Walt Disney
- Production
- December 5, 1901 · Hermosa, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- December 15, 1966
Biography
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O. Disney, he was co-founder of Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation is now now known as The Walt Disney Company and has annual revenues of approximately USD $35 billion. Disney is particularly noted as a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, for whom Disney himself provided the original voice. During his lifetime he received four honorary Academy Awards and won twenty-two Academy Awards from a total of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual in history.[citation needed] Disney also won seven Emmy Awards and gave his name to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong. The year after his December 15, 1966 death from lung cancer in Burbank, California, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walt Disney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Oswald · Characters
- The Dark Domain: Mickey-vs-Winnie · Characters
- Disneyland Handcrafted · Self
- The Unlucky Rabbit · Self
- The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland · Self
- Disney Abu Dhabi · Self / Archival Footage
- Screamboat · Characters
- Mickey’s Slayhouse · Characters
- Eternal Ghosts · Mickey Mouse (Voice / Archival Footage)
- The Last Verse · Self
- Death Of The Rat · Mickey Mouse / Pete (voice) (archive footage), Original Series Creator
- The Mouse Trap · Characters
- Walt Disney: Behind the Magic · Self
- How Disney Built America · Self
- 100 Years of Disney Animation: A Shorts Celebration · Director
- Mickey: The Story of a Mouse · Self
- The Real Charlie Chaplin · Self
- Cartoon Carnival · Self
- The Holiday Movies That Made Us · Self
- Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty · archive footage
- One Day at Disney · Self
- The Imagineering Story · Self
- Apollo: Missions to the Moon · Self
- Julie Andrews Forever · Self
- Secrets of British Animation · Self
- Celebrating Mickey · Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive sound), Director
- Howard · Self
- Walt Disney · Self
- The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic · Self
- Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore
- Get a Horse! · Mickey Mouse (Voice)
- Donald Duck's Christmas Favourites · Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino · Self
- Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast · Self
- Archiving The Archives: Forty Years Of Preserving The Magic
- I Humbly Beg You · Self
- Waking Sleeping Beauty · Self
- Christmas with Walt Disney · Self
- Magic Kingdom: Imagineering the Magic · Self
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year · Self
- Mary Poppins: From Page to Stage · Self
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History · Self
- Walt & El Grupo · Self
- Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies · Self
- The Pixar Story · Self
- Sputnik Mania · Self
- Walt Disney: Once Upon a Time · Self
- The Shaggy Dog Kids · Self
- Fred MacMurray: With Fondness · Self
- Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp · Self
- From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella · Self
- Classic Cartoon Favorites Volume 8: Holiday Celebration with Mickey and Pals · Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Vintage Mickey · Director
- Mickey, les J.O. rigolos · Scenario Writer
- Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites · Creator
- The Art of Mary Blair · Self
- The Cinderella That Almost Was · Self
- Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5 · Ferdinand's Mother (voice) (archive sound)
- Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 · Walt Disney / Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Walt Disney Treasures - Tomorrowland · Self
- The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea · Self
- Countdown to Christmas · Scenario Writer
- Walt Disney World Resort: Behind the Scenes · Self
- 'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic · Self
- Walt Disney Treasures - Disneyland USA · Self
- Everybody Loves Mickey · Mickey Mouse (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Walt Disney's Favorite Christmas Stories · Self
- Walt Disney: One Man's Dream · Self
- Walt: The Man Behind the Myth · Self
- It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures · Self
- Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers - Bedknobs and Broomsticks · Self
- The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature · Self
- Mickey's Family Album · Mickey Mouse / The Parrot (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' · Self
- Sports on the Silver Screen · Self
- The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' · Self
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · Self
- Secret Lives · Self
- The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born · Self
- The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic · Self