Harold Whitaker
Harold Jackson Whitaker (5 June 1920 – 26 December 2013) was a British animator, whose credits included Animal Farm in 1954 and Heavy Metal in 1981. He first worked for Anson Dyer, before spending thirty years as an animator for Halas and Batchelor. He made a comic strip adaptation of Animal Farm in 1954.
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Harold Whitaker
- Born
- 1920
- Died
- 2013
- Occupation
- animator · comics artist · director
- Languages
- English
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Harold Jackson Whitaker (5 June 1920 – 26 December 2013) was a British animator, whose credits included Animal Farm in 1954 and Heavy Metal in 1981. He first worked for Anson Dyer, before spending thirty years as an animator for Halas and Batchelor. He made a comic strip adaptation of Animal Farm in 1954.
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Born in 1920, died in 2013.
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