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1889: Actor Walter Catlett (J. Worthington Foulfellow in Pinocchio) is born in San Francisco, California. 1908: Comedian Gene Sheldon (Zorro, Toby Tyler, Ten Weeks with the Circus, Babes in Toyland) is born Eugene Hume in Columbus, Ohio. 1914: Actor Thurl Ravenscroft (Shere Kahn in The Jungle Book, the Knight in The Sword in the Stone, the Captain in One [...]

Welcome to part three in our look at Walt Disney’s “Nine Old Men.” Our previous posts have featured Les Clark and Ollie Johnston. This week, we look at Frank Thomas.  Contents: Biography Work at the Studios Spare Time & Retirement Frank Thomas, born September 5, 1912, was raised in Fresno, California. At the age of nine, [...]

1832: Author Lewis Carroll (author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) is born in Daresbury, Cheshire, England. 1905: Actor Charles Lane (The AristoCats, The Ugly Daschund, The Gnome-Mobile, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes) is born in San Francisco, California. 1918: Actor Vito Scotti (Herbie Goes Bananas, Herbie Rides Again, The World’s Greatest Athlete, The Aritocats) is born in San [...]

1882: Author Alan Alexander Milne (creator of Winnie-the-Pooh) is born in London, England. 1900: Animator David Dodd Hand is born in Plainfield, New Jersey. 1902: Actor Leon Ames (The Monkey’s Uncle, The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, Son of Flubber, The Absent Minded Professor) is born in Portland, Indiana. 1906: Director, and Disney Legend, Wilfred Jackson (Cinderella, Lady and [...]

Welcome to the second of nine parts focusing on Walt’s “Nine Old Men.” This week: Ollie Johnston. Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr, (aka Ollie) Johnston was born in Palo Alto, California, on October 31, 1912. His elementary school was located on Stanford University’s campus (where his father was a professor of romance languages). Ollie returned to [...]

1890: Artist, and Disney Legend, Edna Francis (married to Roy O. Disney, mother of Roy E. Disney) is born in Reece, Kansas. 1913: Imagineer, and Disney Legend, Claude Coats (Pinocchio, Snow White, Fantasia, Cinderella, the Lady and the Tramp; backgrounds for the Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion rides). 1924: Actor Guy Williams (Zorro in Zorro the TV series) [...]

Here’s the first of nine parts where we’ll look at Disney’s “Nine Old Men.” First up: Les Clark was born on November 17, 1907, in Ogden, Utah. While attendince Venice High School (in Los Angeles), he held a summer job at a lunch counter near the Disney Brother’s Studio. While working there, Clark noticed that [...]

1904: Actor Ray Bolger (Barnaby in Babes in Toyland) is born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. 1905: Actor, and Disney Legend, Sterling Holloway (the voice of Winnie the Pooh) is born in Cedartown, GA. 1913: Animator, director, writer, and Disney Legend, Jack Hannah (clean-up artist on early Mickey, Donald, and Silly Symphony cartoons) is born in Arizona. 1913: Executive, and Disney [...]

Ubbe Ert Iwerks was born to Dutch-American parents on March 24, 1901 in Kansas City, Missouri. During his early years, he lead life like any normal child: going to school, making friends, and drawing. Eventually, at the age of 18, Iwerks found a job at the Pesman-Rubin Commercial Art Studio. While working there, he ran [...]

1865: Actor Otis Harlan (Happy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) is born in Zanesville, Ohio. 1890: Walt Disney’s older brother (the second born to Flora and Elias Disney), Raymond Arnold Disney, is born in Chicago, Illinois. 1898: Animator, and Disney Legend, Dick Huemer (The Wise Little Hen, The Reluctant Dragon, Peter and the Wolf, Dumbo, Fantasia, Alice [...]

1887: Actor Eric Blore (Mr. Toad in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad) is born in London, England. 1910: Art director, Imagineer, and Disney Legend, Marvin Davis (Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color)  is born in Clovis, New Mexico. 1913: Imagineer, and Disney Legend, Fred Joerger (3D miniature models of attractions and movie sets as well as [...]

1929: The Walt Disney Studios is incorporated and replaced by Walt Disney Productions, Ltd; Walt Disney Interprises; Liled Realty and Investment Company; and the Disney Film Recording Company. 1933: Actor Tim Conway (Apple Dumpling Gang, The World’s Greatest Athlete) is born Thomas Daniel Conway in Willoughby, Ohio. 1935: Actor George Lindsey (Herbie-the TV series, The Love Bug, The [...]

1848: Author and journalist Joel Chandler Harris (writer of the Uncle Remus stories-”Br’er Rabbit, etc”) is born near Eatonton, Georgia. 1879: Illustrator Ernest Howard Shepard (worked on the Winnie-the-Pooh books) is born in St. John’s Wood, London, England. 1888: Oldest child of Elias Disney, Herbert Arthur Disney, is born in Daytona Beach, Florida. 1910: Composer and [...]

1835: Writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens (i.e. Mark Twain) is born in Florida, Missouri. He can be found in Epcot’s American Adventure. 1901: December 5: Walter Elias Disney is born in Chicago, Illinois. 1903: Walt Disney’s only sister, Ruth Flora Disney, is born in Chicago, Illinois. 1927: Actor Robert Guillaume (Rafiki in The Lion King movies) is born in [...]

1888: Actress Cathleen Nesbitt (Louise McKendrick in The Parent Trap-1961) is born in Chesire, England. 1911: Illustrator Paul Murry (illustrator of the Mickey Mouse comic stories between 1950-1970) is born in Missouri. 1919: Director and writer Norman Tokar (The Apple Dumpling Gang, Snowball Express, Rascal, The HOrse in the Gray Flannel Suit) is born in Newark, New [...]