“In the Jungle Cruise, there’s a group of orange trees that most people would never recognize because Bill planted them upside down. He decided the gnarled roots of the orange trees looked like suitably exotic jungle branches.”—Disney Imagineer Terry Palmer.
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In 1955, at the age of 12, she performed the lead role in Swan Lake at the Burbank Starlight Bowl. Little did she know at the time, Walt Disney was sitting in the audience…
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He combined his talent for writing, narrating, and directing on Men Against the Arctic, which won an Academy Award, as well as Operation Undersea, a television special that dramatized the filming of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, which won an Emmy in 1955
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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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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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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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“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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As a producer, Bill specialized in comedy and fantasy films; as a screenwriter, he infused his genius into character dialogue.
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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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