Don Lusk

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Donald Lusk October 28 1913 December 30 2018 was an American animator and director Lusk was hired by The Walt Disney Company in 1933 as an inbetweener His first film as an animator was 1938s Ferdinand the Bull He worked on Pinocchio Fantasia Bambi Song of the South Melody Time So Dear to My Heart The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad Cinderella Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan Lady and the Tramp Sleeping Beauty and One Hundred and One Dalmatians Lusk left Disney in 1960 but continued to work as an animator during the 1960s and 1970s Aside from animation Lusk also directed multiple cartoon films and series including the Peanuts television specials and movies and for the HannaBarbera studio His work at the latter included The Flintstones The Jetsons ScoobyDoo The Smurfs and Tom and Jerry In the early 1990s Lusk retired after a career which spanned some sixty years He died on December 30 2018 in San Clemente California aged 105