Stand by Me

Stand by Me See Disney’s Timon and Pumbaa in Stand by Me.

Stamps

Stamps The first Disney postage stamp was a 6-cent commemorative issued by the United States to honor Walt Disney on September 11, 1968. The stamp featured children from all over the world streaming from the Disneyland castle, along with a portrait of Disney. Designers were Bob Moore (castle and children) and Paul Wenzel (portrait). The …

Stallone, Sylvester

Stallone, Sylvester Actor; appeared in Oscar (Angelo “Snaps” Provolone), Judge Dredd (Judge Dredd), in An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (as himself), and in Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 (Stakar Ogord).

Stalling, Carl

Stalling, Carl (1891-1972) Musician/composer; Walt Disney knew him in Kansas City in the 1920s when he was a theater organist. When Disney decided to add a sound track to Steamboat Willie, he turned to Stalling. Stalling came out to the Disney Studio beginning in 1928, and remained for a little over a year before beginning …

Stainton, David

Stainton, David President of Walt Disney Animation, beginning in 2003. He had started with Disney in 1989, and in 2002 was named president of Walt Disney Television Animation.

Stakeout (film)

Stakeout (film) Seattle detectives Chris Lecce and Bill Reimers pull an unwanted assignment—the nightshift stakeout of the home of an ex-girlfriend of a vicious escaped convict. Lecce becomes smitten by the object of their stakeout, Maria McGuire, and soon is bending rules and having dinner with her. Eventually the convict arrives, kidnaps Lecce and McGuire, …

Stage Door Cafe

Stage Door Cafe Restaurant opened in Frontierland at Disneyland in September 1978. Formerly Oaks Tavern.

Staggs, Thomas O.

Staggs, Thomas O. He joined Disney in strategic planning in 1990 and was a key member of the team that put together the acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC. He was named executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Walt Disney Company in May 1998, and chairman of Walt Disney Attractions in January 2010. In …

Stage Coach

Stage Coach Frontierland attraction at Disneyland, from July 17, 1955, to February 1, 1956. It became Rainbow Mountain Stage Coaches, which operated until 1959. The stagecoaches were removed because the horses were spooked by the Disneyland Railroad trains that traveled nearby.

Stage 9 Digital Media

Stage 9 Digital Media Part of the Disney-ABC Television Group, formed in February 2007. Stage 9 created original short-form programming, beginning with the comedy series Squeegees debuting on ABC.com and YouTube on February 28, 2008.