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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Disney Legend and Imagineer Claude Coats, on the left, consults with Walt Disney, on the right, behind a tabletop scale model of a scene with two large Brontosauruses with their offspring standing in water that was planned for the Magic Skyway attraction at the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair. In the black-and-white image, Claude wears a white shirt, thin black tie, and sweater vest, while Walt wears a dark suit and tie. Both men are looking at the model dinosaurs; Claude is gesturing with his right hand.

Claude Coats

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

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Sterling Holloway with Kaa

Sterling Holloway

Before long, Sterling’s unusual voice perked the ear of Walt Disney, who invited him to star as the voice of the Messenger Stork in the 1941 animated classic Dumbo.

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