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Walt  Disney
[1901-1966]

short profile early works of Walt Disney selected Walt Disney characters selected movies by Walt Disney works about Walt Disney image gallery Walt's homes • Disney studios family & friends links

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."

"Laughter is America's most important export."

"We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public."

"I don't make pictures just to make money. I make money to make more pictures."

—  Walt Disney

"Disney has the best casting. If he doesn’t like an actor he just tears him up."
—  Alfred Hitchcock [1899-1980]

Walt Disney entry at Wikipedia
Walt Disney credits at Internet Movie Database
Walt Disney Pictures Section on Magic Lantern's Movie Studios Page
Walt Disney & The Nine Old Men Section
at Magic Lantern's Animation Page
Walt Disney Family Museum [est. 2009] at The Presidio in San Francisco, CA

Walt Disney received a record 64 Oscar® nominations [1932-1969], and won 22 Academy Awards and 4 Honorary Oscars® He also received 6 awards at the Venice Film Festival (1934-50) France's Légion d'Honneur (1935) the Academy's Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1942) D.G.A. Honorary Life Member Award (1955) an Emmy as producer of the "Disneyland" TV program (1956) 7 Golden Laurel Awards (1961-67) the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964) a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal (1968) a posthumous Winsor McCay Award (1975) and has two Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Early  Disney  Works

Walt Disney was working at an ad agency in Kansas City, Missouri and making ads for movie theaters from paper cutouts
when he read a book on animation and decided to switch to ink-on-cel-based cartoons. Walt borrowed a camera from his employer
to experiment with at home, and then went into business with fellow employee Ub Iwerks.

	"Animated Cartoons: How They Are Made, Their Origin & Development" [1920] by E.G. Lutz Applewood Books 8¼x5¼ pb [4/98] for $10.17
	"Walt In Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney" [1994] by Russell Merritt & J.B. Kaufman Johns Hopkins Univ Press 10½x9 pb [3/2000] out of print/used Johns Hopkins Univ Press 11¼x9¾ hardcover [3/94] out of print/used

Nelson's "Laugh-O-Grams"
Laugh-O-Gram Films, a partnership of Walt and brothers Fred Harman & Hugh Harman, made a deal with
Kansas City movie exhibitor Frank L. Nelson for a series of drawn-animation comedy shorts that were produced in 1922.

"The Legendary Laugh-O-Grams Fairy Tales by Walt Disney" [2006] contains exceptional copies of four 1922 Laugh-O-Grams cartoon shorts, the educational film "Tommy Tucker's Tooth" [also 1922] – transfered & compiled by Ray Pointer – and an excerpt from a rare audio interview with Rudolph Ising Inkwell Images b&w 60-minute DVD [10/2006] out of prodn/scarce DVD available at producer's website

"Little Red Riding Hood" [Laugh-O-Grams/Mace July 1922] The first cartoon that Walt Disney made; re-released with a soundtrack as "Grandma Steps Out" in 1929; on AFI's 'Lost Films' list 1990-98; restored by Disney Studios Produced, written & directed by Walt Disney; animated by Walt Disney, Fred Harman, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, Ub Iwerks, Carman Maxwell, Lorey Taque, Otto Walliman full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch restored cartoon [7/2012 upload; 6:18] online at YouTube

"Alice In Cartoonland"
Walt and his employees began the Alice Comedies in Kansas City in 1923; the studio went bankrupt and they all moved to Hollywood
and continued the series. The live-action girl was portrayed by Virginia Davis, Dawn O'Day, Margie Gay & Lois Hardwick and the stories
involved her interactions with cartoon characters, including Julius the Cat. In all, Walt and company produced 57 'Alice' cartoons from 1923 to 1927.

