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Shamus Culhane (1908–1996)

Animation Department | Director | Producer

Mr. Culhane was the only animator to work on all of the first four animated feature-length Disney cartoons. In a career that spanned six decades, he worked for 18 cartoon studios, including his own. In the mid-1990s his early hand-drawn animation was combined with computer animation for Disney films including Aladdin, The Lion King, and Pocahontas. See full bio »

Born:

James Culhane Jr.
in Ware, Massachusetts, USA

Died:

(age 87) in New York City, New York, USA
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1980 Last of the Red-Hot Dragons (TV movie) (animator, layout artist)
 
1977 King of the Beasts (TV movie) (animator)
 
1972 The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel (TV series) (layout artist)
 
1968 Zuckerkandl! (short) (animator)
 
1965 A Pie in the Sky (TV short) (animator)
 
1965 Milton the Monster (TV series) (animator - 12 episodes)
– The Bomb's Rush/There Auto Be a Law/Ghoul School (1965) (animator - segment "The Bomb's Rush")
– Trick or Treatment/Loot Pursuit/Zelda the Zombie (1965) (animator - segment "Zelda the Zombie")
– Horse Shoo Fly/Gogh Van Gogh/Boy Meets Ghoul (1965) (animator)
– Boo to You/Under Waterloo/Kid Stuff (animator)
– Captain Fligh/Muggy Doo or Die/Who Do Voodoo? (animator)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1965 Spider Spiter (TV short) (animator)
 
1964 The Hat (short) (animator)
 
1963 The New Casper Cartoon Show (TV series) (animator - 6 episodes)
– City Snicker (1963) (animator)
– Cold Wave (1963) (animator)
– The Greedy Giants (1963) (animator)
– The Heart of Gold (1963) (animator)
– The Lonesome Giant (1963) (animator)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1962 Out of the Inkwell (TV series) (animation director - 3 episodes)
– Arty Party (1962) (animation director)
– Baby Face (1962) (animation director)
– The Big Bank Robbery (1962) (animation director)
 
1957 The Big Fun Carnival (animator)
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days (animator: titles - uncredited)
 
1945 Enemy Bacteria (short) (animator)
 
1944 Angel Puss (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1944 Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1944 Hell-Bent for Election (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1943 Puss n' Booty (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1943 Inki and the Minah Bird (short) (animator)
 
1943 Fin n' Catty (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1941 Mr. Bug Goes to Town (director of animation - as James Culhane)
 
1941 Sneak, Snoop and Snitch in Triple Trouble (short) (animator)
 
1941 Two for the Zoo (short) (animator - as James Culhane)
 
1940 Popeye Meets William Tell (short) (animator - as James Culhane)
 
1940 The Dandy Lion (short) (animator)
 
1940 Way Back When a Razzberry Was a Fruit (short) (animation director - uncredited, animator - as James Culhane)
 
1940 A Kick in Time (short) (animator - as James Culhane)
 
1940 Pinocchio (animator - uncredited)
 
1939 Gulliver's Travels (animator - as James Culhane)
 
1939 The Autograph Hound (short) (animator - as Seamus Culhane)
 
1939 The Pointer (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1939 Beach Picnic (short) (animator)
 
1939 The Hockey Champ (short) (animator)
 
1939 Society Dog Show (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1938 Polar Trappers (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (animator - as James Culhane)
 
1937 Pluto's Quin-puplets (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1937 Hawaiian Holiday (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1936 Mother Pluto (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1936 Donald and Pluto (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1936 Dick Whittington's Cat (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1936 Orphans' Picnic (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1936 Ali Baba (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1935 The Three Bears (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1935 Summertime (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1935 Mary's Little Lamb (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1935 Old Mother Hubbard (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1934 Jack Frost (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1934 Don Quixote (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1934 The King's Tailor (short) (co-layout artist - uncredited)
 
1934 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (short) (co-layout artist - uncredited)
 
1934 The Queen of Hearts (short) (animator - as Jimmie Culhane, co-layout artist - uncredited)
 
1934 Puss in Boots (short) (animator - as Jimmie Culhane, co-layout artist)
 
1934 The Brave Tin Soldier (short) (animator - as Jimmie Culhane, co-layout artist - uncredited)
 
1934 The Little Red Hen (short) (animator - as Jimmie Culhane, co-layout artist - uncredited)
 
1933 Jack and the Beanstalk (short) (co-layout artist - uncredited)
 
1933 Spite Flight (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1933 Soda Squirt (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1933 Play Ball (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1933 Pale-Face (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1933 Chinaman's Chance (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1933 Bulloney (short) (animator)
 
