Bakalyan, Dick

Bakalyan, Dick Disney regular, acted in The Strongest Man in the World (Cookie), The Shaggy D.A. (Freddie), Return from Witch Mountain (Eddie), Follow Me, Boys (umpire), Never a Dull Moment (Bobby Macon), The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (Chillie Walsh), Now You See Him, Now You Don’t (Cookie), and Charley and the Angel (Buggs); narrated It’s …

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Baker, Buddy

Baker, Buddy (1918-2002) Composer, joined Disney in 1955 to help George Bruns write music for Davy Crockett, but later specialized in music for the Disney attractions at the 1964-1965New York World’s Fair, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Tokyo Disneyland. He wrote the music for The Haunted Mansion, and served as musical director for Epcot, where …

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Baker, Diane

Baker, Diane Actress; appeared in The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (Suzie Clemens) and The Joy Luck Club (Mrs. Jordan).

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Baker’s Field Bakery

Baker’s Field Bakery Shop at Disney California Adventure; opened on February 8, 2001, and closed August 1, 2011. The name is a play on the city named Bakersfield in Central California.

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Bailey, Pearl

Bailey, Pearl (1918-1990) Singer/actress; voiced Big Mama in The Fox and the Hound.

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Bailey (Turner), Grace

Bailey (Turner), Grace (1904-1983) Began work at Disney in 1932 in the Ink and Paint Department, and in 1954 became its head. She remained in that position until her retirement in 1972, and received a posthumous Disney Legend award in 2000.

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Bailey’s Mistake (television)

Bailey’s Mistake (television) Two-hour television movie airing on The Wonderful World of Disney on March 18, 2001. Liz Donovan, recently widowed, discovers that her late husband, Paul, had secretly spent their life savings to purchase property on Bailey’s Mistake, a small island off coastal Maine. She travels there with her two children, Dylan and Becca, …

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Baer, Parley

Baer, Parley (1914-2002) Actor, appeared in Those Calloways (Doane Shattuck), The Ugly Dachshund (Mel Chadwick), Follow Me, Boys (Mayor Hi Plommer), and The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (chief executioner), and on television in The Boy Who Stole the Elephant, The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove, and Bristle Face.

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