Rollin Hamilton

Personal Info

Know For

Visual Effects

Gender

Male

Birthday

1898-10-28 (53 years old)

Deathday

1951-06-03

Place of Birth

South Dakota, USA

Rollin Hamilton

Biography

Rollin "Ham" Clare Hamilton (October 28, 1898 – June 3, 1951) was an early motion picture animator. He was Walt Disney's first hire, and from 1924 to 1928 he worked as an animator for the Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts. In 1928, Hamilton and several other animators left the Walt Disney Studio to work at Winkler Pictures' new animation studio with the help of Charles Mintz. A year later, Hamilton briefly transferred to Walter Lantz’s new studio before he helped fellow animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising establish their own animation studio. He was one of the primary animators for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies carto...

Production

1926

1935

Hollywood Capers

as Animation

1927

Trolley Troubles

as Animation

1933

Gay Gaucho

as Director

1927

The Mechanical Cow

as Animation

1928

Harem Scarem

as Animation

1927

Great Guns

as Animation

1928

1927

Oh, Teacher!

as Animation

1927

All Wet

as Animation

1927

The Ocean Hop

as Animation

1928

Neck 'n' Neck

as Animation

1928

Bright Lights

as Animation

1928

1928

Ride 'Em Plow Boy

as Animation

1928

Sagebrush Sadie

as Animation

1928

The Fox Chase

as Animation

1928

Tall Timber

as Animation

1928

Poor Papa

as Animation

1927

Empty Socks

as Animation

1936

1938

Merbabies

as Animation

1933

Young and Healthy

as Animation

1925

1926

1927

Alice's Auto Race

as Animation

1927

Alice at the Rodeo

as Animation

1924

Alice the Piper

as Animation

1926

1926

1926

Alice Cuts the Ice

as Animation

1927

Alice the Golf Bug

as Animation

1927

1926

1927

1927

1927

1927

1927

Alice in the Alps

as Animation

1924

1925

Alice Plays Cupid

as Animation

1927

1927

Alice's Picnic

as Animation

1927

1927

1930

Box Car Blues

as Animation

1929

1931

Ups 'n Downs

as Animation

1931

Yodeling Yokels

as Animation

1930

1931

The Tree's Knees

as Animation

1931

1931

Bosko Shipwrecked!

as Animation

1931

Bosko the Doughboy

as Animation

1931

Bosko's Fox Hunt

as Animation

1931

Red-Headed Baby

as Animation

1932

Big-Hearted Bosko

as Animation

1932

Goopy Geer

as Animation

1932

Pagan Moon

as Animation

1932

Bosko and Bruno

as Animation

1932

Bosko's Dog Race

as Animation

1932

Bosko at the Beach

as Animation

1932

I Wish I Had Wings

as Animation

1932

1932

I Love a Parade

as Animation

1932

Three's a Crowd

as Animation

1932

Bosko's Dizzy Date

as Animation

1932

Bosko and Honey

as Animation

1924

Alice's Day at Sea

as Animation

1933

The Organ Grinder

as Animation

1928

Farmyard Follies

as Director

1928

A Horse Tale

as Director

1929

Hold 'Em Ozzie

as Director

1929

Ice Man's Luck

as Director

1929

Pussy Willie

as Writer

1934

1924

1925

1939

Detouring America

as Animation

1930

Congo Jazz

as Animation

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