Warren Batchelder (right) with Virgil Ross (left) in 1945
Warren Batchelder (18 April 1917 – 12 February 2007) was an animator on many Warner Bros. and DePatie-Freleng cartoons. He also worked as animation director on the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon show.
Career[]
Batchelder began his animation career in 1936. At Warner Bros., he animated for Bob Clampett and Robert McKimson and became a master animator (eligible for on-screen credit) in 1958.
Batchelder was also the assistant animator to Virgil Ross.
Batchelder received the Animation Guild Golden Award in 1987, and retired in 2002.
Animation Gallery[]
Batchelder makes particularly "bouncy" movements in the McKimson group.
Batchelder's "big eye" reactions.
Batchelder's "big-eye" reactions are the same in DePatie-Freleng cartoons.
Batchelder's design with fat eyeballs.