Roy Williams with a drawing

Roy Williams

Roy is best known, however, for the four seasons he played “Big Roy” on the Mickey Mouse Club. He is also credited with designing the trademark ears worn by the show’s cast.

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Ken O’Connor at a desk

Ken O’Connor

In 1935 he joined The Walt Disney Studios, where he worked as either art director or layout man on 13 features and nearly 100 shorts.

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Joe Grant with Walt Disney

Joe Grant

In 1940, he contributed to Fantasia and, 50 years later, he fathered the “flamingo with a yo-yo” concept for the “Carnival of the Animals” sequence featured in Fantasia 2000.

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Jack Hannah with Donald Duck

Jack Hannah

Jack’s work was honored on numerous occasions by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences; eight of the cartoons he directed were nominated for Oscars®, including Tea for Two Hundred, Toy Tinkers, and No Hunting.

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Fess Parker as Daniel Boone

Fess Parker

“Folks tell me over and over how much that character shaped their lives. I have to believe that the impact of those programs was due as much to the values inculcated in them as to their entertainment quality.”—Fess Parker

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Bill Walsh with Walt Disney

Bill Walsh

As a producer, Bill specialized in comedy and fantasy films; as a screenwriter, he infused his genius into character dialogue.

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Julie Andrews with Mickey Mouse

Julie Andrews

Indeed, Julie was the very image of Mary Poppins and, to many Disney fans, she remains the magical nanny of their dreams.

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Ken Anderson

Ken Anderson

His first feature assignment was as art director for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; to help other animators visualize the film’s settings dimensionally, Ken built models of the Dwarfs’ cottage. Even Dopey’s memorable wiggling ears were inspired by his own ability to do so.

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Claude Coats at his desk painting

Claude Coats

“He was a genuine one-of-a-kind.”—Walt Disney Imagineering President and Disney Legend Marty Sklar

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