Borgnine, Ernest

Borgnine, Ernest (1917-2012) Actor, appeared in The Black Hole (Harry Booth), on television in Appearances, and on The Disney Channel in Love Leads the Way.

Born to Run (television)

Born to Run (television) Two-part television show; aired on March 25 and April 1, 1979. Directed by Don Chaffey. An Australian youngster who shares a love for harness racing with his grandfather, a farmer who is going broke, finds a colt with wonderful promise. Despite some near-disasterous incidents along the way, the colt gets trained …

Born Yesterday (film)

Born Yesterday (film) Billie Dawn, a former Las Vegas showgirl and current mistress of millionaire Harry Brock, is forced into the political limelight of Washington, D.C. While Harry conducts “a little tax business” he finds Billie to be a social hindrance, so he hires savvy journalist Paul Verrall to make her over. In the process, …

Borgfeldt, George, & Co.

Borgfeldt, George, & Co. Toy distributor who signed the first major contract to sell Disney character merchandise, in 1930. Borgfeldt was responsible for having the multitude of Disney bisque figurines, which were so popular in the 1930s, produced in Japan and imported into the United States for sale. They also handled games, wood figures, plush …

Boothe, Powers

Boothe, Powers (1948-2017) Actor; appeared in Tombstone (Curly Bill), Nixon (Alexander Haig), Marvel’s The Avengers (World Security Council) and in Con Air (officer). He appeared on TV in Nashville (Lamar Wyatt) and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Gideon Malick).

Border Collie (television)

Border Collie (television) Serial on the Mickey Mouse Club during the 1955-56 season, starring Bobby Evans and Arthur N. Allen. Directed by Larry Lansburgh. Alvy Moore is the narrator. A boy trains his dog to be a sheepdog. 4 episodes.

Booth, Nita

Booth, Nita Actress; appeared on the Mickey Mouse Club on The Disney Channel, beginning in 1991.

Bootle Beetle (film)

Bootle Beetle (film) Donald Duck cartoon; released in August 1947. Directed by Jack Hannah. An elderly beetle scolds a young one for running away by telling him of the hazards of meeting up with bug collector Donald. Donald, now elderly himself, still searches for the beetle. The title character was voiced by Dink Trout.

Booth, Bob

Booth, Bob (1923-2009) Bob joined Disney in 1957 in the Studio’s Camera Service department, and in 1962 became supervisor of the Studio Machine Shop. In 1965 he was chosen to set up an innovative multi-craft research, development, and manufacturing subsidiary of the company known as MAPO, where he worked for 20 years creating elements for …

Books

Books The first Disney book was a Mickey Mouse Book, published by Bibo-Lang in 1930 and featuring a story written by Bobette Bibo, the young daughter of the publisher. It was followed in 1931 by The Adventures of Mickey Mouse, published in hardback and paperback by David McKay, the first of several Disney books from …