Bill Peet

He eventually became the sole developer of the animated features One Hundred and One Dalmatians and The Sword in the Stone, for which he drew the characters, wrote the screenplays, and directed the actors’ voice performances.

Fred Moore

When he animated the pigs in Three Little Pigs, for instance, Fred also won Walt’s highest praise that “at last, we have achieved true personality in a whole picture.”

Bill Cottrell

Among his many contributions to Disney, Bill helped develop the popular Zorro television series and, in 1964, was named president of Retlaw Enterprises, the Walt Disney family corporation.

David Hand

Dave “was cavalier in transforming Walt’s dreams into animation,” recalled animators and Disney Legends Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston in their book Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life.

Roy Williams

Roy is best known, however, for the four seasons he played “Big Roy” on the Mickey Mouse Club. He is also credited with designing the trademark ears worn by the show’s cast.

Ken O’Connor

In 1935 he joined The Walt Disney Studios, where he worked as either art director or layout man on 13 features and nearly 100 shorts.

Joe Grant

In 1940, he contributed to Fantasia and, 50 years later, he fathered the “flamingo with a yo-yo” concept for the “Carnival of the Animals” sequence featured in Fantasia 2000.

Jack Hannah

Jack’s work was honored on numerous occasions by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences; eight of the cartoons he directed were nominated for Oscars^®, including Tea for Two Hundred, Toy Tinkers, and No Hunting.

Don DaGradi

“Our praise for Don is endless.”—The Sherman Brothers

Ken Anderson

His first feature assignment was as art director for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; to help other animators visualize the film’s settings dimensionally, Ken built models of the Dwarfs’ cottage. Even Dopey’s memorable wiggling ears were inspired by his own ability to do so.