Colonel Heeza Liar

Colonel Heeza Liar and the Bandits (1916)

Colonel Heeza Liar at the Bat (1915)

Colonel Heeza Liar On the Jump (1917)

Colonel Heeza Liar is the star of the first animated series featuring a recurring character. He was created by J. R. Bray and is mainly based on Theodore Roosevelt and the general stereotype of the 19th and early 20th century former adventurer and lion hunter. The series ran from 1913 to 1917 and restarted in 1922 until 1924. It was produced by Bray Productions and directed by Vernon Stallings. The series was animated by Walter Lantz from 1922 to 1924 and featured live-action segments interacting with the animation, much like the popular contemporary series Out of the Inkwell.

Filmography

Title	Release date
1. Colonel Heeza Liar In Africa	November 23, 1913
2. Colonel Heeza Liar's African Hunt	January 10, 1914
3. Colonel Heeza Liar Shipwrecked	March 14, 1914
4. Colonel Heeza Liar In Mexico	April 18, 1914
5. Colonel Heeza Liar, Farmer	May 18, 1914
6. Colonel Heeza Liar, Explorer	August 15, 1914
7. Colonel Heeza Liar In The Wilderness	September 26, 1914
8. Colonel Heeza Liar, Naturalist	October 24, 1914
9. Colonel Heeza Liar, Ghost Breaker	February 6, 1915
10. Colonel Heeza Liar In The Haunted Castle	February 20, 1915
11. Colonel Heeza Liar Runs The Blockade	March 20, 1915
12. Colonel Heeza Liar And The Torpedo	April 3, 1915
13. Colonel Heeza Liar And The Zeppelin	April 10, 1915
14. Colonel Heeza Liar Signs The Pledge	May 8, 1915
15. Colonel Heeza Liar In The Trenches	May 13, 1915
16. Colonel Heeza Liar at The Front	May 16, 1915
17. Colonel Heeza Liar, Aviator	May 22, 1915
18. Colonel Heeza Liar Invents A New King Of Shell	June 5, 1915
19. Colonel Heeza Liar, Dog Fancier	July 10, 1915
20. Colonel Heeza Liar Foils The Enemy	July 31, 1915
21. Colonel Heeza Liar, War Dog	August 21, 1915
22. Colonel Heeza Liar at The Bat	September 4, 1915
23. Colonel Heeza Liar, Nature Faker	December 28, 1915
24. Colonel Heeza Liar's Waterloo	January 6, 1916
25. Colonel Heeza Liar And The Pirates	March 5, 1916
26. Colonel Heeza Liar Wins The Pennant	April 27, 1916
27. Colonel Heeza Liar Captures Villa	May 25, 1916
28. Colonel Heeza Liar And The Bandits	June 22, 1916
29. Colonel Heeza Liar's Courtship	July 20, 1916
30. Colonel Heeza Liar On Strike	August 17, 1916
31. Colonel Heeza Liar Plays Hamlet	August 24, 1916
32. Colonel Heeza Liar Bachelor Quarters	September 14, 1916
33. Colonel Heeza Liar Gets Married	October 11, 1916
34. Colonel Heeza Liar, Hobo	November 15, 1916
35. Colonel Heeza Liar at The Vaudeville Show	December 21, 1916
36. Colonel Heeza Liar On The Jump	February 4, 1917
37. Colonel Heeza Liar, Spy Dodger	March 19, 1917
38. Colonel Heeza Liar's Temperance Lecture	August 20, 1917
39. Colonel Heeza Liar's Treasure Island	December 17, 1922
40. Colonel Heeza Liar And The Ghost	January 14, 1923
41. Colonel Heeza Liar, Detective	February 1, 1923
42. Colonel Heeza Liar's Burglar	March 11, 1923
43. Colonel Heeza Liar In The African Jungles	June 3, 1923
44. Colonel Heeza Liar In Uncle Tom's Cabin	July 8, 1923
45. Colonel Heeza Liar's Vacation	August 5, 1923
46. Colonel Heeza Liar's Forbidden Fruit	November 1, 1923
47. Colonel Heeza Liar, Strikebreaker	December 1, 1923
48. Colonel Heeza Liar's Mysterious Case	February 1, 1924
49. Colonel Heeza Liar's Ancestor	March 1, 1924
50. Colonel Heeza Liar's Knighthood	April 1, 1924
51. Colonel Heeza Liar, Sky Pilot	May 1, 1924
52. Colonel Heeza Liar, Daredevil	June 1, 1924
53. Colonel Heeza Liar's Horseplay	July 1, 1924
54. Colonel Heeza Liar, Cave Man	August 1, 1924
55. Colonel Heeza Liar, Bull Thrower	September 1, 1924
56. Colonel Heeza Liar The Lyin' Tamer	October 1, 1924
57. Colonel Heeza Liar's Romance	November 1, 1924
58. Colonel Heeza Liar, Nature Faker	December 1, 1924

External links

• Colonel Heeza Liar at Don Markstein's Toonopedia.
• Colonel Heeza Liar at Big Cartoon DataBase
• Bray Animation Project