{{Short description|American animator and writer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2014}} '''Leland "Lee" Hartman''' (February 27, 1930 – December 24, 2012) was an American animator and writer.
Hartman graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.<ref name=awn>{{cite news|first=Jennifer|last=Wolfe|title=Animator Lee Hartman Dies at 82 |url=http://www.awn.com/news/passing/animator-lee-hartman-dies-82 |work=Animation World Network |date=December 31, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref><ref name=ppg>{{cite news|first=Jennifer|last=Wolfe|title=Obituary: Leland 'Lee' Hartman / Pittsburgh animator who once worked at Disney Feb. 27 1930 – Dec. 24, 2012|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/obituaries/obituary-leland-lee-hartman-pittsburgh-animator-who-once-worked-at-disney-668325/ |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=December 30, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref>
Hartman was employed as an animator for the Walt Disney Company from 1955 to 1960.<ref name=awn/> His credits at Disney included animated pieces for ''The Mickey Mouse Club''; the 1958 short film, ''Paul Bunyan'', which was directed by Les Clark (a member of Disney's Nine Old Men); and the animated feature film, ''Sleeping Beauty'', which was released in 1959.<ref name=awn/>
Hartman worked for Warner Bros. Animation during the 1990s.<ref name=awn/> His animation for Warner Bros. included ''Tiny Toon Adventures''.<ref name=awn/>
Hartman began writing, in addition to animation, during the 1960s. In 1997, he published a series of short horror stories called "The Darkendown Tales."<ref name=awn/> He also ventured into acting, appearing as a reporter in the 1968 horror film, ''Night of the Living Dead''<ref name=awn/> and as the voice of the Reporter in ''Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated''.<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/91609/night-living-dead-reanimated-vhs/ Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated ]</ref> He also created the original sketch of "Slimer" for the animated Ghostbusters series.
Hartman, who suffered from dementia for six years, had been hospitalized at Kane Regional Glen Hazel Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, since early 2012 due to his condition.<ref name=awn/> He died in Pittsburgh on December 24, 2012, at the age of 82.<ref name=awn/> He was a resident of Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania.<ref name=ppg/> Most of Hartman's extensive art collection was donated to the ToonSeum in Pittsburgh, where it will be on display.<ref name=awn/> A smaller portion of his collection was bequeathed to the Heinz History Center.<ref name=awn/>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0366987|name=Lee Hartman}}
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