Walt DisneyFilmography

Frank and Ollie

Actors: Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas

Synopsis: This documentary profiles Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, the two artists responsible for the Disney style of animation. The two close friends are responsible for making 23 feature during their 40 years at Disney. Films include Snow White, Bambi and Pinnochio. Together they were a perfectly Read More

The Rose Parade: Through the Years

The Happiest Millionaire

Crew: Producer

Actors: Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Greer Garson, Geraldine Page, Gladys Cooper

Synopsis: Adapted from the book and play of the same name, The Happiest Millionaire is the (mostly) true story of eccentric Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle (Fred MacMurray). The Biddle mansion is the gathering place for a pugilistic boxing class, pet alligators and would-be opera singers. Read More

The Gnome-Mobile

Crew: Producer

Actors: Walter Brennan, Tom Lowell, Matthew Garber, Karen Dotrice, Ed Wynn, Richard Deacon

Synopsis: The Gnome-Mobile was Walt Disney's first all-out fantasy since Mary Poppins. Walter Brennan stars in a dual role, as kindly lumber tycoon D. J. Mulrooney and the irascible (and much tinier) 943-year-old gnome Knobby. Mulrooney likes Knobby and his fellow gnomes, but the feeling isn't reciprocal Read More

Scrooge McDuck and Money

Crew: Producer

The Jungle Book

Crew: Producer

Actors: Bruce Reitherman, Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, J. Pat O'Malley

Synopsis: The final animated feature produced under the supervision of Walt Disney is a lively neo-swing musical, loosely based upon the tales of Rudyard Kipling. The story takes place in a tropical jungle where people are conspicuously absent. But one day Bagheera the Panther (voice of Sebastian Cabot) Read More

Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar

Crew: Producer

Actors: Rex Allen, Ron Brown, Bryan Russell, Linda Wallace, Jim Wilson, Clifford Peterson

Synopsis: A wayward cougar in the Northwoods wanders into a lumber camp in this animal adventure story from Disney Studios. Charlie is torn between his affection for humans and the call of the wild. Rex Allen provides his usual folksy narration in this documentary-styled feature directed by Winston Hibler. Read More

EPCOT

Actors: Walt Disney

Follow Me, Boys!

Crew: Producer

Actors: Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish, Charlie Ruggles, Elliott Reid, Kurt Russell

Synopsis: Follow Me, Boys!, Disney's paean to the Boys Scouts of America, leaves no cliché unturned: we're even offered the old reliable "kid hanging over cliff by rope" bit. Corny, sentimental and obvious though it may be, the film is a delight to watch, especially whenever Fred MacMurray dominates the Read More

Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, Akim Tamiroff, Arthur Malet, Tyler McVey

Synopsis: Dick Van Dyke stars as U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Robinson Crusoe in one of Disney's weakest comedies. Like in the Daniel Defoe story, Crusoe finds himself alone on a deserted island, but this time he arrives there after ejecting from his disabled plane on a mission in the South Pacific. He Read More

Monkeys, Go Home!

Crew: Producer

Actors: Maurice Chevalier, Dean Jones, Yvette Mimieux, Bernard Woringer, Clement Harari

Synopsis: A man begins monkeying around with his new farm with hilarious results in this comedy for the whole family. American Hank Dussard (Dean Jones) inherits an olive plantation in a small French village after his uncle passes away. Hank soon gets a crash course in the expense of hiring pickers for the Read More

The Fighting Prince of Donegal

Crew: Producer

Actors: Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, Tom Adams, Gordon Jackson, Andrew Keir

Synopsis: During the 16th century, it was prophesied that "When Hugh succeeds Hugh, Ireland shall be free." Hugh was the Prince of Donegal and his son Red Hugh, his successor. This lush and lively Disney adventure chronicles the young man's tumultuous ascension to the throne and his attempts to unite the Read More

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

Crew: Producer

Actors: Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, Karl Malden, Harry Guardino, Bryan Russell, Richard Haydn

Synopsis: This rambunctious Disney comedy was based on the novel By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman. Roddy McDowall plays Griffin, the very proper butler of Bostonian Bryan Russell. When Russell runs off to California during the 1849 gold rush, Griffin dutifully tags along. Master and butler team up Read More

Goofy's Freeway Trouble

Crew: Producer

The Monkey's Uncle

Crew: Producer

Actors: Annette Funicello, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames, Arthur O'Connell, Frank Faylen

Synopsis: The sequel to 1963's Misadventures of Merlin Jones finds young Mr. Jones (Tommy Kirk) still in college and still going out with Jennifer (Annette Funicello). In this movie, he must help football players pass their tests and invent a flying machine win a contest for the school. Funicello and the Read More

The Ugly Dachshund

Crew: Producer

Actors: Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Charlie Ruggles, Kelly Thordsen, Parley Baer

Synopsis: Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette star in this Walt Disney family comedy as Mark and Fran Garrison, a dog-loving couple with different tastes in canines. When their dachshund gives birth to puppies, kindly veterinarian Dr. Pruitt (Charlie Ruggles) convinces Mark to take a Great Dane puppy home with Read More

Those Calloways

Crew: Producer

Actors: Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Brandon de Wilde, Walter Brennan, Ed Wynn

Synopsis: Originally trade-previewed as Those Crazy Calloways, Disney's Those Calloways is a lengthy, anecdotal film about a highly individualistic New England family. Patriarch Cam Calloway (Brian Keith) is regarded as a crank by the local villagers because of his dream to build a bird sanctuary that will Read More

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: "Bears love honey and I'm a Pooh bear," sings Winnie the Pooh setting the stage for the goings-on in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, the first of four Disney featurettes based upon the A.A. Milne characters. Indeed, Pooh has rather an insatiable desire for honey, and when he spies a group of Read More

Emil and the Detectives

Crew: Producer

Actors: Walter Slezak, Bryan Russell, Roger Mobley, Heinz Schubert, Peter Ehrlich

Synopsis: Erich Kastner's oft-filmed children's story Emil and the Detectives was given the Disney treatment in 1964. Though the plot is still set in Berlin, the younger characters have been extensively Americanized, none more so than the title character (played by Bryan Russell) and aspiring teenaged Read More

A Tiger Walks

Crew: Producer

Actors: Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Pamela Franklin, Sabu, Edward Andrews

Synopsis: After a dangerous tiger turns on its trainer and escapes from the circus, a small town in Texas finds itself in an uproar over its capture. As it is hunted by numerous parties, a young girl begins protesting and starts a nationwide movement to plead for the tiger's safety. As the situation gains Read More

Son of Flubber

Crew: Producer

Actors: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk

Synopsis: Son of Flubber represented the first time that Walt Disney ever attempted a theatrical feature sequel: in this case, the earlier film was the 1961 moneyspinner The Absent-Minded Professor. While Flubber is more formula-bound than Professor, it proved an instant audience-pleaser, and a hit to the Read More

Summer Magic

Crew: Producer

Actors: Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, Dorothy McGuire, Deborah Walley, Eddie Hodges

Synopsis: A young widow from Boston travels with her three children to Maine to enjoy their summer vacation. Margaret Carey (Dorothy McGuire) is helped by the friendly Osh Popham (Burl Ives), who finds the family a rent-free house vacated by a vacationing landowner. Daughter Nancy (Hayley Mills) catches the Read More

The Incredible Journey

Crew: Producer

Actors: Emile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed, Sandra Scott, Syme Jago

Synopsis: Filmed in Canada as a joint project involving Walt Disney studios and Calgary Ltd., The Incredible Journey stars a cat named Tao and two dogs named Bodger and Luath. When their family goes on vacation, the animals are left in charge of family friend Emile Genest. Genest goes off to hunt for a Read More

Miracle of the White Stallions

Crew: Producer

Actors: Robert Taylor, Lilli Palmer, Curd Jürgens, Eddie Albert, James Franciscus

Synopsis: In a rather confusing and slow-paced manner, this wartime drama about a real-life dilemma is meant to highlight the dedication of Colonel Alois Podhajsky (Robert Taylor), the instructor at a prestigious Vienna equestrian school. The colonel is in charge of the safety and health of the royal Read More

Bon Voyage!

