Pete Alvarado

• Birth Name — Peter J. Alvarado Jr. • Born — 22 February 1920 • Died — 27 December 2003 • Birthplace — Raton, New Mexico, U.S. • Place of death — La Crescenta, California, U.S. • Nationality — American • Area — Penciller, animator, illustrator • Art — y • Pencil — y • Alias — Peter Jay, Bart Doe • Notable Works — Two time Academy Award winner for best short subject • Awards — The Animation Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 839 Golden Award for Service to the Craft, Disney Hispanic Artist Award, Warner Bros. 24 "Carrot" Gold Award, ASIFA Winsor McCay Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aninmation

Alvarado was born in Raton, New Mexico, and grew up in Glendale, California. He attended the Chouinard Art Institute in the 1930; after graduation he was hired as an assistant animator by the Walt Disney Studio. He provided uncredited work on Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Around 1939 Alvarado left Disney to find work in New York City, where he provided his earliest comic book art for Funnies Inc., which supplied artwork for Fawcett Publications and Timely Comics (now Marvel Comics). Alvarado returned to California and Disney Studio in 1941. He left Disney in 1946 to work for Warner Bros. Cartoons. Alvarado became the background painter for Chuck Jones, and his first screen credit was on the 1947 Pepé Le Pew short, Scent-imental Over You. He held this position until 1951, working on several cartoons such as the first Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon, Fast and Furry-ous, and Chuck Jones' Oscar-winning short For Scent-imental Reasons. His last work with Jones was Scent-imental Romeo in 1951, another cartoon featuring Pepé Le Pew. Alvarado went on to replace Cornett Wood as chief layout artist for Robert McKimson's unit. He left Warner Bros. entirely and was replaced by Bob Givens in 1953. Alvarado later joined DePatie-Freleng Enterprises after Warner Bros. closed their cartoon division. He worked on several Pink Panther shorts, as well as the short lived animated series Super President. Around 1971 Alvarado joined Hanna-Barbera as a layout artist; he worked on such series as The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971), Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch (1974), and many others. Alvarado also provided animation and layout work for Film Roman (Garfield and Friends). Alvarado was the recipient of the 2001 Winsor McCay Award, for his lifetime of achievement in animation, as well as the Animation Guild's 1987 Golden Award.