James and the Giant Peach (film) Nine-year-old James Henry Trotter, a young orphan, has been sent to live with his wicked, miserly aunts Spiker and Sponge. Life is the pits for the lonely boy, who dreams of going to New York City. He finally gets his chance when he meets a mysterious hobo who presents …
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Jackson, Michael (1958-2009) He wrote the songs for and starred in the 3-D Captain EO film at the Disney parks. Jackson was an avid Disney fan, making many trips to the parks, occasionally in disguise.
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Jackson, Samuel L. Actor; appeared in Betsy’s Wedding (Taxi Dispatcher), Unbreakable (Elijah Price), Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame (Nick Fury), and provided the voice of Frozone in The Incredibles and Incredibles 2. He narrated African Cats: Kingdom of Courage. He also provided the …
See moreJackson, Wilfred (“Jaxon”) (1906-1988) He joined Disney in 1928 and worked on Steamboat Willie. He served as an animator, director, and as producer-director on the Disneyland television show. He pioneered a method of pre-timing animation with sound, and invented the bar sheet to coordinate the animation action with the sound track. Several of the cartoons …
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Jackson Square Gifts and Desires Souvenir shop at the Port Orleans Resort hotel at Walt Disney World; opened on May 17, 1991.
See moreJaeckel, Richard (1926-1997) Actor; he appeared in Herbie Goes Bananas (Shepard), on television in Kit Carson and the Mountain Men (Ed Kern), and narrated Adventure in Satan’s Canyon.
See moreJackman, Bob (1915-1996) He joined Disney in 1942, working in accounting. He moved to the music department in 1955 and became its manager that same year. He provided the voice of Goofy in a number of cartoons in the 1950s.
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Jack (film) Jack Powell appears to be an average, middle-aged 40-year-old man–who plays with toys and wears kid’s pajamas. But Jack is only ten years old. He suffers from a rare genetic disorder that causes him to physically age four times faster than a normal person. Fearing ridicule from the outside world, Jack’s parents have …
See moreJack and Old Mac (film) Special cartoon; released on July 18, 1956. Directed by Bill Justice. A combination of two stories: the nursery rhyme “This Is the House that Jack Built” and a variation on the children’s song “Old MacDonald Had a Farm, ” with “Farm” paraphrased as “Band.”
See moreJack and the Beanstalk (film) Laugh-O-gram film made by Walt Disney in Kansas City in 1922. A later version starring Mickey Mouse, Mickey and the Beanstalk, appeared in the feature Fun and Fancy Free.
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