Biography
From Wikipedia: Japanese-born American animator best known for his work with Walt Disney and Terrytoons between the 1930s and 1960s. Kuwahara was born in Tokyo on August 12, 1901, and his family moved to the United States in 1910, where he graduated from Los Angeles Polytechnic High School in 1921. After high school he attended the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles until 1928. In 1929 Kuwahara moved to New York City to work as a commercial artist, but the stock market crash later that year forced him to return to Los Angeles. In 1932 Kuwahara began working as an animator and writer for Walt Disney, where he had a hand in shorts like Thru the Mirror and the Academy Award-nominated Who Killed Cock Robin?, as well as the feature-length film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In 1937 Kuwahara went to work for MGM, but later spent three years in the Heart Mountain internment camp during World War II. In 1945 Kuwahara and his family moved to Larchmont, New York where he wrote and drew a comic strip called Miki for five years before low circulation forced him to drop the strip. In 1950 Kuwahara returned to animation, signing on with Paul Terry's Terrytoons studio, and stayed with the studio following CBS' purchase of the studio in 1955. In 1959 Kuwahara wrote and directed the first of 14 Hashimoto-san theatrical shorts, for which he is probably best remembered today. Production of these shorts continued until 1963, after which time they were incorporated into CBS' The Hector Heathcote Show. During the same period Kuwahara was also a director for the popular Deputy Dawg series. Kuwahara's final TV series was 1965's syndicated The Astronut Show.
Filmography
all 148
Movies 148
Writer 126
Director 16
Oscar's Birthday Present (1971)
Martian Moochers (1970)
The Cowardly Watchdog (1966)
Champion Chump (1966)
The Invisibeam (1965)
Hokey Home Movies (1964)
Search For Misery (1964)
Spooky-Yaki (1963)
A Bell for Philadelphia (1963)
Obnoxious Obie (1963)
Big Chief No Treaty (1962)
Honorable Paint in the Neck (1962)
Loyal Royalty (1962)
Honorable Family Problem (1962)
Where There's Smoke (1962)
Sappy New Year (1961)
The Mysterious Package (1960)
House of Hashimoto (1960)
Tusk, Tusk (1960)
Hide and Go Sidney (1959)
Hashimoto-San (1959)
Foofle's Train Ride (1959)
Dustcap Doormat (1958)
Gaston, Go Home (1958)
Gaston's Baby (1958)
It's a Living (1957)
Gag Buster (1957)
Clint Clobber's Cat (1957)
A Bum Steer (1957)
Shove Thy Neighbor (1957)
Love Is Blind (1957)
Daddy's Little Darling (1957)
African Jungle Hunt (1957)
A Hare-Breadth Finish (1957)
Depth Study (1957)
Topsy TV (1957)
Gaston Is Here (1957)
Cloak and Stagger (1956)
The Brave Little Brave (1956)
Police Dogged (1956)
Lucky Dog (1956)
Oceans of Love (1956)
Scouts to the Rescue (1956)
Hep Mother Hubbard (1956)
Uranium Blues (1956)
Park Avenue Pussycat (1956)
The Clockmaker's Dog (1956)
Baffling Bunnies (1955)
Pirate's Gold (1955)
Miami Maniacs (1955)
The Last Mouse of Hamelin (1955)
Little Red Hen (1955)
Phony News Flashes (1955)
Foxed by a Fox (1955)
Bird Symphony (1955)
Good Deed Daly (1955)
An Igloo for Two (1955)
No Sleep for Percy (1955)
Duck Fever (1955)
Barnyard Actor (1955)
A Yokohama Yankee (1955)
How to Relax (1954)
Blue Plate Symphony (1954)
Pride of the Yard (1954)
The Reformed Wolf (1954)
The Tall Tale Teller (1954)
A Howling Success (1954)
Arctic Rivals (1954)
Satisfied Customers (1954)
Blind Date (1953)
Spare the Rod (1953)
Log Rollers (1953)
The Timid Scarecrow (1953)
How to Keep Cool (1953)
Bargain Daze (1953)
Sparky the Firefly (1953)
Open House (1953)
When Mousehood Was in Flower (1953)
Hot Rods (1953)
The Orphan Egg (1953)
Ten Pin Terrors (1953)
Wise Quacks (1953)
Featherweight Champ (1953)
Pill Peddlers (1952)
Mouse Meets Bird (1952)
Hair Cut-Ups (1952)
A Soapy Opera (1952)
Moose on the Loose (1952)
Happy Holland (1952)
Good Mousekeeping (1952)
House Busters (1952)
Hansel and Gretel (1952)
Hypnotized (1952)
The Happy Cobblers (1952)
Off to the Opera (1952)
Flat Foot Fledgling (1952)
City Slicker (1951)
Papa's Day of Rest (1951)
The Mechanical Bird (1951)
Movie Madness (1951)
Papa's Little Helpers (1951)
The Haunted Cat (1951)
Beaver Trouble (1951)
The Cat's Tale (1951)
'Sno Fun (1951)
The Helpful Geni (1951)
Little Problems (1951)
Steeple Jacks (1951)
Aesop's Fable: Golden Egg Goosie (1951)
Tall Timber Tale (1951)
Seasick Sailors (1951)
Injun Trouble (1951)
The Elephant Mouse (1951)
Musical Madness (1951)
Goons from the Moon (1951)
Spring Fever (1951)
Bulldozing the Bull (1951)
Sunny Italy (1950)
Woodman, Spare That Tree (1950)
Stage Struck (1950)
Three Is a Crowd (1950)
Sour Grapes (1950)
Rival Romeos (1950)
Squirrel Crazy (1950)
King Tut's Tomb (1950)
If Cats Could Sing (1950)
Mouse and Garden (1950)
Cat Happy (1950)
All This and Rabbit Stew (1950)
Beauty on the Beach (1950)
The Red-Headed Monkey (1950)
Law and Order (1950)
Dream Walking (1950)
The Dog Show (1950)
Anti-Cats (1950)
The Beauty Shop (1950)
Better Late Than Never (1950)
The Fox Hunt (1950)
Jitterbug Follies (1939)
More Kittens (1936)
Toby Tortoise Returns (1936)
Thru the Mirror (1936)
Three Little Wolves (1936)
Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935)
Mickey's Steam Roller (1934)
The Hot Choc-late Soldiers (1934)
Lullaby Land (1933)
Father Noah's Ark (1933)
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Known ForVisual Effects
GenderMale
Birthday1901-08-12
Deathday1964-12-10 (63 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRokuro Kuwahara
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