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Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O. Disney, he was co-founder of Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation is now now known as The Walt Disney Company and has annual revenues of approximately USD $35 billion. Disney is particularly noted as a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, for whom Disney himself provided the original voice. During his lifetime he received four honorary Academy Awards and won twenty-two Academy Awards from a total of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual in history.[citation needed] Disney also won seven Emmy Awards and gave his name to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong. The year after his December 15, 1966 death from lung cancer in Burbank, California, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walt Disney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O. Disney, he was co-founder of Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation is now now known as The Walt Disney Company and has annual revenues of approximately USD $35 billion. Disney is particularly noted as a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, for whom Disney himself provided the original voice. During his lifetime he received four honorary Academy Awards and won twenty-two Academy Awards from a total of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual in history.[citation needed] Disney also won seven Emmy Awards and gave his name to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong. The year after his December 15, 1966 death from lung cancer in Burbank, California, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walt Disney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
What's My Line?
Golden Globe Awards
The Oscars
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Movies That Made Us
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Flowers and Trees
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
4 Artists Paint 1 Tree: A Walt Disney 'Adventure in Art'
Saludos Amigos
Santa's Workshop
Fun and Fancy Free
Ferdinand the Bull
Shanghaied
The Imagineering Story
Puppy Love
Mickey's Pal Pluto
From All of Us to All of You
Ye Olden Days
The Klondike Kid
Fantasia
The Moose Hunt
The Steeple Chase
Canine Caddy
The Gorilla Mystery
Mickey's Revue
Touchdown Mickey
Building a Building
The Musical Farmer
Mickey's Orphans
Plane Crazy
Fiddling Around
The Birthday Party
The Karnival Kid
The Fire Fighters
The Wayward Canary
Mickey Plays Papa
Mickey's Nightmare
Mickey Steps Out
Steamboat Willie
The Gallopin' Gaucho
The Mad Doctor
The Whoopee Party
The Barn Dance
Camping Out
Giantland
The Mail Pilot
The Barnyard Concert
Mickey's Follies
The Duck Hunt
Get a Horse!
Playful Pluto
The Plowboy
Lend a Paw
Mickey's Trailer
The Wonderful World of Disney
Trader Mickey
The Skeleton Dance
Mickey's Gala Premiere
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth
The Cactus Kid
Wild Waves
The Castaway
The Chain Gang
Barnyard Olympics
The Delivery Boy
The Pet Store
Mickey's Steam Roller
Blue Rhythm
Production Credits
Mickey Plays Papa
The Banker's Daughter
Hot Dogs
Saludos Amigos
Trees
Giantland
Oh, Teacher!
Barnyard Olympics
The Legend of Johnny Appleseed
Alice in the Wooly West
The Pet Store
So Dear to My Heart
For Whom the Bulls Toil
Mickey's Steam Roller
Mickey's Nightmare
Touchdown Mickey
Lake Titicaca
Two Weeks Vacation
Cold War
The Dognapper
Mary Poppins
Make Mine Music
Pluto's Party
No Smoking
Once Upon a Wintertime
Oh, What a Knight
Alice's Balloon Race
Tall Timber
Cinderella
Lady and the Tramp
Fiddling Around
The Mad Doctor
Home Made Home
Rickety Gin
Lullaby Land
Rescue Dog
Babes in the Woods
Get Rich Quick
From All of Us to All of You
Alice in Wonderland
Pluto's Surprise Package
The Castaway
All Wet
For the Love of Willadean
Steamboat Willie
Ferdinand the Bull
Trolley Troubles
Man's Best Friend
Africa Before Dark
Mickey Steps Out
How to Be a Detective
The Jazz Fool
Pinocchio
Canine Caddy
Father's Day Off
The Skeleton Dance
Ye Olden Days
Summer
Music Land
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
When the Cat's Away
El Gaucho Goofy
Mickey, les J.O. rigolos
Bambi
Fun and Fancy Free
Father's Lion
The Jungle Book
The Gallopin' Gaucho
Playful Pluto
The Opry House
Flowers and Trees
Plane Crazy
The Wayward Canary
Harem Scarem
Empty Socks
Egyptian Melodies
Melody Time
Shanghaied
Puppy Love
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Treasure Island
Donald's Cousin Gus
The Karnival Kid
The Duck Hunt
Bright Lights
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Sammy, the Way-Out Seal
Three Blind Mouseketeers
Minnie's Yoo Hoo
The Ugly Duckling
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Crazy Over Daisy
The Chain Gang
Lion Down
Pluto's Purchase
The Ol' Swimmin' Hole
The Three Caballeros
Aquarela do Brasil
The Steeple Chase
Food for Feudin'
Mickey's Gala Premiere
Hungry Hoboes
Cinderella
Neck 'n' Neck
Ride 'Em Plow Boy
Pluto's Sweater
Dumbo
The Haunted House
Song of the South
The Barn Dance
Uncle Donald's Ants
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth
Fishin' Around
Peter Pan
Chip an' Dale
Goofy and Wilbur
Mickey's Choo-Choo
Dragon Around
Goofy's Freeway Troubles
The Barnyard Concert
Trailer Horn
The Fox Chase
Mickey's Trailer
Beach Picnic
The Parent Trap
How to Play Golf
Fantasia
Bone Bandit
Out on a Limb
The Plowboy
How to Dance
Trick or Treat
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
The Golden Touch
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mickey's Pal Pluto
Social Lion
The Delivery Boy
Lend a Paw
The Mechanical Cow
The Musical Farmer
Mickey's Revue
The Cactus Kid
Camping Out
The Ocean Hop
Casey Bats Again
Toby Tortoise Returns
Hello Aloha
Mail Dog
Goofy's Glider
How to Sleep
Parade of the Award Nominees
Two Chips and a Miss
Ozzie of the Mounted
Victory Through Air Power
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
Sleeping Beauty
How to Swim
Rival Romeos
Sky Scrappers
Father's Week-End
Blue Bayou
Freewayphobia
Elmer Elephant
Poor Papa
Sagebrush Sadie
Without You
Pluto and the Gopher
Building a Building
The Moose Hunt
Walt Disney's Halloween Hilarities
The Mail Pilot
Trader Mickey
Great Guns
The Klondike Kid
The Whoopee Party
The Cold-blooded Penguin
The Sword in the Stone
Santa's Workshop
Pluto's Christmas Tree
Jungle Rhythm
Pluto Junior
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