Pete Alvarado
| Pete Alvarado | |
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| Born | Peter J. Alvarado, Jr. February 22, 1920 Raton, New Mexico, United States |
| Died | December 27, 2003 (aged 83) La Crescenta, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Animator, Illustrator |
| Pseudonym(s) | Peter Jay, Bart Doe |
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Notable works
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Two time Academy Award winner for best short subject |
| Awards | The Animation Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 839 Golden Award for Service to the Craft, Disney Hispanic Artist Award, Warner Bros. 24 "Carrot" Gold Award, ASIFA Winsor McCay Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aninmation |
Peter J. Alvarado, Jr. (February 22, 1920 – December 27, 2003) was an American animation and comic book artist. Alvarado's animation career spanned almost 60 years. He was also a prolific contributor to Western Publishing's line of comic books.
Alvarado was born in Raton, New Mexico, and grew up in Glendale, California. He attended the Chouinard Art Institute in the 1930; after graduation he was hired as an assistant animator by the Walt Disney Studio. He provided uncredited work on Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Around 1939 Alvarado left Disney to find work in New York City, where he provided his earliest comic book art for Funnies Inc., which supplied artwork for Fawcett Publications and Timely Comics (now Marvel Comics).
Alvarado returned to California and Disney Studio in 1941. He left Disney in 1946 to work for Warner Bros. Animation. Alvarado became the Background painter for Chuck Jones, and his first screen credit was on the 1947 Pepé Le Pew short, "Scent-imental Over You." He held this position until 1951, working on several cartoons such as the first Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon, Fast and Furry-ous, and Chuck Jones' Oscar-winning short For Scent-imental Reasons. His last work with Jones was "Scentimental Romeo" in 1951, another cartoon featuring Pepé Le Pew. Alvarado went on to Replace Cornett Wood as chief layout artist for Robert McKimson's unit.
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