"Alice In Cartoonland by Walt Disney: 35mm Collector's Set" [2007] includes fresh 35mm nitrate film transfers of 10 'Alice' shorts from 1925-27 and three Krazy Kids Cartoons (1930-31 sound re-issues of the rare "Life Cartoon Comedies" series); plus "Alice In Hollywood" featurette {not listed at IMDb} by J.B. Kaufman & Russell Merritt V.C.I. Ent. b&w DVD [2/2007] for $17.99 video compilation credits at IMDb "Alice In Cartoonland: The Original Alice Comedies by Walt Disney" [2000] ten shorts 1924-27, transfered & compiled by Ray Pointer Inkwell Images b&w DVD [11/2003] out of prodn/scarce DVD available at producer's website

"Oswald The Lucky Rabbit"
Oswald was the character that Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks drew for Universal from 1927-28;
when Universal gave the job to Walter Lantz, Walt started his own company.

Walt Disney Treasures: "The Adventures of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit" Hosted by Leonard Maltin; Disk 1 contains the 13 existing (of 26) Oswald b&w silent cartoons, plus a documentary short "Oswald Returns!"; Disk 2 contains 3 of the earlier "Alice" comedies; 3 sound cartoons: "Plane Crazy", "Steamboat Willie" & "The Skeleton Dance"; and the Ub Iwerks documentary "The Hand Behind The Mouse" [1999] Walt Disney Video color/b&w DVD set [12/2007] 2 disks for $24.99 Oswald The Rabbit entry at Wikipedia

And then Walt got this idea for a mouse character named Mortimer ...

Selected  Disney  Characters

"Mickey: Reelin' Through The Years" TV special [Wrightwood/Disney Channel 1995]
Co-produced & directed by Dan Boothe; not available on DVD; full credits at IMDb

	"Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey Mouse To Hercules" [orig 1987, rev 1998] by John Grant Disney Editions 12¾x9½ 3rd edition hardcover [12/98] out of print/used
	"Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Black and White" [2002 & 2004] Volume 1: Walt Disney Video b&w/color DVD [12/2002] 2 disks - out of prodn/many used Hosted & compiled by Leonard Maltin; 34 b&w cartoons, from 1928 to 1935, including "Steamboat Willie" debut; extras include rare pencil test, commentary, new interviews & hidden bonus Volume 2: Walt Disney Video b&w/color DVD [12/2004] 2 disks for $25.49 Hosted & compiled by Leonard Maltin; 40 b&w cartoons, from 1928 to 1935; extras include commentary, photo gallery, and "Mickey's Sunday Funnies" virtual comic strip
	"Vintage Mickey, 1928-1934" [2005] Buena Vista Home Ent. DVD [7/2005] for $17.99 nine early Mickey & Minnie cartoons: "Steamboat Willie" [1928], "Plane Crazy" [1928], "The Karnival Kid" [1929], "The Birthday Party" [1931], "The Castaway" [1931], "Mickey's Orphans" [1931], "Mickey's Revue" [1932], "Building A Building" [1933], and "Mickey's Steam Roller" [1934]

Mickey Mouse's birthday is 18 November 1928, the date when "Steamboat Willie" [1928] was released.
"The Book of Mouse: A Celebration of Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse" [Theme Park, 2013] by Jim Korkis

"Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse" [2/2018] by Gijs Grob
http://www.amazon.com/Mickeys-Movies-Theatrical-Films-Mickey-ebook/dp/B079ZHC6N6/
http://www.amazon.com/Mickeys-Movies-Theatrical-Films-Mickey/dp/1683901231/

Selected  Disney  Movies

Walt Disney credits at Internet Movie Database

browse "Walt Disney Treasures Series" DVD sets at Amazon
browse 'All Disney Titles' on DVD {returns 7,000+ items} at Amazon

Magic Lantern's Disney Films Page
books • The Walt Disney Era • The Post-Walt Era • Movies Since 2000 • Disney Art

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"Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" animated feature [Disney/R.K.O. Dec 1937] Supervising director David Hand; Honorary Oscar to Walt Disney for 'significant screen innovation' (1939) in the form of one statuette and seven miniatures; listed on National Film Registry (1989); 'Snow White' has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; full credits from IMDb

"Pinocchio" animated feature
[Disney/R.K.O. Feb 1940; restored 1992]
Supervising directors Hamilton Luske & Ben Sharpsteen; won Oscars for Best Original Song & Best
Music Score; listed on National Film Registry (1994); full credits from IMDb

"Dumbo"  [Disney Oct 1941]

