William "Hicks" Lokey (April 5, 1904 – November 4, 1990) was an American

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. He is best known for his work at

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. Lokey was born in Alabama. He spent his early years in the animation industry at Van Beuren Studios, animating ''

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'' during the 1920s. Starting in 1934, he worked as an animator for Fleischer Studios. One of his first works there was the ''

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'' short '' There's Something About a Soldier''. He was one of the senior animators who took part in the

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, hoping to negotiate wages and working hours with

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and Dave Fleischer. However, after the Fleischers threatened to reduce Lokey's and others pay, Lokey opted to return to work. After leaving Fleischers in 1938, Lokey joined the Walter Lantz Studio, where he worked until 1939. Lokey was hired by Walt Disney Productions the following year, where he provided character animation for the "

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" segment in '' Dumbo'' and "The Dance of the Hours" in ''

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''. Lokey left the Disney studio in 1941 after joining several animators in the Disney animators' strike. He found employment at

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in 1959, where he would remain for nearly thirty years. Lokey continued to animate, working on the television series '' Goober and the Ghost Chasers'' and ''

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'' and the feature film ''

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'' (1966). Lokey retired in 1986. In 1990 Lokey received the Winsor McCay Award for his lifetime of work in the field of animation. Lokey died in Los Angeles on November 4, 1990.

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Genealogy entry for Hicks Lokey
1904 births 1990 deaths Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Animators from Alabama Fleischer Studios people Hanna-Barbera people Walt Disney Animation Studios people {{US-animator-stub