# Milton Quon

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{{Short description|American animator, artist, and actor (1913–2019)}}
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'''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](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_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](/source/John_H._Francis_Polytechnic_High_School) in 1932, he attended Frank Wiggins Trade School (now [Los Angeles Trade–Technical College](/source/Los_Angeles_Trade%E2%80%93Technical_College)) and Los Angeles Junior College (now [Los Angeles City College](/source/Los_Angeles_City_College)), where he earned his Associate of Arts degree. In 1936, he won a scholarship to [Chouinard Art Institute](/source/Chouinard_Art_Institute) (now [California Institute of the Arts](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios) in 1939. Among his credits include ''[Fantasia](/source/Fantasia_(1940_film))'' and ''[Dumbo](/source/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](/source/Variety_(magazine)) |date=December 11, 2013|accessdate=October 24, 2016}}</ref> He worked as an illustrator for [Douglas Aircraft Company](/source/Douglas_Aircraft_Company) during [World War II](/source/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](/source/Speed_(1994_film))'' and ''[Sweet Jane](/source/Sweet_Jane_(film))''.

== Filmography ==
* 1940: ''[Fantasia](/source/Fantasia_(1940_film))'' - Visual effects artist (uncredited).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032455/fullcredits/ |title=Fantasia (1940) |publisher=[IMDb](/source/IMDb) |date=1940 |accessdate=September 3, 2019}}</ref>
* 1941: ''[Dumbo](/source/Dumbo)'' - Visual effects artist (uncredited).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033563/fullcredits/ |title=Dumbo (1941) |website=[IMDb](/source/IMDb) |date=1941 |accessdate=September 3, 2019}}</ref>
* 1994: ''[Speed](/source/Speed_(1994_film))'' - Additional bus passenger #2.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111257/fullcredits/ |title=Speed (1994) |publisher=[IMDb](/source/IMDb) |date=1994 |accessdate=September 3, 2019}}</ref>
* 1998: ''[Sweet Jane](/source/Sweet_Jane_(film))'' - Korean clerk.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130297/fullcredits/ |title=Sweet Jane (1998) |publisher=[IMDb](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/centenarian) 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](/source/Torrance%2C_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)](/source/List_of_centenarians_(artists%2C_painters_and_sculptors))
* [Tyrus Wong](/source/Tyrus_Wong)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0704527}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170527042140/http://miltonquon.com/ Official Website]

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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

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