Alan Zaslove obit

Veteran Animator Alan Zaslove Dies at Age 92

He was not on the list.

We are sad to report the recent passing of veteran animator, producer and director Alan Zaslove at age 92. Renowned animation historian and teacher Tom Sito announced the news on Facebook yesterday.

Zaslove began his career in 1942 as an “office boy” at Leon Schlesinger’s Studios, and then went on to work on many UPA shorts and series, including Gerald McBoing-Boing and Mr. Magoo. During the 1960s and ‘70s, he worked as an animator on TV and feature projects such as Popeye the Sailor, Fractured Fairy Tales, Roger Ramjet, The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, The Gumby Show, A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Phantom Tollbooth, A Chipmunk Christmas, Tom Thumb, The Night Before Christmas and Stanley the Ugly Duckling.

At Hanna-Barbera, Zaslove working on shows such as Space Stars, Yogi’s Treasure Hunt, Paw Paws, The Smurfs, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, The Challenge of the GoBots, Snorks, The Jetsons (1985), The Pound Puppies and Galtar and the Golden Lance.

Zaslove also produced and directed many animated TV series and direct-to-video films at Disney during the 1980s and 1990s, including Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Darkwing Duck, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, The Return of Jafar, Jasmine’s Enchanted Tales: Journey of a Princess and Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World. He also worked as a supervising producer and director on The New Woody Woodpecker Show in 2000.

He was nominated for Emmys for his work on DuckTales, Smurfs, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck and the Aladdin TV series.

Director

Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Journey of a Princess (2005)

Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Journey of a Princess

6.7

Video

Director

2005

 

The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999)

The New Woody Woodpecker Show

6.5

TV Series

supervising director

2000–2001

2 episodes

 

True Hearts (1996)

True Hearts

8.1

Video

Director (Eye of the Beholder)

1996

 

Magic and Mystery (1996)

Magic and Mystery

7.9

Video

Director (Forget Me Lots)

1996

 

Dan Castellaneta, Gilbert Gottfried, Linda Larkin, Scott Weinger, and Frank Welker in Aladdin (1994)

Aladdin

7.3

TV Series

Director

1994–1995

40 episodes

 

The Greatest Treasure (1995)

The Greatest Treasure

5.3

Video

Director (Elemental, My Dear Jasmine)

1995

 

Aladdin 2: The Return of Jafar (1994)

Aladdin 2: The Return of Jafar

5.8

Video

Director

1994

 

Witcheroo!

Video

Director

1993

 

Darkwing Duck (1991)

Darkwing Duck

7.6

TV Series

Director

1991–1992

91 episodes

 

Terence McGovern, Russi Taylor, and Alan Young in DuckTales (1987)

DuckTales

8.0

TV Series

supervising director

1987–1990

24 episodes

 

Corey Burton and Tress MacNeille in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1989)

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

7.6

TV Series

supervising director

1989–1990

37 episodes

 

Corey Burton, Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, and Tress MacNeille in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1989)

Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers to the Rescue

7.6

TV Movie

supervising director

1989

 

Noelle North and Lorenzo Music in Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985)

Adventures of the Gummi Bears

7.5

TV Series

Director

1987

8 episodes

 

Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985)

Yogi's Treasure Hunt

7.0

TV Series

Director

1985–1987

4 episodes

 

Roddy McDowall in GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

5.4

Director

1986

 

Paw Paws (1985)

Paw Paws

6.8

TV Series

Director

1985–1986

21 episodes

 

Challenge of the GoBots (1984)

Challenge of the GoBots

6.3

TV Series

Director

1985

60 episodes

 

Daws Butler, Don Messick, George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Jean Vander Pyl, and Janet Waldo in The Jetsons (1962)

The Jetsons

7.0

TV Series

Director

1985

41 episodes

 

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985)

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo

7.3

TV Series

Director

1985

13 episodes

 

Snorks (1984)

Snorks

6.4

TV Series

Director

1985

10 episodes

 

Lucille Bliss, Danny Goldman, Don Messick, and Alan Oppenheimer in The Smurfs (1981)

The Smurfs

7.1

TV Series

Director

1984–1985

50 episodes

 

The Pound Puppies (1985)

The Pound Puppies

7.2

TV Short

Director

1985

 

Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985)

Galtar and the Golden Lance

7.1

TV Series

Director

1985

 

Smurfily Ever After (1985)

Smurfily Ever After

7.6

Short

sequence director

1985

 

The Hoober-Bloob Highway (1975)

The Hoober-Bloob Highway

6.8

TV Movie

Director

1975

 

Hopscotch

Short

Director

1971

 

Curiosity Shop (1971)

Curiosity Shop

8.2

TV Series

Director

1971

1 episode

 

The Alvin Show (1961)

The Alvin Show

7.2

TV Series

Director

1961–1962

26 episodes

 

The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show (1956)

The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show

7.2

TV Series

Director

1956–1958

4 episodes

 

Producer

Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Journey of a Princess (2005)

Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Journey of a Princess

6.7

Video

producer

2005

 

The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999)

The New Woody Woodpecker Show

6.5

TV Series

supervising producer

1999–2002

4 episodes

 

Irene Bedard in Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998)

Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World

4.8

Video

supervising producer

1998

 

True Hearts (1996)

True Hearts

8.1

Video

producer

1996

 

Magic and Mystery (1996)

Magic and Mystery

7.9

Video

producer

1996

 

Dan Castellaneta, Gilbert Gottfried, Linda Larkin, Scott Weinger, and Frank Welker in Aladdin (1994)

Aladdin

7.3

TV Series

producer

executive producer

1994–1995

78 episodes

 

Aladdin 2: The Return of Jafar (1994)