Crew: Producer

Actors: Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman, Michael Callan, Deborah Walley

Synopsis: An Indiana family embarks on their dream vacation to France. The Willard family, led by Harry (Fred MacMurray) and Katie (Jane Wyman), bring their three children along to experience a slice of continental culture abroad. Amy (Deborah Walley) is the lovestruck teenager whose brother Elliott (Tommy Kirk Read More

A Symposium on Popular Songs

Crew: Producer

In Search of the Castaways

Crew: Producer

Actors: Maurice Chevalier, Hayley Mills, George Sanders, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Michael Anderson, Jr.

Synopsis: Based on Jules Verne's novel Captain Grant's Children, In Search of the Castaways is a roller-coaster of a Disney film, making up in excitement what it lacks in credibility or coherence. Hayley Mills and Keith Hamshere play the children of long-missing ship's captain Jack Gwillim. By chance, a Read More

Big Red

Crew: Producer

Actors: Walter Pidgeon, Gilles Payant, Emile Genest

Synopsis: Big Red is one of several Disney pictures filmed in Canada during the 1960s. Orphaned Gilles Payant goes to work for wealthy Walter Pidgeon, who raises prize dogs. Pidgeon's particular favorite among his canines is Big Red, who unfortunately resists all efforts to be trained. Young Payant manages Read More

Saga of Windwagon Smith

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: This extra-length Disney cartoon is in the tradition of the studio's earlier animated "tall tales" about Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyan, utilizing a streamlined limited-animation technique with style and panache. The story opens in Westport, Kansas, where hundreds of pioneers in their wagons prepare Read More

The Absent-Minded Professor

Crew: Producer

Actors: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames

Synopsis: One of Disney's most entertaining forays into live-action, this hit family comedy stars Fred MacMurray as a college professor so forgetful that he missed his own wedding twice. He creates an extremely resilient flying rubber, dubbed "Flubber," and manages to make his old Model-T bounce all the way Read More

Aquamania

Crew: Producer

101 Dalmatians

Crew: Producer

Actors: Rod Taylor, J. Pat O'Malley, Betty Lou Gerson, Martha Wentworth, Ben Wright

Synopsis: This Disney animated classic is based on the children's story by Dodie Smith. The story involves the canine pets of a struggling composer and his wife: Dalmatians Pongo (male) and Perdita (female). Perdita gives birth to fifteen spotted pups, cuing the entrance of the scheming Cruella De Vil. She Read More

Nikki: Wild Dog of the North

Crew: Producer

Actors: Jean Coutu, Emile Genest, Uriel Luft, Robert Rivard

Synopsis: One of several feature-length collaborations between Disney Studios and Canada's Calgary productions (others include Big Red and The Incredible Journey), Nikki -- Wild Dog of the North concentrates on the adventures of the eponymous canine and his master, trapper Andre Dupas (Jean Coutu). Nikki, a Read More

Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog

Crew: Producer

Actors: Donald Crisp, Laurence Naismith, Alex Mackenzie, Kay Walsh, Andrew Cruickshank

Synopsis: Disney's Greyfriars Bobby is a remake of A Challenge to Lassie; both are based on the same novel by Eleanor Atkinson, and both feature Donald Crisp in a major role. A true story, set in Edinburgh around 1875, the Disney version stars Alex McKenzie as the shepherd Old Jock, the owner of a loyal Read More

Babes in Toyland

Crew: Producer

Actors: Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn, Tommy Kirk

Synopsis: This second film adaptation of the Victor Herbert operetta Babes in Toyland was producer Walt Disney's Christmas offering for 1961. The 1903 Herbert original had very little in the way of a plot, so screenwriters Joe Rinaldi, Lowell S. Hawley, and Ward Kimball lifted elements from the 1934 Read More

The Litterbug

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: In this Disney live-action/animated "special", we are given a sneak peak at a new book called "Pest Control" by one D.D. Tee. The author/narrator explains that, while Mankind has for the most part netutralized such predatory pests as the mosquito and boll weevil, we have not yet rid ourselve of Read More

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: An Adventure in Color and Donald in Mathmagic Land

Actors: Walt Disney, Paul H. Frees, Clarence Nash

Synopsis: Although advertised as a "premiere," the first episode of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color was actually a continuation of the ABC anthology series that had run under the titles Disneyland and Walt Disney Presents since 1959. The major changes in the "new" version were twofold: Disney was now Read More

Goliath II

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: The protagonist of this Oscar-nominated Disney cartoon featurette is a very tiny elephant named Goliath II--so tiny, in fact, that he is hardly any bigger than one of his father's toenails. Alas, in elephant society the bigger you are the better you are, so Goliath II doesn't amount to much in his Read More

Islands of the Sea

Crew: Producer

Ten Who Dared

Crew: Producer

Actors: Brian Keith, John Beal, James Drury, Ben Johnson, R.G. Armstrong

Synopsis: Critics consistently consider this historical drama one of the worst films Disney ever made. It is the true-tale of ten heroes from the Civil War who ride down the raging Colorado in hopes of mapping it. The mission is led by the Major John Wesley Powell who lost an arm during the war. Their Read More

Disneyland: This Is Your Life, Donald Duck

Actors: Clarence Nash, Cliff Edwards, Walt Disney, Billy Bletcher

Synopsis: This animated spoof of the popular TV series This Is Your Life (the creator of which, Ralph Edwards, is given special acknowledgement in the closing credits) first aired on the Walt Disney Presents TV anthology. Jiminy Cricket is all set to give a testimonial to his cartoon comrade Donald Duck Read More

The Sign of Zorro

Crew: Producer

Actors: Guy Williams

Synopsis: Taken from the Walt Disney "Zorro" television series, this film was created from a number of episodes starring the popular masked hero (Guy Williams). ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Pollyanna

Crew: Producer

Actors: Jane Wyman, Hayley Mills, Richard Egan, Karl Malden, Nancy Olson, Adolphe Menjou

Synopsis: Eleanor H. Porter's story of Pollyanna, "The Glad Girl," was first filmed in 1920 by Mary Pickford. While entertaining, the Pickford version tended to reduce the supporting characters to stereotypes. Disney's 1960 remake of Pollyanna wisely offers three-dimensional characterizations, enhancing the Read More

Kidnapped

Crew: Producer

Actors: Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee, Niall MacGinnis, John Laurie

Synopsis: Disney produced this historical adventure of old Scotland, based on the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. James MacArthur stars as David Balfour, a wealthy lad cheated out of his inheritance and sold into servitude by his duplicitous and greedy uncle, Ebenezer (John Laurie). Aboard the ship Read More

How to Have an Accident at Work

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: In this sequel to How to Have an Accident at Home, eternal "fall guy" J. Jonah Fate takes us into the home of a typical suburbanite named Donald Duck. A stickler for household safety, Donald makes certain that everyone in his family avoid accidents by anticipating them. But once Donald is at the Read More

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Crew: Producer

Actors: Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O'Dea, Kieron Moore

Synopsis: Baby boomers who may not remember the plot particulars of Walt Disney's Darby O'Gill and the Little People nonetheless retain fond memories of Disney's publicity campaign, which included an episode of the producer's weekly TV series, wherein the actor playing leprechaun king Brian (Jimmy O'Dea) Read More

Donald in Mathmagic Land

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: This Oscar-nominated featurette is a typically felicitous Disney combination of music and live action. In search of big game, hunter Donald Duck stumbles into a strange and wonderous land dominated by numbers: numbers on the ground, numbers in the trees, numbers in the river, even numbered Read More

