Richard Frederick Bickenbach (August 9, 1907 – June 28, 1994) was an American animator who worked for Warner Bros. Cartoons and as a layout artist and character designer for MGM and Hanna-Barbera Productions.
He worked on animation for many cartoons,[1] and drew the art for several comic book adaptations of Hanna-Barbera's shows, including Yogi Bear and The Flintstones.
He would animate the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series for directors Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton, Friz Freleng, Frank Tashlin, and Robert McKimson in a span of roughly 8 years.
He later left and moved back to MGM in 1946 to provided layouts for roughly eighty Tom and Jerry shorts during the decade he was there.
He had a large influence on Hanna-Barbera's early cartoon styles[4] and was credited with creating the first official Yogi Bear model sheets.