Visual Effects
Martin Taras
Born — Died
1914-08-09 — 1994-11-02
Place of birth
New York, New York, U.S
Known for
Visual Effects
Credits
6 titles
Martin Taras started his animation career at Van Beuren Studios in 1934 until its closing in 1936. He was involved in the 1937 Fleischer Studios strike, but abandoned it shortly after to take a job for Jam Handy. Following a stint at Terrytoons in the early 1940s, Taras became an animator at Fleischer Studios' successor Famous Studios, where he is known for the creation of Baby Huey. Huey debuted in the first "Casper" comic issue in September 1949, six months before his animated debut in the short, "Quack-A-Doodle-Doo". Taras animated for theatrical shorts and drew comic books featuring characters such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, Rags Rabbit, Wendy the Good Li…
Known for
8.0A cameraman on an assignment to Darkest Africa to film wild life finds into the top of the species in Heckel and Jeckel, and they foil all of his efforts and ruin his film.
Wild Life
1959
Heckle and Jeckle are stuntmen who try to sabotage the screen tests of the studio's newest TV star, Flint Locke, an actor who does all his own stunts.
Stunt Men
1960
7.0Heckle and Jeckle set up the "Last Chance Service Station" in the desert...
Thousand Smile Check-Up
1960
For the first time ever, Howard has all his rooms rented out. Just as he's hanging up a "No Vacancy" sign, along comes a millionaire needing a room. Howard seats him in the lobby while he goes upstairs and tries to get one of his renters who is a bookworm to move in with a lonely sex siren so that he can have one of their rooms. When he gets the bookworm's nose out of his book, love blossoms.
Hearts and Glowers
1960
Sidney is 44 years old and still sucking his thumb, dreaming of having tusks like the other elephants do.
Tusk, Tusk
1960
Melvin the Mouse scares Sidney. Stanley tells Sidney to act like a cat and hate mice.
The Littlest Bully
1960
Behind the camera
8.0A cameraman on an assignment to Darkest Africa to film wild life finds into the top of the species in Heckel and Jeckel, and they foil all of his efforts and ruin his film.
Wild Life
1959
Heckle and Jeckle are stuntmen who try to sabotage the screen tests of the studio's newest TV star, Flint Locke, an actor who does all his own stunts.
Stunt Men
1960
7.0Heckle and Jeckle set up the "Last Chance Service Station" in the desert...
Thousand Smile Check-Up
1960
For the first time ever, Howard has all his rooms rented out. Just as he's hanging up a "No Vacancy" sign, along comes a millionaire needing a room. Howard seats him in the lobby while he goes upstairs and tries to get one of his renters who is a bookworm to move in with a lonely sex siren so that he can have one of their rooms. When he gets the bookworm's nose out of his book, love blossoms.
Hearts and Glowers
1960
Sidney is 44 years old and still sucking his thumb, dreaming of having tusks like the other elephants do.
Tusk, Tusk
1960
Melvin the Mouse scares Sidney. Stanley tells Sidney to act like a cat and hate mice.
The Littlest Bully
1960