1933 Techno-Cracked (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1933 Flip's Lunch Room (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1933 Coo Coo the Magician (short) (animator)
 
1933 The Air Race (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1932 Funny Face (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1932 Nurse Maid (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1932 The Music Lesson (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1932 Phoney Express (short) (animator)
 
1932 Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1932 Just a Gigolo (short) (animator - as James Culhane)
 
1932 Down Among the Sugar Cane (short) (animator - as James Culhane)
 
1932 Room Runners (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1932 You Try Somebody Else (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1932 Admission Free (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1932 Let Me Call You Sweetheart (short) (animator - as James Culhane)
 
1932 Shine on Harvest Moon (short) (animator - as James Culhane)
 
1932 Chess-Nuts (short) (animator - as James H. Culhane)
 
1932 Just One More Chance (short) (animator - as James H. Culhane)
 
1932 Crazy Town (short) (animator - as James H. Culhane)
 
1932 Show Me the Way to Go Home (short) (animator)
 
1931 By the Light of the Silvery Moon (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1931 Minding the Baby (short) (animator)
 
1931 The Herring Murder Case (short) (animator)
 
1931 Alexander's Ragtime Band (short) (animator - as Jimmy Culhane)
 
1931 Somebody Stole My Gal (short) (animator)
 
1931 The Cow's Husband (short) (animator - as Jimmie Culhane)
 
1931 Please Go 'Way and Let Me Sleep (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1931 In My Merry Oldsmobile (short) (animator - as Jimmy Culhane)
 
1930 On a Sunday Afternoon (short) (animator - as Jimmie Culhane)
 
1930 Up to Mars (short) (animator - as Jimmie Culhane)
 
1930 Swing You Sinners! (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1930 The Stein Song (short) (animator - as Jimmie Culhane)
 
1930 In the Good Old Summertime (short) (animator)
 
1926 Dinky Doodle in the Army (short) (animation director)
 
1925 Just Spooks (short) (assistant animator)
 
1924 The Magic Lamp (short) (assistant animator)
 
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1982 Woody Woodpecker and His Friends (video documentary) (original material)
 
1980 Last of the Red-Hot Dragons (TV movie)
 
1977 King of the Beasts (TV movie)
 
1976 Noah's Animals (TV movie)
 
1972 The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel (TV series)
– Buffalo Bill Cody (1972)
– Charlemagne and the Elephant (1972)
– Charles Darwin/Evolution (1972)
– Charles Darwin/HMS Beagle (1972)
– Charles Dickens (1972)
See all 23 episodes »
 
1970 The Night the Animals Talked (TV short)
 
1967 The Opera Caper (short)
 
1967 From Orbit to Obit (short)
 
1967 Robin Hoodwinked (short)
 
1967 Halt, Who Grows There? (short)
 
1967 The Squaw Path (short)
 
1967 The Plumber (short)
 
1967/I The Trip (short)
 
1967 My Daddy the Astronaut (short)
 
1967 Think or Sink (short)
 
1967 The Blacksheep Blacksmith (short)
 
1967 The Space Squid (short)
 
1966 The Marvel Super Heroes (TV series) (1966)
 
1966 Geronimo and Son (short)
 
1966 A Wedding Knight (short)
 
1966 Potions and Notions (short)
 
1966 Throne for a Loss (short)
 
1966 The Defiant Giant (short)
 
1966 A Balmy Knight (short)
 
1966 I Want My Mummy (short)
 
1957 The Woody Woodpecker Show (TV series)
 
1957 The Big Fun Carnival (archive footage)
 
1956 Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (short)
 
1946 Fair Weather Fiends (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1946 The Reckless Driver (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1946 Who's Cookin Who? (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1946 Mousie Come Home (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1945 The Loose Nut (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1945 The Dippy Diplomat (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1945 Woody Dines Out (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1945 Chew-Chew Baby (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1945 The Pied Piper of Basin Street (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1945 The G.I. Bill of Rights (short)
 
1944 The Painter and the Pointer (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1944 Ski for Two (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1944 The Beach Nut (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1944 Abou Ben Boogie (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1944 Fish Fry (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1944 Jungle Jive (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1944 The Barber of Seville (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1944 The Greatest Man in Siam (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1944 Lend Lease (short)
 
1943 Meatless Tuesday (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1943 Boogie Woogie Man Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out (short) (as James Culhane)
 
1943 Pass the Biscuits Mirandy! (short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Take Heed Mr. Tojo (short) (uncredited)
 
