Robert D. Buchanan (born August 17, 1931) is a creator of several animated features in the 1950s and 1960s.
He joined Soundac following the departure of Bobby Nicholson, who formed the company in 1951.
[3] He is most notable for co-creating the animated series Colonel Bleep, the first color cartoon produced for television, with Jack Schleh.
In 1965, Buchanan co-produced another animated series, Mighty Mr. Titan, which taught viewers how to exercise.
[citation needed] Master tapes of his productions were stolen during the closedown process,[citation needed] and as a result, only a portion of the company's productions remain: roughly a third of Colonel Bleep episodes (some in their original color and others in sepia tone prints), and one black-and-white kinescope reel of Weather Man clips (Mighty Mr. Titan is believed to be mostly intact).