Bradley, Milton, Co.

Bradley, Milton, Co. Manufacturer of games that had a license for Disney character games from 1931 off and on to the present.

Brady, Wayne

Brady, Wayne Actor; starred in The Wayne Brady Show, as the Magician Lazardo in Geppetto, and as Mr. Wyatt in Going to the Mat.

Bracken, Eddie

Bracken, Eddie (1915-2002) Actor; appeared in Oscar (Five Spot Charlie).

Boys (film)

Boys (film) High school senior, John Baker, Jr., is nearing graduation at a private school for boys and dreading the future, where he is expected to follow in his father’s footsteps. When he has a chance encounter with a sophisticated woman, Patty Vare, who has fallen from her horse, he aids her and surreptitiously shields …

Boys of the Western Sea, The (television)

Boys of the Western Sea, The (television) Serial on the Mickey Mouse Club during the 1956-57 season. Life in a small fishing village in Norway, where the children have to help out. Some of the Mouseketeers joined other actors in dubbing the Norwegian voices into English. Stars Kjeld Bentzen, Anne Grete Hilding, Lars Henning-Jensen, Nette …

Boys, The: The Sherman Brothers’ Story (film)

Boys, The: The Sherman Brothers’ Story (film) Documentary about the careers of the song-writing team, Richard and Robert Sherman. Directed by Jeffrey C. Sherman and Gregory V. Sherman. Produced by Crescendo/Traveling Light for Walt Disney Pictures. Premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival on April 25, 2009, followed by a limited release on May …

Boyer, Charles

Boyer, Charles Artist, joined Disneyland in 1960 in the Marketing Art Department. He is noted for having created a number of lithographs of Disneyland subjects, beginning in 1976. One of his more well-known efforts is a “Triple Self-Portrait” of Walt Disney. He was named a Disney Legend in 2005.

Boyd, Barton K. (“Bo”)

Boyd, Barton K. (“Bo”) (1942-2011) Boyd began with Disney in 1968 as an assistant supervisor in merchandise at Disneyland, then became a buyer and moved to Walt Disney World to help create the Merchandise Division there. He later returned to the corporate headquarters in California and eventually became chairman of Disney Consumer Products. He retired …

Boy Who Talked to Badgers, The (television)

Boy Who Talked to Badgers, The (television) Two-part television show; aired on September 14 and 21, 1975. Directed by Gary Nelson. A boy, Ben, seems to prefer animals to people, and is even able to communicate with them, a trait that does not please his father. But when a badger helps save Ben’s life after …

Boy Who Flew with Condors, The (television)

Boy Who Flew with Condors, The (television) Television show; aired on February 19, 1967, about a California teenager who yearns to pilot a glider. His studies of the condors helps him with his gliding lessons. Stars Christopher Jury, Margaret Birstner, Fred W. Harris.