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Edward Robert Sears (March 13, 1900 – August 22, 1958)[1] was an Americananimator during theGolden Age of American animation. Sears worked for theFleischer Studios in the late-1920s and early-1930s, and was hired away from Max Fleischer to work atthe Walt Disney studio in 1931.
As the first head of Disney's story department, Sears did significant story work on many Disney features, includingSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs,Pinocchio,Fantasia,Dumbo,Bambi,The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (The Wind in the Willows segment),Cinderella,Alice in Wonderland,Peter Pan (for which he wrote song lyrics),Lady and the Tramp, andSleeping Beauty (for which he wrote song lyrics). Sears had initially provided the voice of the titular character inPinocchio before the character was reimagined and child actorDickie Jones was cast as the voice of the character instead.
Sears was born inGreenfield, Massachusetts,[2] enumerated with mother and maternal grandparents on 5 June 1900, son of Edward R Sears Sr and Margaret Ellen Burke, but was raised inNew York City. He married Violet Mitchell on 16 Aug 1937[3] He died inLos Angeles, California, at the age of 58 in 1958.[4][5]
References
edit- ^Registration State: New York; Registration County: Bronx; Roll: 1754124; Draft Board: 15 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- ^1900 United States Federal Census for Edward Sears, ae 2/12, Massachusetts, Franklin, Greenfield, District 0480 sheet 137A, line 28
- ^California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images.
- ^Newspapers.com obituary index – The Los Angeles Times, 25 August 1958
- ^"25 Aug 1958, 66 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com".Newspapers.com. Retrieved2022-02-13.
