Merrill De Maris

Born 26 February 1898, New Jersey; died 31 December 1948, Escondido, California.

Also known as: MDM, Merrill DeMaris, MdM, DeMaris
Script: 320 stories
Plot: 298 stories
Subject: 6 stories

259 stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	Merrill De Maris, Hank Porter	plot, script	Newspaper strip	20	Sunday pages (US)	800
The Monarch of Medioka	1937	Ted Osborne, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	156	Daily strips (US)	782
The Plumber's Helper	1938	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	139	Daily strips (US)	565
Pinocchio	1939	Merrill De Maris, Hank Porter	plot, script	Newspaper strip	16	Sunday pages (US)	559
Outwits the Phantom Blot	1939	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	97	Daily strips (US)	492
The Crazy Crime Wave	1933	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	80	Daily strips (US)	475
The Mighty Whale Hunter	1938	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	125	Daily strips (US)	470
The Captive Castaways	1934	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	84	Daily strips (US)	456
Goofy and Agnes	1942	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	90	Daily strips (US)	443
An Education for Thursday	1940	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	84	Daily strips (US)	394
Mickey Mouse Meets Robinson Crusoe	1938	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	106	Daily strips (US)	360
The Gleam	1942	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	90	Daily strips (US)	345
The Practical Pig	1938	Merrill De Maris, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	15	Sunday pages (US)	320
The Miracle Master	1939	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	108	Daily strips (US)	312
Bellhop Detective	1940	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	108	Daily strips (US)	311
The Land of Long Ago	1940	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	96	Daily strips (US)	294
The Brave Little Tailor	1938	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	plot, script	Newspaper strip	14	Sunday pages (US)	269
The Bar-none Ranch	1940	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	102	Daily strips (US)	263
Mother Pluto	1938	Merrill De Maris, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	10	Sunday pages (US)	239
The Mystery at Hidden River	1941	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	90	Daily strips (US)	234
Timid Elmer	1938	Merrill De Maris, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	11	Sunday pages (US)	207
The Black Crow Mystery	1942	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	84	Daily strips (US)	202
Love Trouble	1941	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	72	Daily strips (US)	191
Untitled newspaper strip	1940	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	18	Sunday pages (US)	160
Unhappy Campers	1939	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	plot, script	Newspaper strip	31	Daily strips (US)	159
Supersalesman	1941	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	78	Daily strips (US)	154
The Farmyard Symphony	1938	Merrill De Maris, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	6	Sunday pages (US)	148
The Bar None Ranch	1959	Merrill De Maris, Paul Murry	script	Story	40	Western	138
Outwits the Phantom Blot	1949	Merrill De Maris, Bill Wright	script	Story	48	Western	136
Service with a Smile	1938	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	plot, script	Newspaper strip	5	Sunday pages (US)	120
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Merrill De Maris, Bob Grant	plot, script	Newspaper strip	12	Sunday pages (US)	115
Untitled newspaper strip	1941	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	5	Sunday pages (US)	91
Too Many Pets	1943	Carl Barks	plot, script	Story	26	Western	86
The Ugly Duckling	1939	Merrill De Maris, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	4	Sunday pages (US)	82
Untitled newspaper strip	1941	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	6	Sunday pages (US)	78
An Education for Thursday	1960	Merrill De Maris, Paul Murry	script	Story	40	Western	64
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	59
Untitled newspaper strip	1940	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	54
Return to Junkville	1933	Merrill De Maris, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	13	Sunday pages (US)	54
Untitled newspaper strip	1941	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	51
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	50
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	49
The Society Dog Show	1939	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	2	Sunday pages (US)	48
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	48
Untitled newspaper strip	1940	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	46
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	45
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	44
Untitled newspaper strip	1938	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	43
Untitled newspaper strip	1938	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	42
Untitled newspaper strip	1938	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	42
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	42
Untitled newspaper strip	1934	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	41
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	41
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	41
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	41
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	41
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	40
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	40
Untitled newspaper strip	1938	Merrill De Maris, Floyd Gottfredson	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	39
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Merrill De Maris, Manuel Gonzales	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	39

Life and work

Comics. Disney Studios: Script for newspaper strips 1933-1942 (Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphonies).

Animation. Disney Studios 1932-1942: Worked as a gagman (Snow White, Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphonies) when he wasn't assigned to the comic strips.

Also. Left Disney in 1942 on health grounds.

Characters most often

Mickey Mouse2321933–1934, 1938–1942, 2018
Goofy1301933, 1938–1942
Minnie Mouse791933–1934, 1938–1942, 2018
Morty and Ferdie591938–1942
Pluto281933–1934, 1938–1942
Horace Horsecollar211933–1934, 1938–1942
Clarabelle Cow191933–1934, 1938–1942
Patricia Pigg51933–1934, 1940–1942
Peg-Leg Pete41934, 1938, 1940–1941
Mrs. Van Swank31938, 1940, 1942
Cop from YM 03931939–1940
Detective Casey31938–1939, 1942

Works most with

Manuel Gonzales1761938–1942
Ted Thwaites1371933–1934, 1938–1941, 2018
Bill Wright1221938–1942, 2018
Floyd Gottfredson581933–1934, 1938–1942, 2018
Al Taliaferro201933–1934, 1938–1939
Bob Grant31937, 1939, 1942
Hank Porter21937, 1939
Ross Wetzel11939
Karl Karpé11942
Carl Barks11943