He was born Carlo A. Vinciguerra on February 27, 1906 in the city of
New York, as the only son of a family of
Italian immigrants. His father Andrea was a barber, and his mother Maria a seamstress. He worked as a commercial artist from 1921 to 1932. In 1924, Vinci was awarded the scholarship for the
National Academy of Design when he was in high school, he graduated in 1929 and received a silver medal. In 1933, he was hired at the
Van Beuren Studios in New York as an animator, where he trained a young newcomer named
Joe Barbera. When Van Beuren closed, Vinci found work at the
Terrytoons studio. In 1938, he met his future wife Margaret Leonardi. They married in 1939, they became parents to four children and they also had 10 grandchildren and were together for the next 54 years. Vinci was fired during a nasty strike at Terrytoons on May 16, 1947 but returned on November 15. In 1955, Vinci was offered a job at
MGM in California by Barbera, where he was first credited on the animated short "
Give and Tyke." He remained at the studio until it closed in 1957. Barbera helped Vinci land a temporary job with the
Walt Disney studio until the
Hanna-Barbera cartoon studio opened later that year. Vinci was one of the original four animators hired at H-B, and remained there until his retirement in 1979. He died in
Ventura, California at age 87. == Filmography ==