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Truant Officer Donald

1941 short film directed by Jack King
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Summary

Truant Officer Donald is an animated short film[1]. It draws 148 Wikipedia views per month (animated short film category, ranking #169 of 1,467).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Jack King[3]
  • Screenwriter: Carl Barks[4], Jack Hannah[5]
  • Composer: Oliver Wallace[6]
  • Genre: animated film[7], comedy film[8], family film[9]
  • Producer: Walt Disney[10]
  • Production company: Walt Disney Animation Studios[11]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[12]
  • Color: color[13]
  • Country of origin: United States[14]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1941[15]
  • Characters: Donald Duck[16]
  • Distributed by: RKO Pictures[17]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[18]
  • Title: Truant Officer Donald[19]
  • Duration: 8 minutes[20]
  • Fabrication method: traditional animation[21]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 6[22]

Why It Matters

Truant Officer Donald has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Carl Barks RKO Pictures United States Walt Disney

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  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Screenwriter → Carl Barks, Jack Hannah
    Production company → Walt Disney Animation Studios
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