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67 unusual facts about Walt Disney


169th Airlift Squadron

In 1954 the 169th FBS obtained the copyright for The Chief, a Walt Disney cartoon character, to display as their emblem.

Accurate News and Information Act

The Herald lured Stewart Cameron away from working on Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to make him its first ever staff cartoonist; Cameron devoted himself full-time to the ridicule of Aberhart.

Agios Nikolaos, Crete

The modern city of Agios Nikolaos became internationally well-known during the 60's, when it was "discovered" by famous cinema directors (Jules Dassin, Walt Disney etc.), BBC producers and many others.

Al Thawawida

Parts of the clans fleet and members were featured in the Walt Disney feature Hamad & the Pirates.

Amy Wren

Wren started acting when she was talent spotted by Walt Disney UK at the age of 16.

Angela Wynter

Wynter also appeared in the Walt Disney West End production of The Lion King as leading role Raffiki in 2001, and in the autumn of 2008 played the title character in Catalysta at the Oval House Theatre in Kennington, directed by Robert Icke and written by Allister Bain.

Cape Institute of Technology

The great entertainer Walt Disney puts on "all of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them".

Card Walker

After Walt Disney died in 1966, Walker became Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Cedartown, Georgia

He was well known for his distinctive tenor voice, and is best remembered as the voice of Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh.

Central Pacific 173

In 1950, Walt Disney began to build the Carolwood Pacific Railroad, a miniature railroad in his backyard.

Da Lat

Visitors have variously drawn parallels between the guesthouse and the works of artists such as Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney.

Darby O'Gill

In 1959, the Walt Disney adapted Kavanaugh's works to the silver screen under the title Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

David McKay Publications

McKay’s son Alexander would follow in his father’s shoes by taking over the house to go on to publish Walt Disney’s first Mickey Mouse comics, the Blondie and Dagwood comic series, and numerous other notable works.

Disney Enterprises

Retlaw Enterprises, originally Walt Disney Inc. then WED Enterprises, was Walt Disney's personal corporation that owned the rights to his name and other properties affiliated with Walt Disney Productions and Disneyland that latter became a real estate and TV stations holding company.

Enamel sign

Florencio Molina Campos, the brilliant sketcher of the Alpargatas Almanacs of rural life (1930), collaborated in three Walt Disney films.

Estepona

Estepona was chosen by the Walt Disney organisation in the early 1990s as the original site for the Eurodisney project before Paris, France, which was later awarded the installation.

Everybody's Favorite Duck

The story comes to a head in a theme park, Waldo World (a clear spoof of Disneyland, but set in New Jersey), featuring the popular duck of the title (a parody of Donald Duck), and its creator, Art Waldo (Walt Disney).

Fantasy 4ever

It features the opening and ending theme songs of Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden II, "絕不能失去你" (Can't Lose You) and "煙火的季節" (Season of Fireworks) respectively; and the Pepsi advertisement theme song "Ask For More" and a Mandarin version of Walt Disney's Lilo & Stitch theme song, "Can't Help Falling in Love".

Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers

The FPAQ has engaged in an agreement with Tokyo DisneySea, a Walt Disney amusement park, to promote maple syrup and encourage the Japanese to purchase and consume it.

Félix Lorioux

A friend of Walt Disney, who admired his work, he was then hired to illustrate Mickey stories for the French market, as well as The Silly Symphony.

Ford Rotunda

The pavilion featured a number of exhibits designed by Walt Disney.

Giani Esposito

He was married with the French actress Pascale Petit and they had a girl, Doushka Esposito (born in 1963), today singer, and younger, under the name of Douchka, she was ambassadress of Walt Disney's productions on the French television.

Glendale, Colorado

Glendale was formerly home to Celebrity Sports Center, a local landmark and family activity center established by Walt Disney and other celebrity investors.

Glyder Fach

"Castell y Gwynt" and the "Cantilever Stone" were used in Walt Disney's 1981 movie Dragonslayer, this was one entrance to the Dragon's lair.

