Cooke, John

Cooke, John Took over as president of The Disney Channel in 1985 when the channel had 1.9 million subscribers; oversaw the growth to over 8 million in less than a decade. In September 1994, he was named to head the Disney’s America project, and in January 1995 he was named executive vice president, corporate affairs …

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Cookie Kid, The (film)

Cookie Kid, The (film) Educational film produced by the Glynn Group; released in September 1981. The girl holding the world’s record for selling Girl Scout Cookies shows how effective sales techniques and setting of personal goals lead to success.

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Cookie jars, Turnabout

Cookie jars, Turnabout See Leeds China Co.

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Cool Runnings (film)

Cool Runnings (film) When three determined Jamaican sprinters fail to make the Olympics, they enlist a has-been sledding expert to mold them into a bobsled team instead, and add an expert go-cart driver to their group. Through many hardships, not the least being the fact that there is no snow in Jamaica, they make it …

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Conway, Tim

Conway, Tim (1933-2019) Actor; appeared in The World’s Greatest Athlete (Milo), The Apple Dumpling Gang (Amos), Gus (Crankcase), The Shaggy D.A. (Tim), and The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (Amos), and on television in Walt Disney World Celebrity Circus. He was named a Disney Legend in 2004.

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Cook, Barry

Cook, Barry After coming to Disney in 1981 as an effects animator on Tron, he continued working on effects for the animated features. He directed the shorts Off His Rockers and Trail Mix-Up, and the feature, Mulan, with Tony Bancroft.

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Coogan, Keith

Coogan, Keith Young actor, appeared in Adventures in Babysitting (Brad), Cheetah (Ted), and In the Army Now (Stoner #1). As Keith Mitchell did the voice of the young Tod in The Fox and the Hound and appeared on television in Gun Shy and Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang. On The Disney Channel he was …

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Cook, Dick

Cook, Dick Longtime President of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, taking over from Irving Ludwig on the latter’s retirement. He started with the company as a young man driving the train and Monorail at Disneyland. In 1996 he was named chairman of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, and in 2002 he became chairman of Walt Disney …

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