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BORN 100 YEARS AGO TODAY
Thomas A. Johnson was born on March 14, 1907 in New York to parents Calvin and Daisy Johnson. He had an older brother, Richard and a younger sister, Rose. He lived in the Bronx until he migrated to Miami when the Fleischer Studio headed south.
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He remained animating for Famous until is death in September, 1960.
UPDATE! (Aug, 26, 2007)
Michael Sporn has posted some late-era Johnson artwork and a lengthy biography for him on his blog (err, Spolg) from a 1939 Fleischer Animated News. It can be reached by clicking HERE and scrolling down to the bottom of the post.
1 comment:
Tom Johnson is one of the most underrated of animators. On the East coast he was apparently a leader that many people looked up to during the 1950's. I briefly knew his wife Marianna and posted bios of both Tom and Marianna from the Fleischer Animated News.
Thanks for calling attention to him.
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