John Ryan Kinney (March 29, 1909 – February 9, 1992)Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 was an American animator, director and producer of animated shorts. Kinney is the older brother of fellow Disney animator

Dick Kinney Richard Timothy Kinney (December 15, 1916 in Utah – March 24, 1985 in Glendale, California) was an American animator and comic book writer. His comic book work was mostly in Disney comics, writing stories featuring Donald Duck and Scrooge M ...

Early life

Jack Kinney was born on March 29, 1909, in

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.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 He attended John Muir Junior High School in

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(1925), and John C. Fremont High School (1926 - 1928), at the latter with Roy Williams. Both Fremont football players, they would later be hired by

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in 1930 to work at the Walt Disney Studio on Hyperion Avenue. Often referring to himself as Kinney's best friend, Williams would go on to star as the "Big Mooseketeer" with head Mouseketeer

Jimmie Dodd James Wesley Dodd (March 28, 1910 – November 10, 1964) was an American actor, singer and songwriter best known as the master of ceremonies for the popular 1950s Walt Disney television series ''The Mickey Mouse Club,'' as well as the write ...

on the classic 1950s television program, ''

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'' (1955–1958).

Career

According to Jeff Lenburg's assessment of him, Kinney was a veteran animator, who spend most of his career working at Walt Disney Productions (later known as the

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). He directed the first film in the '' Donald Duck'' series to win the

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. Two other films directed by Kinney were nominated for the same award.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney joined the Walt Disney studio on February 9, 1931. He was hired as an animator. He initially inked films for both the '' Mickey Mouse'' and ''

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'' series of the studio. His film credits as an animator include ''

The Band Concert ''The Band Concert'' is a 1935 American animated short film produced in 3-strip Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. It was the 73rd Mickey Mouse short film to be released, and the second of that year. ''The Ba ...

'' (1935) and ''

The Cookie Carnival ''The Cookie Carnival'' is an animated short produced by Walt Disney Productions and originally released May 25, 1935. It is a Cinderella story involving a cookie girl who wishes to be queen at the cookie carnival, and a homage to the Atlantic Ci ...

'' (1935).Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney also served as a story director in films featuring Mickey Mouse and

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. His film credits in that role include '' Brave Little Tailor'' (1938), ''

Mickey's Trailer ''Mickey's Trailer'' is a 1938 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon stars Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy on a near disastrous road trip in a travel trailer. It was ...

'' (1938) and ''

Society Dog Show ''Society Dog Show'' is a 1939 '' Mickey Mouse'' cartoon short produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The animated short was directed by Bill Roberts and animated by Al Eugster, Shamus Culhane, Fred Moore, John Lo ...

'' (1939).Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney served as a sequence director on 10 of the Disney theatrical feature films. His credits in that role included ''

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel '' The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan ...

'' (1940), ''

Dumbo ''Dumbo'' is a 1941 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth Disney animated feature film, it is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, ...

'' (1941), '' Saludos Amigos'' (1942), ''

Victory Through Air Power ''Victory Through Air Power'' is a 1942 non-fiction book by Alexander P. de Seversky. It was made into a 1943 Walt Disney animated feature film of the same name. Theories De Seversky began his military life at a young age. After serving in ...

'' (1943), ''

The Three Caballeros ''The Three Caballeros'' is a 1944 American live-action/animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film premiered in Mexico City on December 21, 1944. It was released in the United States on ...

'' (1944), ''

Make Mine Music ''Make Mine Music'' is a 1946 American animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the eighth Disney feature animated film, released on April 20, 1946. During World War II, much of Walt Disn ...

'' (1946), ''

Fun and Fancy Free ''Fun and Fancy Free'' is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy package film produced by Walt Disney and released on September 27, 1947 by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the ninth Disney animated feature film and the fourth of the package films th ...

