Dave Fleischer


Animator

About

Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA
Born
July 14, 1894
Died
June 25, 1979

Biography

With many years under his belt, Dave Fleischer emerged as a top directing talent over the course of his Hollywood career. In 1920, he formed a partnership with his brother Max. In 1936, he made the medium-length animated film "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor." In the latter part of his career, Fleischer helmed a number of films, including "Gulliver's Travels" (1939) with Ma...

Biography

With many years under his belt, Dave Fleischer emerged as a top directing talent over the course of his Hollywood career. In 1920, he formed a partnership with his brother Max. In 1936, he made the medium-length animated film "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor." In the latter part of his career, Fleischer helmed a number of films, including "Gulliver's Travels" (1939) with Max Fleischer and the animated movie "Mr. Bug Goes to Town" (1941) with Max Fleischer. Fleischer was most recently credited in "Admission Free" (1984). Fleischer passed away in June 1979 at the age of 85.

Life Events

1920

Formed a partnership with his brother Max

1936

Made the medium-length animated film "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor"

1939

Made the feature-length animated film "Gulliver's Travels"

Videos

Movie Clip

Mr. Bug Goes To Town (1941) -- (Movie Clip) We'll All Be Exterminated! We meet villains Swat (voiced by Jack Mercer) and Smack (by Carl Meyer), reporting to Beetle (by Ted Pierce), who pretends concern for Mrs. Ladybug (by Margie Hines), but is really after the daughter of Bumble (also by Stan Mercer), in the animated feature Mr. Bug Goes To Town, 1941.
Mr. Bug Goes To Town (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Honey Shop From outer space to an urban vacant lot, the opening of the second animated feature by brothers Dave and Max Fleischer, financed by Paramount, and playing on the title of the Columbia hit starring James Stewart, from Mr. Bug Goes To Town, 1941, Mr. Bumble voiced by Jack Mercer.
Mr. Bug Goes To Town (1941) -- (Movie Clip) It's Hoppity! It’s not clear where he’s been but all in the urban bug colony have been awaiting the return of Hoppity (voiced by Stan Freed), greeted by Bumble (voiced by Jack Mercer), Mrs. Ladybug (by Margie Hines) and Honey (by Pauline Loth), in the animated feature Mr. Bug Goes To Town, 1941.
Mr. Bug Goes To Town (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Katy Did, Katy Didn't Hoppity (voiced by Stan Freed) and Honey (by Pauline Loth) are on a date, pursued by Swat and Smack, but mainly to set-up the first song, by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser, the “Four Marshals” the credited singers, in the Fleischer brothers’ feature Mr. Bug Goes To Town, 1941.
Mr. Bug Goes To Town (1941) -- (Movie Clip) There's A Bee In Here! Hoppity (voice by Stan Feeed) and Bumble (by Jack Mercer), whose neighborhood is being trampled, again chased by villains Swat and Smack, do recon on the upper garden where kindly Mary (by Gwenn Williams) and Dick (by Kenny Gardner) live, in Mr. Bug Goes To Town, 1941.
Gulliver's Travels (1939) -- (Movie Clip) I Lemuel Gulliver From animation pioneer Max Fleischer, directed by his brother Dave, opening his first animated feature, produced for Paramount, Jonathan Swift's title character shipwrecked and found by "Gabby," (voice of Pinto Colvig), tune by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin, from Gulliver's Travels, 1939.
Gulliver's Travels (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Be Afraid, Men! Having delivered the news to the Lilliputian king, Gabby (voice of Pinto Colvig) brings a brave squad back to beach to attempt to collect the giant who's washed ashore, in the Paramount feature based on the Jonathan Swift tale, Gulliver's Travels, 1939.
Gulliver's Travels (1939) -- (Movie Clip) I Won't Taste Good! Carted back to the castle for presentation to King Little (voice of Jack Mercer), the title character (voice of Sam Parker) is awakened, seeming to threaten Gabby (voice of Pinto Colvig), when the rival navy offshore attacks, in producer Max Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels, 1939.

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