Maurice James Noble was an American animation production designer, background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry spanned more than 60 years.
11 Facts About Maurice Noble
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Maurice Noble was a long-time associate and right-hand man of animation director Chuck Jones, especially at Warner Bros.
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Maurice Noble spent much of his childhood in New Mexico and Southern California.
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Maurice Noble did story development for the Dance of the Hours in that film.
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Maurice Noble joined the Disney animators' strike in 1941; it lasted five weeks and became bitter.
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The outbreak of World War II led Maurice Noble to enlist in the Army Signal Corps.
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Maurice Noble was eventually assigned to a small unit headed by Ted Geisel.
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Maurice Noble remained in St Louis until 1950, when he was invited to come to Warner Bros.
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Maurice Noble co-directed The Dot and the Line which won the Oscar for short subject.
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Maurice Noble continued to be active in a variety of animation projects, including consultation with Disney artists for their first watercolor backgrounds in half a century.
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Maurice Noble died on May 18,2001, at his home in La Crescenta, California, 17 days after his 90th birthday.