Charles Byrne (1909 - 1958)

Born 24 Dec 1909 in New York, United States

Died 16 Aug 1958 at age 48 in Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

Charles was born in 1910. Charles Byrne ... ^[1]

Birth

Death of Charles Byrne^[2]

Event Date: 16 Aug 1958

Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States

Birth Date: 24 Dec 1909

Birthplace: New York

Father's Name: Byrne

Mother's Name: Harvey

Marriage

Marriage between Yvonne Evelyn Kelker and Charles Byrne^[3]

Event Date: 06 Aug 1940

Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States

Witnesses: Robert and Elizabeth Farley, Pasadena, California

Groom: Charles Byrne

Birth Year (Estimated): 1909 (30y)

Birthplace: New York City, NY

Residence: 1676 Lemp Ave., North Hollywood, California

Occupation: Animated Cartoons Cartoonist

Father's Name: Loughlin Byrne, b. Ireland

Mother's Name: Annie Harvey, b. Scotland

Bride: Yvonne Evelyn Kelker

Birth Year (Estimated): 1913 (26y)

Birthplace: California

Residence: 320 W. 15th St., Los Angeles, California

Occupation: Registered Nurse

Father's Name: Lester C Kelker, b. Pueblo, Colorado

Mother's Name: Myrtle Generaux b. Canada

Census Data

1930 U.S. Census - Glendale, Los Angeles, California^[4]

Micholson T Sarason - 42 b. Romania

Hazel M Sarason - 35 b. Michigan

Raymond W Sarason - 17 b. Wisconsin

Lloyd W Sarason - 11 b. California

George T Sarason - 8 b. California

Hazel M Sarason - 6 b. California

Virland A Harris (Lodger) - 30 b. Indiana

Charlie Byrne (Lodger) - 20 b. New York; Father b. Ireland; Mother b. Scotland

Death

Burial

Inglewood Park Cemetery

Inglewood Los Angeles County, California, USA

Death: Aug. 16, 1958

FindaGrave [1]

Note

Found on the Internet:

My father, who is now 89 years old had two brothers (Tom and Charles / Charlie) who were both cartoonists (they were 14 and 17 years older then him so were original animators). Tom, the oldest one started out at Pat Sullivan studios in NY. Both brothers (Tom and Charlie) moved to LA. Charlie worked at Disney when it was in Glendale or Burbank (I forget which area but the original studio). My aunt (deceased) had several pictures of the old studio with very few employees growing to more employees in the later pictures. I have a repo of one that has just a handfull of employees including Charlie right next to Walt with the old version of Mickey standing up in front of them. Anyways, I know Tom worked for Disney for a short period, then MGM (worked with Hanna and Barbara there before they left and started their own business) and then he worked with Walter Lantz until retirement. Charlie died a long time ago and my dad said he was “the story department” at Disney before it got big. I don’t think he was one of the original pack that is often writtten about but I can’t seem to find any information about him that pertains to his contributions at Disney. Any ideas?

-Stacey Byrne-Gibbs

I don’t have much of anything on Charles Byrne at the Disney studio, but here are some animation credits for him. These are all from 1930-32, and may very well be incomplete. Byrne was evidently one of the junior animators at this point, sometimes part of the junior crews assigned to Ben Sharpsteen, and he tended to get isolated scenes:Arctic Antics (assisting Wilfred Jackson)

The Chain Gang (cow plays pick)

The Gorilla Mystery (Mickey and the duck)

(Mike Barrier has him in The Picnic animating some of Rover (the formative Pluto)

Pioneer Days (Indian runs into woods with Minnie; Mickey follows)

The Castaway (seagulls)

The Delivery Boy (CU of Minnie playing)

The Busy Beavers (LS beavers run for cover)

Mickey Steps Out (Pluto chases cat under the bed)

The Cat’s Nightmare (cat through knothole in fence)

Egyptian Melodies (opening LS: palm trees in the wind)

The Clock Store (mechanical Dutch windmill clock)

The Barnyard Broadcast

The Spider and the Fly (flies carry and fire Flit gun)

The Beach Party

King Neptune (pirates run up mast)Then I lose him. Your correspondent says he was in the story department, and this may be where he stopped animating and went to that department, although I don’t seem to have anything on him there. Then, for some reason, I pick him up in 1937, animating again in Woodland Cafe (dancing snails, grasshoppers, and beetle couple). At any rate, the draft says “Byrne”; maybe this was a different Byrne. I hope this is some helpIf you’re thinking about posting this exchange, I should clarify something that could lead to a misunderstanding. I made a reference to a 1931 cartoon called The Cat’s Nightmare. This is the film that appears in most filmographies as The Cat’s Out. When Russell and I were working on the Silly Symphony book, we found that The Cat’s Out was the working title, and the company still has a vault print carrying that title, but after that the weight of evidence points to The Cat’s Nightmare. As you know, it was copyrighted as The Cat’s Nightmare, and we found that Columbia distribution correspondence invariably referred to it by that title — suggesting that that was the title that appeared onscreen in theatrical showings. In the company’s TV index, the card for that cartoon has Out crossed out and Nightmare substituted. So we went with Nightmare, and that’s the title I automatically come up with.

-J.B. Kaufman

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Graeme MacKay, Mar 19, 2013
2. ↑ "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VPW6-DX5 : accessed 20 Mar 2013), Charles Byrne, 1958.
3. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8VF-8YF : accessed 20 Mar 2013), Charles Byrne and Yvonne Evelyn Kelker, 1940. Book 1674, Page 212, No. 8669
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCFG-QZ8 : accessed 20 Mar 2013), Charlie Byrne in entry for Micholson T Sarason, 1930.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Graeme MacKay for starting this profile.

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