'' (1947), ''

Melody Time ''Melody Time'' is a 1948 American live-action/animated musical film produced by Walt Disney. The tenth Disney animated feature film, it was released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on May 27, 1948. Made up of seven segments set to popular mu ...

'' (1948), and '' The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' (1949)Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Beginning in 1940, Kinney was promoted to the position of director for animated short films. Kinney was the primary director of the '' Goofy'' series, with his debut being the second entry in the series, ''Goofy's Glider'' (1940), all the way up to the final regular entry in the series, ''How to Sleep'' (1953), directing a total of 39 entries in the series. His most notable creations for this series were the Goofy ''How to...'', where the character demonstrated how to play various popular sports. Goofy's efforts in these films had "predictably disastrous" results.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 One of his Goofy cartoons, ''

How to Play Football ''How to Play Football'' is an animated comedy short film by Disney starring Goofy, released on September 15, 1944. The short was directed by Jack Kinney. The seven and a half minute film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short ...

'' (1944), was nominated the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, one of two entries in the ''Goofy'' series to be nominated for the Award. Kinney also directed two entries in the ''

'' series, as well as directing four entries in the '' Donald Duck'' series, including ''

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'' (1943), a wartime

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, the

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,Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 which became the only Donald Duck short to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, as well being listed as Number 22 in the 1994 book,

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. Kinney's other director credits included a number of ''Walt Disney Specials''. Among them were ''

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'' (1954), '' Casey Bats Again'' (1954), and ''

Social Lion ''Social Lion'' is a Walt Disney-produced animated short film directed by Jack Kinney, released by Buena Vista on October 15, 1954. The film was written by Milt Schaffer and Dick Kinney and animated entirely by Disney veteran Norm Ferguson. Syno ...

'' (1954). ''Pigs Is Pigs'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It was the third and last film directed by Kinney to be nominated for the Award.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Another film credit for Kinney as a director was ''

The Lone Chipmunks ''The Lone Chipmunks'' is a 1954 American animated short film directed by Jack Kinney and produced by Walt Disney. In the short film, Chip 'n' Dale are in the old west, trying to bring in Black Pete for a $10,000 reward, being the only short f ...

'' (1954). It was the last animated short film of the ''

Chip 'n' Dale Chip and Dale (also spelled Chip 'n' Dale) is a cartoon duo of anthropomorphic chipmunks created in 1943 by The Walt Disney Company. Concept The characters were first drawn by Bill Justice and introduced in the 1943 Pluto short '' Private ...

'' series.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 From 1954 to 1957, Kinney started directing television animation. He supervised new animation used to tie some of the old shorts together for the ''

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'', which was broadcast by the

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(ABC).Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 On March 13, 1958, Kinney departed from the Disney studio. He served at the Disney company for 27 years.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 After Kinney left Disney, he started an independent animation studio, Kinney-Adelquist Productions, Inc. . His partner was Hal Adelquist, another Disney alum. According to

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Jeff Lenburg, the company was known as Jack Kinney Productions.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney directed an animated feature film for the UPA studio. It was ''

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'' (1959) and featured Mr. Magoo.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney next partnered with his own brother

, to produce ''

Popeye the Sailor Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.King Features Syndicate. The series was shot in color.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney resurfaced as a story writer for ''

The New Three Stooges ''The New 3 Stooges'' is an American animated television series that ran during the 1965–66 television season starring the Three Stooges. The show follows the trio's antics both in live-action and animated segments. The cast consisted of Moe H ...

