Charles McKimson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCharles McKimson
American animator
Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1914
Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, United States
Date of Death: 16-Apr-1999
Profession: animator
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Charles McKimson
- Charles Edson "Chuck" McKimson, Jr.
- (December 20, 1914 – April 16, 1999) was an American animator, best known for his work at Warner Bros.
- studio.
- He was the younger brother of animators Robert and Thomas McKimson.
- His father was a newspaperman who later become the editor of the Scandia Journal in Scandia, Kansas.McKimson was born in Denver, Colorado.
- The family located to Los Angeles with his family in the 1920s.
- He began his career in animation in 1937, when he joined Leon Schlesinger Productions as a member of Tex Avery's unit.
- McKimson left the studio during World War II to serve in the US Army Signal Corps, returning in 1946.
- Upon his return he was assigned to his brother Robert's unit, where he worked as a lead animator.
- Charles received co-story credit on one short, 1955's All Fowled Up (the other writer being Sid Marcus), starring Foghorn Leghorn — a character utilized exclusively by Robert.
- While at Warner Bros.
- McKimson drew the syndicated Roy Rogers comic strip from 1949 to 1953, in collaboration with his other brother Thomas and artist Pete Alvarado.
- The strip was published under the pseudonym "Al McKimson." McKimson left Warner Bros.
- Animation in 1954, after Jack L.
- Warner briefly shut down the animation division.
- He subsequently joined Dell Publishing, where he served as Art Director for their comic and coloring books division.
- In 1961 McKimson worked as animation director on the short-lived animated television series Calvin and the Colonel. McKimson died in 1999 at the age of 84.
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