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1949 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (directing animator) 1949 The Wind in the Willows (Short) (character animator) 1948 Blame It on the Samba (Short) (animator) 1948 Melody Time (directing animator) 1948 Pecos Bill (Short) (animator) 1948 Mickey Down Under (Short) (animator - uncredited)
Animation by Ward Kimball (1914 - 2002), one of the famed "Nine Old Men." He was one of the most wild and creative artists at Disney.Music: "liquid jazz" by ...
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May 12, 2014 · Ward Walrath Kimball was born on March 14, 1914 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1934, he joined the Disney Studios staff as an in-betweener and quickly rose in the ranks to become a full-fledged animator. Kimball passed away at the age of 88 on July 8, 2002 of natural causes. During those eight decades, he crammed in at least eight lifetimes of ...
Ward Kimball is one man who works for me that I'm willing to call a genius. Ward Walrath Kimball (March 4, 1914 – July 8, 2002) is best known as one of Disney's Nine Old Men of animators, as well as an Oscar-winning director, writer, painter, illustrator, jazz trombonist, railroad enthusiast and Imagineer. Initially wanting to become a ...
Apr 14, 2024 · An "ambassador for space exploration," Kimball was fascinated with the idea of man landing on the moon. Years before his work on television, Kimball appeared as a contestant on Groucho Marx's humorous TV quiz show You Bet Your Life . A cademy Award winning animator Ward Kimball was one of Walt Disney's.
Aug 15, 2015 · Ward Kimball’s Personal History. 1914: I was born March 4, 10 p.m. in Minneapolis, Minn., Mercy Hospital. 1915: Any other baby would have looked the same. 1918: Mother told me that my Uncle Pierre was “Fighting the Battle of Paris.”. 1919: Muskogee, Oklahoma – A shed rat bit the little finger on my left hand.
Jan 17, 2019 · Kimball was Disney’s friend and confidant. In this engaging, cradle-to-grave biography, award-winning author Todd James Pierce explores the life of Ward Kimball, a lead Disney animator who worked on characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Jiminy Cricket, the Cheshire Cat, and the Mad Hatter.