'' (1965), a television series which featured both live-action and animated segments.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 He was next hired as a story director by Hanna-Barbera, serving in this position from 1978 to 1982. He worked on several

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s by the company. Among them were '' Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'' (1979-1980) and '' The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour'' (1982-1983).Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 In 1983, Kinney was awarded a

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, in recognition for his lifetime of contribution to the art of animation. The award was created by the International Animated Film Society (also known as

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).Lenburg (2006), pp. 180

Death and legacy

In 1988, Kinney published a short memoir, ''Walt Disney and Assorted Other Characters: An Unauthorized Account of the Early Years at Disney's''. The book served as his autobiography.Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 Kinney died on February 9, 1992, in Glendale, California at the age of 82. His death was reported as a

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.Obituary in the New York Times
Retrieved March 2012Lenburg (2006), pp. 180

Filmography

Short films

* ''

Santa's Workshop Santa's Workshop is the legendary workshop where Santa Claus and his elves are said to live and make the toys and presents given out at Christmas. The exact "location" of Santa's workshop varies depending upon local culture. There are at lea ...

'' (animator - uncredited) (1932) * '' Birds in the Spring'' (animator - uncredited) (1933) * '' Ye Olden Days'' (animator - uncredited) (1933) * ''The Mail Pilot'' (animator - uncredited) (1933) * ''

Mickey's Mechanical Man ''Mickey's Mechanical Man'' is a 1933 animated short cartoon created by Walt Disney. It was the 57th Mickey Mouse short film, and the seventh of that year. Plot Mickey finds out about a new boxing match involving "Kongo the Killer". So what Micke ...

'' (animator - uncredited) (1933) * '' The Hot Choc-late Soldiers'' (animator - uncredited) (1934) * ''Two-Gun Mickey'' (animator - uncredited) (1934) * ''

'' (director and animator) (1935) * ''

Mickey's Service Station ''Mickey's Service Station'' is a 1935 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The film, which stars Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy as car mechanics, was also the final black-and-white appe ...

'' (animator) (1935) * ''

'' (director and animator) (1935) * '' Mickey's Fire Brigade'' (animator) (1935) * '' Cock o' the Walk'' (animator) (1935) * '' Donald and Pluto'' (writer) (1936) * ''

Moose Hunters ''Moose Hunters'' is a 1937 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. It was the 93rd short in the '' Mickey Mouse'' film series, and the fourth for that year. The cartoon stars Mickey Mou ...

'' (animator) (1937) * ''

'' (writer and director) (1938) * ''

Mickey's Parrot ''Mickey's Parrot'' is an animated short film produced by Walt Disney, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and released on September 9, 1938. The film was directed by Ben Sharpsteen and animated by Frenchy de Trémaudan, Louie Schmittt, Chuck Couc ...

'' (writer) (1938) * '' Brave Little Tailor'' (writer and director) (1938) * ''

'' (writer and director) (1939) * ''Goofy's Glider'' (writer and director) (1940) * ''

Bone Trouble ''Bone Trouble'' (1940) is an animated short produced by Walt Disney, and directed by Jack Kinney. It stars Pluto and Butch the Bulldog, in the latter's first appearance. Plot The short begins with Pluto waking up in his dog house. Pluto is ...

'' (director) (1940) * ''Baggage Buster'' (director) (1941) * '' The Art of Skiing'' (director) (1941) * '' The Art of Self Defense'' (director) (1941) * ''

How to Play Baseball ''How to Play Baseball'' is a cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures in September 1942, featuring Goofy. The short was produced at the request of Samuel Goldwyn and first shown to accompany the 1942 featur ...

'' (director) (1942) * '' The Olympic Champ'' (director) (1942) * '' How to Swim'' (director) (1942) * '' How to Fish'' (director) (1942) * ''

'' (director) (1943) * ''Figaro and Cleo'' (director) (uncredited; 1943) * ''Victory Vehicles'' (director) (1943) * '' How to Play Golf'' (director) (1944) * ''How to Be a Sailor'' (writer and director) (1944) * ''

'' (director) (1944) * ''

Hockey Homicide ''Hockey Homicide'' is a cartoon made by Walt Disney Productions in 1945, featuring Goofy. Plot Narrator Doodles Weaver explains the rules of ice hockey in satirical format. The narration's emphasis on good sportsmanship is countered by the v ...

