Hamilton Luske

Hamilton Luske

1903-10-16 Chicago, Illinois, USA 119 Credits

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hamilton Luske (October 16, 1903 - February 19, 1968) was an American film director. He directed many Disney films and shorts from 1936 until his death in 1968. He won an Academy Award in 1965. Born in Chicago, Illinois on October 16, 1903 and died in Bel Air, California on February 19, 1968 at age 64. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hamilton Luske, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

2004

Director

8.8
Directing

Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young boy and a famous dragon fighter team up to teach a doci...

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3

2003

Director

8.6
Directing

Three classic stories from the Disney team. 'Donald in Mathmagicland' is an award-winning short film, featuring everyone's favourite duck. 'Ben and Me...

Nature's Strangest Oddballs

1970

Director

Directing

Professor Ludwig von Drake narrates live action footage and animation about the planet's more unusual animals. Films show the iguanas of the Galapagos...

Nature's Better Built Homes

Nature's Better Built Homes

1969

Director

Directing

Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore hosts a look at beavers, birds, squirrels, bees, and other animals, with cartoon and live-action film clips.

Pacifically Peeking

Pacifically Peeking

1968

Director

Directing

Moby Duck leads a study of life on several South Pacific islands, including Pitcairn, Fiji, and Hawaii.

Understanding Stresses and Strains

1968

Director

6.0
Directing

This film suggests the usage of common sense to minimize the normal stresses and strains of everyday life.

Nature's Charter Tours

Nature's Charter Tours

1968

Director

Directing

Hosted by J. Audubon Woodlore, features clips from White Wilderness and Seal Island.

Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow

Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow

1968

Director

Directing

The audience visits WED Enterprises and sees how Disneyland attractions are created, including Pirates and the new Tomorrowland.

How the West Was Lost

How the West Was Lost

1967

Director

Directing

One of Donald's ancestors tells about the wonder and excitement of the wild and woolly west, before progress filled the open spaces with streets and b...

The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle

The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle

1967

Associate Producer

Producing

Eagles are the channel to the spirit world for a Hopi Indian boy who defies tribal law and frees a sacred, sacrificial eagle. He is banished from his ...

A Salute to Alaska

A Salute to Alaska

1967

Director

Directing

Celebrating Alaska’s 100th birthday, Walt Disney looks at Alaska’s past.

Man on Wheels

Man on Wheels

1967

Director

Directing

The effect of the invention of the wheel on society, featuring three featurettes-Donald and the Wheel, Freewayphobia and Goofy's Freeway Troubles.

Scrooge McDuck and Money

Scrooge McDuck and Money

1967

Director

7.1
Directing

Scrooge McDuck teaches Huey, Dewey and Louie the basics about money & its history, economics and investing.

EPCOT

EPCOT

1967

Director

7.2
Directing

A promotional short film hosted by Walt Disney, filmed on October 27, 1966, less than two months before his death. Here he details plans for the "Flor...

Disneyland Around the Seasons

Disneyland Around the Seasons

1966

Director, Producer

7.1
Directing Producing

Walt takes viewers on yet another tour of Disneyland to point out some of the newest additions to the park, including New Orleans Square, It's a Small...

The Ranger's Guide to Nature

The Ranger's Guide to Nature

1966

Director

Directing

Through animation, live-action and song, the Brownstone ranger, J. Audobon Woodlore, takes Donald Duck's three nephews on a tour of the wonders of the...

Music for Everybody

Music for Everybody

1966

Director

Directing

Ludwig Von Drake hosts this look at the importance of music in people's lives.

Disneyland 10th Anniversary

Disneyland 10th Anniversary

1965

Director

Directing

Walt Disney introduces Julie Reems,Miss Disneyland Tencennial,who is to travel as Disneyland's official ambassador,and he shows Julie the imagineering...

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

1964

Animation Director

7.6
Directing

Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in thei...

Ben and Me/Peter and the Wolf

1964

Director

Directing

2 Short Films aired on The Wonderful World of Disney

Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair

Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair

1964

Director

Directing

Walt Disney shows the viewing audience dinosaurs that will be used at the 1964 New York World's Fair in which Disneyland will play an important part a...

