Michael Shires

Michael "Mike" Shires (January 5, 1910–December 15, 2010), was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. One of the most famous and well-known motion picture producers in the world, Shires is the co-founder with his brother Roy O. Shires of The Michael Shires Company.

He is known for producing his theatrical animated comedy short film series Shiresland, which is known for introducing such Walt Disney/Warner Bros./MGM-esque famous cartoon animal characters as Matthew & Michelle Mouse, Greedy Cat, Finnia Crow & Finnigan Fox, Edward P. Bear, Oscar the Ugly Rabbi, Clammy and George Mouse ans some television-exclusive such as Dr. Pepsi, Silly the Chef and The Newsman, as well as producing animated, live-action and live-action/animated films, some of them co-produced with fellow film producers Walt Disney and Don Bluth.

Theatrical shorts

 * Sappy Symphonies (1929-1955)
 * Shiresland (1955-1969; 1987-present)
 * Matthew & Michelle (1928-1953; the series was later integrated in the Shiresland series)
 * Aseop's Fairy Tales (1959-1964)

Television series

 * Cartoonville and Friends (1955-1961)
 * The Shiresland Show (1961-1980; 1990-present)
 * Shires Racers (1983-1986)
 * Shires Babies (1983-1989)
 * Shiresland Wakkos (1994-1997)
 * Chris and Dhris Rescue Rangers (2001-2004)

Films

 * The Shiresland Movie (1978)
 * The Great Clammy Caper (1980)
 * Matthew and Michelle Takes Australia (1983)
 * The Shiresland Fairy Tales (1992)
 * Shiresland Peter Pan (1996)
 * Boofy from Space (1999)
 * Matthew and Michelle: Mice Run (2011)
 * Chris and Dhris Rescue Rangers (2014)

Cartoon Characters
See List of Shiresland characters