'' (director) (1945) * ''

Duck Pimples ''Duck Pimples'' is a 1945 animated whodunit short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon parodies radio crime stories and film noir dramas. Plot Donald Duck's imagination, enhanced by scary st ...

'' (director) (1945) * ''Californy er Bust'' (director) (1945) * ''African Diary'' (director) (1945) * ''Tiger Trouble'' (director) (1945) * ''

The Story of Menstruation ''The Story of Menstruation'' is a 1946 10-minute American animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was commissioned by the International Cello-Cotton Company (now Kimberly-Clark) and was shown in a non-theatrical release to approxima ...

'' (short documentary) (director) (uncredited; 1946) * '' Goofy Gymnastics'' (director) (1949) * ''Tennis Racquet'' (director) (1949) * '' Hold That Pose'' (director) (1950) * ''

Motor Mania ''Motor Mania'' is a cartoon released by Walt Disney Productions on June 30, 1950. In this madcap motoring animation, Goofy (during his "Everyman" period) transforms into a Mr. Hyde-type split personality, when he gets behind the wheel and pro ...

'' (director) (1950) * ''

The Brave Engineer ''The Brave Engineer'' is a 1950 Walt Disney-produced animated short film, based on the exploits of legendary railroad engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones. It is narrated by comic Jerry Colonna and is a comedically madcap fanciful re-telling of ...

'' (director) (1950) * ''How to Ride a Horse'' (director) (1950) * '' Lion Down'' (director) (1951) * ''

Father's Lion ''Father's Lion'' is an animated short film in the ''Goofy'' series, produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters on January 4, 1952 by RKO Radio Pictures. The film tells the story of Goofy taking his son camping and ...

'' (director) (1951) * '' No Smoking'' (director) (1951) * ''Fathers Are People'' (director) (1951) * ''Get Rich Quick'' (director) (1951) * ''Tomorrow We Diet!'' (director) (1951) * ''Cold War'' (1951) (director) * ''Home Made Home'' (director) (1951) * ''Cold Storage'' (director) (1951) * ''How to Be a Detective'' (1952) * ''Two Weeks Vacation'' (director) (1952) * ''Teachers Are People'' (director) (1952) * ''Two Gun Goofy'' (director) (1952) * ''Man's Best Friend'' (director) (1952) * ''Hello Aloha'' (director) (1952) * ''

Donald's Diary Donald's Diary is a Donald Duck short film which was produced in Technicolor and released February 13, 1954 by RKO Radio Pictures. Plot In San Francisco, Donald meets Daisy Duck and the two fall in love. They date, get engaged, and finally m ...

'' (director) (1953) * ''How to Sleep'' (director) (1953) * ''Football Now and Then'' (director) (1953) * ''How to dance'' (director) (1953) * ''Father's Week-end'' (director) (1953) * ''For Whom the Bulls Toil'' (director) (1953) * ''Father's Day Off'' (director) (1953) * '' Canvas Back Duck'' (writer) (1953) * ''Two for the Record'' (director) (1954) * ''

'' (director) (1954) * ''

'' (director) (1954) * ''Casey Bats Again'' (director) (1954) * ''Social Lion'' (director) (1954) * '' Chips Ahoy'' (director) (1955) * ''Contrast in Rhythm'' (director) (1956) * ''How to Have an Accident in the Home'' (writer) (1956) * ''How to Have an Accident at Work'' (writer) (1959)

Feature films

* '' Hollywood Party'' (animator - uncredited) (1934) * ''

Servants' Entrance ''Servants' Entrance'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical comedy film. It was written by Samson Raphaelson from the Sigrid Boo novel and directed by Frank Lloyd, with a cartoon sequence by Walt Disney (Who's company now ironically owns this fil ...

'' (animator - uncredited) (1934) * ''

'' (director) (1940) * '' The Reluctant Dragon'' (director) (1941) * ''

'' (director) (1941) * ''

Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American animated drama film directed by David Hand (supervising a team of sequence directors), produced by Walt Disney and based on the 1923 book ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'' by Austrian author and hunter Felix Salten ...