The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo at the circus, but the newborn's enormous ears lead to ridicule and the nickname 'Dumbo'; he performs as part of the clown acts until his only friend, a mouse, helps him achieve his full potential • Supervising director Ben Sharpsteen; adapted from a book by Helen Aberson & Harold Perl; voices of Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy & Verna Felton Disney 60th Anniv. color VHS [10/2001] for $20.99 Disney 60th Anniv. (Spanish) color VHS [10/2001] for $22.99 Disney 60th Anniv. color DVD [10/2001] for $23.99 Disney Records audio CD [3/2001] for $11.98 full credits from IMDb | play theme music "Dumbo March" [2min:16sec midi file]

The 'magic' black feather that Timothy Q. Mouse and the crows give to the mute, floppy-eared Dumbo
stands for every religion, belief system, and dogma of Mankind. When Dumbo loses the magic feather atop
the diving tower, he must take action in the face of his fears on his own, just like humans must do each moment.
see April 2002 "The Tao of Dumbo" essay at Working Minds Philosophy website

"Bambi" [1942] /tt0034492/

"Cinderella" [1950] /tt0042332/

"Treasure  Island"  [Disney July 1950]

	Directed by Byron Haskin; based on the 1893 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson; starring Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea. Finlay Currie, Geoffrey Keen & Geoffrey Wilkinson Disney color VHS [3/97] for $19.99 Disney color DVD [3/97] for $19.99 full credits from IMDb
	"Long John Silver: Return To Treasure Island" [TI/DCA Dec 1954 sequel] Directed by Byron Haskin; starring Robert Newton, Kit Taylor, Lloyd Berrell & Rod Taylor VCI color CinemaScope DVD [6/2006] for $9.99 Direct Source color VHS [6/99] for $3.99 Celebrity color VHS [1/87] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb

lots more "Treasure Island" stuff (books, silent & sound features, TV movies & TV series, posters, links)
on Magic Lantern's "Treasure Island" Movies Page

"Alice In Wonderland" [1951]
details (synopses, sequels, Broadway musicals, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Spirit of America Bookstore's "Alice In Wonderland" Books, Stageplays & Movies Page

"Peter Pan" (1953) /tt0046183/
details (synopses, sequels, Broadway musicals, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Spirit of America Bookstore's "Peter Pan" Books, Stageplays & Movies Page

"Sleeping Beauty" [1959] /tt0053285/

"Mary Poppins" musical feature [Walt Disney Aug 1964] /tt0058331/
at end of 2011, holds #25 box office ranking, at 78,181,800 tickets
details (synopses, sequels, musical stageplays, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Spirit of America Bookstore's "Mary Poppins" Novels & Movies Page

"The Jungle Book" [1967] /tt0061852/
details (synopses, sequels, Broadway musicals, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Spirit of America Bookstore's Kipling's "The Jungle Books" Stories & Movies Page

"Destino" [Disney/Buena Vista Dec 2003]

A collaboration between Walt Disney and Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali; begun but abandoned in 1946;
later executive produced by Roy E. Disney; directed by Dominique Monfery; Oscar nomination for
Best Animated Short; full credits from IMDb

and lots more on
Magic Lantern's Disney Films Page

Walt's  Appearances  As  Himself

"What's My Line?" [Goodson-Todman Prodns/CBS-TV 11 Nov 1956] Walt appeared as the Mystery Guest after two other contestants; Bennett Cerf recognized Walt's voice • Directed by Franklin Heller; with moderator John Daly, panelists Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen & Bennett Cerf, and guest panelist Jerry Lewis • episode credits at IMDb watch full episode [12/2013 upload; 26:11] online at YouTube

Works  About Walt  Disney
browse biography books about Walt Disney

	"Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led To A Full-Scale Kingdom" [1997] by Michael Broggie Pentrex 2nd edition 9x6½ hardcover [10/98] out of print/used Pentrex 1st edition 12½x10 hardcover [9/97] out of print/used
	"Building A Company: Roy O. Disney and The Creation of An Entertainment Empire" [1998] by Bob Thomas Disney Editions 8x5¼ pb [7/99] out of print/used Disney Editions 9&fracx6¼ hardcover [7/98] for $19.96
	"Disney: The First 100 Years" [1999] by Dave Smith & Steven Clark Hyperion hardcover [rev 2/2003] for $17.50 Hyperion hardcover [10/99] for $28.00
	"The Quotable Walt Disney" [2001] Compiled by Dave Smith Disney Editions 6½x5½ pb [4/2001] for $8.09

