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    William Charles Nolan or simply Bill Nolan (1894-1956) was a pioneering animator from The Silent Age of Animation and The Golden Age of Animation. He was one of the top animators of the Silent Age, capable of turning out a record 500 drawings per day--a feat only surpassed by animator Ub Iwerks.

    Bill was important in that he was a pioneer of the rubberhose art style that defined classical animation--the origins of it began in 1924, when working on Felix the Cat with Otto Messmer, that he decided to redesign Felix into a softer, curvier design than before, to not only make it easier for animation to overlap and be smoother, but also make animation less of a burden for the workers. Thus, he is the father of Rubber Hose Limbs.

    Nolan also discovered that if a long background painting was slid under a character running in place, it gave the illusion of a camera Pan, thus making him the inventor of the Wraparound Background.

    Mr. Nolan also did a rare instructional book on how to draw newspaper comic characters, which can be found here, courtesy of Animation Resources.

    List of Cartoons He Worked On:

    • Tad's Indoor Sports (1918)
    • Tad's Little Daffydills (1918)
    • Cupid's Advice (1920)
    • Apollo (1920)
    • Happy Hooldini (1920)
    • A Romance of '76 (1920)
    • Oil (1920)
    • Roll Your Own (1921)
    • A Close Shave (1921)
    • Hot Dogs (1921)
    • The Smoke Eater (1925)
    • The Flight That Failed (1925)
    • Hair Raiser (1925)
    • A Uke-Calamity (1925)
    • Bokays and Brickbatz (1925)
    • Jams & Gems (1925)
    • Monkey Business (1925)
    • Battling For Barleycorn (1925)
    • Punctured Romance (1925)
    • The Ghost Fakir (1925)
    • The Sucker Game (1925)
    • Back To Batching (1925)
    • Double Crossed (1925)
    • Scents and Nonsense (1926)
    • The Feather Pushers (1926)
    • Cops Suey (1926)
    • Puss and Boots (1926)
    • Chicken Chaser (!926)
    • East Is Best (1926)
    • Shore Enough (!926)
    • Watery Gravy (!926)
    • Cheese It (1926)
    • Dots and Dashes (1926
    • The Wrong Queue (1926
    • Gold Struck (1926)
    • Horse Play (1927)
    • Busy Birds (!927)
    • Sharps and Flats (1927)
    • Kiss Crossed (1927)
    • Fool's Errand (!927)
    • Stomach Trouble (!927)
    • Hire A Hall (1927
    • Don Go On (1927
    • Burnt Up (1927
    • Night Owl (1927
    • The Rug (1927)
    • On The Trail (1927
    • Passing the Hat (1927)
    • Best Wishes (1927
    • Wild Rivals (1927
    • Topsy and Eva (1927
    • The King of Jazz (1930): Worked on the animated segment of the film.
    • The Singing Sap (1930): First work at the Walter Lantz studio. An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short.
    • The Detective (1930)
    • The Fowl Ball (!930)
    • The Navy (1930)
    • Mexico (1930)
    • Africa (1930)
    • Alaska (1930)
    • Mars (1930)
    • China (1931)
    • College (1931)
    • Shipwreck (1931)
    • The Farmer (1931)
    • The Fireman (!931)
    • Sunny South (!931)
    • Country School (1931)
    • The Bandmaster (1931
    • Northwoods (1931
    • Stone Age (1931
    • The Stone Age (1931)
    • Radio Rhythm (1931)
    • Kentucky Belles (1931(
    • Hot Feet
    • The Hunter
    • Wonderland
    • The Hare Mail
    • The Fisherman
    • The Clown
    • Grandma's Pet (1932)
    • Mechanical Man
    • Wins Out
    • Beau and Arrows
    • Making Good
    • Let's Eat
    • The Winged Horse
    • Cat Nipped
    • A Wet Knight
    • A Jungle Jumble
    • Day Nurse
    • The Athlete
    • The Busy Barber
    • Carnival Capers
    • The Under Dog
    • Wild and Woolly
    • Teacher's Pests
    • Merry Dog (1933)
    • The Plumber
    • The Terrible Trobador
    • The Shriek
    • Going to Blazes
    • Beau Best
    • Nature's Workshop
    • Ham and Eggs
    • Pin Feathers
    • Confidence
    • Hot and Cold
    • King Klunk
    • Five and Dime
    • The Zoo
    • The Merry Old Soul
    • Parking Space (1933)
    • Chicken Reel (1934)
    • The Candy House
    • County Fair
    • Country Fair
    • The Toy Shoppe
    • Kings Up
    • The Ginger Bread Boy
    • Goldielocks and the Three Bears
    • Annie Moved Away
    • William Tell
    • The Dizzy Dwarf
    • Spring in the Park (1934): Last Lantz short he worked on.
    • Gulliver's Travels (1939): Was an animator on the film.
    • Poopdeck Pappy (1940): animation director Popeye cartoon directed by him.
    • Child Psykolojiky (1941): animation director
    • The Flying Jeep (1946)
    • The Woody Woodpecker Show (1957): Did animation for the bridging segments.
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