Grimpoteuthis

The octopuses of the genus Grimpoteuthis are also known as Dumbo octopuses from the ear-like fins protruding from the top of their head-like bodies, resembling the ears of Walt Disney's flying elephant Dumbo.

H. Rex Lee

He was a friend of entertainment mogul Walt Disney, who visited the Lee family and stayed at their home.

Hannes Schroll

Walt Disney recorded yodels of Schroll for the animated short Disney cartoon The Art of Skiing in which Goofy goes to Sugar Bowl to learn how to ski.

Hawaiian Holiday

The film was directed by Ben Sharpsteen, produced by John Sutherland and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey, Marcellite Garner as Minnie, Clarence Nash as Donald, and Pinto Colvig as Goofy and Pluto.

Herminie Templeton Kavanagh

In 1959, Walt Disney released a film based on these two books, called Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

Isigny-sur-Mer

The earliest known ancestor of Walt Disney, with a similar name, was Jean-Christophe d'Isigny ("of Isigny").

James Gilbey

Gilbey went on to work for various international broadcasters including Walt Disney International and Nickelodeon "in a variety of creative production and on-air roles".

Julius the Cat

Julius (the Cat) is a funny animal cartoon character, starring in the first animated series created by Walt Disney, the Alice Comedies, making him the predecessor of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey Mouse.

Kay Nielsen

Nielsen is also known for his collaborations with Disney for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations.

Leo Harris

Harris was also noted for striking a handshake deal with Walt Disney in 1947 that allowed Oregon to use the likeness of Donald Duck as the University's athletic mascot, The Oregon Duck.

He was also known for his handshake deal with Walt Disney that permitted the University of Oregon to use the likeness of Donald Duck as the basis for its mascot, the Oregon Duck.

Louis Neefs

He was also the "voice" of Thomas O'Malley in the Dutch-language version of Disney's The Aristocats.

Merethe Trøan

Trøan subsequently took up work as a voice actor, her credits including the Norwegian versions of Disney's Beauty and the Beast and The Jungle Book 2.

Nhek Dim

His cartoon "The Wise Rabbit" won a 1967 student competition organized by Walt Disney.

Norton Disney

Norton Disney is the seat of the Disney family, the name an Anglicised version of the original French surname d'Isigny, of Isigny-sur-Mer, Normandy, from whom film producer Walt Disney's family might be descended.

Paul Dessau

Among others he wrote compositions for early movies of Walt Disney, background music for silent pictures and early German films.

Philippe Swan

He worked especially for Mélanie Cohl, who performed one of the songs of the soundtrack of Mulan, a Walt Disney movie.

Pop Warner Little Scholars

Walt Disney, attracted by this philosophy, filmed a two-hour show,"Moochie of Pop Warner Football".

Ray Santilli

In 1985 he founded "Music Broadcasting Services Ltd", an independent record label which handled the exclusive rights to the Walt Disney Audio Catalogue in the United Kingdom.

Republic of the Children

According to the official website of the Republic of Children, in 1950 Walt Disney visited the park and, surprised by the beauty, was inspired to build Disneyland.

Rutherford, Tennessee

Past grand marshals of the Davy Crockett Days Parade include Fess Parker who portrayed Davy Crockett in the 1954 Walt Disney television series Ballad of Davy Crockett.

Sasha Lakovic

Lakovic has attempted to start a career in acting, landing a small role as Russian ice hockey player Boris Mikhailov in the 2004 Walt Disney movie Miracle.

Satoshi Ohno

In commemoration of Walt Disney's 110th anniversary, the documentary will explore and reveal the secrets behind the origins and processes of Walt's creations.

Scott Gustafson

During high school, the works of Walt Disney and the Warner Brothers inspired him to pursue a career in animation.

Sleeping Beauty Castle

The castle initially featured an empty upper level that was never intended to house an attraction, but Walt Disney was not satisfied with what he viewed as wasted space, and challenged his Imagineers to find some use for the space.

