14 Facts About Pete Alvarado

Pete Alvarado was a prolific contributor to Western Publishing's line of comic books.

Pete Alvarado attended the Chouinard Art Institute in the 1930; after graduation he was hired as an assistant animator by the Walt Disney Studio.

Pete Alvarado provided uncredited work on Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

Around 1939 Pete Alvarado left Disney to find work in New York City, where he provided his earliest comic book art for Funnies Inc.

Pete Alvarado left Disney in 1946 to work for Warner Bros.

Pete Alvarado went on to Replace Cornett Wood as chief layout artist for Robert McKimson's unit.

Pete Alvarado worked on several Pink Panther shorts, as well as the short lived animated series Super President.

Around 1971 Pete Alvarado joined Hanna-Barbera as a layout artist; he worked on such series as The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, and many others.

Pete Alvarado provided animation and layout work for Film Roman.

Pete Alvarado was the recipient of the 2001 Winsor McCay Award, for his lifetime of achievement in animation, as well as the Animation Guild's 1987 Golden Award.

Concurrently with his animation work, Pete Alvarado worked as a prolific comic book illustrator.

Pete Alvarado provided artwork for almost every Disney, Warner Bros.

Pete Alvarado illustrated comic book adaptations of the animated films The Rescuers, Robin Hood, and Gay Purr-ee.

Pete Alvarado died on December 27,2003, in La Crescenta, California.