Jack King (animator)

James Patton "Jack" King (November 4, 1895, Alabama – October 4, 1958, Los Angeles) was an American animator and short film director best known for his work at Walt Disney Productions.

According to Jeff Lenburg's assessment of him, King was an early pioneer of animation. His films were nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He started his career in the silent film era. He spent most of his career working at Walt Disney Productions (later known as the Walt Disney Animation Studios). He directed many well-regarded films.

King was born in Alabama. He started his animation career in 1920; working at the Bray Productions animation studio. He directed the Judge Rummy series (1920-1921) for the International Film Service. The silent animated series was based on the comic strip Judge Rummy by Tad Dorgan. His early films included Kiss Me (1920), Why Change Your Husband (1920), and The Chicken Thief (1921). The series reportedly ended in 1921.

King successfully made the transformation from silent to sound cartoons. and relocated to the West Coast of the United States, where he joined the Disney studio in 1929. He was hired on June 17, 1929 as an animator. His film credits as an animator include several Silly Symphony animated shorts; which Lenburg describes as "cartoon fables". Among King's film credits was the film The Three Little Pigs (1933), which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. King remained at the Disney studio until May 17, 1933.

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