A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Dayton - Ohio - USA
Born:
February 9, 1914
Died:
February 10, 2011
Graduated as a portrait painter from the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis in 1935. He joined the Disney Organisation two years later, after moving to California. Highlights of his 42-year long career with Walt Disney as director/animator include bringing to life the characters of Thumper ('Bambi') and Chip'n'Dale, as well as animating the title sequence ('Mickey Mouse Club March') from the 1950's TV series The Mickey Mouse Club (1955). He also directed a number of animated short films, three of which received Academy Award nominations: The Truth About Mother Goose (1957) (with Wolfgang Reitherman), explaining the background of classic nursery rhymes, Noah's Ark (1959), and a 'new twist on the old ragtime' theme, A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962). After 1965, Bill became part of the imagineering/programming team for Disney's Audio-Animatronics figures at Disneyland, specifically involved with the Hall of Presidents, Mission to Mars, Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean attractions. He was also noted as an expert in the use of stop motion animation technique in conjunction with live action films, such as Mary Poppins (1964), usually in collaboration with T. Hee and Xavier Atencio. Bill retired in 1979 and was pronounced a Disney Legend in 1996. - IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis
Animation:
1942 Bambi
1942 Lake Titicaca
1943 Der Fuehrer's Face
1943 Home Defense
1943 Victory Vehicles
1944 The Plastics Inventor
1944 The Three Caballeros
1945 Cured Duck
1945 Old Sequoia
1945 The Clock Watcher
1946 Double Dribble
1946 Wet Paint
1947 Bootle Beetle
1947 Chip an' Dale
1947 Clown of the Jungle
1947 Mail Dog
1947 Straight Shooters
1948 Inferior Decorator
1948 Soup's On
1948 Tea for Two Hundred
1948 Three for Breakfast
1949 All in a Nutshell
1949 Donald's Happy Birthday
1949 Sea Salts
1949 Slide Donald Slide
1949 The Greener Yard
1949 Toy Tinkers
1949 Winter Storage
1950 Bee at the Beach
1950 Lion Around
1950 Out on a Limb
1950 Trailer Horn
1951 Bee On Guard
1951 Chicken in the Rough
1951 Corn Chips
1951 Dude Duck
1951 Lucky Number
1951 Out of Scale
1951 Test Pilot Donald
1952 Donald Applecore
1952 Let's Stick Together
1952 Pluto's Christmas Tree
1952 Trick or Treat
1952 Two Chips and a Miss
1952 Uncle Donald's Ants
1953 Don's Fountain of Youth
1953 Working for Peanuts
1954 Dragon Around
1954 Grin and Bear It
1954 Spare the Rod
1954 The Donald Duck Story
1954 The Flying Squirrel
1954 Two for the Record
1955 Beezy Bear
1955 Music Land
1955 Up a Tree
1956 Hooked Bear
1959 Noah's Ark
1962 A Symposium on Popular Songs
1967 Jack and the Beanstalk
1987 Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
2004 Chip 'n' Dale: Here Comes Trouble
2005 Chip 'n Dale: Trouble in a Tree
Animation Director:
1942 Bambi
1942 Lake Titicaca
1943 Der Fuehrer's Face
1943 Home Defense
1943 Victory Vehicles
1944 The Plastics Inventor
1944 The Three Caballeros
1945 Cured Duck
1945 Old Sequoia
1945 The Clock Watcher
1946 Double Dribble
1946 Wet Paint
1947 Bootle Beetle
1947 Chip an' Dale
1947 Clown of the Jungle
1947 Mail Dog
