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Ted Sears (March 13, 1900 – August 22, 1958) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 animator
Animator

An animator is an artist who creates multiple images called frames and Key frames that form an illusion of movement called animation when rapidly displayed....
 during The Golden Age of American animation
The Golden Age of American animation

The Golden Age of American animation is a period in United States animation history that began with the advent of sound animated cartoon in 1928, with a peak between the second half of the '30s and the first half of the 1940s, and continued into the early 1960s when theatrical animated shorts slowly began losing to the new medium of televisio...
. Sears worked for the Fleischer Studios
Fleischer Studios

Fleischer Studios, Inc. is an United States corporation which originated as an animation studio located at 1600 Broadway , New York City, New York....
 in the late-1920s and early-1930s, and was hired away from Max Fleischer to work at the Walt Disney studio
Walt Disney Feature Animation

Walt Disney Animation Studios is a key element of The Walt Disney Company, and the oldest existing animation studio in the world. The feature animation studio was an integrated part of Walt Disney Productions from 1934 until 1986, when, during the corporate restructuring to create The Walt Disney Company, it officially became a subsidiary of...
 in 1931.

As the first head of Disney's story department, Sears did significant story work on many Disney features, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American film based on the Snow White by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full length animation feature film to be produced by Walt Disney, and the first American animated feature film in movie history....
, Pinocchio
Pinocchio (1940 film)

Pinocchio is the second animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. It was produced by Walt Disney and was originally released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on February 7, 1940....
, Bambi, Dumbo
Dumbo

Dumbo is a 1941 animated feature film produced by Walt Disney and first released on October 23, 1941 by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth film in the Disney animated features canon, Dumbo is based upon a child's book of the same name by Helen Aberson and illustrated by Harold Perl....
, Fantasia
Fantasia (film)

Fantasia is a 1940 in film List of animated feature-length films produced by Walt Disney, and is the third film in the List of Disney theatrical animated features#official canon....
, Cinderella
Cinderella (1950 film)

Cinderella is a 1950 animated feature produced by Walt Disney, and released to theaters on February 15, 1950 by RKO Radio Pictures. The twelfth animated feature in the List of Disney animated features, the film was directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wilfred Jackson, based the fairy tale "Cinderella" by Charles Perrault....
, Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)

Alice in Wonderland is a 1951 animated feature film produced by Walt Disney and originally premiered in London, England on July 26, 1951 by RKO Pictures....
, Peter Pan
Peter Pan (1953 film)

Peter Pan is an animated feature produced by Walt Disney based on the play Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie. It is the fourteenth film in the List of Disney animated features and was originally released to theaters on February 5, 1953 by RKO Pictures....
 (for which he wrote song lyrics), Lady and the Tramp
Lady and the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp is a 1955 animated feature film produced by Walt Disney, and originally released to theaters on June 22, 1955 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures....
, and Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)

Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 animated feature produced by Walt Disney and originally released to theatres on January 29, 1959, by Buena Vista Distribution....
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Ted Sears (March 13, 1900 – August 22, 1958) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 animator
Animator

An animator is an artist who creates multiple images called frames and Key frames that form an illusion of movement called animation when rapidly displayed....
 during The Golden Age of American animation
The Golden Age of American animation

The Golden Age of American animation is a period in United States animation history that began with the advent of sound animated cartoon in 1928, with a peak between the second half of the '30s and the first half of the 1940s, and continued into the early 1960s when theatrical animated shorts slowly began losing to the new medium of televisio...
. Sears worked for the Fleischer Studios
Fleischer Studios

Fleischer Studios, Inc. is an United States corporation which originated as an animation studio located at 1600 Broadway , New York City, New York....
 in the late-1920s and early-1930s, and was hired away from Max Fleischer to work at the Walt Disney studio
Walt Disney Feature Animation

Walt Disney Animation Studios is a key element of The Walt Disney Company, and the oldest existing animation studio in the world. The feature animation studio was an integrated part of Walt Disney Productions from 1934 until 1986, when, during the corporate restructuring to create The Walt Disney Company, it officially became a subsidiary of...
 in 1931.

As the first head of Disney's story department, Sears did significant story work on many Disney features, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American film based on the Snow White by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full length animation feature film to be produced by Walt Disney, and the first American animated feature film in movie history....
, Pinocchio
Pinocchio (1940 film)

Pinocchio is the second animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. It was produced by Walt Disney and was originally released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on February 7, 1940....
, Bambi, Dumbo
Dumbo

Dumbo is a 1941 animated feature film produced by Walt Disney and first released on October 23, 1941 by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth film in the Disney animated features canon, Dumbo is based upon a child's book of the same name by Helen Aberson and illustrated by Harold Perl....
, Fantasia
Fantasia (film)

Fantasia is a 1940 in film List of animated feature-length films produced by Walt Disney, and is the third film in the List of Disney theatrical animated features#official canon....
, Cinderella
Cinderella (1950 film)

Cinderella is a 1950 animated feature produced by Walt Disney, and released to theaters on February 15, 1950 by RKO Radio Pictures. The twelfth animated feature in the List of Disney animated features, the film was directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wilfred Jackson, based the fairy tale "Cinderella" by Charles Perrault....
, Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)

Alice in Wonderland is a 1951 animated feature film produced by Walt Disney and originally premiered in London, England on July 26, 1951 by RKO Pictures....
, Peter Pan
Peter Pan (1953 film)

Peter Pan is an animated feature produced by Walt Disney based on the play Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie. It is the fourteenth film in the List of Disney animated features and was originally released to theaters on February 5, 1953 by RKO Pictures....
 (for which he wrote song lyrics), Lady and the Tramp
Lady and the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp is a 1955 animated feature film produced by Walt Disney, and originally released to theaters on June 22, 1955 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures....
, and Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)

Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 animated feature produced by Walt Disney and originally released to theatres on January 29, 1959, by Buena Vista Distribution....
. Sears had initially provided the voice of the titular character in Pinocchio before the character was reimagined and child actor Dickie Jones was cast as the voice of the character.

Sears was born in the state of Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
, but was raised in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. He died in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
 at the age of 58 in 1958.

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