Stefan Printz-Påhlson

In 1994 he created the Walt Disney character Princess Oona together with his wife Unn Printz-Påhlson, and Chilean artist Victor Arriagada Rios (better known as Vicar).

Stoke Hammond

The Disney family, apparently related to the illustrator Walt Disney, was also at one time an influential family in the parish.

Tallulah Falls Railway

Later, in 1955, Walt Disney selected the railway as the location of principal photography for The Great Locomotive Chase.

The Wise Little Hen

There was an adaptation story to the cartoon called "Mrs. Cackles's Corn" from Walt Disney's Story Land: 55 Favorite Stories.

Tó Cruz

Cruz went on to be the voice of Quasimodo in the Portuguese version of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Garrett in Quest for Camelot.

Tobago

Adding to the confusion, Tobago was the filming location for the Walt Disney movie The Swiss Family Robinson.

Truman Washington Dailey

When Walt Disney hired him, he allowed Dailey to use one of his own Indian names in the show, simply changing it to "Chief White Horse".

VFA-115

The squadron’s first insignia, designed by Walt Disney, was approved by Chief of Naval Operations on 25 June 1945, consisting of a black torpedo and a winged cherub wearing a green helmet.

Vincent Winter

He appeared in several films as a child including Beyond This Place (1959) and the Walt Disney features Greyfriars Bobby (1961), Almost Angels (1962) and The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964).

Vishal Kanoi

His debut on big screen was followed by yet another feat in 1998 where he sang and danced to the tunes of soundtrack ‘Hakuna Matata’ from Lion King in the Walt Disney Show, Mumbai with various other artists.

Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

The film was originally hosted by Michael Eisner, but after Eisner stepped down as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Disney Legend Julie Andrews narrated the film.

Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams

Various costumed animal dancers surround the unit, such as a tiger, panther, antelope, chimpanzee, cheetah, leopard, and a life-sized rhinoceros along with walking stilt performers dressed as a stylized zebra and giraffe.

Walt Disney's Riverfront Square

The entrance to the park would have been similar to Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A., with one side of the street based on Old St. Louis, and the other based on Old New Orleans.

Walt Disney's World War II propaganda production

Disney created “The New Spirit” (1942) after a request from the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr, to make Americans accept the payment of income taxes.

Waltograph

The typeface is not, as many assume, based on the actual handwriting of Walt Disney; rather, it is an extrapolation of the Walt Disney Company's corporate logotype, which was based on a stylized version of Walt Disney's autograph.

Xavier Saint-Macary

American audiences will remember him as the enthusiastic but bumbling Detective Fontenoy in the Disney movie Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977).

Yoshitomo Nara

He grew up in a time when Japan was experiencing an inundation of Western pop culture; comic books, Walt Disney animation, and Western rock music are just a few examples.

Þórarinn Eldjárn

Locally he is well known and respected for his short stories (most often offering humorous social satire), and his equally humorous and witty poetry, such as his "Disney Rhymes" (1974) - The Walt Disney Story presented as an epic tale in the rímur fashion.


Aileen Britton

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color – Born to Run: Parts 1 & 2 (1979) ...Susannah

Alexander Kardin

During his career he worked as a freelance artist as well as for organizations like Walt Disney and King Brothers Productions.

America First Committee

Other celebrities supporting America First were novelist Sinclair Lewis, poet E. E. Cummings, Washington socialite Alice Roosevelt Longworth, film producer Walt Disney, and actress Lillian Gish.

Animated cartoon

Walt Disney's 1928 cartoon Steamboat Willie starring Mickey Mouse was the first to use a click track during the recording session, which produced better synchronism.

Century Plaza Hotel

The hotel's ballrooms became the center for numerous high-profile events, including an opening charity gala in 1966 emceed by Bob Hope, who with singer Andy Williams entertained the likes of Ronald and Nancy Reagan and Walt and Lillian Disney.

Charles Judels

He also did extensive work as a voice-over actor in animated films, notably as the voices of Stromboli and the coachman in Walt Disney's Pinocchio, and in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes short Porky's Garden.

