Iwao Takamoto

Iwao Takamoto was a Japanese-American animator, television producer, and film director. He began his career as a production and character designer for Walt Disney Animation Studios films such as Cinderella (1950), Lady and the Tramp (1955), and Sleeping Beauty (1959). Later, he moved to Hanna-Barbera Productions, where he designed a great majority of the characters, including Scooby-Doo and Astro, and eventually became a director and producer. ^{Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (d. 2007)}

29 April 1925

Born on the same birth date (29 April 1925): John Compton

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