Theodore H Osborne was an American writer of comics, radio shows and animated films, remembered for his contributions to the creation and refinement, during the 1930s, of Walt Disney cartoon characters.
10 Facts About Ted Osborne
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That project never materialized, and Ted Osborne moved to the studio's Story Department.
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In 1933, Ted Osborne moved from Story to the comic strip department, to work with artist Floyd Gottfredson on the popular Mickey Mouse comic strip.
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Gottfredson drew the strip and wrote the plots; Ted Osborne broke the plots down into strips and wrote the dialogue.
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Ted Osborne stepped in and continued the strip, working with artist Al Taliaferro.
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Taliaferro was given the green light to create a solo Donald Duck comic strip in 1938, but by that point, Ted Osborne had left the comic strip department.
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In late 1937, Ted Osborne was moved back to the Story Department to work on Bambi, a feature film project that was ultimately released in 1942.
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Ted Osborne was succeeded by writer Merrill De Maris on both Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony.
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When his Bambi team disbanded in 1940, Gottfredson chose to keep De Maris as his permanent writer, and Ted Osborne left the Disney studio.
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Ted Osborne died in San Carlos, California on March 12,1968.