RH

Rollin Hamilton

Additional Credits
Born October 28, 1898Died June 3, 1951 (52 years)
Rollin "Ham" Clare Hamilton (October 28, 1898 – June 3, 1951) was an early motion picture animator. He was Walt Disney's first hire, and from 1924 to 1928 he worked as an animator for the Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts. In 1928, Hamilton and several other animators left the Walt Disney Studio to work at Winkler Pictures' new animation studio with the help of Charles Mintz. A year later, Hamilton briefly transferred to Walter Lantz’s new studio before he helped fellow animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising establish their own animation studio. He was one of the primary animators for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. From 1929 to 1934, he animated the Bosko character in the Harman and Ising studio.

He was one of the few animators who remained with Leon Schlesinger after Harman and Ising left in 1933. In Schlesinger's studio, he animated Buddy, Beans the Cat, and Porky Pig. He then worked as a freelance animator until 1940.

Hamilton died in 1951 of a heart attack.

[biography from Wikipedia]

Known For

  • Amature Nite

Filmography

1938
Merbabies · as Animation
1936
Toby Tortoise Returns · as Animation
1935
Hollywood Capers · as Animation
1934
Beauty and the Beast · as Animation
1933
1933
1932
Bosko's Dizzy Date · as Animation
1932
A Great Big Bunch of You · as Animation
1932
1932
Bosko at the Beach · as Animation
1932
Bosko's Dog Race · as Animation
1932
Goopy Geer · as Animation
1932
Pagan Moon · as Animation
1931
Red-Headed Baby · as Animation
1931
1930
Congo Jazz · as Animation
1930
Sinkin' in the Bathtub · as Animation
1929
Amature Nite · as Story
1929
Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid · as Animation
1927
All Wet · as Animation
1927
Trolley Troubles · as Animation
1925
Alice Cans the Cannibals · as Animation

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices