Pfeiffer, Michelle Actress; starred in Dangerous Minds (LouAnne Johnson), Up Close and Personal (Tally Atwater), and A Thousand Acres (Rose Cook Lewis). She appears as Janet van Dyne in Ant-Man and the Wasp and Avengers: Endgame and Queen Ingris in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.

Pfeiffer, Walt (1901-1976) Childhood friend of Walt Disney’s from Kansas City; Walt Disney considered the Pfeiffer home as his “laughing place.” The two boys would put on acts in vaudeville theaters as “The Two Walts.” Pfeiffer was employed by Walt Disney Productions in various capacities from 1935 until his retirement in 1972.

Phantom Boats Tomorrowland attraction at Disneyland in 1956. The boats sported large fins.

Phantom Manor The Haunted Mansion attraction in Frontierland at Disneyland Paris; opened April 12, 1992.

Phantom of the Megaplex (television) A Disney Channel Original Film, first airing on November 10, 2000. A teenage boy, Pete Riley, is proud of his responsibilities as assistant manager at a megaplex, until a special premiere night is sabotaged by a mysterious figure. Directed by Blair Treu. Stars Taylor Handley (Pete Riley), Jacob Smith (Brian …

Peter Tchaikovsky Story, The (television) Television show; aired on January 30, 1959. Directed by Charles Barton. Background information on Tchaikovsky gathered during the making of Sleeping Beauty led to this biographical show, telling stories of the life of the great Russian composer from a child, born in 1840, to adulthood. The film covers his education …

Petersen, Paul He was hired as a Mouseketeer for the Mickey Mouse Club in 1955, but let go shortly afterwards. He wrote the book, Walt, Mickey and Me (Dell, 1977) about the club and his experiences with it. He was in The Happiest Millionaire (Tony).

Pete’s Dragon (film) Lively musical comedy in which a magical and sometimes mischievous dragon, Elliott, inadvertantly causes chaos and confusion in Passamaquoddy, a Maine fishing village. To help a young orphan, Pete, break away from his evil foster parents, the Gogans, and find a happy home with Nora and her father Lampie in their lighthouse, …