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Norm McCabe(1911-2006)

  • Animation Department
  • Director
  • Costume Designer
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Norm McCabe was born on 10 February 1911 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. He was a director and costume designer, known for The Transformers: The Movie (1986), Transformers (1984) and InHumanoids (1986). He died on 17 January 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornFebruary 10, 1911
DiedJanuary 17, 2006(94)
BornFebruary 10, 1911
DiedJanuary 17, 2006(94)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins total

Known for

The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
The Transformers: The Movie
7.2
  • Animation Department
  • 1986
Peter Cullen in Transformers (1984)
Transformers
8.0
TV Series
  • Animation Department
InHumanoids (1986)
InHumanoids
7.3
TV Series
  • Director
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967)
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure
7.3
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Animation Department

  • Little Red's Mini Chronicles (2023)
    Little Red's Mini Chronicles
    TV Mini Series
    • animation design inspired from
    • 2024
  • Earthworm Jim (1995)
    Earthworm Jim
    7.3
    TV Series
    • sheet timer
    • 1996
  • Dumb and Dumber (1995)
    Dumb and Dumber
    5.5
    TV Series
    • animation director (as Norman McCabe)
    • 1996
  • The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995)
    The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
    7.0
    TV Series
    • sheet timer
    • sheet timing direction (as Norman McCabe, as Norman McCabe)
    • 1995–1996
  • Freakazoid! (1995)
    Freakazoid!
    7.5
    TV Series
    • timing director
    • 1995
  • That's Warner Bros.! (1995)
    That's Warner Bros.!
    6.5
    TV Series
    • animator
    • 1995
  • Jim Cummings in Taz-Mania (1991)
    Taz-Mania
    6.7
    TV Series
    • timing director
    • timing direction
    • 1991–1995
  • The Pink Panther (1993)
    The Pink Panther
    6.9
    TV Series
    • animator (uncredited)
    • 1994
  • Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, and Rob Paulsen in Animaniacs (1993)
    Animaniacs
    7.8
    TV Series
    • sheet timing
    • sheet timer
    • slugging
    • 1993–1994
  • Yakko's World: An Animaniacs Singalong (1994)
    Yakko's World: An Animaniacs Singalong
    6.8
    Video
    • sheet timing
    • 1994
  • Charlie Adler, Joe Alaskey, Tress MacNeille, Don Messick, and Cree Summer in Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992)
    Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
    7.9
    Video
    • timing director
    • 1992
  • Tiny Toon Adventures (1990)
    Tiny Toon Adventures
    7.5
    TV Series
    • timing director
    • 1990–1991
  • Solarman (1989)
    Solarman
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • animation director
    • 1989
  • Buddy Hackett, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Paddi Edwards, Jason Marin, Kenneth Mars, and Samuel E. Wright in The Little Mermaid (1989)
    The Little Mermaid
    7.6
    • animator (uncredited)
    • 1989
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins (1988)
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
    Video
    • sequence director
    • 1988

Director

  • Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes - A Cast of Thousands (2006)
    Behind the Tunes: The Art of the Gag
    6.8
    Video
    • original material
    • 2006
  • ToonHeads (1992)
    ToonHeads
    8.3
    TV Series
    • original material
    • 2001–2003
  • Tiny Toon Adventures (1990)
    Tiny Toon Adventures
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director (segment "Lifeguard Lunacy")
    • 1991
  • Bobby's World (1990)
    Bobby's World
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Gregg Berger and Lorenzo Music in Garfield and Friends (1988)
    Garfield and Friends
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1990
  • Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (1990)
    Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends
    8.3
    TV Series
    • original material
    • 1990
  • Zazoo U (1990)
    Zazoo U
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1990
  • Solarman (1989)
    Solarman
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1989
  • My Little Pony (1986)
    My Little Pony
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1986–1987
  • Moon Dreamers (1986)
    Moon Dreamers
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1986
  • InHumanoids (1986)
    InHumanoids
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Potato Head Kids (1986)
    Potato Head Kids
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Director (1986)
    • 1986–1987
  • The Glo Friends (1986)
    The Glo Friends
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director (1986)
    • 1986
  • Peter Cullen in Transformers (1984)
    Transformers
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1985–1986
  • My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina (1985)
    My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina
    7.6
    TV Special
    • Director
    • 1985

Costume Designer

  • Aquaman (1967)
    Aquaman
    6.5
    TV Series
    • co-director
    • 1967–1969

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Norm Mc Cabe
  • Born
    • February 10, 1911
    • Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
  • Died
    • January 17, 2006
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    From 1943, McCabe helped to make training films for the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Corps, under the command of Major Rudolf Ising.

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