In Shape with Von Drake

In Shape with Von Drake

1964

Director

Directing

Prof. Ludwig Von Drake returns for another of his interesting treatments of two favorite subjects: sports and fitness. He illustrates his points throu...

Mediterranean Cruise

Mediterranean Cruise

1964

Director

Directing

Ludwig Von Drake looks at countries around the Mediterranean Sea. In Portugal it's the Corrida festival, village singers in Italy, In Africa; the trib...

The Truth About Mother Goose

The Truth About Mother Goose

1963

Director

Directing

Prof. Ludwig Von Drake and his co-host, Herman, tells the stories behind Mother Goose rhymes, such as Little Jack Horner, Mary, Mary quite Contrary an...

Fly With Von Drake

Fly With Von Drake

1963

Director

Directing

Ludwig Von Drake covers the history of aviation through live action and animated clips.

A Square Peg in a Round Hole

A Square Peg in a Round Hole

1963

Director

6.0
Directing

Ludwig Von Drake has founded the Research Institute For Human Behavior to study humans' psychological makeup. He uses Donald Duck as his guinea pig fo...

Inside Outer Space

Inside Outer Space

1963

Director

Directing

Ludwig Von Drake gives a lecture on outer space, using footage from Man and the Moon, Man in Space and Mars and Beyond.

Three Tall Tales

Three Tall Tales

1963

Director

Directing

Ludwig Von Drake takes viewers through the stories of American folklore. First up is Casey of Mudville who valiantly struck out. Then the tale of Capt...

Holiday Time at Disneyland

Holiday Time at Disneyland

1962

Director

Directing

We see numerous Disneyland attractions over the early years of Disneyland that were opened on, or around, official holidays.

Man Is His Own Worst Enemy

Man Is His Own Worst Enemy

1962

Director

Directing

Ludwig Von Drake explains on why people is the biggest challenge facing people these days, because they cause most problems, without which there would...

Disneyland After Dark

Disneyland After Dark

1962

Director

7.0
Directing

Taking a look at Disneyland following nightfall, including nighttime entertainment and appearances by many celebrities of the day.

Carnival Time

Carnival Time

1962

Director

Directing

Ludwig Von Drake takes a look at some major carnivals in New Orleans (hosted by Donald Duck) and Rio de Janeiro (hosted by Jose Carioca).

Fantasy on Skis

Fantasy on Skis

1962

Associate Producer

Producing

A young girl, while skiing in Aspen, Colorado falls victim to an avalanche and her faithful St. Bernard dog assists in the rescue.

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

1962

Associate Producer

7.4
Producing

Set in 1860s Holland along the famed Zeider Zee — young Hans Brinker finds himself responsible for supporting his family after his father becomes inju...

Backstage Party

Backstage Party

1961

Director

7.0
Directing

Party, enterianment, and Behind the scenes

Kids Is Kids

Kids Is Kids

1961

Director

6.0
Directing

Prof. Ludwig Von Drake shares his knowledge on the subject of child psychology. He is particularly studying Donald Duck (whom Von Drake refers to as "...

Inside Donald Duck

Inside Donald Duck

1961

Director

Directing

Ludwig Von Drake attempts to diagnose Donald's problems, deciding that the cause is romance for the opposite sex.

An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland

An Adventure in Color/Mathmagicland

1961

Director

Directing

Professor Ludwig Von Drake provides an interesting lowdown on color.

The Litterbug

The Litterbug

1961

Director

6.5
Directing

Donald and his nephews are litterbugs: they drop garbage everywhere they go - even when they are out for a drive in Donald's car - until they are stop...

Donald and the Wheel

Donald and the Wheel

1961

Director

6.1
Directing

A father tells his son the invention of the wheel was most important; to prove it, the two hipsters visit the inventor caveman Donald Duck. There foll...

Disneyland '61/Olympic Elk

Disneyland '61/Olympic Elk

1961

Director

Directing

The programs comprises two halves: first is Gala Day at Disneyland, second is the True-Life Adventure featurette, 'The Olympic Elk.

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1961

Director

7.2
Directing

When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fas...

Donald's Silver Anniversary

Donald's Silver Anniversary

1960

Director

Directing

It's Donald Duck's 25th anniversary, so Walt Disney invites us into Donald's dressing room to leave a silver "Duckster" award for him. While there, Wa...

