Ted Osborne

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Ted Osborne (February 6, 1900[1] or 1901[2]March 12, 1968) was an American writer of comics, radio shows and animated films, remembered for his contributions to the creation and refinement, during the 1930s, of Walt Disney cartoon characters.

Ted Osborne spent a decade (1931-40) at the Walt Disney Studio as a story writer and, between 1932 and 1937, wrote the Mickey Mouse newspaper dailies and Silly Symphonies Sunday comics. These were illustrated by Floyd Gottfredson and Al Taliaferro respectively. With Taliaferro, Osborne has been credited as the co-creator of Huey, Dewey and Louie.

He was born in Oklahoma and died in San Mateo County, California.

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  1. ^ Social Security Death Index for Ted Osborne
  2. ^ California death index, [1] for Theodore H. Osborne

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