[1] In his 35-year career, Sharples scored more than 700 cartoons for Paramount and Famous Studios, and composed music for two Frank Buck films, Wild Cargo (1934) and Fang and Claw (1935).

Sharples stayed at Van Beuren until 1936, during which time he composed music for two Frank Buck films, Wild Cargo (1934) and Fang and Claw (1935).

With Van Beuren winding down production, Sharples joined the Max Fleischer studio in New York as musical director.

In 1938, Sharples composed "It's A Hap-Hap-Happy Day" for Fleischer's full-length animated musical production of Gulliver's Travels.

That series made extensive use of stock music composed for the Paramount shorts as well as Sharples' distinctive theme song.

Sharples also composed the theme song for Seeger's Milton the Monster television series in 1965, in addition to using the stock music package for part of the underscore.

In 1931, Sharples married Daisy Shackley, a singing hostess at the Hotel Kimball studio of WBZ Radio in Springfield.