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Bill Roberts (I) (1899–1974)

Director | Animation Department | Miscellaneous Crew

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Worked as a magazine illustrator in New York, before joining the Disney Organisation in 1932/3. Directed the Rite of Spring segment in Fantasia (1940).

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in Kentucky, USA

Died:

(age 74) in Tulare County, California, USA
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1955-1963 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– The Truth About Mother Goose/Mickey and the Beanstalk (1963) (segment director)
– Man Is His Own Worst Enemy (1962)
– Adventures of Mickey Mouse (1955)
 
1955 Donald Duck Visits Lake Titicaca (short)
 
1947 Mickey and the Beanstalk (short)
 
1945 The Cold-Blooded Penguin (short)
 
1944 The Three Caballeros (sequence director)
 
1943 The Winged Scourge (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Reason and Emotion (short) (uncredited)
 
1943 The Grain That Built a Hemisphere (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1942 Saludos Amigos (short) (sequence director)
 
1942 Bambi (sequence director)
 
1941 Dumbo (sequence director)
 
1940 Fantasia ( - uncredited in most releases / segment "Rite of Spring")
 
1940 Pinocchio (sequence director)
 
1939 Society Dog Show (short) (uncredited)
 
1938 Brave Little Tailor (short) (uncredited)
 
1938 Mickey's Parrot (short)
 
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1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (animator)
 
1937 Pluto's Quin-puplets (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1937 Clock Cleaners (short) (animator)
 
1936 Mother Pluto (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1936 Donald and Pluto (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1936 Alpine Climbers (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1936 Three Little Wolves (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1936 Mickey's Polo Team (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1935 Pluto's Judgement Day (short) (animator)
 
1935 Who Killed Cock Robin? (short) (animator: "Paul Parrot" - uncredited)
 
1935 The Robber Kitten (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1933 Giantland (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
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1947 Fun & Fancy Free (animation director)
 
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Alternate Names:

William Opal Roberts
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Trivia:

Worked as a magazine illustrator in New York, before joining the Disney Organisation in 1932/3. Directed the Rite of Spring segment in Fantasia (1940). See more »

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