Dick Lundy

Born: Richard James Lundy
Birthday: August 14, 1907
Location: Sault Ste. Marie, MI, U.S.
Occupation: Animator, Director
Years active: 1929-1973
Died: April 07, 1990

Dick Lundy began in the ink & paint department at the Disney Studio on Hyperion in the summer of 1929. In just a few months, he was promoted to inbetweening. With the beginning of 1930, Lundy was moved up to animator to help get production back on schedule after the departure of Ub Iwerks.

As an animator, Dick animated several classic shorts including Three Little Pigs and Orphans Benefit. After his work on the feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Lundy was invited to direct cartoon shorts beginning with Sea Scouts in 1939. He directed many of the Donald Duck cartoons from 1939 to 1943.

Lundy left Disney in 1943 to animate for Walter Lantz, but Dick quickly moved back up to directing duties for Andy Panda, Woody Woodpecker, and the Swing Symphonies shorts. When the Lantz studio closed in 1948, Lundy moved to Wolff Productions to make commercials.

By 1950, Dick moved to MGM for more money and directing work. He took over Tex Avery’s unit for a time, and directed Caballero Droopy as well as Barney Bear shorts.

He went to Hanna-Barbera in 1959 where he animated The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Scooby Doo, and many other television shows. Taking a brief break from the studio, Dick animated for Ralph Bakshi’s Fritz the Cat, but otherwise, stayed at H-B until retiring in 1973.

Although retired, he kept busy freelancing for several years until moving to San Diego County.

The Author

Lavalle Lee

Lavalle Lee has been creating animated cartoons online since 1999/2000 for his website flashcartoons.org. Many cartoons on the site have gained viral video status reaching millions of viewers online. In 2009, Lavalle started learning hand drawn animation from Don Bluth in his animation classes, as well as attending his Masterclasses in Arizona. He has also personally studied animation and visual effects from Veteran Disney animators in Orlando, FL.

Lavalle is widely known in the animation industry as the creator of the TraditionalAnimation.com website. After seeing that most animation sites were about all types of animation, not any specific to classical hand drawn animation, Lavalle knew Traditional Animation needed to be represented online. TraditionalAnimation.com has become the leading website and social media account for all things 2D. The website served as inspiration for “The Traditional Animation Show” in which Lavalle was both producer and host.

His partnership with Don Bluth began when he championed the Dragon's Lair Indiegogo campaign as lead project manager, editor, voice actor and in-betweener. The campaign reached $730,000 dollars to produce a 7-minute pitch video. In 2017, Lavalle brought the idea of creating a school to Don Bluth, and Don Bluth University was born. After a decade of learning from Don Bluth and working together on multiple pitches and business ventures, Lavalle accepted the position as Vice President of Don Bluth's new company Don Bluth Studios.