Some of Tony’s recent accomplishments include the restoration of the Disneyland submarines (a sentimental favorite of Tony’s) with Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage (2007), the re-opening of an enhanced Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough (2008), an upgraded restoration of Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln (2009), Star Tours — The Adventures Continue (2011), and Fantasy Faire (2013).
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It was with 1951’s Alice in Wonderland that Ed first joined the Disney family, providing the manic voice of the Mad Hatter. Ed returned to his comedic roots as the Toymaker in Disney’s Babes in Toyland (1961); it was a role he said combined his Perfect Fool and Fire Chief characters.
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John brought his affable yet booming baritone to a number of animated classics, including Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. in 2001 and Monsters University in 2013. In 2006, he voiced Sulley for Disney California Adventure’s Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!. He also brought a Louisiana drawl to “Big Daddy” La Bouff in The Princess and the Frog in 2009.
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Glen was the recipient of the 1992 Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Field of Animation for his work on Beauty and the Beast, and in 2007 he received the prestigious Winsor McCay Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Field of Animation.
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About this same time, Walt Disney approached him about playing Bert in Mary Poppins. After reading the script, however, Dick not only wanted to play Bert but also the fearsome chairman of the bank who eventually dies laughing.
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Barbara joined ABC in 1976 as the first woman to co-host the network news. Through the years she has interviewed such world figures as Boris Yeltsin, Premier Jiang Zemin, Margaret Thatcher, Muammar Gaddafi, and Sadaam Hussein.
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By any standard, Betty White is one of the most popular and beloved American actresses of this or any time.
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He returned [to the Disney Studio] seven years later to serve as the Company’s vice chairman and head of the animation department. Subsequently, Disney animation produced some of its greatest box office successes of all time, including
Animator Marc Davis, who put Mary’s exciting use of color on par with Matisse, recalled, “She brought modern art to Walt in a way that no one else did. He was so excited about her work.”
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Among the many memorable Disney characters Ward Kimball brought to life were Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio, Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Alice in Wonderland, and Lucifer the Cat in Cinderella.
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