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Oliver Martin Johnston Jr. (October 31, 1912 – April 14, 2008) was an American motion picture animator. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, and the last surviving at the time of his death from natural causes. [1] [2] [3] He was recognized by The Walt Disney Company with its Disney Legend Award in 1989.
Ollie Johnston. Actor: The Iron Giant. Oliver Martin "Ollie" Johnston was an American animator from Palo Alto, California. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, a group of senior animators which supervised production at the Walt Disney Animation Studios from c. 1945 to 1977.
Ollie Johnston. Actor: The Iron Giant. Oliver Martin "Ollie" Johnston was an American animator from Palo Alto, California. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, a group of senior animators which supervised production at the Walt Disney Animation Studios from c. 1945 to 1977.
Apr 16, 2008 · By The Associated Press. April 16, 2008. LOS ANGELES (AP) The animator Ollie Johnston, the last of the Disney “nine old men,” as the studio’s core group of senior animators was called, died on...
Ollie passed away on April 14, 2008, in Sequim, Washington—the last surviving member of Walt’s legendary “Nine Old Men.” Animator Ollie Johnston infused an unusual level of warmth and heartfelt emotion into his characters.
Apr 16, 2008 · Ollie Johnston, the last of the so-called "Nine Old Men" who animated Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi and other classic Walt Disney films has died. He was 95. Johnston died of...
Aug 19, 2008 · Ollie Johnston will always be remembered as one of the great animators of all time, and a pillar of the Walt Disney feature-film classics... but what sets him apart in my mind is the way he and his lifelong friend Frank Thomas created a second career for themselves as teachers and mentors.