Disneyland: I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

Actors: Walt Disney, Pat O'Brien, Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery

Synopsis: In its promotional material for the 1959 theatrical feature Darby O'Gill and the Little People, the Disney studio went into whimsical overdrive, hoping to convince the younger viewers that the leprechauns appearing in the film were not merely normal-sized actors made small via special effects, but Read More

Sleeping Beauty

Crew: Producer

Actors: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton

Synopsis: Disney produced this lavish animated fairy tale, the most expensive cartoon ever made up to its release with a budget of $6 million. When the young princess Aurora is cursed at birth by the evil fairy Maleficent, the baby is kidnapped by a trio of good fairies who raise the girl themselves, hoping Read More

The Shaggy Dog

Crew: Producer

Actors: Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Tim Considine

Synopsis: This is a routine Disney comedy-fantasy about a boy who turns into a large sheep dog at the most inopportune moments. That is assuming there would be opportune moments. Young Wilby Daniels (Tommy Kirk) finds a magic ring that used to belong to the Borgia family. When he pronounces an inscription Read More

Noah's Ark

Crew: Producer

Paul Bunyan

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Retelling the fabled story of the American frontier, Paul Bunyan features the adventures of the giant lumberjack and his companion, Babe the blue ox. With the voice talents of Thurl Ravenscroft as Bunyan, this short finds the legendary character facing off against a chainsaw in a classic battle Read More

The Light in the Forest

Crew: Producer

Actors: Fess Parker, Wendell Corey, Joanne Dru, James MacArthur, Jessica Tandy

Synopsis: Those who learned to dislike Conrad Richter's novel The Light in the Forest when it was required reading in high school will be pleasantly surprised by this Disney adaptation. In his second film appearance, James MacArthur plays Johnny Butler, a white youth who was captured by the Delaware Indians Read More

The Truth About Mother Goose

Crew: Producer

The Story of Anyburg, USA

Crew: Producer

Johnny Tremain

Crew: Producer

Actors: Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot, Richard Beymer

Synopsis: This Walt Disney filmization of Esther Forbes' Revolutionary-War novel Johnny Tremain was appropriately released on July 4, 1957. New Disney discovery Hal Stalmaster plays the title character, an apprentice silversmith in 1773 Boston. An on-the-job injury prevents Johnny from finding a job, but he Read More

Old Yeller

Crew: Producer

Actors: Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Chuck Connors, Jeff York

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Fred Gipson, Old Yeller is set in Texas in 1869. While his father is away on a cattle drive, 15-year-old Travis Coates (Tommy Kirk) takes over management of the family farm. Adopting a "strictly business" policy, Travis is irritated when younger brother, Arliss (Kevin Corcoran Read More

Zorro [TV Series]

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: The avenging swordsman of 1820s California defended the citizenry of Fortress de Los Angeles from a tyrannical commandant and made the sign of the Z on any who would cross him. The Disney series was preceded by numerous Hollywood Zorros (Douglas Fairbanks and Tyrone Power among them), and later Read More

Disneyland: Fourth Anniversary Show

Actors: Walt Disney, Sharon Baird, Bobby Burgess, Lonnie Burr, Tommy Cole

Synopsis: Disneyland began its fourth season on the air with a gala, all-star "special", essentially designed to promote all three of Disney's network TV series. Pressured by his cartoon creations and the latest crop of Mouseketeers to tell them what's in store for the 1957-58 season, host Walt Disney Read More

Disneyland: The Plausible Impossible

Actors: Walt Disney

Synopsis: In this classic Disneyland episode, host Walt Disney explains that anything is possible in an animated cartoon so long as one establishes "suspension of disbelief" (sometimes literally, as when Mickey Mouse stands in mid-air without realizing that he's in danger of falling). This technique is Read More

Samoa

Crew: Producer

In the Bag

Crew: Producer

Hooked Bear

Crew: Producer

How to Have an Accident in the Home

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: In the first of two safety-oriented Disney cartoons, we are introduced to J. Jonah Fate, eternal fall guy. Introducing an average citizen--Donald Duck!--who must duck and dodge all sorts of accidents when heading home at night, Fate reveals that Donald is his own worst enemy when it comes to Read More

A Cowboy Needs a Horse

Crew: Producer

Chips Ahoy

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: On the verge of starvation, Chip and Dale want to get to an acorn-laden island in the middle of a river. Unfortunately, they can't swim, so they "borrow" a model ship from a bottle owned by (who else?) Donald Duck. To force the chipsters off the vessel, Donald tries everything from flooding the Read More

Disneyland: Cavalcade of Songs

Synopsis: In this early episode of his TV anthology Disneyland, Walt Disney informs the viewers of how he has used music in his cartoons and live-action films, beginning with the classic "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" in 1933's The Three Little Pigs. Other examples include the songs from Snow White and Read More

Disneyland: Further Report on Disneyland

Synopsis: The first half of this one-hour episode from the TV anthology Disneyland shows the same-named theme park in Anaheim, California in a state of near-completion. Host Walt Disney guides viewers through such attractions-to-be as the Peter Pan aerial ride, the Mark Twain sternwheeler and Mr. Toad's Read More

Disneyland: From Aesop to Hans Christian Andersen

Synopsis: One of the most popular episodes from Disneyland's first season, "From Aesop to Hans Christian Andersen offers choice clips of past Disney cartoon shorts, based on famous fables. Excerpts include scenes from The Tortoise and the Hare, The Country Cousin, The Ugly Duckling, The Brave Little Tailor Read More

Disneyland: The Adventures of Mickey Mouse

Synopsis: Another of Disneyland's many cartoon compilations, "The Adventures of Mickey Mouse" loosely bastes together several theatrical Mickey Mouse shorts into a story of sorts, with narration by host Walt Disney. The cartoons presented herein include Mickey's first color short, 1935's The Band Concert Read More

Switzerland

Crew: Producer

Disneyland: Monsters of the Deep

Synopsis: With cheerful shamelessness, Walt Disney managed to use several first-season episodes of his Disneyland TV anthology to plug his newest live-action theatrical feature, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Disney introduces this episode by strolling into his studio's "Monster Room", where reams Read More

Disneyland: A Progress Report and Nature's Half Acre

Synopsis: This 1st-season Disneyland episode is a sequel to the series' premiere, with Walt Disney narrating films (mostly taken from a helicopter) of the construction work on the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. Not surprisingly, the most colorful exhibits are presented to the viewer, with Read More

Beezy Bear

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Donald Duck owns a bee farm which borders a National park. Enterprising Humphrey the Bear tries to steal a little honey, whereupon Ranger Woodlore is summoned. Unable to believe that one of "my boys" is a thief, the Ranger warns both Donald and Humphrey to stay on their own sides of the boundary Read More

Bearly Asleep

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Park Ranger Donald Duck holds court over the bears in his jurisdiction, marching them into their cave for their winter hibernation. The only bear who doesn't enter into the spirit of things is good old Humphrey, who manages to make trouble even when he's asleep with his nocturnal twitching and Read More

Lady and the Tramp

Crew: Producer

Actors: Peggy Lee, Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Bill Thompson

Synopsis: Lady and the Tramp represented two "firsts" for Disney: It was the studio's first Cinemascope animated feature, and it was their first full-length cartoon based on an original story rather than an established "classic". Lady is the pampered female dog belonging to Jim Dear and Darling. When her Read More

Up a Tree

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Lumberjack Donald Duck prepares to cut down a very tall tree, which is occupied by--you guessed it--Chip and Dale. Dale resigns himself to moving up, but Chip insists upon fighting for his home. And fight he does, sabotaging all of Donald's efforts to get his work done. But neither the duck nor Read More

No Hunting

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Donald Duck decides to emulate his "old grandpappy" and start hunting for his food. He quickly learns that hunters are none too popular in these parts, especially because of their habit of accidentally shooting farm livestock, their wholesale littering, and their pollution of every body of water Read More

