In September 1929, Lantz released his first cartoon, Race Riot.
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Lantz moved to Hollywood, California after Bray switched to a publicity film studio in 1927, where he worked briefly for director Frank Capra and was a gag writer for Mack Sennett comedies.
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September 9: Life Begins for Andy Panda, produced by Walter Lantz and released by Universal Pictures, marking the film debut of the cartoon character Andy Panda
Case has worked at a variety of studios including Disney, MGM, Walter Lantz, Tempo, Calvin Co., Academy Studios, ERA Productions, Hanna-Barbera, UPA, Warner Bros., Sanrio, DePatie-Freleng (and its later incarnation, Marvel Productions), Graz Entertainment and New World from 1934 until 1999.
They filled in for the previous series directors Walter Lantz and Alex Lovy; Lantz had stopped directing films for several years and Lovy had left the studio after working on The Dizzy Acrobat to serve in the war.
In the 1940s, Warner Bros popularized a television cartoon series about a red-headed woodpecker named "Woody Woodpecker," created by Walter Lantz.
The short version, released on March 28, 1941 by Universal Pictures features no director credit (Woody Woodpecker creator Walter Lantz claims to have directed the cartoon himself), with a story by Ben Hardaway, animation by Alex Lovy and Frank Tipper, and voice work by Mel Blanc.
He is well known for his work at Disney (1932–1941), MGM (1941–1945), Walter Lantz (1946–1948), and his work on television shows such as Yogi Bear and The Flintstones.
Five and Dime is a cartoon short by Walter Lantz Productions, and stars Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
The Woody Woodpecker Show is a long-running 30-minute American television series mainly composed of the animated cartoon escapades of Woody Woodpecker and other Walter Lantz characters including Andy Panda, Chilly Willy, and Inspector Willoughby released by Walter Lantz Productions.
The “A Moment with Walter Lantz” segments were eventually replaced with "Woody's Newsreel" and "Around The World with Woody" which used footage of Universal Newsreels and featured voice-over commentary by Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.