Aladdin 2: The Return of Jafar

5.8

Video

producer

1994

 

Darkwing Duck (1991)

Darkwing Duck

7.6

TV Series

supervising producer

producer

1991–1992

91 episodes

 

Terence McGovern, Russi Taylor, and Alan Young in DuckTales (1987)

DuckTales

8.0

TV Series

producer

1990

4 episodes

 

Corey Burton and Tress MacNeille in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1989)

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

7.6

TV Series

producer

1989–1990

65 episodes

 

Corey Burton, Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, and Tress MacNeille in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1989)

Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers to the Rescue

7.6

TV Movie

producer

1989

 

Noelle North and Lorenzo Music in Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985)

Adventures of the Gummi Bears

7.5

TV Series

producer

1987

8 episodes

 

Animation Department

Paw Paws (1985)

Paw Paws

6.8

TV Series

animation director

1986

3 episodes

 

Smurfily Ever After (1985)

Smurfily Ever After

7.6

Short

animation director

1985

 

I'm Not Oscar's Friend Anymore

Short

animator

1983

 

CBS Library (1979)

CBS Library

6.1

TV Series

animator

1983

1 episode

 

My Smurfy Valentine (1983)

My Smurfy Valentine

7.4

TV Short

sequence director

1983

 

The Smurfic Games (1983)

The Smurfic Games

7.2

TV Short

sequence director

1983

 

Stanley, the Ugly Duckling (1982)

Stanley, the Ugly Duckling

7.8

TV Short

character designer

layout artist

1982

 

Hug Me

Short

animator

1981

 

Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and Janice Karman in A Chipmunk Christmas (1981)

A Chipmunk Christmas

7.1

TV Short

animator

1981

 

Beauty and the Beast (1981)

Beauty and the Beast

6.4

Short

animator

layout designer

1981

 

Gnomes (1980)

Gnomes

7.5

TV Movie

animator

1980

 

Tom Thumb

Short

layout artist

1978

 

Charlton Heston, Gerard Baldwin, Henry Corden, Dean Elliott, Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Greg Watson, and Ross M. Sutherland in Energy: A National Issue (1977)

Energy: A National Issue

4.8

TV Movie

animator

1977

 

Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (1976)

Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals

5.7

TV Movie

animator

1976

 

Freedom 2000 (1974)

Freedom 2000

Short

animator

1974

 

The Mad Magazine TV Special (1974)

The Mad Magazine TV Special

6.4

TV Movie

animator

1974

 

Art Baer, Vivian Bonnell, Phillip Brown, Corny Cole, David H. DePatie, Roger Donley, Dean Elliott, Friz Freleng, Lee Gunther, Bob Holt, Ben Joelson, Allan R. Potter, Joe Siracusa, Rick Steward, Flip Wilson, Larry Oliver, Richard Wyatt Jr., Kenney Bell, and Bill Chase in Clerow Wilson and the Miracle of P.S. 14 (1972)

Clerow Wilson and the Miracle of P.S. 14

7.0

TV Movie

sequence director (as Alan Zazlove)

1972

 

Butch Patrick in The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)

The Phantom Tollbooth

6.7

animator

1970

 

A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

7.3

animator (uncredited)

1969

 

The Night Before Christmas (1968)

The Night Before Christmas

6.9

TV Movie

animator

1968

 

Bill Scott in George of the Jungle (1967)

George of the Jungle

6.7

TV Series

animator

1967

17 episodes

 

Super Chicken (1967)

Super Chicken

7.7

TV Series

animator

1967

17 episodes

 

Tom Slick (1967)

Tom Slick

7.1

TV Series

animator

1967

17 episodes

 

The Gumby Show (1956)

The Gumby Show

7.0

TV Series

animator

1966

4 episodes

 

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

A Charlie Brown Christmas

8.3

TV Movie

graphic blandishment

1965

 

Gary Owens in Roger Ramjet (1965)

Roger Ramjet

6.7

TV Series

animator

1965

7 episodes

 

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964)

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo

7.2

TV Series

animator

1964–1965

7 episodes

 

The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

6.5

animator (uncredited)

1964

 

The Deputy Dawg Show (1959)

The Deputy Dawg Show

7.0

TV Series

animator

1963

2 episodes

 

Fractured Fairy Tales (1959)

Fractured Fairy Tales

8.2

TV Series

animator (uncredited)

1962

1 episode

 

Jack Mercer in Popeye the Sailor (1960)

Popeye the Sailor

7.1

TV Series

animation director

1960

2 episodes

 

Kathryn Grant and Dwayne Hickman in 1001 Arabian Nights (1959)

1001 Arabian Nights

6.2

sequence director

1959

 

Merry Minstrel Magoo

5.4

Short

animator

1959

 

When Magoo Flew (1954)

Scoutmaster Magoo

6.0

Short

animator

1958

 

Magoo Slept Here (1953)

Magoo's Moose Hunt

7.1

Short

animator

1957

 

Trouble Indemnity (1950)

Magoo's Masquerade

5.4

Short

animator

1957

 

The Jaywalker (1956)

The Jaywalker

6.3

Short

animator

1956

 

Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo (1956)

Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo

6.0

Short

animator

1956

 

The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1954)

Christopher Crumpet's Playmate

6.1

Short

animator

1955

 

Tune in Tomorrow

Short

animator (uncredited)

1954

 

Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950)

How Now Boing Boing

6.4

Short

animator

1954

 

Fudget's Budget (1954)

Fudget's Budget

6.6

Short

animator

1954

 

Frosty the Snowman (1951)

Frosty the Snowman

6.6

Short

clean-up artist (uncredited)

1951

 

The Sailor and the Seagull (1949)

The Sailor and the Seagull

4.8

Short

assistant animator (uncredited)

1949