Grin and Bear It

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Donald Duck vacations at Brownstone National Park, where the effusive Ranger Woodlore greets the tourists with a "few rules"--foremost among them "Don't Molest the Bears". He then gives a similar pep talk to the park bears, warning the redoubtable Humprhey Bear not to go around stealing picnic Read More

The Lone Chipmunks

Crew: Producer

Grand Canyonscope

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Donald Duck joins a tour of the Grand Canyon, conducted by Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore ("Spread out, a little, folks. This is CinemaScape"). Unfortunately, Donald repeatedly wanders away from the group to take pictures and get into mischief. Later on, the group embarks on a burro ride to the bottom Read More

Dragon Around

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: While reading a fairy tale about knights and dragons, Dale the chipmunk is horrified to see the castle-shaped tree he shares with his pal Chip being threatened by a sharp-toothed dragon--actually a steam shovel operated by Donald Duck, whose job it is to knock down the tree for a freeway project. Read More

Casey Bats Again

Crew: Producer

The Flying Squirrel

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Working as a peanut vendor in a city park, Donald Duck persuades a flying squirrel to help him hang up an advertising banner, with the promise that he'll reward the squirrel with a peanut. But when Donald goes back on his word, the squirrel gets even with the help of some rather militaristic toys Read More

Donald's Diary

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Bachelor Donald Duck recounts his recent romantic misadventures in his diary (amusingly, Donald's "narrative" voice sounds just like Ronald Colman). As the beauteous Daisy mounts an elaborate campaign to ensnare Donald as her husband, our hero can only remember that "I knew I was winning her Read More

Stormy the Thoroughbred

Crew: Producer

Actors: Robert Roark

Synopsis: Also known as Stormy, the Thoroughbred with an Inferiority Complex, this live-action Disney short subject was originally released in tandem with The Living Desert and Ben and Me. Co-written by actor Jack Holt and narrated by George Fenneman, the film concentrates on a Kentucky-born colt who Read More

Disneyland: The Donald Duck Story

Synopsis: Donald Duck, the most irascible character to emerge from the Walt Disney cartoon factory, made his official TV debut on this early episode of the Disneyland anthology series. Using a "scrapbook" format, the episode traces the life and career of Donald from his inauspicious screen debut as a bit Read More

Disneyland: The Disneyland Story

Synopsis: Walt Disney's long-running ABC anthology Disneyland was launched on October 17, 1954, with what amounted to a 60-minute informercial--albeit a very, very entertaining one. The first half of the program was devoted to a special feature, "What is Disneyland?", depicting the construction of the Read More

Disneyland: A Story of Dogs

Synopsis: This early episode of TV's Disneyland anthology was essentially a glorified promotional trailer for Walt Disney's upcoming animated theatrical feature Lady and the Tramp. Shown hard at work on the project at the Disney studio were supervising director Clyde Geronomi, animation director Wolfgang Read More

Pigs is Pigs

Crew: Producer

Spare the Rod

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: It's chore time in the home of Donald Duck, but nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie would rather play Hawaiian music in their treehouse or indulge in a pirate game. Preparing to punish his nephews, Donald is stopped in his tracks by "The Voice of Child Psychology", who encourages Donald to "be a pal" Read More

Social Lion

Crew: Producer

Siam

Crew: Producer

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Crew: Producer

Actors: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke

Synopsis: This 1954 Disney version of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea represented the studio's costliest and most elaborate American-filmed effort to date. Kirk Douglas plays a trouble-shooting 19th century seaman, trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Read More

Peter Pan

Crew: Producer

Actors: Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson, Heather Angel

Synopsis: A pet project of Walt Disney's since 1939, this animated version of James M. Barrie's Peter Pan reached full fruition in 1953. Eschewing much of Barrie's gentle whimsy (not to mention the more sinister aspects of the leading character), Disney and his staff fashioned a cheery, tuneful cartoon Read More

Rugged Bear

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: It's bear hunting season, and the habitually terrified Humphrey Bear desperately searches for a hideout. Unfortunely, Humphrey chooses the home of Donald Duck, a dedicated hunter whose walls are festooned with guns and stuffed trophies. When Donald returns, Humphrey disguises himself as a bear Read More

The New Neighbor

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Donald Duck tries to extend the hand of friendship to his new neighbor Pete. Unfortunately, when you give Pete an inch, he takes a mile, and before long the boorish newcomer is dumping his garbage in Donald's yard, allowing his pet dog to run amok, and "borrowing" everything that isn't nailed Read More

Melody

Crew: Producer

The Simple Things

Crew: Producer

Don's Fountain of Youth

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Driving through the heart of Florida's swamp country, Donald Duck is upset that his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie seem more interesting in comic books than scenery. When his radiator overheats, Donald heads to a nearby pond to get some water. Discovering that this particular pond was once mistaken Read More

Canvas Back Duck

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Accompanying his nephews to a local carnival, Donald impresses the kids by winning all the sideshow "tests of strength." Enter a nerdy youngster who tells the nephews that "My uncle can lick your uncle." Taking up the challenge, Donald agrees to go three rounds in the boxing ring with "Peewee Read More

Working for Peanuts

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Originally released in 3-D, Working for Peanuts represents yet another battle of wits between Donald Duck and the irrespressible Chip and Dale. Forsaking acorns for peanuts, C&D stumble upon what seems to be an endless supply of goobers: a local zoo where resides Dolores the Elephant, whose Read More

How to Sleep

Crew: Producer

Father's Day Off

Crew: Producer

Bear Country

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Bear Country was the first "Disney True-Life Adventure," and like many of its predecessors, it earned an Academy Award. Filmed in color, this 32-minute documentary offers a close-up-and-personal look at the bears living in Yellowstone National Park. Special attention is paid a bear cub as it Read More

The Alaskan Eskimo

Crew: Producer

Father's Weekend

Crew: Producer

How to Dance

Crew: Producer

For Whom the Bulls Toil

Crew: Producer

Football (Now and Then)

Crew: Producer

The Little House

Crew: Producer

Let's Stick Together

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Relaxing in the park, elderly bee Spike recalls his lifelong friendship with the even more ancient Donald Duck. It all begins when Spike offers the use of his stinger to help streetsweeper Donald clean up the park, with Donald feeding and housing the bee (though sharing the same bed proves a trick Read More

Man's Best Friend

Crew: Producer

Pluto's Party

Crew: Producer

Pluto's Christmas Tree

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: In this "Mickey Mouse" cartoon, Mickey and his dog Pluto head out on a snowy evening to cut down their Christmas tree. As it happens, the tree selected to occupy Mickey's living room is the residence of those capricious chipmunks Chip and Dale. Deciding to have some fun at Pluto's expense, the Read More

Father's Lion

Crew: Producer

Donald Applecore

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: It's harvest time, and Donald Duck begins gathering up apples from his vast orchard. Alas, it doesn't take long for Donald to figure out that someone has been biting huge chunks out of his apples--and that someone turns out to be those prankish chipmunts Chip and Dale. Donald fights back by Read More

Hello Aloha

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Harried office work Goofy is fed up with life in the Big City, his dead-end job and his blustery boss. In a dreamlike state, our hero casts off his shackles and heads to a tiny coral island. In this tropical paradise, the bananas are ripe for plucking, the turtle eggs are free, the natives are Read More

Lambert the Sheepish Lion

Crew: Producer

Actors: Sterling Holloway

Synopsis: Narrated by the ubiqitous Sterling Holloway, the cartoon begins as Mr. Stork delivers a new batch of arrivals to a flock of mother sheep. But there's been a mixup at headquarters, and one of the little lambs turns out to be a baby lion named "Lambert". Be that as it may, one of the ewes adopts Read More