1947 Straight Shooters
1948 Inferior Decorator
1948 Soup's On
1948 Tea for Two Hundred
1948 Three for Breakfast
1949 All in a Nutshell
1949 Donald's Happy Birthday
1949 Sea Salts
1949 Slide Donald Slide
1949 The Greener Yard
1949 Toy Tinkers
1949 Winter Storage
1950 Bee at the Beach
1950 Lion Around
1950 Out on a Limb
1950 Trailer Horn
1951 Bee On Guard
1951 Chicken in the Rough
1951 Corn Chips
1951 Dude Duck
1951 Lucky Number
1951 Out of Scale
1951 Test Pilot Donald
1952 Donald Applecore
1952 Let's Stick Together
1952 Pluto's Christmas Tree
1952 Trick or Treat
1952 Two Chips and a Miss
1952 Uncle Donald's Ants
1953 Don's Fountain of Youth
1953 Working for Peanuts
1954 Dragon Around
1954 Grin and Bear It
1954 Spare the Rod
1954 The Donald Duck Story
1954 The Flying Squirrel
1954 Two for the Record
1955 Beezy Bear
1955 Music Land
1955 Up a Tree
1956 Hooked Bear
1959 Noah's Ark
1962 A Symposium on Popular Songs
1963 Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor
1967 Jack and the Beanstalk
1987 Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
2004 Chip 'n' Dale: Here Comes Trouble
2005 Chip 'n Dale: Trouble in a Tree
Director:
1942 Bambi
1942 Lake Titicaca
1943 Der Fuehrer's Face
1943 Home Defense
1943 The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
1943 The Winged Scourge
1943 Victory Vehicles
1944 The Plastics Inventor
1944 The Three Caballeros
1945 Cured Duck
1945 Old Sequoia
1945 The Clock Watcher
1946 Double Dribble
1946 Wet Paint
1947 Bootle Beetle
1947 Chip an' Dale
1947 Clown of the Jungle
1947 Mail Dog
1947 Straight Shooters
1948 Inferior Decorator
1948 Soup's On
1948 Tea for Two Hundred
1948 Three for Breakfast
1949 All in a Nutshell
1949 Donald's Happy Birthday
1949 Sea Salts
1949 Slide Donald Slide
1949 The Greener Yard
1949 Toy Tinkers
1949 Winter Storage
1950 Bee at the Beach
1950 Lion Around
1950 Out on a Limb
1950 Trailer Horn
1951 Bee On Guard
1951 Chicken in the Rough
1951 Corn Chips
1951 Dude Duck
1951 Lucky Number
1951 Out of Scale
1951 Test Pilot Donald
1952 Donald Applecore
1952 Let's Stick Together
1952 Pluto's Christmas Tree
1952 Trick or Treat
1952 Two Chips and a Miss
1952 Uncle Donald's Ants
1953 Don's Fountain of Youth
1953 Working for Peanuts
1954 Dragon Around
1954 Grin and Bear It
1954 Spare the Rod
1954 The Donald Duck Story
1954 The Flying Squirrel
1954 Two for the Record
1955 Beezy Bear
1955 Music Land
1955 Up a Tree
1956 A Cowboy Needs a Horse
1956 Hooked Bear
1956 I'm No Fool with a Bicycle
1956 Jack and Old Mac
1957 The Truth About Mother Goose
1959 Noah's Ark
1962 A Symposium on Popular Songs
1963 Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor
1967 Jack and the Beanstalk
1987 Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
2004 Chip 'n' Dale: Here Comes Trouble
2005 Chip 'n Dale: Trouble in a Tree
Special Effects:
1942 Bambi
1942 Lake Titicaca
1943 Der Fuehrer's Face
1943 Home Defense
1943 The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
1943 The Winged Scourge
1943 Victory Vehicles
1944 The Plastics Inventor
1944 The Three Caballeros
1945 Cured Duck
1945 Old Sequoia
1945 The Clock Watcher
1946 Double Dribble
1946 Wet Paint
1947 Bootle Beetle
1947 Chip an' Dale
1947 Clown of the Jungle
1947 Mail Dog
1947 Straight Shooters
1948 Inferior Decorator
