Hal Geer, longtime animation veteran and decorated World War II veteran, passed away on January 26th, age 100.
Mr. Geer came to Los Angeles after years of combat in the Pacific theater that included 86 bombing missions as a cinematographer and waist gunner. (One mission had him hiking close to 1,000 miles collecting intelligence for an invasion of the South China Coast.)
In the late forties and early fifties, Hal Geer worked for Warner Bros. Cartoons and then Walt Disney Production, doing special effects for Peter Pan and numerous other features and short subjects. In 1963, he became vice president and executive producer of Warner Bros. Cartoons, supervising the development of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters. He retired from animation in 1987 and turned his attention to
Mr. Geer leaves a wife, two children, one stepdaughter, two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. His autobiography, The Life and Times of Hal Geer, was published last year.
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