Gala Day at Disneyland

Gala Day at Disneyland

1960

Producer

6.0
Producing

The gala dedication ceremonies at the opening of three new major attractions at Disneyland—Matterhorn Bobsleds, Submarine Voyage, and the new Monorail...

Perilous Assignment

Perilous Assignment

1959

Director

10.0
Directing

"Perilous Assignment" is an episode of ABC's Walt Disney Presents. Disney loved to show viewers behind the scenes of the daring shoots of its theatric...

Donald in Mathmagic Land

Donald in Mathmagic Land

1959

Director

7.3
Directing

Disney used animation here to explain through this wonderful adventure of Donald how mathematics can be useful in our real life. Through this journey ...

Disneyland '59

Disneyland '59

1959

Director

6.5
Directing

Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disn...

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

1959

Production Supervisor

9.0

Behind the scenes of Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

Four Tales on a Mouse

Four Tales on a Mouse

1958

Director

Directing

Walt Disney takes us inside Mickey Mouse's photo album and explores the various relationships Mickey has had, including his friends Donald Duck and Go...

An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom

An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom

1958

Director

Directing

Tinker Bell takes the audience on a whirlwind tour of Disneyland.

Magic and Music

Magic and Music

1958

Director

Directing

The Slave in the Magic Mirror returns to host this look at one of his favorite subjects: the magic of music.

Four Fabulous Characters

Four Fabulous Characters

1957

Director

Directing

Walt introduces the folk heroes Casey Jones, the Martins and the Coys, Casey at the Bat, and Johnny Appleseed.

The Fourth Anniversary Show

The Fourth Anniversary Show

1957

Director

Directing

Celebrating four years on television, Walt Disney first describes his 1938 meeting with Serge Prokofieff, and shows the resulting film, Peter and the ...

The Liberty Story

The Liberty Story

1957

Director

9.0
Directing

Walt Disney presents a combination live-action and animated drama of America's historical fight for freedom. Includes a segment from Johnny Tremain, d...

Disneyland, the Park/Pecos Bill

Disneyland, the Park/Pecos Bill

1957

Director

Directing

Walt treats the audience to a tour of Disneyland, followed by the Pecos Bill segment of Melody Time (1948), which had been re-edited for television pr...

Man in Flight

Man in Flight

1957

Director

Directing

The history of flight is told in a humorous animated sequence using parts of Victory Through Air Power. Walt Disney also takes viewers to Disneyland b...

Tricks of Our Trade

Tricks of Our Trade

1957

Director

Directing

With examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at the improvements in animation made by his studio's in-ho...

All About Magic

All About Magic

1957

Director

Directing

Walt shows off some magic tricks with the studio props and then turns the show over to the Slave in the Magic Mirror, who hosts a look at some magic-t...

Our Friend the Atom

Our Friend the Atom

1957

Director

6.7
Directing

Dr. Heinz Haber, a noted scientist in the field of atomic energy, hosts this look at the possibility of an exciting new power source. He starts by com...

Disneyland: U.S.A.

Disneyland: U.S.A.

1956

Director

8.0
Directing

A tour of the Disneyland theme park.

The Adventures of Mickey Mouse

The Adventures of Mickey Mouse

1955

Director

Directing

Walt looks at the career of his longtime associate, Mickey Mouse.

Jiminy Cricket Presents Bongo

Jiminy Cricket Presents Bongo

1955

Director

Directing

Jiminy Cricket tells the story of a circus bear named Bongo, who is so dissatisfied with his circus life that he runs away into the wild.

Lady and the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp

1955

Director

7.1
Directing

Lady, a golden cocker spaniel, meets up with a mongrel dog who calls himself the Tramp. He is obviously from the wrong side of town, but happenings at...

Music Land

Music Land

1955

Director

6.0
Directing

Walt Disney animation animated cartoon musical compilation ("The BIG Parade of MIRTH and MELODY"; "Offering hits re-released from 'Make Mine Music' an...

Contrasts in Rhythm

Contrasts in Rhythm

1955

Director

Directing

An animated segment from the film Melody Time which includes the two shorts "Bumble Boogie" and "Trees".

