Carman Maxwell Explained

Carman Maxwell
Birth Name:Carman Griffin Maxwell
Birth Date:1902 12, mf=yes
Birth Place:Siloam Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
Death Place:Ojai, California, U.S.
Occupation:Animator
Years Active:1923–1956

Carman Griffin Maxwell (December 27, 1902 – September 22, 1987) was an American animator and voice actor.

Maxwell was born in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and later moved to Kansas City, Missouri. He began his career with Walt Disney at the Laugh-O-Gram Studio[1] where Maxwell, along with Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, and Friz Freleng, was part of the unit that eventually broke away from Disney to form the nucleus of what later became the Warner Bros. animation studio (under contract with Leon Schlesinger).[2] Before going to Harman-Ising, he animated for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for Disney and Winkler Pictures, with his Disney alumni.[3]

Besides animating for Harman-Ising, Maxwell also performed the voice of their most famous creation, Bosko.[4] Maxwell was also later a production manager in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, working there as late as 1956.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Barrier, Michael . The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney . . 2007 . 978-0-520-24117-6 . 34–35 .
  2. Book: Sandler, Kevin . Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation . . 1998 . 9780813525389 . 30.
  3. Book: Barrier, Michael . The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney . . 2007 . 978-0-520-24117-6 . 55 .
  4. Book: Scott, Keith . Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-70 . BearManor Media . 2022 . 979-8-88771-010-5 . 4–5.