1941 Mr. Bug Goes to Town (uncredited)
 
1940 Popeye Meets William Tell (short) (animation director - uncredited)
 
1940 A Kick in Time (short) (uncredited)
 
1935 The Foxy Terrier (short)
 
1935 The Merry Kittens (short)
 
1934 The King's Tailor (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
1934 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
1934 The Queen of Hearts (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
1934 Puss in Boots (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
1934 The Brave Tin Soldier (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
1934 The Little Red Hen (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
1933 Jack and the Beanstalk (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
1932 Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
1932 Admission Free (short) (uncredited)
 
1932 Crazy Town (short) (uncredited)
 
1932 Show Me the Way to Go Home (short) (uncredited)
 
1931 By the Light of the Silvery Moon (short) (uncredited)
 
1931 Minding the Baby (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
1931 The Herring Murder Case (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
1931 Alexander's Ragtime Band (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
1931 Somebody Stole My Gal (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
1931 Please Go 'Way and Let Me Sleep (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
1930 The Stein Song (short) (co-director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (32 titles)
1980 Last of the Red-Hot Dragons (TV movie) (producer)
 
1977 King of the Beasts (TV movie) (producer)
 
1976 Noah's Animals (TV movie) (producer)
 
1976 The Spirit of Independence (executive producer)
 
1975 The Spirit of Freedom (TV series) (producer)
 
1975 Spirit of '76 (TV series) (producer)
 
1972 The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel (TV series) (producer - 23 episodes)
– Buffalo Bill Cody (1972) (producer)
– Charlemagne and the Elephant (1972) (producer)
– Charles Darwin/Evolution (1972) (producer)
– Charles Darwin/HMS Beagle (1972) (producer)
– Charles Dickens (1972) (producer)
See all 23 episodes »
 
1967 Keep the Cool, Baby (short) (executive producer)
 
1967 The Opera Caper (short) (executive producer)
 
1967 The Stubborn Cowboy (short) (executive producer)
 
1967 A Bridge Grows in Brooklyn (short) (executive producer)
 
1967 The Stuck-Up Wolf (short) (executive producer)
 
1967 High But Not Dry (short) (executive producer)
 
1967 Forget-Me-Nuts (short) (executive producer)
 
1967 Brother Bat (short) (executive producer)
 
1967 From Orbit to Obit (short) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1967 Clean Sweep (short) (executive producer)
 
1967 Robin Hoodwinked (short) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1967 Halt, Who Grows There? (short) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1967 The Squaw Path (short) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1967 The Plumber (short) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1967/I The Trip (short) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1967 Alter Egotist (short) (executive producer)
 
1967 My Daddy the Astronaut (short) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1967 Think or Sink (short) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1967 The Space Squid (short) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1966 Rocket Robin Hood (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1966 Potions and Notions (short) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1966 A Balmy Knight (short) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1958 The Unchained Goddess (TV movie) (producer)
 
1957 The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (TV movie) (producer)
 
1956 Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (short) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (16 titles)
1980 Last of the Red-Hot Dragons (TV movie) (written by)
 
1977 King of the Beasts (TV movie) (written by)
 
1976 Noah's Animals (TV movie) (script)
 
1972 The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel (TV series)
– Buffalo Bill Cody (1972) (written by)
– Charlemagne and the Elephant (1972) (written by)
– Charles Darwin/Evolution (1972) (written by)
– Charles Darwin/HMS Beagle (1972) (written by)
– Charles Dickens (1972) (written by)
See all 23 episodes »
 
1969 The Smokey Bear Show (TV series)
 
1967 Keep the Cool, Baby (short) (story)
 
1967 The Opera Caper (short) (story)
 
1967 The Stubborn Cowboy (short) (story)
 
1967 The Stuck-Up Wolf (short) (story)
 
1967 Halt, Who Grows There? (short) (story)
 
1967 My Daddy the Astronaut (short) (story)
 
1935 The Foxy Terrier (short)
 
1935 The Merry Kittens (short)
 
1934 The Brave Tin Soldier (short) (uncredited)
 
1931 The Herring Murder Case (short)
 
1930 The Stein Song (short) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowEditor (2 titles)
1976 The Spirit of Independence
 
1975 Spirit of '76 (TV series)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1977 Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (production consultant)
 
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Alternate Names:

James H. Culhane | James Culhane | Jimmie Culhane | Jimmy Culhane | Seamus Culhane
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From early in his life he was known as "Shamus" to his friends and family, as he didn't like to use his given name of James due to the fact that it reminded him of his father, also called James, who abandoned him at a young age. However, he was still credited as "James Culhane" through much of his early career... See more »

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