Brian "H.B." White (born 1902; died 1984) was a British cartoonist, creating 'The Nipper' for the
Daily Mail between 1933 and 1947. Both "Keyhole Kate" and "Double Trouble" ran in London's
Evening Standard
The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format.
In October 2009, after be ...
.
Early in his career he forged links with Sid Griffiths, who had developed
Jerry the Tyke and brought in White who had been one of the team of animators on the 1924 film of
George E. Studdy's character
Bonzo the dog. They latterly formed the company ''Griffiths and White'' in 1929, working from an office in the Charing Cross Road, London, initially producing animated advertisements for Superads where
Carl Giles
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was first employed. Griffiths and White continued throughout the 1930s, eventually working at Anson Dyer's Anglia Films
Stroud-based studio which was later taken over by
Halas & Batchelor
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for the development of
Animal Farm
''Animal Farm'' is a beast fable, in the form of satirical allegorical novella, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to c ...
.
In collaboration with cousin Harold White, B&H Publications produced ''George Bernard Shaw Through The Camera'' in 1948.
Brian White worked for a year in 1952/3 on the first feature cartoon (75 minutes) ''
Animal Farm
''Animal Farm'' is a beast fable, in the form of satirical allegorical novella, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to c ...
'', based on
George Orwell's novel of the same name. An associate here was Sid Griffiths, with whom he had first collaborated 30 years earlier.
He is the grandfather of British sculptor
Jon Edgar
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. White died at
Rustington, West Sussex
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in 1984.
Films
1925 Jerry the Troublesome Tyke (short) - animator
1925 The Joy Provider (short) - animator
1925 In and Out of Wembley (short) - animator
1926 A Flash Affair (short) - animator
1926 All Up a Tree (short) - animator
1926 A Sticky Business (short) - animator
1926 Going West (short) - animator
1926 Golf (short) - animator
1926 He Gets Fired (short) - animator
1926 We Nearly Lose Him (short) - animator
1925 Honesty Is the Best Policy (short) - animator
1930 Tropical Breezes - Director, with Sid Griffiths and A. Goodman
1933 Colonel Capers - animator
1934 Treasure Island - Director, writer and animator (the first part of the aborted Barnacle Bill Series)
[Gifford, Denis British Animated Films 1895-1985 A Filmography]
Cartoon characters
''The Nipper'' 1933-1947 Daily Mail
''Deed-a-day Danny'' Knockout (from Hugh McNeill) 1942
''Little Tough Guy'' Knockout (Amalgamated/Fleetway comic)
''Keyhole Kate'' Sparky (1965–74); London Evening Standard
''Double Trouble'' London Evening Standard
''Plum Duffy''; The Topper comic
Archival material with public access
Pathefilms web archive of
Jerry the Tyke http://www.britishpathe.com/programmes/jerry-the-troublesome-tyke
British Cartoon Archive, Templeman Library, University of Kent, UK http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/artists/brianwhite/biography
''Animal Farm'' (1955) film (DVD) EAN 5050582008982
Daily Mail ''Nipper'' Annual 1940 - reprinted White Crescent Press (1995)
References
External links
* British Cartoonists Album (1962) Anthony Gibbs & Phillips, Ltd. page 110 Double Trouble strip #206
original cartoon strips from independent art galleryBrian White Archive - Cartoons and Animation
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1902 births
1984 deaths
British cartoonists
British caricaturists
British comics artists
British animators