Rudy Cataldi began his career at Disney Studio in 1943 at the age of 17. He was an uncredited inbetweener on the 1944 Disney short Commando Duck. After a stint in the Marine Corp. he returned to Disney. In his early career he also worked for Shamus Culhane, Raphael-Wolf-Kling Studios and Fred Niles Films. In the 60s he animated on numerous early Hanna-Barbera shows including The Jetsons, The Herculoids, Scooby Doo, The Harlem Globetrotters, Pebbles and Bamm Bamm, Star Trek, The New Tom and Jerry Show, Jabberjaw, The CB Bears, A Flintstone Christmas, Dynomutt, Yogi's First Christmas, The Smurfs, and Kwicky Koala. In 1985 he was a sequence director on Jem. He was also an animation director for Graz Entertainment, Marvel and Saban. He animated on the feature Shinbone Alley and was animation director on GI Joe, the Movie. Rudy was a sheet timer on the 1992 series The X-Men and was an animator on Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.

Tonight we're happy he's taken time out of his busy schedule to have a nice sit down meal with his peers. Thanks for picking up the check, Rudy.

2005 GOLDEN AWARDS PORTRAITS