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- Birth nameCalvin Moore Dalton
- Cal Dalton was born on December 2, 1908 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Katnip Kollege (1938), A Jungle Holiday (1931) and Bars and Stripes Forever (1939). He was married to Elizabeth Aileen Gordon and Ethel Leona Pickard. He died on June 18, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesElizabeth Aileen Gordon(June 28, 1947 - June 18, 1974) (his death, 1 child)Ethel Leona Pickard(November 23, 1932 - ?) (divorced)
- ChildrenCalvin Moore Dalton, Jr.
- ParentsMyrtle Maud WeltyJames Isaac Dalton
- RelativesMargaret Emily Underwood(Sibling)
- Generally credited, along with Ben Hardaway, as being the creator of a proto-Bugs Bunny in the 1939 short "Hare-um Scare-um."
- Spent fifteen years at Leon Schlesinger Productions, latterly in Robert McKimson's unit, animating Merrie Melodies characters Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. After 1947, worked variously for Disney, Paramount and Walter Lantz.
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