The Other Freddy
Looking back at the career of Disney animator Fred Hellmich
I consider Fred Moore to be one of my favorite Disney animators. I'm lucky enough to have one of Moore's original drawings in my collection. And it remains a treasure to this day.
This was a gift given to me by another Freddy. And he, not Mr. Moore, is the subject of this particular reminiscence. Freddy Hellmich was our crew leader on "Sleeping Beauty." He was my mentor and my friend. So I thought this might be a good time to share my thoughts about ... The Other Freddy.
Back in the fifties, I was a young animation artist who had managed to make the jump from television & short cartoons to the feature crew. For those not familiar with the Disney animation department of the 1950s, the feature unit was considered Disney's elite. Not everyone was qualified to work on the Disney features, or so the story goes. The feature required a high level of draftsmanship and a good deal of patience. Indeed, it was no joke that some artists completed only one usable drawing a day. […]
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- 1 - Virginia Davis (J.B. Kaufman)
- 2 - A Few Words about Dick Huemer (Didier Ghez (?))
- 3 - Homage to a Star (Grim Natwick)
- 4 - Dick Huemer (Joe Adamson)
- 5 - Dick Huemer (Brian Sibley)
- 6 - Huemeresque 1 - Ted Sears (Richard 'Dick' Huemer)
- 7 - Huemeresque 2 - The Battle of Washington (Richard 'Dick' Huemer)
- 8 - Joe Grant (Michael Barrier)
- 9 - Peter Ellenshaw (Jim Korkis)
- 10 - John Hench (Armand Eisen)
- 11 - Marc Davis (Armand Eisen)
- 12 - Lou Debney (Dave Smith)
- 13 - Stan Green (Charles Solomon)
- 14 - Leo Salkin (Charles Solomon)
- 15 - Dale Oliver (Christian Renaut)
- 16 - Dick Moores (Albert Becattini)
- 17 - Roger Armstrong (Albert Becattini)
- 18 - Roy Williams (Don Peri)
- 19 - Brian Sibley (Didier Ghez)
- 20 - Ted Berman (Christian Renaut)
- 21 - The Other Freddy - Looking back at the career of Disney animator Fred Hellmich
- 22 - Everybody has to start somewhere . . . - An affectionate look back at Disney’s “Bullpen.” (Floyd Norman)
- 23 - Floyd Norman (Celbi Pegoraro)
- 24 - Eric Goldberg (Christian Ziebarth)
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