Ted Sears
Edward Robert Sears (March 13, 1900August 22, 1958) was an American animator during the Golden Age of American animation. Sears worked for the Fleischer Studios in the late-1920s and early-1930s, and was hired away from Max Fleischer to work at the Walt Disney studio in 1931. Toad (The Wind in the Willows segment), Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan (for which he wrote song lyrics), Lady and the Tramp, and Sleeping Beauty (for which he wrote song lyrics).
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Ted Sears
- Name
- Ted Sears
- Birth Name
- Edward Robert Sears Jr.
- Born
- 13 March 1900
- Birthplace
- Greenfield, Massachusetts
- Died
- 22 August 1958
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California
- Occupation
- Animator
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Edward Robert Sears (March 13, 1900August 22, 1958) was an American animator during the Golden Age of American animation. Sears worked for the Fleischer Studios in the late-1920s and early-1930s, and was hired away from Max Fleischer to work at the Walt Disney studio in 1931. Toad (The Wind in the Willows segment), Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan (for which he wrote song lyrics), Lady and the Tramp, and Sleeping Beauty (for which he wrote song lyrics).
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Sears had initially provided the voice of the titular character in Pinocchio before the character was reimagined and child actor Dickie Jones was cast as the voice of the character instead. Sears was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, enumerated with mother and maternal grandparents on 5 June 1900, son of Edward R Sears Sr and Margaret Ellen Burke, but was raised in New York City. He married Violet Mitchell on 16 Aug 1937 He died in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 58 in 1958.
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• Name — Ted Sears • Birth Name — Edward Robert Sears Jr. • Born — 13 March 1900 • Birthplace — Greenfield, Massachusetts • Died — 22 August 1958 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California • Occupation — Animator
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Ted Sears is recorded as screenwriter, composer, storyboard artist, animator and film director.
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1955
WALT DISNEY'S VANISHING PRAIRIE. A true-life adventure. By Jane Werner and the staff of the Walt Disney Studio. Based on the film narration by James Algar, Winston Hibler, Ted Sears. (1955) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
1958
Ted Sears died in 1958 at Los Angeles.
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- 1.Registration State: New York; Registration County: Bronx; Roll: 1754124; Draft Board: 15 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- 2.1900 United States Federal Census for Edward Sears, ae 2/12, Massachusetts, Franklin, Greenfield, District 0480 sheet 137A, line 28
- 3.California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images.
- 4.Newspapers.com obituary index – The Los Angeles Times, 25 August 1958
- 5.25 Aug 1958, 66 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com.
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