How to Be a Detective

Crew: Producer

Two Gun Goofy

Crew: Producer

Two Chips and a Miss

Crew: Producer

Water Birds

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Walt Disney picked up yet another Academy Award for his 1952 "True-Life Adventure" short Water Birds. This 31-minute nature study is narrated by Winston Hibler, who also wrote the script. Director Ben Sharpsteen's 16-person camera crew records the everyday activities of several bird species Read More

Two Weeks Vacation

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Office worker Goofy is anxiously awaiting his two-week vacation--indeed, the minute he punches out, he dons his "sports" garb and hops into his car. Alas, a flat tire, a snooty hitchhiker, a middle-of-nowhere stop sign, a sudden cloudburst, a morass of "No Vacancy" signs, a noisy train and a Read More

Teachers Are People

Crew: Producer

Susie the Little Blue Coupe

Crew: Producer

Trick or Treat

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: It's traditional on Halloween for little costumed kids to knock on every door squealing "Trick or Treat", whereupon the homeowner is expected to hand over a treat. But when Huey, Dewey and Louie arrive at the door of their Uncle Donald, he prankishly pulls a "trick" on them, forcing them to leave Read More

Uncle Donald's Ants

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Following the standard movie-cartoon instructions, Donald Duck sets about to bake a cake. Unfortunately, nothing in the instructions have warned Donald of the consequnence of a leaky sugar bag. Sure enough, it isn't long before zillions of ants (all voiced by Pinto Colvig, taking time out from his Read More

Cold Turkey

Crew: Producer

Dude Duck

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Donald Duck takes a vacation at the Bar None Dude Ranch in Monument Valley. Hyperactive horse Rover Boy hopes that he'll be selected for a ride through the valley by one of the gorgeous female vacationers: instead, he gets Donald. To avoid having the duck straddle his saddle, Roer Boy goes through Read More

Fathers Are People

Crew: Producer

Home Made Home

Crew: Producer

Get Rich Quick

Crew: Producer

Bee on Guard

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: As they head out to harvest pollen for their honey supply, a swarm of military-outfitted bees leave one of the number, Spike, behind to guard their fortress-like hive. Donald Duck hopes to swipe some honey, but the feisty, red-haired (red HAIRED?) Spike proves to be a formidable adversary. So Read More

Alice in Wonderland

Crew: Producer

Actors: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna

Synopsis: This Disney feature-length cartoon combines the most entertaining elements of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Chasing after the White Rabbit, who runs into view singing "I'm Late! I'm Late!," Alice falls down the rabbit hole into the topsy-turvy alternate world Read More

Chicken in the Rough

Crew: Producer

Corn Chips

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: While shovelling his front walk on a snowy day, Donald Duck cleverlys harnesses some "chipmunk" power by hoodwinking Chip and Dale into doing all the heavy lifting. Once they catch on, C&D decide to get even by invading Donald's house and pilfering his popcorn. But Don discovers them hiding in his Read More

Cold Storage

Crew: Producer

Lion Down

Crew: Producer

R'coon Dawg

Crew: Producer

Plutopia

Crew: Producer

Tomorrow We Diet

Crew: Producer

Test Pilot Donald

Crew: Producer

Nature's Half Acre

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Nature's Half Acre was Disney's 1951 entry in the studio's "True Live Adventures" series. Like its predecessors Seal Island (1949) and Beaver Valley (1950), this 32-minute, Technicolor documentary was an Academy Award winner. Narrated by Winston Hibler (who also wrote the script), the film Read More

Lucky Number

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Service station owner Donald Duck hopes that he'll draw the "lucky number" in a radio contest, with a brand-new "Zoom V8" car as first prize. Alas, Donald's ticket is off by one number, and he goes away for a few minutes to sulk. In the meantime, Don's teenage nephews Huey, Duey and Louie discover Read More

Out of Scale

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: In this cartoon, we learn that Donald Duck and Walt Disney have something in common: Both are model-train aficionados, and both have set up elaborate miniature railroads in their backyards. When Donald decides to add a real tree to his layout, he appropriates the one which serves as home and Read More

No Smoking

Crew: Producer

Crazy Over Daisy

Crew: Producer

Motor Mania

Crew: Producer

Hold That Pose

Crew: Producer

Morris the Midget Moose

Crew: Producer

Lion Around

Crew: Producer

Camp Dog

Crew: Producer

Bee at the Beach

Crew: Producer

Cold War

Crew: Producer

Food for Feudin'

Crew: Producer

Cinderella

Crew: Producer

Actors: Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Claire Du Brey, Helene Stanley

Synopsis: Cinderella was Walt Disney's return to feature-length "story" cartoons after eight years of turning out episodic pastiches like Make Mine Music and Three Caballeros. A few understandable liberties are taken with the original Charles Perrault fairy tale (the wicked stepsisters, for example, do not Read More

Trailer Horn

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Camping out in his trailer, Donald Duck is fast asleep (you can even count the sheep in his eyes). His quietude is rudely interrupted by the arrival of those irrepressible chipmunks Chip and Dale, who insist upon bouncing on Donald's auto horn. The usual battle of wits ensues, heating up when Read More

Puss-Cafe

Crew: Producer

Pluto and the Gopher

Crew: Producer

Wonder Dog

Crew: Producer

Primitive Pluto

Crew: Producer

Out on a Limb

Crew: Producer

Pluto's Heart Throb

Crew: Producer

Pests of the West

Crew: Producer

Pueblo Pluto

Crew: Producer

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Crew: Producer

Actors: Bing Crosby, Basil Rathbone, Eric Blore, Pat O'Malley, John Floyardt

Synopsis: Ichabod and Mr. Toad is a two-part Walt Disney cartoon feature based on a pair of well known stories. The first half of the film is an adaptation of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, all about gawky 17th century schoolteacher Ichabod Crane and his love for the beautiful Katrina. The Read More

Bubble Bee

Crew: Producer

Sheep Dog

Crew: Producer

Toy Tinkers

Crew: Producer

Sea Salts

Crew: Producer

Tennis Racquet

Crew: Producer

The Greener Yard

Crew: Producer

Goofy Gymnastics

Crew: Producer

Honey Harvester

Crew: Producer

Slide, Donald, Slide

Crew: Producer

Winter Storage

Crew: Producer

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Originally released as half of the 1949 feature The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Bing Crosby narrates this Disney adaptation of Washington Irving's story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Donald's Happy Birthday

Crew: Producer

Pluto's Surprise Package

Crew: Producer

Pluto's Sweater

Crew: Producer

Mickey Down Under

Crew: Producer

Pluto's Purchase

Crew: Producer

Pluto's Fledgling

Crew: Producer

Seal Island

Crew: Producer

Bone Bandit

Crew: Producer

Cat Nap Pluto

Crew: Producer

The Big Wash

Crew: Producer

Blame It on the Samba

Crew: Producer

Tea for Two Hundred

Crew: Producer

Soup's On

Crew: Producer

The Trial of Donald Duck

Crew: Producer

Three for Breakfast

Crew: Producer

Mickey and the Seal

Crew: Producer

Little Toot

Crew: Producer

So Dear to My Heart

Crew: Producer

Actors: Bobby Driscoll, Beulah Bondi, Burl Ives, Luana Patten, Harry Carey

Synopsis: Like Disney's earlier Song of the South, So Dear to My Heart peppers its live action with animated sequences. In this film, however, it is the "live" story that lingers longest in the memory. Set in 1903, the film takes place on the small Kincaid farm. Twin sheep are born in the barn: one white Read More

Drip Dippy Donald

Crew: Producer

Inferior Decorator

Crew: Producer

Daddy Duck

Crew: Producer

Melody Time

Crew: Producer

Actors: Roy Rogers, Dennis Day

Synopsis: Disney was known for combining his musical cartoon shorts into interesting feature-length anthologies and Melody Time is one of the best. But for the fact that all of the featured segments have musical themes, they vary widely in musical and artistic style. Included are the exciting "Bumble Read More

