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Full name: Richard Martin Huemer
Birth: January 2, 1898 in New York City, New York
Death: November 30, 1979 in Burbank, California
Marriages:
Mariette “Polly” Prevosto (1931-November 30, 1979)
Worked at the Disney studio between:
July 25, 1932 – 1949
Job on Snow White:
Animation of the dwarfs
Worked on sequence 11B
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Dick Huemer was already a veteran animator for years with the Fleischer brothers, Charles Mintz and others when he joined the Disney studio on April 16, 1933. He started animating the Bogey Men and the baby in Lullaby Land, and then worked on more Silly Symphonies: The China Shop, The Night Before Christmas, Grasshopper and the Ants, Funny Little Bunnies, The Wise Little Hen, Peculiar Penguins, The Goddess of Spring, The Tortoise and the Hare, Water Babies, and Music Land.
He also worked on some Mickey Mouse shorts and Grim Natwick recalls being impressed by a clean-up of Mickey by Dick Huemer during his first visit of the studio in 1934.
Although an experienced story artist and director, he mostly worked as an animator on Snow White, although some he made some story sketches, notably of the Queen. He also kept on working on shorts like Don Donald, Toby Tortoise Returns, Little Hiawatha, and Wynken, Blynken & Nod. He even co-directed Moth and the Flame in October 1937, when director Burt Gillett left the studio.
That left him little time for the feature, but he animated some of the dwarfs in the discarded bed building sequence.
According to Art Babbitt, Dick Huemer was among the people who did not get a bonus after Snow White and indeed, he is not even credited in the main titles.
He later teamed up with Joe Grant in the story department and came up with the story of Dumbo, and other features.
Dick Huemer was a very funny animator. I always loved his work. He is a funny man.
Ward Kimball
