thanks