Johnny Appleseed

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Living on a farm near Pittsburg Town in the early 19th century, young Johnny Chapman cares only about his apple trees, picking and harvesting the luscious red fruit while singing with his animal friends. Seeing a wagon train heading westward, Johnny would like to go along, but feels that he lacks Read More

Donald's Dream Voice

Crew: Producer

Sleepy Time Donald

Crew: Producer

Figaro and Frankie

Crew: Producer

Foul Hunting

Crew: Producer

Wide Open Spaces

Crew: Producer

Crazy with the Heat

Crew: Producer

Bootle Beetle

Crew: Producer

Fun and Fancy Free

Crew: Producer

Actors: Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore, Luana Patten

Synopsis: A blend of live-action and animation, Fun and Fancy Free is comprised of two distinct tales linked by additional footage featuring Jiminy Cricket. Disney had been planning to use each story for separate feature films but the involvement of the United States in WWII disrupted his plans and the Read More

Donald's Dilemma

Crew: Producer

Chip 'n Dale

Crew: Producer

Rescue Dog

Crew: Producer

Mickey and the Beanstalk

Synopsis: Originally released as part of the feature Fun and Fancy Free, Mickey and the Beanstalk is the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk," with the role of Jack split into three and played by Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. To save Happy Valley from extinction, our heroes must rescue the singing harp Read More

Straight Shooters

Crew: Producer

Mail Dog

Crew: Producer

Pluto's House Warming

Crew: Producer

Pluto's Blue Note

Crew: Producer

Clown of the Jungle

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Delayed Date

Crew: Producer

Double Dribble

Crew: Producer

Make Mine Music

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Benny Goodman, Sterling Holloway, Dinah Shore, David Lichine

Synopsis: In his first postwar animated feature, Walt Disney attempted to repeat the Fantasia formula, substituting "pop" music for the Classics. Make Mine Music consists of ten unrelated cartoon vignettes, each one featuring a popular recording artist. "A Rustic Ballad" is the story of the Martin-Coy Read More

Pluto's Kid Brother

Crew: Producer

Dumbbell of the Yukon

Crew: Producer

Donald's Double Trouble

Crew: Producer

A Knight for a Day

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: This "Goofy" cartoon is a spoof of both the Age of Knighthood and contemporary sports broadcasts. The year is 1446, and the occasion is the annual Canterbury Jousting Tournament. The breathless blow-by-blow sportscaster informs us that the winner of tournament will wed the beautiful Esmerelda Read More

Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet

Crew: Producer

Wet Paint

Crew: Producer

Planning for Good Eating

Crew: Producer

Song of the South

Crew: Producer

Actors: James Baskett, Anita Brown, Bobby Driscoll, Mary Field, Gene Holland

Synopsis: Song of the South is a blend of live action and animation, based on the popular "Uncle Remus" stories of Joel Chandler Harris. Set in the years just after the Civil War, the story begins with young Johnny (Bobby Driscoll) being sent to live at the southern plantation of his grandmother (Lucile Watson Read More

Lighthouse Keeping

Crew: Producer

Bath Day

Crew: Producer

Squatter's Rights

Crew: Producer

Frank Duck Brings 'em Back Alive

Crew: Producer

The Martins and the Coys

Crew: Producer

In Dutch

Crew: Producer

Hockey Homicide

Crew: Producer

The Clock Watcher

Crew: Producer

Contrary Condor

Crew: Producer

Cleanliness Brings Health

Crew: Producer

Cured Duck

Crew: Producer

What is Disease?

Crew: Producer

Dog Watch

Crew: Producer

The Flying Gauchito

Crew: Producer

No Sail

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Donald Duck and Goofy decide to rent a U-Drive Sail Boat, which requires a 5-cent deposit every thirty seconds or so. It's a trim and swift craft--at least until Donald breaks the sail and runs out of nickels. Stranded in the middle of the ocean under a blazing sun, Donald (who has developed a Read More

The Three Caballeros

Crew: Director

Actors: Aurora Miranda, Carmen Molina, Dora Luz, Clarence Nash, Joaquin Garay

Synopsis: Three Caballeros is the first Walt Disney feature to combine animation with live action footage. Originally conceived as World War II propaganda promoting good relations between the United States and Latin America, the film details the adventures of Donald Duck as he meets two Latin birds--Jose Read More

The Purloined Pup

Crew: Producer

Old Sequoia

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Park Ranger Donald Duck is chewed out by his boss (via telephone) for allowing too many trees to be felled on his watch. Donald is warned that if anything happens to the park's ancient trademark Old Sequoia, he will be fired. Unfortunately, a pack of busy beavers is determined to burrow through Read More

Duck Pimples

Crew: Producer

Donald's Crime

Crew: Producer

Californy 'er Bust

Crew: Producer

Canine Casanova

Crew: Producer

Canine Patrol

Crew: Producer

The Legend of Coyote Rock

Crew: Producer

Tiger Trouble

Crew: Producer

The Eyes Have It

Crew: Producer

First Aiders

Crew: Producer

Donald Duck and the Gorilla

Crew: Producer

How to Play Football

Crew: Producer

How to Play Golf

Crew: Producer

Commando Duck

Crew: Producer

How to Be a Sailor

Crew: Producer

Springtime for Pluto

Crew: Producer

The Plastics Inventor

Crew: Producer

The Pelican and the Snipe

Crew: Producer

Trombone Trouble

Crew: Producer

Pluto and the Armadillo

Crew: Producer

Private Pluto

Crew: Producer

Flying Jalopy

Crew: Producer

Reason and Emotion

Crew: Producer

Home Defense

Crew: Producer

The Spirit of '43

Crew: Producer

Show Business at War

Defense Against Invasion

Crew: Producer

The Winged Scourge

Crew: Producer

Figaro and Cleo

Crew: Producer

The Old Army Game

Crew: Producer

Education for Death

Crew: Producer

Donald's Tire Trouble

Crew: Producer

The Grain that Built a Hemisphere

Crew: Producer

Fall Out-Fall In

Crew: Producer

Chicken Little

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: One of four WW2-era Disney cartoon "specials" produced at the behest of the US Government, Chicken Little utilizes the titular fable to warn against the influence of Nazism. The story opens in a very cosmopolitan henhouse (complete with beauty parlor and dance hall!), overseen by "supervisor of Read More

Victory Vehicles

Crew: Producer

Saludos Amigos

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: This 43-minute animated feature is Walt Disney's contribution to the wartime "Good Neighbor Policy" between the USA and Latin America. Opening with live-action footage of Disney and his staff (referred to by the narrator as a "group of artists and musicians") heading off to South America to glean Read More

Food Will Win the War

Crew: Producer

The Vanishing Private

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Birthday Party

Crew: Producer

The Army Mascot

Crew: Producer

Pluto, Junior

Crew: Producer

Sky Trooper

Crew: Producer

Symphony Hour

Crew: Producer

Pluto at the Zoo

Crew: Producer

T-Bone for Two

Crew: Producer

Four Methods of Flush Riveting

Crew: Producer

How to Fish

Crew: Producer

Donald Gets Drafted

Crew: Producer

Donald's Garden

Crew: Producer

Donald's Goldmine

Crew: Producer

Bambi

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: The classic Felix Salter story Bambi provides the basis for this near-perfect Disney animated feature. We follow the male deer Bambi from birth, through his early childhood experiences with woodland pals Thumper the rabbit and Flower the skunk, the traumatic sudden death of Bambi's mother at the Read More

Der Fuehrer's Face

Crew: Producer

All Together

Crew: Producer

Bellboy Donald

Crew: Producer

Donald's Decision

Crew: Producer

The Olympic Champ

Crew: Producer

How to Swim

Crew: Producer

Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Firing Line

Crew: Producer

Stop That Tank!