Monsters of the Deep

Monsters of the Deep

1955

Director

Directing

Viewers go on a journey into the history and behaviors of the beasts, including the giant squid from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, exploring the beast...

Operation Undersea

Operation Undersea

1954

Director

2.0
Directing
Ben and Me

Ben and Me

1953

Director

6.8
Directing

A revisionist version of American history as a small mouse comes to live with Benjamin Franklin and turns out to be responsible for many of his ideas;...

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

1953

Director

7.2
Directing

Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Ne...

Mickey's Birthday Party

Mickey's Birthday Party

1953

Director

Directing

Disney celebrates Mickey Mouse's 25th Anniversary with a feature-length compilation of six of his all-time fan-favorite cartoons: Mickey's Birthday Pa...

How to Catch a Cold

How to Catch a Cold

1951

Director

6.0
Directing

An average guy gets lessons from his common sense on how to treat a cold (mainly, rest and avoid behaviors that would spread it) and how to keep from ...

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1951

Director

7.2
Directing

On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades...

Cinderella

Cinderella

1950

Director

7.0
Directing

Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinde...

So Dear to My Heart

So Dear to My Heart

1948

Director

6.5
Directing

The tale of Jeremiah Kincaid and his quest to raise his 'champion' lamb, Danny. Jeremiah's dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must overcom...

Once Upon a Wintertime

Once Upon a Wintertime

1948

Director

5.7
Directing

A short segment of the feature film Melody Time, re-released as a separate entity five years afterwards.

Trees

Trees

1948

Director

6.0
Directing

A Walt Disney short film.

Melody Time

Melody Time

1948

Director

6.1
Directing

In the grand tradition of Disney's great musical classics, Melody Time features seven timeless stories, each enhanced with high-spirited music and unf...

Mickey and the Beanstalk

Mickey and the Beanstalk

1947

Director

6.7
Directing

A mysterious thief has stolen the prosperous Happy Valley's most prized possession: the musical Singing Harp. Can Mickey, Donald, and Goofy find the a...

Fun and Fancy Free

Fun and Fancy Free

1947

Director

6.3
Directing

Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fa...

Willie the Operatic Whale

Willie the Operatic Whale

1946

Director

6.1
Directing

The Metropolitan Opera is looking for the sea monster reported in newspaper headlines, because this monster sings beautifully! The "monster" is actual...

Make Mine Music

Make Mine Music

1946

Director

5.8
Directing

In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites as "Pe...

After You've Gone

After You've Gone

1946

Director

2.5
Directing

The swinging sounds of Benny Goodman's quartet are accentuated in this animated fantasy.

The Pelican and the Snipe

The Pelican and the Snipe

1944

Director

5.9
Directing

A snipe that lives with a pelican in a lighthouse must continually keep his pelican friend from harm when he flies in his sleep.

Pedro

Pedro

1943

Director

6.0
Directing

Pedro, a small airplane from Chile, engaging in his very first flight to pick up air mail from Mendoza, with near disastrous results.

Saludos Amigos

Saludos Amigos

1942

Director

5.8
Directing

A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba bea...

Food Will Win the War

Food Will Win the War

1942

Director

5.6
Directing

World War II propaganda film on the importance of American farming. A morale booster film stressing the abudance of American agricultural output.

The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

Director

6.6
Directing

Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be f...

Fantasia

Fantasia

1940

Director

7.4
Directing

Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience...

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self

6.5
Acting

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

1940

Director

7.1
Directing

A little wooden puppet yearns to become a real boy.

The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling

1939

Director, Animation

7.0
Directing

An outcast duckling's search for a family to accept him leads to constant rejection before learning his true identity as a swan.

Mickey's Surprise Party

Mickey's Surprise Party

1939

Director

5.9
Directing

Minnie is baking cookies. When she leaves for a short while, her dog Fifi accidentally drops popcorn kernels in the dough. Mickey and Pluto come over ...

Ferdinand the Bull

Ferdinand the Bull

1938

Animation

6.7

This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would h...

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1938

Supervising Animator

7.1

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jeal...

The Worm Turns

The Worm Turns

1937

Animation

5.9

Mad scientist Mickey has just brewed up a potion; to test it out, he squirts it on a fly that's been trapped by a spider, a (regular) mouse being hara...