"Walt & El Grupo: The Untold Adventures" [Disney Sept 2009] Feature-length documentary based on personal letters, home movies, sketches, and Disney family & studio archives about the 1941 trek to South America by Walt Disney and selected artists from his studio, at the request of the U.S. State Department, which was concerned about anti-American sentiment South of The Border. Members of the 1941 project included Walt & Lillian Disney, Frank Thomas (key animator), Norm Ferguson (producer), John Rose (business manager), Janet Martin Lansburgh (publicity), Jack Cutting (advance), Bill Cottrell (story) and Hazell Cottrell (Lilly Disney’s sister), Ted Sears (story), Webb Smith (story), Jim Bodrero (story sketch), Jack Miller (story sketch), Mary Blair (story & sketch), Larry Lansburgh (A.D. & camera), Herb Ryman (layout & camera), Lee Blair (layout & camera), and Chuck Wolcott (music) • Produced by the Disney Family Foundation; written & directed by Theodore Thomas DVD/Blu-ray not available; full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art & Commerce of Walt Disney" [Ivan R. Dee 1967]
by Richard Schickel 1-56663-158-0

"Walt Disney: An American Original" [1994] by Bob Thomas 0786860278

"Walt In Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney" [2000]
by Russell Merritt and J. B. Kaufman 0801864291

"The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney & the American Way of Life" [2001]
by Steven Watts 0826213790

"Disney's World: A Biography" [1985 & 2002] by Leonard Mosley 0-8128-8514-7

http://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disneys-Missouri-Creative-Genius/dp/0971708061/ [6/2002]

"How To Be Like Walt: Capturing The Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life" [8/2004]
by Pat Williams & Jim Denney 0757302319

"Babes In Tomorrowland: Walt Disney & The Making of The American Child, 1930-1960"
[7/2005] by Nicholas Sammond 0822334631

"Walt Disney (Conversations With Comic Artists Series)" [11/2005]
by Kathy Merlock Jackson 1578067138

"Walt Disney: The Triumph of American Imagination" [Random House 2006]
by Neal Gabler 0-679-43822-X

"The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney [Mar 20, 2008] by Michael Barrier

"Working With Disney: Interviews With Animators, Producers, and Artists" [U of Mississippi, 2011]

"Saving Mr. Banks" [2013] /tt2140373/
http://movies.disney.com/saving-mr-banks

Image  Gallery

                          
Legend has it that when Walt Disney couldn't sleep or woke up hungry in the wee hours, instead of bothering his family,
he walked the 2.1 miles to the 24-hour Biff's Coffee Shop on Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills and ate a bowl of their chili.

Walt Disney’s eight-seat Beechcraft Model 65 Queen Air - purchased in 1963, replaced 1965
Walt Disney’s Beechcraft Model 90 King Air - purchased in 1965, sold 1967

Walt Disney’s 1964 Grumman Gulfstream I airplane 'Mickey Mouse One' - purchased in November 1963, based in Orlando 1986-92 with blue paint scheme,
retired in 1992; Disney Company restored the exterior for display at the D23 Expo fan convention #7 in Anaheim, California.
article "Airplane Crazy Walt" from January 2019

Walt's  Homes

Walt's birthplace at 2156 No. Tripp Avenue in Chicago - lived there 1883-1906

Walt's boyhood home on a farm at 275 W. Broadway Street in Marceline, Missouri - lived there 1906-11
Marceline, Missouri entry at Wikipedia • Marceline, Missouri official website
Walt Disney Hometown Museum [built 1913, open 2001] in Marceline, Missouri

the Disney family moved in 1911 to an apartment at 2706 E. 31st Street in Kansas City, Missouri {demolished long ago}
the Disney family moved in 1914 to 3028 Bellefontaine Avenue in Kansas City; family moved to Chicago in 1917, two brothers lived here until 1921

the Disney family lived at 1523 W. Ogden Avenue in LaGrange Park, Chicago - Walt lived there 1917-18 & 1919 {demolished long ago}

Walt returned to Kansas City, Missouri in October 1919, working for the Pesmen-Rubin Commercial Art Studio and then at the Kansas City Film Ad Company,
making commercial ads using the cutout animation technique. During this time he lived at 3241 Troost Avenue, which is now a vacant lot.

