Production

Les Goldman

Born July 2, 1913 · New York, USA

Died May 27, 1983 · aged 69

No biography available.

Known For

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! · 1966

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

★ 7.51966

MovieAnimationFamily

Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of a nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. Disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he decides to raid the village to steal all the Christmas things.

The people of a town are condemned to die one by one by a mysterious stranger who erects a gallows in the town square.

Essentially one long chase scene, in an urban setting; at the end, a dog joins in, to Jerry's annoyance.

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics · 1965

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

★ 7.31965

MovieAnimationFamily

Animated work detailing the unrequited love that a line has for a dot, and the heartbreak that results due to the dot's feelings for a lively squiggle.

Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life · 1965

Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life

★ 6.41965

MovieAnimationComedy

Tom chases Jerry around a high-rise apartment, and then around the ledge surrounding the building. They torment each other with a compressed air horn. Jerry goes down a drainpipe and Tom follows, stretching himself the length of the pipe (and getting unstuck with help from the air horn).

The Phantom Tollbooth · 1970

The Phantom Tollbooth

★ 6.91970

MovieAnimationAdventure

A young boy named Milo unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth and, out of boredom, drives through it and enters a fantastical, animated kingdom in turmoil following the loss of its princesses, Rhyme and Reason.

Much Ado About Mousing · 1964

Much Ado About Mousing

★ 6.11964

MovieAnimationComedy

When a bulldog tells Jerry to "just whistle" any time that he needs him, Tom's in for big trouble until he puts earmuffs on the mutt.

Two Native Americans; one is hunting, another fishing. Together, they shake a tree and a bounty of fruit falls. They gorge on the bounty, growing huge. They are tempted by a lovely woman; she drops the key to a door, which, when opened, reveals a live-action black-and-yellow montage of modern life (airplanes, traffic jams, etc.). A dispute between the two leads to another montage, this time scenes of war.

Filmography

Sort

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! · 1966

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Production Executive

The people of a town are condemned to die one by one by a mysterious stranger who erects a gallows in the town square.

Director

Essentially one long chase scene, in an urban setting; at the end, a dog joins in, to Jerry's annoyance.

Executive In Charge Of Production

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics · 1965

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

★ 7.31965

MovieAnimationFamily

Animated work detailing the unrequited love that a line has for a dot, and the heartbreak that results due to the dot's feelings for a lively squiggle.

Producer

Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life · 1965

Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life

★ 6.41965

MovieAnimationComedy

Executive In Charge Of Production

The Phantom Tollbooth · 1970

The Phantom Tollbooth

★ 6.91970

MovieAnimationAdventure

Producer

Much Ado About Mousing · 1964

Much Ado About Mousing

★ 6.11964

MovieAnimationComedy

When a bulldog tells Jerry to "just whistle" any time that he needs him, Tom's in for big trouble until he puts earmuffs on the mutt.

Executive In Charge Of Production

Associate Producer

Pent-House Mouse · 1963

Pent-House Mouse

★ 6.31963

MovieAnimationComedy

Tom is living the life of luxury, high atop a fancy apartment building. Jerry is starving way down below when he spots a lunchbox on a girder at a construction site. Jerry goes in, the girder goes up, and the lunchbox falls off, landing on Tom, and the chase is on.

Executive In Charge Of Production

Duel Personality · 1966

Duel Personality

★ 6.21966

MovieAnimationComedy

Each having submitted his challenge card to the other, Tom and Jerry meet in a field to duel, using as weapons swords, pistols, bows and arrows, cannons and slingshots.

Production Supervisor

The Cat Above and the Mouse Below · 1964

The Cat Above and the Mouse Below

★ 6.01964

MovieAnimationComedy

Tom, famous baritone Signor Thomasino Catti-Cazzaza, enthralls a concert audience with his rendition of "Largo al factotum", from Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", while Jerry strives for sleep under the stage.

Executive In Charge Of Production

Advance and Be Mechanized · 1967

Advance and Be Mechanized

★ 5.91967

MovieAnimationComedy

Jerry uses a robot mouse to snatch a sample from a lunar cheese mine being mined by robots; Tom gives chase with a robot cat.

Production Supervisor

Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? · 1964

Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?

★ 6.31964

MovieAnimationComedy

Jerry mixes and drinks a high-acceleration potion which renders him so fast that he eats all of Tom's food before the bewildered cat can even see him.

Executive In Charge Of Production

The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse · 1964

The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse

★ 6.01964

MovieAnimationComedy

Tom enjoys the role of top cat until an adorable red-and-white-haired kitten is brought into the house of a young blonde woman.

Executive In Charge Of Production

Love Me, Love My Mouse · 1966

Love Me, Love My Mouse

★ 5.71966

MovieAnimationComedy

Tom is wooing Toots; he presents her with a present - Jerry. But Toots would rather play mother to Jerry than eat him, much to Tom's annoyance.

Production Supervisor

Purr-Chance to Dream · 1967

Purr-Chance to Dream

★ 5.91967

MovieAnimationComedy

Tom has a nightmare of being pounded by a giant dog. Jerry lures Tom into a series of encounters with a miniature vicious bulldog.

Production Supervisor

The Bear That Wasn't · 1967

The Bear That Wasn't

★ 6.91967

MovieAnimationFamily

A bear settles down for his long winter nap, and while he sleeps the progress of man continues. He wakes up to find himself in the middle of an industrial complex where nobody believes he's a bear.

Producer

Guided Mouse-Ille · 1967

Guided Mouse-Ille

★ 6.11967

MovieAnimationComedy

2565 AD. Tom and Jerry are once again manipulating robot versions of themselves in space. Tom experiments with invisibility, a giant electromagnet, and explosives, with results from bad to disastrous.

Production Supervisor

Cat and Dupli-cat · 1967

Cat and Dupli-cat

★ 6.21967

MovieAnimationComedy

Tom is on the canals of Venice, singing opera. He ends up on a cruise ship, where another cat tricks him out of Jerry (who Tom has just caught), then mirrors his every move. Eventually the cats start chasing each other.

Production Supervisor

Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection · 1963

Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection

★ 9.01963

SeriesAnimationComedy

The third and final era of theatrical Tom and Jerry shorts, produced by Chuck Jones and his Sib Tower 12 Productions (later MGM Animation/Visual Arts) between 1963 and 1967. These 34 shorts restyled Tom and Jerry with Jones's distinctive character designs and comic timing, following the original Hanna-Barbera (1940–1958) and Gene Deitch (1960–1962) eras.

Executive In Charge Of Production