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Full name: Thorington Caldwell Putnam
Birth: October 14, 1911 in Berkeley, California
Death: January 26, 2001
Worked at the Disney studio between:
1934 – March 13, 1959
Job on Snow White:
Assistant layout artist
Worked on sequences 1B, 2A, 3A, 16A and probably others
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One of four buddies
Thor Putnam studied at Stanford University with James Algar, Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas, and all four men ended up worjing at the Walt Disney studio. Thor started as an assistant layout artist on Snow White and Ferdinand the Bull. In his interview by David Johnson, he mentions studying European castle to design the Queen’s castle, most notably the castle of Segovia in Spain. He also remembers working under the supervision of Albert Hurter.
Thor Putnam went on to become head of layout on Pinocchio and he worked on many films like Peter Pan and Lady and the Tramp.