Walt's  Homes  in  California

Upon arrival in California in 1923, Walt rented a small bungalow house from his Uncle Robert at 4406 Kingswell Avenue in the Los Feliz District in Los Angeles
The next year, Walt moved across the street to 4409 Kingswell Avenue to live with his brother Roy

Walt and Lillian were married on 13 July 1925, and in August moved into a small apartment at 4637 Melbourne Avenue, just a few blocks from the Kingswell Studio
A year later, Walt & Lillian moved into a slightly larger apartment at 1307 No. Commonwealth Avenue {demolished long ago}

Walt & Lillian purchased a house at 2495 Lyric Avenue in Los Angeles in 1928 and Roy & Edna purchased the house next door at 2495 Lyric Avenue

Walt Disney’s famed Storybook Mansion [built 1932, moved out 1950], 4053 Woking Way, Los Felix District, Los Angeles, California
The sprawling four-bedroom, five-bathroom, 6,400-square-foot residence was designed by artist & architect Frank Crowhurst; the interior still features vaulted beamed ceilings, wood-paneled walls, a brick fireplace, and the original leaded windows with a view of the Los Angeles skyline; the grounds include manicured walkways, a pool, a trellis-covered dining area, and a 10-car garage; ivy climbs the exterior of the house and the trellis; there's also a Snow White-themed playhouse that Walt famously built for his daughters. The home is now available for lease for $40,000 per month (6/2023).
http://www.people.com/walt-disney-s-storybook-mansion-for-lease-at-usd40-000-month-7514925
http://www.OCregister.com/2021/10/11/inside-walt-disneys-storybook-mansion-newly-restored-and-occasionally-open-to-the-public/
http://www.facebook.com/DisneyMansion

In 1949, Disney and his family moved to a new home at 355 No. Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills district of Los Angeles.
Walt built a 1/8-scale live steam model railroad around his new house, with a barn for storage and maintenance, 2,615 feet of track looping over and under a 9-foot-high, 46-foot-long wooden trestle, an S-shaped tunnel under wife Lillian's flowerbed, and railcars big enough for family & visitors to ride on; after an incident of a visitor being burned by the steam, Walt closed the railroad to the public in 1953; the track was removed in 1964. The Disney Barn was relocated to the Los Angeles Live Steamers group in Griffith Park.
The Carolwood Estate sold in 1998 for $8.5M; the new owner razed the Disney house and quickly built a megamansion, which sold for $74M; recently offered for sale at $90M.

"A Walk Around Walt Disney's Carolwood House" [April 1998] with Broggie grandson Steve & wife Sharon
Five people and a cameraperson view the grounds, pool yard, blocked tunnel, house interior, hothouse, and barn on a drizzly day; sloppy filming, but historic
watch walking tour with ads [6/2019 upload; 29:57] online at YouTube

Walt's Carolwood Pacific Backyard Live-Steam Railroad, 1949-64

lots more info on Magic Lantern's Walt Disney's Trains Page

top of page      short history      Carolwood Pacific Railroad      trains at the parks      selected movies      image gallery      links

Even before Disneyland Anaheim opened to the public, Walt built a private apartment above the firehouse on Main Street USA; he often stayed there
while supervising construction of the park, and after Disneyland opened family members often stayed there.
'Walt's Apartment' fansite [est. 2008]

Smoke Tree Ranch private resort community [est. 1936], 1850 Smoke Tree Lane in Palm Springs, California
Walt Disney became a member of 375-acre Smoke Tree Ranch in 1946; in 1948, he built his first house there, which he sold circa 1955 to help finance construction of Disneyland Anaheim;
after the success of his theme park, he built a second house in Smoke Tree Ranch. He also built Disney Hall, located near the pool & bowling green, that was used for banquets, lectures,
and community gatherings; he often screened just-finished clips or full movies for fellow 'colonists'. Observant viewers have noticed that he often wore a necktie or pin
with the Smoke Tree Ranch logo when filming his TV show or attending public functions.

