Rollin Hamilton
American animator (1898–1951)
Rollin "Ham" Clare Hamilton was an American 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 cartoons. From 1929 to 1934, he animated the Bosko character in the Harman-Ising studio.
Filmography in the catalog
No films list Rollin Hamilton in their Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 22 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).