1948 Soup's On
1948 Tea for Two Hundred
1948 Three for Breakfast
1949 All in a Nutshell
1949 Donald's Happy Birthday
1949 Sea Salts
1949 Slide Donald Slide
1949 The Greener Yard
1949 Toy Tinkers
1949 Winter Storage
1950 Bee at the Beach
1950 Lion Around
1950 Out on a Limb
1950 Trailer Horn
1951 Bee On Guard
1951 Chicken in the Rough
1951 Corn Chips
1951 Dude Duck
1951 Lucky Number
1951 Out of Scale
1951 Test Pilot Donald
1952 Donald Applecore
1952 Let's Stick Together
1952 Pluto's Christmas Tree
1952 Trick or Treat
1952 Two Chips and a Miss
1952 Uncle Donald's Ants
1953 Don's Fountain of Youth
1953 Working for Peanuts
1954 Dragon Around
1954 Grin and Bear It
1954 Spare the Rod
1954 The Donald Duck Story
1954 The Flying Squirrel
1954 Two for the Record
1955 Beezy Bear
1955 Music Land
1955 Up a Tree
1956 A Cowboy Needs a Horse
1956 Hooked Bear
1956 I'm No Fool with a Bicycle
1956 Jack and Old Mac
1957 The Truth About Mother Goose
1959 Noah's Ark
1961 Back Stage Party
1962 A Symposium on Popular Songs
1963 Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor
1967 Jack and the Beanstalk
1987 Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
2004 Chip 'n' Dale: Here Comes Trouble
2005 Chip 'n Dale: Trouble in a Tree
Title Designer:
1942 Bambi
1942 Lake Titicaca
1943 Der Fuehrer's Face
1943 Home Defense
1943 The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
1943 The Winged Scourge
1943 Victory Vehicles
1944 The Plastics Inventor
1944 The Three Caballeros
1945 Cured Duck
1945 Old Sequoia
1945 The Clock Watcher
1946 Double Dribble
1946 Wet Paint
1947 Bootle Beetle
1947 Chip an' Dale
1947 Clown of the Jungle
1947 Mail Dog
1947 Straight Shooters
1948 Inferior Decorator
1948 Soup's On
1948 Tea for Two Hundred
1948 Three for Breakfast
1949 All in a Nutshell
1949 Donald's Happy Birthday
1949 Sea Salts
1949 Slide Donald Slide
1949 The Greener Yard
1949 Toy Tinkers
1949 Winter Storage
1950 Bee at the Beach
1950 Lion Around
1950 Out on a Limb
1950 Trailer Horn
1951 Bee On Guard
1951 Chicken in the Rough
1951 Corn Chips
1951 Dude Duck
1951 Lucky Number
1951 Out of Scale
1951 Test Pilot Donald
1952 Donald Applecore
1952 Let's Stick Together
1952 Pluto's Christmas Tree
1952 Trick or Treat
1952 Two Chips and a Miss
1952 Uncle Donald's Ants
1953 Don's Fountain of Youth
1953 Working for Peanuts
1954 Dragon Around
1954 Grin and Bear It
1954 Spare the Rod
1954 The Donald Duck Story
1954 The Flying Squirrel
1954 Two for the Record
1955 Beezy Bear
1955 Music Land
1955 Up a Tree
1956 A Cowboy Needs a Horse
1956 Hooked Bear
1956 I'm No Fool with a Bicycle
1956 Jack and Old Mac
1957 The Truth About Mother Goose
1959 Noah's Ark
1959 The Shaggy Dog
1961 Back Stage Party
1962 A Symposium on Popular Songs
1963 Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor
1967 Jack and the Beanstalk
1987 Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
2004 Chip 'n' Dale: Here Comes Trouble
2005 Chip 'n Dale: Trouble in a Tree
Title Graphics:
1942 Bambi
1942 Lake Titicaca
1943 Der Fuehrer's Face
1943 Home Defense
1943 The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
1943 The Winged Scourge
1943 Victory Vehicles
1944 The Plastics Inventor
1944 The Three Caballeros
1945 Cured Duck
1945 Old Sequoia
1945 The Clock Watcher
