Otto Messmer

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-08-16 (91 years old)

Deathday

1983-10-28

Place of Birth

Union City, New Jersey, USA

Otto Messmer

Biography

American animator, best known for his work on the Felix the Cat cartoons and comic strip produced by the Pat Sullivan studio. The extent of Messmer's role in the creation and popularity of Felix is a matter of ongoing dispute, particularly as he only laid his claim to the character after the death of Sullivan, who until that time had received the credit. However, most prominent comics and animation historians support Messmer's claim, as do the veterans of the Sullivan studio. (Wikipedia)

Acting

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Felix Through the Years

as (self, archive footage)

2021

Cartoon Carnival

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1919

Musical Mews

as Director

1920

Wrecking a Romeo

as Director

1920

1920

1920

Nifty Nurse

as Director

1920

My Hero

as Director

1920

A Hungry Hoodoo

as Director

1920

1921

1920

1921

1920

Foxy Felix

as Director

1920

1922

Felix All at Sea

as Director

1921

The Love Punch

as Director

1921

1922

1921

Free Lunch

as Director

1921

1922

1921

Down on the Farm

as Director

1922

1923

1923

1925

1925

1924

1922

Felix Gets Left

as Director

1924

Felix Cashes In

as Director

1925

1924

1925

1923

1924

A Friend In Need

as Director

1924

1924

1924

1923

1924

Felix Loses Out

as Director

1924

1916

My Boy's Kid

as Director

1927

Sax Appeal

as Director

1924

1924

1925

1923

1928

Comicalamities

as Director

1928

1928

Arabiantics

as Director

1928

Futuritzy

as Director

1929

False Vases

as Director

1929

One Good Turn

as Director

1930

1930

Forty Winks

as Director

1930

Oceantics

as Director

1926

Two-Lip Time

as Director

1919

Feline Follies

as Director

1922

1922

1922

1922

1922

1922

1927

Germ Mania

as Director

1927

1927

1927

1927

Pedigreedy

as Director

1923

1927

Daze and Knights

as Director

1927

Flim Flam Films

as Director

1923

Felix Win's Out

as Director

1923

1928

Outdoor Indore

as Director

1928

Eskimotive

as Director

1928

Astronomeous

as Director

1923

1924

Felix Finds Out

as Director

1924

1924

1925

1925

1925

1925

Eats Are West

as Director

1925

1928

Polly-tics

as Director

1925

1922

1924

1921

The Hypnotist

as Director

1940

1919

Charley Out West

as Animation

1924

Felix Goes West

as Director

1920

1920

1922

Felix Comes Back

as Director

1926

Land O'Fancy

as Director

1928

Woos Whoopee

as Director

1928

1928

Japanicky

as Director

1927

No Fuelin'

as Director

1927

1928

The Smoke Scream

as Director

1945

The Friendly Ghost

as Adaptation

1930

Tee Time

as Director

1945

1944

1946

1947

Musica-Lulu

as Story

1927

'Loco' Motive

as Director

1923

Felix Revolts

as Director

1923

1923

Felix in Hollywood

as Animation

1928

The Oily Bird

as Director

1922

Felix in Love

as Director

1924

1916

Chestnuts

as Director

1922

1923

1922

Felix Wakes Up

as Director

1922

Felix Makes Good

as Director

1946

1946

1919

Charley Out West

as Director

1928

In and Out-Laws

as Director

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