Mickey's Elephant

Mickey's Elephant

1936

Director

5.9
Directing

A friend shipped Mickey a baby elephant named Bobo as a playmate for Pluto. Pluto's first introduction is to Bobo's trunk, through a fence. He's not t...

Elmer Elephant

Elmer Elephant

1936

Animation

6.1

Little Elmer Elephant has a crush on Tillie Tiger and his affection is reciprocated. Trouble is, the pint-sized pachyderm is beset by bullies who ridi...

Three Orphan Kittens

Three Orphan Kittens

1935

Animation

6.6

Three orphan kittens are entering a society house in winter and ruin the furniture. But when they're caught by the maid, the young daughter of the hou...

Pluto's Judgement Day

Pluto's Judgement Day

1935

Animation

6.6

Pluto chases a kitten through a window and right into Mickey's lap. Mickey scolds him, and goes off to wash the kitten. Pluto falls asleep in front of...

Who Killed Cock Robin?

Who Killed Cock Robin?

1935

Animation

6.8

A robin is shot so the woodland community holds a trial to investigate.

The Robber Kitten

The Robber Kitten

1935

Animation

6.2

A kitten runs off to be a robber with a dog.

The Tortoise and the Hare

The Tortoise and the Hare

1935

Animation

6.6

The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jac...

The Goddess of Spring

The Goddess of Spring

1934

Animation

6.2

The goddess is greeted by dancing flowers and fairies. The devil comes and takes her away to be his queen. She's despondent, as winter settles in abov...

Peculiar Penguins

Peculiar Penguins

1934

Animation

5.7

Penguins dance and play in Antarctica.

Gulliver Mickey

Gulliver Mickey

1934

Animation

6.5

Mickey is first seen reading Gulliver's Travels while the mice orphan children are pretending to be sailors. After ruining their game Mickey tries to ...

The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf

1934

Animation

6.5

The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.

Funny Little Bunnies

Funny Little Bunnies

1934

Animation

6.9

We see bunny rabbits preparing for Easter, by making chocolate eggs and rabbits, decorating eggs, and weaving and filling baskets.

The Grasshopper and the Ants

The Grasshopper and the Ants

1934

Animation

6.4

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food f...

The Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Christmas

1933

Animation

6.4

A narrator sings the opening stanzas of the classic poem while we see the house at rest. Santa lands on the roof, comes down the chimney, and opens hi...

The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper

1933

Animation

6.4

The people of Hamelin, overrun with rats, offer a bag of gold to anyone who can get rid of the rats. A piper offers to do the job, and successfully lu...

Lullaby Land

Lullaby Land

1933

Animation

6.0

A baby is transported to Lullaby Land, where pacifiers grow on trees, diapers, bottles, and potty chairs march on parade, and the gingham dog comes to...

Mickey's Gala Premiere

Mickey's Gala Premiere

1933

Animation

6.1

Mickey's film is having a premiere, and all the stars turn out at the Chinese Theatre. Among those shown: Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Jimmy D...

The Mail Pilot

The Mail Pilot

1933

Animation

5.9

Mickey the mail pilot is entrusted with a chest of money. He battles rain and snow, but his biggest battle is against Pete, who has a plane equipped w...

Father Noah's Ark

Father Noah's Ark

1933

Animation

6.0

Noah, his family (wife, 3 sons, their wives), and various animals all help build the ark. The rains come, and the skunks barely miss the boat (not tha...

Mickey's Mellerdrammer

Mickey's Mellerdrammer

1933

Animation

5.8

Mickey Mouse and his friends stage their own production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Santa's Workshop

Santa's Workshop

1932

Animation

6.5

Santa's little helpers must hurry to finish the toys before Christmas Day.

Babes in the Woods

Babes in the Woods

1932

Animation

5.9

Two Dutch children stumble on a clearing in the woods where gnomes are going about their business. The gnomes are friendly to the children. A witch co...

King Neptune

King Neptune

1932

Animation

6.3

After a short introduction, one of Neptune's mermaids is captured by a pirate ship, and their anchor chain entangles King Neptune; the various sea cre...

Flowers and Trees

Flowers and Trees

1932

Animation

6.8

A jealous stump threatens two trees that are in love by starting a forest fire. When the rain comes and puts out the fire the forest revives and celeb...