Color Rhapsodies

They were launched in 1934, following the phenomenal success of Walt Disney's Technicolor Silly Symphonies.

Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs

Walt Disney and a group of animators had been sent to South America in 1941 by the U.S. State Department as part of its Good Neighbor policy, and guaranteed financing for the resulting movie, Saludos Amigos.

Disney Magazine

The first issue was 16 pages long, and the cover showed Walt Disney surrounded by several costumed characters in front of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.

Felix Salten

In 1933, he sold the film rights to director Sidney Franklin for only $1,000, and Franklin later transferred the rights to the Walt Disney studios, which formed the basis of the 1942 animated classic, "Bambi".

Frank Faylen

He appears as Walt Disney's musical conductor in The Reluctant Dragon, and as a stern railroad official in the Laurel and Hardy comedy A-Haunting We Will Go.

George Probert

Between 1954 to 1969, he played in the Firehouse Five Plus Two Dixieland revival band, an ensemble formed by animators from Walt Disney Studios, and recorded with Disney composer George Bruns in 1957 and again in 1968.

Gustaf Tenggren

From 1923 to 1939, Tenggren worked for the game company Milton Bradley; in 1936, he was hired by The Walt Disney Company, to work as a chief illustrator with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the popular feature-length movie originated in 1934 when Walt Disney decided to re-create the romantic fairy tale.

I Haven't Got a Hat

I Haven't Got a Hat was one of the earliest Technicolor Merrie Melodies, and (because of Walt Disney's exclusive deal with Technicolor at the time) was produced using Technicolor's two-strip process (red and green) instead of its more expensive three-strip process.

John Clem

In 1963, Walt Disney produced a made-for-TV film entitled Johnny Shiloh, with Kevin Corcoran in the title role.

Judson Rosebush

Rosebush's television credits include directing over 1000 commercials and logos for advertising agencies and networks worldwide; feature film credits include Walt Disney's Tron.

Linda St. Clair

Collectors include Walt Disney Corporation President Michael Mendenhall, Bill Marriot of Marriot Hotels and Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming.

Meet Mr. McNutley

In the episode "The Prodigy", David Stollery, later of Walt Disney's serial, The Adventures of Spin and Marty (in the role of Marty), appears as Peggy's cousin who enrolls at Comstock as a pre-teen.

Pedro Miguel Arce

Also in films such as Walt Disney's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen with Lindsay Lohan, George A. Romero's Land of the Dead, Get Rich or Die Tryin' with 50 Cent and Ice Cube's Are We Done Yet?.

Richard Bass

Together with Frank Wells, one-time president of Walt Disney, Bass conceived of the adventure challenge of summiting each of the seven continents: Denali (Mt. McKinley), North America; Aconcagua, South America; Mt. Elbrus, Europe; Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa; Vinson Massif, Antarctica; Mount Kosciuszko, Australia; and Mt. Everest, Asia.

Sister Suffragette

To amplify Disney's and Johns' mutual embarrassment, the misunderstanding only became apparent while both parties sat opposite each other in Walt Disney's Burbank studio lot office.

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

The story ends with the Muppets having a friendly meeting at Mickey Mouse's office where the signature characters of Walt Disney and Jim Henson compare their companies' theme songs, "When You Wish Upon a Star" and "Rainbow Connection" (sung by a young Raven-Symoné to cheer up Kermit) respectively and the ideals behind them.

Tom Leetch

His career consisted of mainly working on films for Walt Disney Pictures, under the leadership of Walt Disney's son-in-law, Ron Miller.

TT Toys Toys

The company built up a number of partnerships with major car manufacturers and entertainment companies such as Walt Disney.

Voyages Extraordinaires

The Voyages are frequently adapted into film, from Georges Méliès' fanciful 1902 film Le Voyage dans la Lune (aka A Trip to the Moon), to Walt Disney's 1954 adaptation of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, to the 2004 version of Around the World in 80 Days starring Jackie Chan.