James "Shamus" Culhane was the only animator to work on all of the first four animated feature-length 'Walt Disney' .
Culhane was married twice. His first wife was Maxine Marx , the daughter of Chico Marx.
Father of Brian Culhane and Kevin Culhane with Maxine Marx.
From early in his life he was known as "Shamus" to his friends and family, as he didnt like to use his given name of James due to the fact that it reminded him of his father, also called James, who abandoned him at a young age. However, he was still credited as "James Culhane" through much of his early career, as it was considered unprofessional to be credited under anything except your birth name among the major animation studios.
