Remy

Remy The gourmet-cooking rat in Ratatouille, voiced by Patton Oswalt. A tiny Chef Remy Audio-Animatronics figure, the smallest ever created by Walt Disney Imagineering, entertained periodically at Rendez-Vous des Stars restaurant in Walt Disney Studios Park at the Disneyland Paris Resort beginning in 2008, and later at Les Chefs de France at Epcot.

Reluctant Dragon, The (film)

Reluctant Dragon, The (film) Feature in which Robert Benchley visits the Disney Studio in Burbank to sell Walt Disney on the idea of making a film of Kenneth Grahame’s book, The Reluctant Dragon. After explorations of an art class, dialogue stage, sound effects stage, multiplane camera department, story and animation departments, he discovers Walt has …

Photo of Disney Animator Wolfgang Reitherman

Reitherman, Wolfgang (“Woolie”)

Reitherman, Wolfgang (“Woolie”) (1909-1985) Animator/director; began at Disney in 1933. He was one of the “Nine Old Men.” He first tried his hand at directing on Sleeping Beauty, and he was one of the first of the directing animators to be given the directorial reins of an entire animated feature, with The Sword in the …

Reinhold, Judge

Reinhold, Judge Actor; appeared in Off Beat (Joe Gower), Ruthless People (Ken Kessler), and The Santa Clause, The Santa Clause 2 (Neal), The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Neil Miller) and Swing Vote (Walter).

Reitherman, Robert

Reitherman, Robert He provided part of the voice of Arthur in The Sword in the Stone; son of Disney animator/director Wolfgang Reitherman.

Reitherman, Bruce

Reitherman, Bruce He voiced Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree and Mowgli in The Jungle Book; son of Disney animator/director Wolfgang Reitherman. Much later he produced and filmed Alaska: Dances of the Caribou.

Regular Joe (television)

Regular Joe (television) Half-hour comedy series on ABC, premiering on March 28, 2003, and ending on April 18. Recent widower Joe Binder has his hands full as he tries to run a household composed of a teenage son, Grant, and a college freshman daughter, Joanie, who is a single mother. Complicating his life further are …

Reign of Fire (film)

Reign of Fire (film) In present-day London, 12-year-old Quinn watches as his mother, a construction engineer, inadvertently awakens an enormous fire-breathing beast from its centuries-long slumber. Twenty years later, much of the world has been scarred by the beast and its offspring. As a fire chief, Quinn is responsible for warding off the beasts and …

Reid, Elliott (1920-2013)

Reid, Elliott (1920-2013) Actor; appeared in The Absent-Minded Professor and Son of Flubber (Shelby Ashton), Follow Me, Boys! (Ralph Hastings), and Blackbeard’s Ghost (TV commentator).

Reflections of China (film)

Reflections of China (film) Circle-Vision film replacing Wonders of China in China at Epcot in May 2003. The film features updated footage of many of the cities and landmarks shown in the original film, as well as additions, including Hong Kong and Macau, which are now part of China. Shanghai, especially, has dramatically changed over …