// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho did C. G. Maxwell call to fix his equations? An amp-licable handyman.
C. G. Maxwell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Carman Griffin Maxwell December 27, 1902 Siloam Springs, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | September 22, 1987 (aged 84) Ojai, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Animator |
| Years active | 1922–1956 |
Carman Griffin "Max" Maxwell (December 27, 1902 – September 22, 1987), known professionally as C. G. Maxwell, was an American animator and voice actor.[1]
Maxwell was born in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and later moved to Kansas City, Missouri. He began his career with Walt Disney at the Laugh-O-Gram Studio[2] where Maxwell, along with Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, and Friz Freleng, was part of the unit that eventually broke away from Disney to form the nucleus of what later became the Warner Bros. animation studio (under contract with Leon Schlesinger).[3] Before going to Harman-Ising, he animated for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for Disney and Winkler Pictures, with his Disney alumni.[4]
Besides animating for Harman-Ising, Maxwell also performed the voice of their most famous creation, Bosko.[5] Maxwell was also later a production manager in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, working there as late as 1956.
References
[edit]- ↑ "The MGM Cartoon Department (1956): The Home Addresses |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
- ↑ Barrier, Michael (2007). The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. University of California Press. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-0-520-24117-6.
- ↑ Sandler, Kevin (1998). Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation. Rutgers University Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780813525389.
- ↑ Barrier, Michael (2007). The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. University of California Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-520-24117-6.
- ↑ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. pp. 4–5. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
External links
[edit]| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
 | This article relating to an American animator is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
- American male voice actors
- 1902 births
- 1987 deaths
- 20th-century American male actors
- Warner Bros. people
- Warner Bros. Cartoons people
- People from Siloam Springs, Arkansas
- Animators from Arkansas
- Laugh-O-Gram Studio people
- Walt Disney Animation Studios people
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio people
- Burials at Santa Barbara Cemetery
- The Sensational Alex Harvey Band members
- American animator stubs