Harry Hester obit

Harry “Bud” Hester

 

He was not on the list.

Harry “Bud” Hester was a Korean war veteran with a background in commercial art and engineering when he was hired by Disney in 1954. On a Spring day at his home in the forests of the San Bernadino Mountains, he recounted his years working with the Nine Old Men, and what made that time so memorable.

Mr. Hester spent most of his creative life with the Mouse, but he spent one year away from the Burbank studio, working for Bob Clampett. “Clampett ran a great studio,” Bud remembers. “We had to produce seventy-five feet of animation a week, but we had fun doing it. Bob had a fire bell that went off at every break, and a lot of the guys had toy pistols strapped to their belts, creeping around corners and drawing down on other artists also wearing pistols …”

Hester was born on December 3, 1928 in Glendale, California, USA. He is known for The Rescuers (1977), The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972) and Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959). He died on February 3, 2020.

He had a twelve-year stint as a business representative for the Animation Guild, then known as "The Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists".

Animation Department

Eva Gabor, Joe Flynn, Jim Jordan, James MacDonald, Bob Newhart, and Geraldine Page in The Rescuers (1977)

The Rescuers

6.9

key assistant animator

1977

 

Sterling Holloway, John Fiedler, Clint Howard, Barbara Luddy, Junius Matthews, Howard Morris, Bruce Reitherman, Hal Smith, Timothy Turner, Jon Walmsley, Dori Whitaker, Paul Winchell, Ralph Wright, and Connor Quinn in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

7.5

key assistant animator (uncredited)

1977

 

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974)

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

7.8

Short

key assistant animator (uncredited)

1974

 

Peter Ustinov, Brian Bedford, Pat Buttram, Ken Curtis, Andy Devine, Monica Evans, Phil Harris, Roger Miller, Carole Shelley, and Terry-Thomas in Robin Hood (1973)

Robin Hood

7.5

assistant animator (uncredited)

1973

 

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972)

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

7.2

TV Series

animator

1973

1 episode

 

Scatman Crothers, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Hermione Baddeley, Pat Buttram, Dean Clark, Gary Dubin, Liz English, Phil Harris, Lord Tim Hudson, George Lindsey, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Thurl Ravenscroft, Vito Scotti, and Paul Winchell in The Aristocats (1970)

The Aristocats

7.1

assistant animator (uncredited)

1970

 

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

7.9

Short

assistant animator (uncredited)

1968

 

The Jungle Book (1967)

The Jungle Book

7.6

assistant animator (uncredited)

1967

 

Sterling Holloway, Clint Howard, Barbara Luddy, Junius Matthews, Bruce Reitherman, Hal Smith, and Ralph Wright in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree

8.0

Short

assistant animator (uncredited)

1966

 

Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins (1964)

Mary Poppins

7.8

assistant animator (uncredited)

1964

 

Junius Matthews, Rickie Sorensen, Karl Swenson, and Martha Wentworth in The Sword in the Stone (1963)

The Sword in the Stone

7.1

assistant animator (uncredited)

1963

 

Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959)

Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil

7.3

TV Series

animator (as Bud Hester)

1959–1962

26 episodes

 

Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney

8.4

TV Series

assistant animator (uncredited)

1961

1 episode

 

Rod Taylor, Sandra Abbott, Cate Bauer, Barbara Beaird, Lisa Daniels, Lisa Davis, David Frankham, Betty Lou Gerson, Mimi Gibson, Barbara Luddy, Mickey Maga, J. Pat O'Malley, Tudor Owen, Thurl Ravenscroft, Rickie Sorensen, Martha Wentworth, Mary Wickes, Frederick Worlock, and Ben Wright in One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

7.3

key clean-up artist (uncredited)

1961

 

Clarence Nash in Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)

Donald in Mathmagic Land

7.8

Short

assistant animator (uncredited)

1959

 

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Sleeping Beauty

7.2

assistant animator (uncredited)

1959

 

Paul Bunyan (1958)

Paul Bunyan

6.9

Short

assistant animator (uncredited)

1958

 

The Truth About Mother Goose (1957)

The Truth About Mother Goose

7.1

Short

assistant animator (uncredited)

1957

 

Barbara Luddy and Larry Roberts in Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Lady and the Tramp

7.3

breakdown and inbetween artist (uncredited)

1955

 

Thanks

48th Annie Awards

TV Special

in memoriam (as Bud Hester)

2021