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Joshua Meador(1911-1965)

  • Visual Effects
  • Animation Department
  • Special Effects
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Joshua Meador was born on 12 March 1911 in Greenwood, Mississippi, USA. He is known for Forbidden Planet (1956), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). He was married to Libby Alston. He died in August 1965 in California, USA.
BornMarch 12, 1911
DiedAugust 1965
BornMarch 12, 1911
DiedAugust 1965
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Forbidden Planet (1956)
Forbidden Planet
7.5
  • Visual Effects(uncredited)
  • 1956
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
7.2
  • Special Effects(as Josh Meador)
  • 1954
Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, and George Kiplunks in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
7.6
  • Animation Department
  • 1937
Mel Blanc, Edward Brophy, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, Sarah Selby, and Margaret Wright in Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo
7.2
  • Animation Department(as Josh Meador)
  • 1941

Credits

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Visual Effects

  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • effects animator
    • animation effects
    • 1957–1967
  • Ray Bolger, Annette Funicello, Tommy Sands, and Ed Wynn in Babes in Toyland (1961)
    Babes in Toyland
    6.1
    • animation effects
    • 1961
  • Donald and the Wheel (1961)
    Donald and the Wheel
    6.4
    Short
    • effects animator
    • 1961
  • Jungle Cat (1960)
    Jungle Cat
    7.1
    • animation effects
    • 1960
  • Islands of the Sea (1960)
    Islands of the Sea
    7.4
    Short
    • animation effects
    • 1960
  • Mysteries of the Deep (1959)
    Mysteries of the Deep
    7.9
    Short
    • animation effects
    • 1959
  • Sean Connery, Kieron Moore, Janet Munro, Jimmy O'Dea, and Albert Sharpe in Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
    Darby O'Gill and the Little People
    7.1
    • animation effects
    • 1959
  • Nature's Strangest Creatures
    7.5
    Short
    • animation effects
    • 1959
  • Barbara Jo Allen, Eleanor Audley, Mary Costa, Verna Felton, Taylor Holmes, Barbara Luddy, Bill Shirley, and Bill Thompson in Sleeping Beauty (1959)
    Sleeping Beauty
    7.2
    • effects animator
    • 1959
  • White Wilderness (1958)
    White Wilderness
    5.1
    • animation effects
    • 1958
  • Secrets of Life (1956)
    Secrets of Life
    7.2
    • animation effects
    • 1956
  • Forbidden Planet (1956)
    Forbidden Planet
    7.5
    • visual effects artist (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Men Against the Arctic (1955)
    Men Against the Arctic
    5.7
    Short
    • animation effects
    • 1955
  • The African Lion (1955)
    The African Lion
    7.1
    • animation effects
    • 1955
  • Barbara Luddy and Larry Roberts in Lady and the Tramp (1955)
    Lady and the Tramp
    7.3
    • effects animator (uncredited)
    • 1955

Animation Department

  • James Woods, Oliver Wallace, Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Susanne Blakeslee, Corey Burton, Kevin Campbell, Pat Carroll, Elizabeth Stonecipher, Tony Craig, Jim Cummings, Bill Farmer, Jonathan Freeman, Bobs Gannaway, Burt Gillett, Henry Gilroy, Jack Hannah, Thomas Hart, Jack King, Robin Kingsland, Tress MacNeille, Jymn Magon, Albert Hay Malotte, Jamie Mitchell, Mike Moon, Rob Paulsen, Melinda Wunsch Dilger, Rick Calabash, Michael Tavera, Paul J. Smith, Ted Osborne, and Al Taliaferro in House of Mouse (2001)
    Mickey's House of Villains
    6.6
    Video
    • animator (segment "Donald Duck and the Gorilla", as Josh Meador)
    • 2002
  • Mickey Mouse Disco (1980)
    Mickey Mouse Disco
    6.0
    Short
    • animator (as Josh Meador)
    • 1980
  • The Restless Sea (1964)
    The Restless Sea
    8.8
    TV Movie
    • animator
    • 1964
  • Japan
    Short
    • animation effects
    • 1960
  • Wales
    Short
    • animation effects
    • 1958
  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • animator
    • 1957–1958
  • Navajo Adventure
    Short
    • animation effects
    • 1957
  • Portugal (1957)
    Portugal
    6.4
    Short
    • animation effects
    • 1957
  • Alaskan Sled Dog
    Short
    • animation effects
    • 1957
  • Lapland (1957)
    Lapland
    7.4
    Short
    • animation effects
    • 1957
  • Sardinia (1956)
    Sardinia
    4.9
    Short
    • animation effects
    • 1956
  • The Blue Men of Morocco (1956)
    The Blue Men of Morocco
    Short
    • animation effects
    • 1956
  • A World is Born (1955)
    A World is Born
    7.3
    Short
    • animation supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • The Alaskan Eskimo (1953)
    The Alaskan Eskimo
    6.3
    Short
    • animator
    • 1953
  • How to Catch a Cold (1951)
    How to Catch a Cold
    6.2
    Short
    • effects animator (uncredited)
    • 1951

Special Effects

  • Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins (1964)
    Mary Poppins
    7.8
    • special effects (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • Fred MacMurray in The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
    The Absent Minded Professor
    6.7
    • special effects
    • 1961
  • Perri (1957)
    Perri
    6.7
    • special effects
    • 1957
  • Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments (1956)
    The Ten Commandments
    7.9
    • animator (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Forbidden Planet (1956)
    Forbidden Planet
    7.5
    • special effects: through courtesy of Walt Disney Productions
    • 1956
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    7.2
    • special effects (as Josh Meador)
    • 1954
  • George Reeves, Richard Derr, and Marjorie Weaver in Man at Large (1941)
    Man at Large
    6.4
    • special effects (as Joshua L. Meador)
    • 1941
  • The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
    The Reluctant Dragon
    6.7
    • special effects (as Joshua L. Meador)
    • 1941

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Joshua L. Meador
  • Born
    • March 12, 1911
    • Greenwood, Mississippi, USA
  • Died
    • August 1965
    • California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Libby AlstonOctober 19, 1935 - August 24, 1965 (his death, 1 child)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Joined the Disney Organisation in 1936. As special effects director, he was part of the Academy Award winning team for 20,000 Leagues under the Sea in 1954.
  • Nickname
    • Catfish

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