Biography: Maurice James Noble (May 1, 1910 – May 19, 2001) was an American animation production designer, background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry spanned more than 60 years. He was a long-time associate and right-hand man of animation director Chuck Jones, especially at Warner Bros. including Disney, MGM, Walter Lantz and Hanna-Barbera in the 1950s. His work contributed to such cartoon classics as Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, What's Opera, Doc? and the Road Runner series. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia; indicated birth/death dates reflect adjustments to match Mr. Noble's grave marker dates]