1946 Double Dribble
1946 Wet Paint
1947 Bootle Beetle
1947 Chip an' Dale
1947 Clown of the Jungle
1947 Mail Dog
1947 Straight Shooters
1948 Inferior Decorator
1948 Soup's On
1948 Tea for Two Hundred
1948 Three for Breakfast
1949 All in a Nutshell
1949 Donald's Happy Birthday
1949 Sea Salts
1949 Slide Donald Slide
1949 The Greener Yard
1949 Toy Tinkers
1949 Winter Storage
1950 Bee at the Beach
1950 Lion Around
1950 Out on a Limb
1950 Trailer Horn
1951 Bee On Guard
1951 Chicken in the Rough
1951 Corn Chips
1951 Dude Duck
1951 Lucky Number
1951 Out of Scale
1951 Test Pilot Donald
1952 Donald Applecore
1952 Let's Stick Together
1952 Pluto's Christmas Tree
1952 Trick or Treat
1952 Two Chips and a Miss
1952 Uncle Donald's Ants
1953 Don's Fountain of Youth
1953 Working for Peanuts
1954 Dragon Around
1954 Grin and Bear It
1954 Spare the Rod
1954 The Donald Duck Story
1954 The Flying Squirrel
1954 Two for the Record
1955 Beezy Bear
1955 Music Land
1955 Up a Tree
1956 A Cowboy Needs a Horse
1956 Hooked Bear
1956 I'm No Fool with a Bicycle
1956 Jack and Old Mac
1957 The Truth About Mother Goose
1959 Noah's Ark
1959 The Shaggy Dog
1961 Back Stage Party
1961 The Parent Trap
1962 A Symposium on Popular Songs
1963 Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor
1967 Jack and the Beanstalk
1987 Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
2004 Chip 'n' Dale: Here Comes Trouble
2005 Chip 'n Dale: Trouble in a Tree
Visual Effects:
1942 Bambi
1942 Lake Titicaca
1943 Der Fuehrer's Face
1943 Home Defense
1943 The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
1943 The Winged Scourge
1943 Victory Vehicles
1944 The Plastics Inventor
1944 The Three Caballeros
1945 Cured Duck
1945 Old Sequoia
1945 The Clock Watcher
1946 Double Dribble
1946 Wet Paint
1947 Bootle Beetle
1947 Chip an' Dale
1947 Clown of the Jungle
1947 Mail Dog
1947 Straight Shooters
1948 Inferior Decorator
1948 Soup's On
1948 Tea for Two Hundred
1948 Three for Breakfast
1949 All in a Nutshell
1949 Donald's Happy Birthday
1949 Sea Salts
1949 Slide Donald Slide
1949 The Greener Yard
1949 Toy Tinkers
1949 Winter Storage
1950 Bee at the Beach
1950 Lion Around
1950 Out on a Limb
1950 Trailer Horn
1951 Bee On Guard
1951 Chicken in the Rough
1951 Corn Chips
1951 Dude Duck
1951 Lucky Number
1951 Out of Scale
1951 Test Pilot Donald
1952 Donald Applecore
1952 Let's Stick Together
1952 Pluto's Christmas Tree
1952 Trick or Treat
1952 Two Chips and a Miss
1952 Uncle Donald's Ants
1953 Don's Fountain of Youth
1953 Working for Peanuts
1954 Dragon Around
1954 Grin and Bear It
1954 Spare the Rod
1954 The Donald Duck Story
1954 The Flying Squirrel
1954 Two for the Record
1955 Beezy Bear
1955 Music Land
1955 Up a Tree
1956 A Cowboy Needs a Horse
1956 Hooked Bear
1956 I'm No Fool with a Bicycle
1956 Jack and Old Mac
1957 The Truth About Mother Goose
1959 Noah's Ark
1959 The Shaggy Dog
1961 Babes in Toyland
1961 Back Stage Party
1961 The Parent Trap
1962 A Symposium on Popular Songs
1963 Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor
1967 Jack and the Beanstalk
1987 Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
2004 Chip 'n' Dale: Here Comes Trouble
2005 Chip 'n Dale: Trouble in a Tree
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