Cecil Surrey

Biography

Cecil Surry was mainly an animator, but also worked on funny animal comic books for Dell Publishing from 1948 to 1959. Surrey studied at the Otis Art Institute before receiving a job at the Walt Disney Studios. Surrey was an assistant animator for Disney on early 'Mickey Mouse' and 'Silly Symphonies' cartoons from the late 1920s until 1931. Surrey worked for various animation studios: Walter Lantz ('Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'), Schelsinger/Warner Bros ('Merrie Melodies'), MGM ('Tom & Jer…