{{Short description|American animator, artist, and actor (1913–2019)}} {{Infobox person | name = Milton Quon | image = Cropped_Photo_of_Milton_Quon.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|8|22}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|6|18|1913|8|22}} | death_place = | occupation = | years_active = | spouse = | website = }}
'''Milton Quon''' (August 22, 1913 – June 18, 2019) was an American animator, artist and actor.
==Early life== Milton Quon was born in Los Angeles, California, to Ng Quan Ying and Wong Shee Quon, Chinese immigrants. He was the eldest and only son, with seven younger sisters. After graduating from Polytechnic High School in 1932, he attended Frank Wiggins Trade School (now Los Angeles Trade–Technical College) and Los Angeles Junior College (now Los Angeles City College), where he earned his Associate of Arts degree. In 1936, he won a scholarship to Chouinard Art Institute (now California Institute of the Arts), from which he graduated in 1939.<ref name="CHSSC">{{cite web|url=http://www.chssc.org/History/Honorees/Honorees2013h.aspx|title=Honorees|publisher=Chinese Historical Society of Southern California|date=2013|accessdate=October 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025111007/http://www.chssc.org/History/Honorees/Honorees2013h.aspx|archive-date=October 25, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career== Quon started working for the Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1939. Among his credits include ''Fantasia'' and ''Dumbo''.<ref name="MQuon13">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/scene/news/disney-celebrates-90-years-of-animation-1200944336|title=Disney Celebrates 90 Years of Animation|publisher=Variety |date=December 11, 2013|accessdate=October 24, 2016}}</ref> He worked as an illustrator for Douglas Aircraft Company during World War II.<ref name="MiltonChinese">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3AbAgAAQBAJ&q=milton+quon+artist&pg=PA53|title=Chinese in Hollywood|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|author=Cho, Jenny|year=2013|page=53|isbn=978-0738599731}}</ref>
After World War II, he returned to Walt Disney Studios in 1946, heading publicity for three years. From 1951-63, he became the first Chinese American art director at a national advertising agency, BBDO. In 1964, he joined the Sealright Company, a packaging firm, as a Senior Design Artist, where he remained until his retirement in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ltproject.squarespace.com/imported-20110121193907/2013/8/30/milton-quon-at-100-with-ed-ruscha.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101164932/http://ltproject.squarespace.com/imported-20110121193907/2013/8/30/milton-quon-at-100-with-ed-ruscha.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 November 2016|title=Lift Trucks Project - HOME - Milton Quon at 100 with Ed Ruscha|date=1 November 2016}}</ref> In the 1990s and early 2000s, Quon appeared as an actor in such films as ''Speed'' and ''Sweet Jane''.
== Filmography == * 1940: ''Fantasia'' - Visual effects artist (uncredited).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032455/fullcredits/ |title=Fantasia (1940) |publisher=IMDb |date=1940 |accessdate=September 3, 2019}}</ref> * 1941: ''Dumbo'' - Visual effects artist (uncredited).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033563/fullcredits/ |title=Dumbo (1941) |website=IMDb |date=1941 |accessdate=September 3, 2019}}</ref> * 1994: ''Speed'' - Additional bus passenger #2.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111257/fullcredits/ |title=Speed (1994) |publisher=IMDb |date=1994 |accessdate=September 3, 2019}}</ref> * 1998: ''Sweet Jane'' - Korean clerk.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130297/fullcredits/ |title=Sweet Jane (1998) |publisher=IMDb |date=1998 |accessdate=September 3, 2019}}</ref> * 2000: ''The Cat Killers'' - Chinese Mafia Boss.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245036/ |title=The Cat Killers (2000) |publisher=IMDb |date=2000 |accessdate=September 3, 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 1944, Quon married Peggy Wong. They had four children: sons: Timothy (died 2021), Michael, and Jeffrey, and daughter Sherrill.<ref name="Quon05">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-01-wk-museums1-story.html|title=Through a native son's eyes|work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 1, 2005|access-date=October 24, 2016|author=Sandell, Scott}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://artsalonchinatown.com/milton-quon/ |title=Art Salon Chinatown presents Milton Quon |date=9 January 2019 |publisher=artsalonchinatown.com |accessdate=September 3, 2019}}</ref>
Quon turned 100 in August 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ltproject.squarespace.com/imported-20110121193907/2013/8/30/milton-quon-at-100-with-ed-ruscha.html|title=Milton Quon at 100 with Ed Ruscha|publisher=squarespace.com|author=Staff|date=2013-08-30|accessdate=2016-11-01|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101164932/http://ltproject.squarespace.com/imported-20110121193907/2013/8/30/milton-quon-at-100-with-ed-ruscha.html|archivedate=2016-11-01}}</ref> He died on June 18, 2019, at his home in Torrance, California, aged 105.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/milton-quon-dead-disney-animator-fantasia-dumbo-was-105-1222361 "Milton Quon, Disney Animator on 'Fantasia' and 'Dumbo', Dies at 105"], Hollywoodreporter.com. Accessed October 7, 2022.</ref>
== See also == * List of centenarians (artists, painters and sculptors) * Tyrus Wong
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0704527}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170527042140/http://miltonquon.com/ Official Website]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Quon, Milton}} Category:1913 births Category:2019 deaths Category:American men centenarians Category:American male film actors Category:American people of Chinese descent Category:Animators from Los Angeles Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios people