Maurice Noble
Visual Effects
Maurice James Noble (May 1, 1910 – May 19, 2001) was an American animation production designer, background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry spanned more than 60 years. He was a long-time associate and right-hand man of animation director Chuck Jones, especially at Warner Bros. including Disney, MGM, Walter Lantz and Hanna-Barbera in the 1950s. His work contributed to such cartoon classics as Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, What's Opera, Doc? and the Road Runner series. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia; indicated birth/death dates reflect adjustments to match Mr. Noble's grave marker dates]
Known for
Visual Effects30
movieFather Of The Bird
1997
Color Designer
movieDaffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
1980
Layout Supervisor
movieZip Zip Hooray!
1965
Layout Supervisor
movieAbout Time
1962
Layout Supervisor
movieA Scent of the Matterhorn
1961
Layout Supervisor
movieHigh Note
1960
Layout Supervisor
movieWho Scent You?
1960
Layout Supervisor
movieBaton Bunny
1959
Layout Supervisor
movieCat Feud
1958
Layout Supervisor
movieWhoa, Be-Gone!
1958
Layout Supervisor
movieHare-Way to the Stars
1958
Layout Supervisor
movieTouché and Go
1957
Layout Supervisor
movieZoom and Bored
1957
Layout Supervisor
movieSteal Wool
1957
Layout Supervisor
movieScrambled Aches
1957
Layout Supervisor
movieDeduce, You Say
1956
Layout Supervisor
movieReady.. Set.. Zoom!
1955
Layout Supervisor
movieSheep Ahoy
1954
Layout Supervisor
movieStop! Look! and Hasten!
1954
Layout Supervisor
movieClaws for Alarm
1954
Layout Supervisor
movieThe Cats Bah
1954
Layout Supervisor
movieNo Barking
1954
Layout Supervisor
movieZipping Along
1953
Layout Supervisor
movieBully for Bugs
1953
Layout Supervisor
movieWild Over You
1953
Layout Supervisor
movieMuch Ado About Nutting
1953
Layout Supervisor
movieDuck Amuck
1953
Layout Supervisor
movieForward March Hare
1953
Layout Supervisor
movieRabbit Seasoning
1952
Layout Supervisor
movieDumbo
1941
Character Designer
Directing44
movieMarvin The Martian: Space Tunes
1998
Co-Director
movieBugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
1991
Co-Director
movieBugs Bunny in Space
1977
Director
movieThe Bear That Wasn't
1967
Co-Director
movieCannery Rodent
1967
Co-Director
movieCat and Dupli-cat
1967
Co-Director
movieJerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
1966
Co-Director
movieDuel Personality
1966
Co-Director
movieThe Cat's Me-Ouch
1965
Co-Director
movieThe Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off
1965
Co-Director
movieThe Year of the Mouse
1965
Co-Director
movieOf Feline Bondage
1965
Co-Director
movieI'm Just Wild About Jerry
1965
Co-Director
movieHaunted Mouse
1965
Co-Director
movieBad Day at Cat Rock
1965
Co-Director
movieTom-ic Energy
1965
Co-Director
movieAh, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
1965
Co-Director
movieThe Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
1964
Co-Director
movieWar and Pieces
1964
Co-Director
movieThe Iceman Ducketh
1964
Co-Director
movieSnowbody Loves Me
1964
Co-Director
movieMuch Ado About Mousing
1964
Co-Director
movieIs There a Doctor in the Mouse?
1964
Co-Director
movieThe Cat Above and the Mouse Below
1964
Co-Director
movieTo Beep or Not to Beep
1963
Co-Director
movieTransylvania 6-5000
1963
Co-Director
movieMad as a Mars Hare
1963
Co-Director
moviePent-House Mouse
1963
Co-Director
movieHare-Breadth Hurry
1963
Co-Director
movieNow Hear This
1963
Co-Director
movieI Was a Teenage Thumb
1963
Co-Director
movieMartian Through Georgia
1962
Co-Director
movieLouvre Come Back to Me!
1962
Co-Director
movieZoom at the Top
1962
Co-Director
movieA Sheep in the Deep
1962
Co-Director
movieNelly's Folly
1961
Co-Director
movieBeep Prepared
1961
Co-Director
movieCompressed Hare
1961
Co-Director
movieThe Abominable Snow Rabbit
1961
Co-Director
Art17
movieDr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat
2002
Production Design
Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Video
2002
Production Design
tvTimber Wolf
2001
Production Design
movieDaffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
1980
Production Design
movieThe Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
1979
Production Design
movieDr. Seuss on the Loose
1973
Production Design
movieThe Lorax
1972
Production Design
movieThe Cat in the Hat
1971
Production Design
movieThe Phantom Tollbooth
1970
Production Design
movieHorton Hears a Who!
1970
Production Design
movieHow the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966
Production Design
movieThe Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
1965
Production Design
movieRhapsody of Steel
1959
Art Designer
movieIt's Everybody's Business
1954
Art Direction
Horizons of Hope
1954
Art Direction
movieSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938
Background Designer
movieElmer Elephant
1936
Background Designer
Acting3
Crew2
tvTimber Wolf
2001
In Memory Of