Phil DeLara
Philip DeLara (September 1, 1911 – July 5, 1973) was a Warner Bros. Cartoons animator and Disney comics, MGM and Hanna-Barbera artist. At Western Publishing, he was the main artist of Walt Disney Animation Studios's Chip 'n' Dale comics, but also drew Donald Duck, Gyro Gearloose and Uncle Scrooge as well as Mickey Mouse comics for the foreign-market Disney Studio stories.
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Phil DeLara
- Birth Name
- Philip Bruce DeLara
- Born
- 1 September 1911
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, US
- Died
- 5 July 1973
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- comics artist · animator
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Philip DeLara (September 1, 1911 – July 5, 1973) was a Warner Bros. Cartoons animator and Disney comics, MGM and Hanna-Barbera artist. At Western Publishing, he was the main artist of Walt Disney Animation Studios's Chip 'n' Dale comics, but also drew Donald Duck, Gyro Gearloose and Uncle Scrooge as well as Mickey Mouse comics for the foreign-market Disney Studio stories.
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Phil DeLara was born in Los Angeles, California, Philip cartooned and graduated from Franklin High School and studied at the Otis Art Institute. After he studied, he drew for the Junior Times for eleven years with Cal Howard and Irv Spector. Warner Bros Cartoons was the first animation studio he worked for.
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• Birth Name — Philip Bruce DeLara • Born — 1 September 1911 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, US • Died — 5 July 1973 • Area — Animator Artist • Cartoonist — y • Art — y
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Phil DeLara was born in 1914 at United States.
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Phil DeLara died in 1973 at Los Angeles.
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