Walt Disney built a 2,433-square-foot weekend retreat at 2688 So. Camino Real in Palm Springs in 1962
Walt called it his 'Technicolor Dream House'; it sold recently for $1.1 million.

9/2020 short video "Walt's Secret Palm Springs Getaway[s]" [4:25] at 'Jake At The Park' YouTube channel [est. 1/2020]

Disney  Studios

In 1923, Walt Disney rented a small bungalow house from his Uncle Robert at 4406 Kingswell Avenue in the Los Feliz District of Los Angeles, California. Walt failed to find employment at the movie studios and so he returned to making short animated cartoons, using the garage as his first studio. Under threat of demolition, a group of fans relocated the original garage in 1984 to The Stanley-Ware Ranch Museum operated by the Garden Grove Historical Society [est. 1966] at 12174 Euclid Street in Garden Grove, California. The house itself was later saved and the restoration includes a replica of the garage-studio visible from the street • original garage official webpage

"Walt Disney's Garage of Dreams" [2014] by Arthur C. 'Buddy' Adler, with Disney historian Jim Korkis; Illustrated by Dan Cunningham, Foreword by Bob Bowman 150-page Kindle Edition from Theme Park Press [10/2014] for $4.99 148-page Theme Park Press 9x6 pb [10/2014] for $14.95

In February of 1924, as money started to come in from the 'Alice Comedies', Walt was able to rent the store at 4649 Kingswell Avenue (now 4647 Kingswell) to
create the first true home of the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio.

In 1925, Walt Disney placed a deposit on a new, considerably larger lot at 2719 Hyperion Avenue at Griffith Park Blvd. in the Silver Lake District, and the studio moved there in January 1926. It was here at Hyperion Studios during its short 14 years that Disney created the first color animated film ("Silly Symphony: Flowers and Trees" [July 1932]), the first animated cartoon using the multiplane camera ("Silly Symphony: The Old Mill" [Nov 1937]), and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1928), Mickey and Minnie Mouse (1928), Donald Duck (1934), Snow White (1937), Pinocchio (Feb 1940), and many more beloved characters. By 1939 there was no more room to grow on the Hyperion Studio lot: Disney had 1,500 employees and the layout of the new buildings at Hyperion Studio was haphazard. Walt built a new studio in Burbank and the company moved there in 1940. The Hyperion Studio property was sold, changed hands several times, and was razed in 1966; the land is currently a shopping center with a Gelson's Market as the anchor tenant.

In June of 1938, Walt and Roy incorporated as Walt Disney Studios and paid a $10,000 deposit for a 51-acre plot of land in Burbank; construction began on a new studio shortly afterwards; in the fall of 1939, the first staff moved into the new Burbank studios. The studio officially went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 1957.
Walt Disney Studios, 500 So. Buena Vista Street in Burbank, California

Family  &  Friends
Walter Elias Disney was born in 1901 in Chicago, Illinois; the family lived in Marceline, Missouri (1905-11), Kansas City, Missouri (1911-17), and Chicago, Illinois (1917-23);
Walt signed up as a Red Cross ambulance driver and served in France after the Armistice. Walt worked as a commercial artist and cartoonist in Kansas City (1918-23), then joined
his brother Roy and uncle Robert in Hollywood (Los Angeles), California. They founded Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in 1923 with Walt as the artist and Roy managing
the business side. Walt died of lung cancer in 1966 at age 65; Roy died of a stroke in 1971 at age 78.

