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Ben Sharpsteen (1895–1980)

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(age 85) in Sonoma County, California, USA
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1980 Mickey Mouse Disco (short)
 
1957 Lapland (documentary short)
 
1955 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– Dumbo (1955)
 
1955 Switzerland (documentary short)
 
1952 Water Birds (documentary short)
 
1942 Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line (short)
 
1942 The New Spirit (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1941 Dumbo (supervising director)
 
1940 Fantasia (uncredited)
 
1940 Pinocchio (supervising director)
 
1938 The Fox Hunt (short)
 
1938 Polar Trappers (short) (uncredited)
 
1938 Mickey's Trailer (short)
 
1938 Boat Builders (short) (uncredited)
 
1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (sequence director)
 
1937 Pluto's Quin-puplets (short) (uncredited)
 
1937 Clock Cleaners (short)
 
1937 Hawaiian Holiday (short) (uncredited)
 
1937 Moose Hunters (short)
 
1937 Don Donald (short) (uncredited)
 
1937 The Worm Turns (short)
 
1936 Donald and Pluto (short) (uncredited)
 
1936 Mickey's Circus (short) (uncredited)
 
1936 Moving Day (short) (uncredited)
 
1936 Orphans' Picnic (short) (uncredited)
 
1935 Broken Toys (short)
 
1935 Cock o' the Walk (short)
 
1935 On Ice (short) (uncredited)
 
1935 Mickey's Fire Brigade (short) (uncredited)
 
1935 The Cookie Carnival (short) (uncredited)
 
1935 Mickey's Service Station (short) (uncredited)
 
1934 Two-Gun Mickey (short) (uncredited)
 
1920 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Zip (short)
 
1920 The Village Blacksmith (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (15 titles)
1975 The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures (documentary) (producer)
 
1959 Nature's Strangest Creatures (documentary short) (producer)
 
1958 White Wilderness (documentary) (producer)
 
1958 Ama Girls (documentary short) (producer)
 
1957/I Portugal (documentary short) (producer)
 
1956-1957 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes)
– The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades (1957) (producer)
– Searching for Nature's Mysteries (1956) (producer)
 
1956 Secrets of Life (documentary) (producer)
 
1955 Men Against the Arctic (documentary short) (associate producer)
 
1955 The African Lion (documentary) (associate producer)
 
1954 Siam (documentary short) (producer)
 
1954 The Vanishing Prairie (documentary) (associate producer)
 
1953 The Living Desert (documentary) (associate producer)
 
1953 Prowlers of the Everglades (documentary short) (associate producer)
 
1953 Bear Country (documentary short) (associate producer)
 
1940 Fantasia (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowAnimation Department (13 titles)
1934 Hollywood Party (animator - uncredited)
 
1933 Giantland (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1933 Building a Building (short) (animator)
 
1932 Touchdown Mickey (short) (animation supervisor - uncredited)
 
1932 The Duck Hunt (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1931 Egyptian Melodies (short) (animator)
 
1931 Mother Goose Melodies (short) (animator)
 
1930 Pioneer Days (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1930 Monkey Melodies (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1930 Midnight in a Toy Shop (short) (animator)
 
1930 Frolicking Fish (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1930 Cannibal Capers (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1929 Mickey's Choo-Choo (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (12 titles)
1972 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series) (production supervisor - 1 episode)
– Dad, Can I Borrow the Car (1972) (production supervisor)
 
1970 Dad... Can I Borrow the Car? (TV short) (production supervisor)
 
1952 The Olympic Elk (documentary short) (production supervisor)
 
1951 Nature's Half Acre (documentary short) (production supervisor)
 
1951 Alice in Wonderland (production supervisor)
 
1950 Beaver Valley (documentary short) (production supervisor)
 
1950 Cinderella (production supervisor)
 
1949 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (production supervisor)
 
1948 Seal Island (documentary short) (production supervisor)
 
1948 Melody Time (production supervisor)
 
1947 Fun & Fancy Free (production supervisor)
 
1940 Fantasia (production supervisor)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
1985 The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (video short) (director: archive footage)
 
1960 Islands of the Sea (documentary short) (production associate)
 
1959 Mysteries of the Deep (documentary short) (production associate)
 
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1954 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Himself
– The Disneyland Story (1954) … Himself
 
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Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Star Sign:

Scorpio