Crew: Producer

The Village Smithy

Crew: Producer

Donald's Snow Fight

Crew: Producer

How to Play Baseball

Crew: Producer

A Gentleman's Gentleman

Crew: Producer

A Good Time for a Dime

Crew: Producer

Pluto's Playmate

Crew: Producer

The Golden Eggs

Crew: Producer

Baggage Buster

Crew: Producer

Early to Bed

Crew: Producer

Dumbo

Crew: Producer

Actors: Sterling Holloway, Edward S. Brophy, Herman Bing, Verna Felton, Cliff Edwards

Synopsis: The shortest of Disney's major animated features Dumbo involves a baby elephant with unusually large ears. Ostracized from the rest of the circus animals, poor Dumbo is even separated from his mother, who is chained up in a separate cage after trying to defend her child. Only brash-but-lovable Read More

The Little Whirlwind

Crew: Producer

Timber

Crew: Producer

Truant Officer Donald

Crew: Producer

Orphan's Benefit

Crew: Producer

Old Macdonald Duck

Crew: Producer

Lend a Paw

Crew: Producer

The Nifty Nineties

Crew: Producer

The Reluctant Dragon

Actors: Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Buddy Pepper, Nana Bryant, Claud Allister, Barnett Parker

Synopsis: The very first Disney feature to include live-action footage, this behind-the-scenes documentary about the studio's animation process includes the cartoon short of the title, which in later years was often exhibited separately from this film. Robert Benchley stars as himself, a visitor to the Read More

Canine Caddy

Crew: Producer

Donald's Camera

Crew: Producer

Chef Donald

Crew: Producer

Mr. Duck Steps Out

Crew: Producer

Tugboat Mickey

Crew: Producer

Pinocchio

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Dick Jones, Cliff Edwards, Christian Rub, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Charles Judels, Mel Blanc, Don Brodie, Evelyn Venable

Synopsis: When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto (Christian Rub) builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio (Dick Jones), is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish. Read More

The Riveter

Crew: Producer

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: With bags packed, Mickey Mouse and his dog Pluto depart from the Burbank depot for a train trip to Pomona. Alas, surly railroad conductor Pegleg Pete won't let Goofy in the passenger car, so Mickey stuffs the dog in his suitcase. It doesn't take long for Pete to figure out what's going on, and Read More

Pantry Pirate

Crew: Producer

Bone Trouble

Crew: Producer

Bill Posters

Crew: Producer

Window Cleaners

Crew: Producer

Fantasia

Crew: Director, Producer

Synopsis: Fantasia, Walt Disney's animated masterpiece of the 1940s, grew from a short-subject cartoon picturization of the Paul Dukas musical piece The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Mickey Mouse was starred in this eight-minute effort, while the orchestra was under the direction of Leopold Stokowski. Disney and Read More

Donald's Dog Laundry

Crew: Producer

Goofy's Glider

Crew: Producer

Pluto's Dream House

Crew: Producer

Donald's Vacation

Crew: Producer

Put-Put Troubles

Crew: Producer

The Fire Chief

Crew: Producer

Goofy and Wilbur

Crew: Producer

The Practical Pig

Crew: Producer

The Pointer

Crew: Producer

Officer Duck

Crew: Producer

The Hockey Champ

Crew: Producer

Beach Picnic

Crew: Producer

The Autograph Hound

Crew: Producer

The Importance of Being Donald

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Three early Donald Duck shorts are collected on The Importance of Being Donald: "Donald's Better Self," "Timber!" and "Polar Trappers," co-starring Goofy. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Donald's Penguin

Crew: Producer

Donald's Lucky Day

Crew: Producer

Donald's Cousin Gus

Crew: Producer

Society Dog Show

Crew: Producer

Sea Scouts

Crew: Producer

Wynken, Blynken and Nod

Crew: Producer

Mother Goose Goes Hollywood

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Parrot

Crew: Producer

Merbabies

Crew: Producer

Self Control

Crew: Producer

The Whalers

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Trailer

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Mickey Mouse owns a remarkable state-of-the-art trailer that converts into a bungalow (and vice versa) at the flick of a switch. Goofy drives the trailer into the great outdoors, while Mickey prepares the meals (even unto milking a passing cow). The third passenger, Donald Duck, characteristically Read More

Polar Trappers

Crew: Producer

Donald's Golf Game

Crew: Producer

Donald's Nephews

Crew: Producer

Boat Builders

Crew: Producer

Donald's Better Self

Crew: Producer

The Fox Hunt

Crew: Producer

Good Scouts

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: In Yellowstone National Park, Scoutmaster Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie march up, down, and around "The Devil's Stewpot." Finding a suitable camping place, the boys set about cutting down trees, with Donald causing great injury to his person when he attempts to chop down a Read More

Ferdinand the Bull

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: One of Disney's most famous and popular cartoon featurettes, Ferdinand the Bull is based on the 1936 children's book written by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson. In sunny Spain, little Ferdinand the bull does not want to scamper about and butt heads with his bovine brethern; a peaceful Read More

Farmyard Symphony

Crew: Producer

Modern Inventions

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Amateurs

Crew: Producer

Magician Mickey

Crew: Producer

Moose Hunters

Crew: Producer

Woodland Cafe

Crew: Producer

The Worm Turns

Crew: Producer

The Old Mill

Crew: Producer

Pluto's Quin-Puplets

Crew: Producer

Lonesome Ghosts

Crew: Producer

Mickey Knows Best

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The title of this video cartoon collection is true up to a point: Mickey Mouse may not know "best" compared to you or I, but he's certainly more on top of things than his cohorts Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto. The best cartoon in this collection is "Mickey's Amateurs," a color reworking of 1934's Read More

Clock Cleaners

Crew: Producer

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Crew: Director, Producer

Synopsis: It was called "Disney's Folly." Who on earth would want to sit still for 90 minutes to watch an animated cartoon? And why pick a well-worn Grimm's Fairy Tale that every schoolkid knows? But Walt Disney seemed to thrive on projects which a lesser man might have written off as "stupid" or Read More

Don Donald

Crew: Producer

Little Hiawatha

Crew: Producer

Hawaiian Holiday

Crew: Producer

Donald's Ostrich

Crew: Producer

The Country Cousin

Crew: Producer

Mother Pluto

Crew: Producer

More Kittens

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Elephant

Crew: Producer

Three Blind Mouseketeers

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: They're not the "mouseketeers" of Mickey Mouse Club fame, but instead a trio of mice dressed as Porthos, Athos and Aramis--aka the Three Musketeers. And indeed, all three are blind, with the requisite dark glasses and using their swords as canes. Despite this handicap, our heroes are pretty sharp Read More

Orphan's Picnic

Crew: Producer

Moving Day

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Circus

Crew: Producer

Elmer Elephant

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Little Elmer Elephant skips through the woods gathering a bouquet of flowers as a gift for Tillie Tiger, who is guest of honor at a birthday party. Tillie gives Elmer a kiss, whereupon the jealous animal kids decide to humilitate the pint-sized pachyderm by poking cruel fun at his huge trunk Read More

Donald and Pluto

Crew: Producer

Alpine Climbers

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Rival

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Polo Team

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Grand Opera

Crew: Producer

Hollywood Party

Actors: Jimmy Durante, Charles Butterworth, Lupe Velez, Polly Moran

Synopsis: Hollywood Party was planned as a lavish, star-studded MGM musical titled Hollywood Revue of 1933. Under the less-than-sterling guidance of "kicked upstairs" MGM producer Harry Rapf, production dragged on interminably, using up the talents of five directors (none of whom were credited) and Read More

Camping Out

Crew: Producer

The China Shop

Crew: Producer

Servants' Entrance

Crew: Animator

Actors: Janet Gaynor, Lew Ayres, Ned Sparks, Walter Connolly, Louise Dresser

Synopsis: Inasmuch as the film was based on a novel by Swedish author Sigrid Boo, Fox's Servant's Entrance is logically set in Sweden. Heiress Hedda Nillson (Janet Gaynor) certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid. After the usual trials and tribulations, Hedda falls in Read More