father Elias Disney [1859-1941] - born in Canada, married January 1888, widower 1938
mother Flora Call Disney [1868-1938]

older brother Herbert Arthur Disney [1888-1961]

older brother Raymond Arnold Disney [1890-1989]
Raymond's wife Meredith A. Boyington Disney []
Raymond & Meredith's son Charles Elias Disney
Charles named his son Charles Roy Disney
Raymond & Meredith's son Daniel H. Disney

older brother Roy Oliver Disney [1893-1971]
Edna Francis Disney [] - married Roy in April 1925

nephew Roy E. (Edward) Disney [1930–2009]
Roy E.'s first wife Patricia Ann Dailey Disney - married 1955, divorced 2007
grand-neice Susan Disney Lord [b. 1958] /nm6706075/
operated the restaurant The Bel-Air, 662 No. Sepulveda Blvd. (at Moraga Drive) in Bel Air District of Los Angeles
closed circa 2010 and replaced by office building
grand-neice Abigail Edna Disney (Hauser) [b. 1960]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2999307/ + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_Disney
Abigail's husband Pierre Norman Hauser [] - married 1988
Abigail & Pierre have four children: Olivia Hauser, Charlotte Hauser, Eamon Hauser, Henry Hauser
Pierre & Abigail's Daphne Foundation for social change [est. 1991]
Abigail's production company Fork Films focuses on documentaries about international social issues
grand-nephew Roy P. Disney
grand-nephew Tim Disney
Tim's first wife actress Martha Hackett Disney [] - married ??, divorced
Tim's second wife Neda Pourang Disney [] - married 5/2010
Roy E.'s second wife Leslie DeMeuse Disney [] - married 2008, widowed 2009

younger sister Ruth Flora Disney Beecher [1903-95]

uncle Robert Samuel Disney [1861-1953] - lived in Hollywood circa 1923
aunt Margaret Disney - wife of Robert or was it charlotte?

uncle Mike Martin Disney [] - locomotive driver for Santa Fe RR circa 1910

wife Lillian Bounds Disney [1899-1997] from Lewiston, Idaho - married 7/1925, widowed 12/1966, died at age 98

daughter Diane Marie Disney Miller [1933-2013] - married 5/1954, died at age 79 /nm0228391/
lived at the 105-acre Silverado vineyard in the Napa Valley with her husband
Miller shares her views in a new CD-ROM "Walt Disney: An Intimate History of The Man and His Magic" []
son-in-law Ronald William Miller [1933-2019] - married 5/1954, died at age 85
grandson Christopher Disney 'Chris' Miller [b. 12/1954]
granddaughter Joanna Miller [b. 4/1956]
granddaughter Tamara Miller Scheer [b. 7/1957]
granddaughter Jennifer Miller-Goff [b. 5/1960]
grandson Walter E.D. 'Walt' Miller [b. 11/1961]
grandson Ronald William 'Ron' Miller, Jr. [b. 10/1963]
grandson Patrick Miller [b. 1967]

adopted daughter Sharon Mae Disney Brown Lund [1936-93] - died of breast cancer at age 56
first husband Robert Brown []
adopted granddaughter Victoria Brown [d. 2002], with her first husband, Robert Brown.
second husband Bill Lund []
grandtwins Brad and Michelle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_family

Walt Disney Family Museum [est. 2009] at The Presidio in San Francisco, CA

non-Walt branch of the Disney family

Lucille Martin, Walt’s former secretary

The Nine Old Men animators consisted of Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Les Clark, Milt Kahl,
Ward Kimball, Marc Davis, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, and John Lounsbery

L i n k s

Walt Disney entry at Wikipedia
Walt Disney credits at Internet Movie Database
listed #26 on Atlantic Monthly's "100 Most Influential Americans" (12/2006)
Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, CA

Disney Pictures/Buena Vista Section on Magic Lantern's Movie Studios Page
Magic Lantern's Disney Studios Page
Magic Lantern's Disney Films Page

Walt Disney entry at Wikipedia
Walt Disney credits at Internet Movie Database
Walt Disney Pictures Section on Magic Lantern's Movie Studios Page
Walt Disney & The Nine Old Men Section
at Magic Lantern's Animation Page

Disney Pictures/Buena Vista Section on Magic Lantern's Movie Studios Page
Magic Lantern's Walt Disney Pictures Page
Magic Lantern's Disney Films Page

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