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{{Short description|American screenwriter}}
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'''Homer Brightman''' (October 1, 1901 – January 31, 1988) was an American screenwriter who worked for [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]], [[Walter Lantz Productions]], [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio]], [[UPA (animation_studio)|UPA]], [[Larry Harmon Pictures]], [[Cambria Productions]] and [[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises]]. 

Brightman was also the original gag writer for [[Al Taliaferro]]'s ''[[Donald Duck (comic strip)|Donald Duck]]'' newspaper comic strip from 1938 to 1940, before [[Bob Karp]] took over.<ref name=Holtz>{{cite book |last1=Holtz |first1=Allan |title=American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide |date=2012 |publisher=The University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=9780472117567 |page=131}}</ref>

==Filmography==
Homer Brightman worked as a writer except as noted.

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*''[[Saludos Amigos]]'' (''Lake Titicaca'' segment) (1942)
*''[[The Three Caballeros]]'' (1944)
*''[[Old Sequoia]]'' (1945)
*''[[Make Mine Music]]'' (''Casey at the Bat'' segment) (1946)
*''[[Dumb Bell of the Yukon]]'' (1946)
*''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'' (''[[Mickey and the Beanstalk]]'' segment) (1947)
*''[[Melody Time]]'' (1948)
*''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]]'' (''The Wind in the Willows'' segment) (1949)
*''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'' (1950)
*''[[The Great Who-Dood-It]]'' (1952)
*''[[Buccaneer Woodpecker]]'' (1953)
*''[[Operation Sawdust]]'' (1953)
*''[[Maw and Paw (1953 film)|Maw and Paw]]'' (1953)
*''[[Hypnotic Hick]]'' (1953)
*''[[Belle Boys]]'' (1953)
*''[[Hot Noon (or 12 O'Clock for Sure)]]'' (1953)
*''[[Socko in Morocco]]'' (1954)
*''[[Alley to Bali]]'' (1954)
*''[[Under the Counter Spy]]'' (1954)
*''[[Hot Rod Huckster]]'' (1954)
*''[[Piggy's Dizzy Night]]'' (1954)
*''[[A Fine Feathered Frenzy]]'' (1954)
*''[[I'm Cold]]'' (1954)
*''[[Witch Crafty]]'' (1955)
*''[[Private Eye Pooch]]'' (1955)
*''[[Bedtime Bedlam]]'' (1955)
*''[[The Tree Medic]]'' (1955)
*''[[Pigeon Holed]]'' (1956)
*''[[The Ostrich Egg and I]]'' (1956)
*''[[Room and Wrath]]'' (1956)
*''[[Woodpecker from Mars]]'' (1956)
*''[[Hold That Rock]]'' (1956)
*''[[The Talking Dog]]'' (1956)
*''[[Woody Meets Davy Crewcut]]'' (1956)
*''[[Arts and Flowers]]'' (1956)
*''[[Operation Cold Feet]]'' (1956)
*''[[Give and Tyke]]'' (1957)
*''[[Box Car Bandit]]'' (1957)
*''[[Scat Cats]]'' (1957)
*''[[To Catch a Woodpecker]]'' (1957)
*''[[The Big Snooze (1957 film)|The Big Snooze]]'' (1957)
*''[[Fowled-Up Party]]'' (1957)
*''[[Fodder and Son]]'' (1957)
*''[[Dopey Dick the Pink Whale]]'' (1957)
*''[[Swiss Miss-Fit]]'' (1957)
*''[[One Droopy Knight]]'' (1957)
*''[[Misguided Missile]]'' (1958)
*''[[Sheep Wrecked]]'' (1958)
*''[[Watch the Birdie (cartoon)|Watch the Birdie]]'' (1958)
*''[[Salmon Yeggs]]'' (1958)
*''[[Mutts About Racing]]'' (1958)
*''[[His Better Elf]]'' (1958)
*''[[Droopy Leprechaun]]'' (1958)
*''[[Everglade Raid]]'' (1958)
*''[[Tot Watchers]]'' (1958)
*''[[A Chilly Reception]]'' (1958)
*''[[Tree's a Crowd]]'' (1958)
*''[[Three-Ring Fling]]'' (1958)
*''[[Jittery Jester]]'' (1958)
*''[[Little Televillain]]'' (1958)
*''[[Witty Kitty]]'' (1959)
*''[[Truant Student]]'' (1959)
*''[[Robinson Gruesome]]'' (1959)
*''[[Tomcat Combat]]'' (1959)
*''[[Yukon Have It]]'' (1959)
*''[[Log Jammed]]'' (1959)
*''[[Bee Bopped]]'' (1959)
*''[[The Tee Bird]]'' (1959)
*''[[Romp in a Swamp]]'' (1959)
*''[[Mouse Trapped]]'' (1959)
*''[[Ballyhooey]]'' (1960)
*''[[Billion Dollar Boner]]'' (1960)
*''[[Bats in the Belfry (1960 film)|Bats in the Belfry]]'' (1960)
*''[[Fish Hooked]]'' (1960)
*''[[Fowled Up Falcon]]'' (1960)
*''[[The Dick Tracy Show]]'' (TV series) (26 episodes) (1961)
*''[[Poop Deck Pirate]]'' (1961)
*''[[Rough and Tumble-Weed]]'' (1961)
*''[[The Bird Who Came to Dinner]]'' (1961)
*''[[Gabby's Diner]]'' (1961)
*''[[Clash and Carry]]'' (1961)
*''[[St. Moritz Blitz]]'' (1961)
*''[[Franken-Stymied]]'' (1961)
*''[[Mississippi Slow Boat]]'' (1961)
*''[[Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown]]'' (TV series) (52 episodes) (1962)
*''[[Dumb Like a Fox]]'' (1964)
*''[[Deep Freeze Squeeze]]'' (1964)
*''[[Skin Folks]]'' (1964)
*''[[Lighthouse-keeping Blues]]'' (1964)
*''[[The New 3 Stooges]]'' (TV series) (1965)
*''[[Sioux Me]]'' (1965)
*''[[Pesty Guest]]'' (1965)
*''[[Operation Shanghai]]'' (1966)
*''[[Snow Place Like Home (1966 film)|Snow Place Like Home]]'' (1966)
*''[[South Pole Pals]]'' (1966)
*''[[Teeny Weeny Meany]]'' (1966)
*''[[The Super 6]]'' (TV series) (1 episode) (1966)
*''[[Chilly Chums]]'' (1967)
*''[[Chiller Dillers]]'' (1967)
*''[[Highway Hecklers]]'' (1968)
*''[[Project Reject]]'' (1969)
*''[[Tumble Weed Greed]]'' (1969)
*''[[Chilly and the Looney Gooney]]'' (1969)
*''[[Ship a-Hoy Woody]]'' (1969)
*''[[Prehistoric Super Salesman]]'' (1969)
*''[[Sleepy Time Bear]]'' (1969)
*''[[Little Skeeter]]'' (1969)
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==References==
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==External links==
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