The Big Bad Wolf

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: In the first of two sequels to Disney's Oscar-winning The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood stops to visit the porcine heroes while on her way to deliver "cakes and wine" to her bedridden Grandma. Despite the dire warnings of Practical Pig, his carefree brothers Fifer and Fiddler offer to Read More

The Dognapper

Crew: Producer

The Grasshopper and the Ants

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Ideally suited for its target Depression-era audience, this 1934 cartoon begins in Springtime, as a carefree, top-hatted grasshopper fiddles away while a colony of ants industrially stores away food and provisions for the winter (a project that requires saws, carts, and a full marching band). The Read More

Gulliver Mickey

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: To entertain a group of cute orphan mice, Mickey Mouse tells the kids of the time that he was shipwrecked on a "dark and stormy night." In flashback, Mickey washes up on the shores of Lilliput, where the teeny-tiny residents bind him to the ground and play with such mysterious "giant" gadgets as a Read More

The Goddess of Spring

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: It's the myth of Persephone, Disney style, in this lavish "Silly Symphony". In the world of long, long ago, the animals and flowers of the forest enjoy perfect weather all year 'round, courtesy of the beauteous, redheaded Goddess of Eternal Spring (Disney's first attempt to animate a "realistic" Read More

The Flying Mouse

Crew: Producer

Funny Little Bunnies

Crew: Producer

Father Noah's Ark

Crew: Producer

Giantland

Crew: Producer

The Mail Pilot

Crew: Producer

The Mad Doctor

Crew: Producer

The Three Little Pigs

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Originally produced in 1933 and the winner of an Academy Award for Best Cartoon Short Subject, Three Little Pigs tells the classic fairy tale of two hasty pigs, one smart one, and the Big Bad Wolf they're all trying to escape from. Featuring the song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?," the Read More

The Pied Piper

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: The town of Hamelin is literally swarming with rats, who, when they can't grab food out in the open, use bricks to break into grocery stores and delicatessens. To rid themselves of the pesky rodents, the townsfolk demand that their singing Mayor hire an exterminator. Enter the Pied Piper, who Read More

Building a Building

Crew: Producer

Birds in the Spring

Crew: Producer

Lullaby Land

Crew: Producer

The Steeplechase

Crew: Producer

The Pet Store

Crew: Producer

Ye Olden Days

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: This jaunty musical cartoon opens with a scroll listing the actors and their roles: Mickey Mouse as Ye Wandering Minstrel, Minnie Mouse as Ye Princess, Dippy Dawg (later known as Goofy) in a rare "heavy" role as Ye Prince, and Ye Olde Kinge as Himself (Curiously, Clabelle Cow receives no screen Read More

Mickey's Gala Premiere

Crew: Producer

Old King Cole

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: A lavish pop-up book opens to reveal the castle of Old King Cole. The merry monarch's kingdom is populated by the Pied Piper, Little Boy Blue, Old Mother Hubbard, the Woman in the Shoe, and other such fairy-tale favorites. Dancing to a lively tune, the subjects gather to attend King Cole's annual Read More

Mickey's Mellerdrammer

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Mechanical Man

Crew: Producer

The Night Before Christmas

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Pal Pluto

Crew: Producer

Just Dogs

Crew: Producer

The Grocery Boy

Crew: Producer

The Bears and the Bees

Crew: Producer

The Klondike Kid

Crew: Producer

Flowers and Trees

Crew: Producer

The Bird Store

Crew: Producer

Barnyard Olympics

Crew: Producer

The Duck Hunt

Crew: Producer

Bugs in Love

Crew: Producer

King Neptune

Crew: Producer

Trader Mickey

Crew: Producer

Santa's Workshop

Crew: Producer

Touchdown Mickey

Crew: Producer

The Whoopee Party

Crew: Producer

The Wayward Canary

Crew: Producer

Musical Farmer

Crew: Producer

The Mad Dog

Crew: Producer

Mickey in Arabia

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Revue

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Nightmare

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Good Deed

Crew: Producer

The Castaway

Crew: Producer

The China Plate

Crew: Producer

The Clock Store

Crew: Producer

The Cat's Out

Crew: Producer

The Busy Beavers

Crew: Producer

The Beach Party

Crew: Producer

The Barnyard Broadcast

Crew: Producer

Blue Rhythm

Crew: Producer

The Birthday Party

Crew: Producer

The Delivery Boy

Crew: Producer

The Moose Hunt

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Orphans

Crew: Producer

Mother Goose Melodies

Crew: Producer

Traffic Troubles

Crew: Producer

The Spider and the Fly

Crew: Producer

The Fox Hunt

Crew: Producer

Egyptian Melodies

Crew: Producer

Fishin' Around

Crew: Producer

Mickey Cuts Up

Crew: Producer

Mickey Steps Out

Crew: Producer

The Fire Fighters

Crew: Producer

Frolicking Fish

Crew: Producer

Just Mickey

Crew: Director, Producer

Gorilla Mystery

Crew: Producer

The Chain Gang

Crew: Producer

Arctic Antics

Crew: Producer

The Barnyard Concert

Crew: Director, Producer

Cannibal Capers

Crew: Producer

Night

Crew: Director, Producer

Midnite in a Toyshop

Crew: Producer

Pioneer Days

Crew: Producer

The Shindig

Crew: Producer

Winter

Crew: Producer

Monkey Melodies

Crew: Producer

Playful Pan

Crew: Producer

The Picnic

Crew: Producer

Mickey's Choo-Choo

Crew: Director, Producer

Mickey's Follies

Crew: Producer

The Opry House

Crew: Director, Producer

The Merry Dwarfs

Crew: Director, Producer

Jungle Rhythm

Crew: Director, Producer

Hell's Bells

Crew: Producer

The Jazz Fool

Crew: Director, Producer

The Karnival Kid

Crew: Director, Producer

The Barnyard Battle

Crew: Director, Producer

Wild Waves

Crew: Producer

Springtime

Crew: Producer

The Haunted House

Crew: Director, Producer

The Skeleton Dance

Crew: Director, Producer

The Plow Boy

Crew: Director, Producer

When the Cat's Away

Crew: Director, Producer

El Terrible Toreador

Crew: Director, Producer

Gallopin' Gaucho

Crew: Director, Producer

The Barn Dance

Crew: Director, Producer

Steamboat Willie

Crew: Director, Producer

Synopsis: Starring Mickey Mouse in his first feature performance, 1928's Steamboat Willie made history after it its premier at the Colony Theater in New York. The first cartoon designed and synchronized along with a musical soundtrack, this tale of a then black-and-white Mickey's adventures at sea served as Read More

Plane Crazy

Crew: Director, Producer

Rival Romeos

Crew: Director

Bright Lights

Crew: Director

The Mechanical Cow

Crew: Director

The Ocean Hop

Crew: Director

All Wet

Crew: Director

The Fox Chase

Crew: Director

Tall Timber

Crew: Director

Sky Scrapers

Crew: Director

Oh, What a Knight

Crew: Director

Ozzie of the Mounted

Crew: Director

Great Guns!

Crew: Director

Trolley Troubles

Crew: Director

Oh, Teacher

Crew: Director

Alice in the Wooly West

Crew: Director

Alice's Mysterious Mystery

Crew: Director

Alice the Jail Bird

Crew: Director

Alice in the Jungle

Crew: Director

Actors: Virginia Davis

Alice Gets Stung

Crew: Director

Alice Chops the Suey

Crew: Director

Alice's Wild West Show

Crew: Director

Actors: Virginia Davis

Alice Gets in Dutch

Crew: Director

Alice's Wonderland

Crew: Director

Actors: Virginia Davis

Little Red Riding Hood

Crew: Director