'' (animator: opening sequence) (1942) * '' Saludos Amigos'' (director: ''El gaucho Goofy'' segment; 1942) * ''

'' (director) (1943) * ''

'' (director) (1944) * ''

'' (director: Five of the film's ten segments: ''The Martins and the Coys'', ''All the Cats Join In'', ''Casey at the Bat'', ''Two Silhouettes'', and ''Johnnie Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet'' segments; 1946) * ''

'' (director: Bongo segment; 1947) * ''

'' (director: ''Bumble Boogie'' segment; 1948) * '' The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' (director: both ''The Wind in the Willows'' and ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' segments; 1949) * ''

Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythi ...

'' (director) (uncredited; 1953) * ''

'' (director) (1959) * ''

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini ''How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'' is a 1965 Pathécolor beach party film from American International Pictures. The sixth entry in a seven-film series, the movie features Mickey Rooney, Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, and Beverl ...

'' (animator) (1965) * ''

The Jungle Book ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, w ...

'' (director) (1967) * ''

Song of Norway ''Song of Norway'' is an operetta written in 1944 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Edvard Grieg and the book by Milton Lazarus and Homer Curran. A very loose film adaptation with major changes to both the book ...

'' (animator) (1970)

Television

* ''

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'' (1955-1979) ** ''The Goofy Success Story'' (writer and director; 1955) ** ''The Wind in the Willows'' (director; 1955) ** ''The Goofy Sports Story'' (writer and director; 1956) ** ''Pluto's Day'' (writer; 1956) ** ''How to Relax'' (segment director; 1957) ** ''Four Fabulous Characters'' (segment director; 1957) ** ''Adventures in Fantasy'' (segment director; 1957) ** ''Magic and Music'' (segment director; 1958) ** ''Donald's Weekend'' (story; 1958) ** ''This Is Your Life Donald Duck'' (segment director; 1960) ** ''This Is Your Life Donald Duck'' (sequence director; 1961) ** ''Holiday for Henpecked Husbands'' (sequence director; 1961) ** ''Inside Donald Duck'' (sequence director; 1961) ** ''Man Is His Own Worst Enemy'' (director; 1962) ** ''A Square Peg in a Round Hole'' (sequence director; 1963) ** ''Three Tall Tales'' (sequence director; 1963) ** ''In Shape with Von Drake'' (sequence director; 1964) ** ''How the West Was Lost'' (sequence director; 1967) ** ''Baseball Fever'' (director; 1979) * ''

Popeye the Sailor Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.The New 3 Stooges'' (writer) (1965) * '' Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'' (director) (1979-1980) * ''Mickey Mouse Disco'' (director) (1980) * ''

The Flintstone Comedy Show ''The Flintstone Comedy Show'' is an American animated television series revival and spin-off of ''The Flintstones'' produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired on NBC from November 22, 1980 to October 24, 1981. Outside North America, the show was rele ...

'' (director) (1980) ** 1 episode: ''R.V. Fever/Fred Goes Ape/Quiet Please/Ghost Sitters/Clownfoot/Mouse Cleaning/Birthday Boy'' * '' The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour'' (director) (1982-1983) * ''DTV: Golden Oldies'' (Video) (original material; 1984) * ''DTV: Pop & Rock'' (Video) (original material; 1984) * ''DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues'' (Video) (original material; 1984) * ''The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue'' (Video short) (archive footage; 1985) * ''DTV Valentine'' (TV Movie) (original material; 1986) * ''American Legends'' (Video) (segment "The Brave Engineer") (2001)

References

Sources

*Kinney, Jack, ''Walt Disney and other assorted characters - An unauthorised account of the early years at Disney's'', Harmony Books, New York, 1988 *

External links

* Retrieved March 2012
Obituary in the New York Times
Retrieved March 2012

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