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Samuel Armstrong(1893-1976)

  • Animation Department
  • Director
  • Writer
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Samuel Armstrong was born on 5 February 1893 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Dumbo (1941), Bambi (1942) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). He died on 29 September 1976 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
BornFebruary 5, 1893
DiedSeptember 29, 1976(83)
BornFebruary 5, 1893
DiedSeptember 29, 1976(83)
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Known for

Mel Blanc, Edward Brophy, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, Sarah Selby, and Margaret Wright in Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo
7.2
  • Director(as Sam Armstrong)
  • 1941
Bambi (1942)
Bambi
7.3
  • Director(as Sam Armstrong)
  • 1942
Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, and George Kiplunks in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
7.6
  • Animation Department
  • 1937
Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
The Magical World of Disney
8.3
TV Series
  • Director

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Animation Department



  • Really Scent (1959)
    Really Scent
    7.1
    Short
    • layout artist
    • 1959
  • Hare-Abian Nights (1959)
    Hare-Abian Nights
    6.3
    Short
    • layout artist
    • 1959
  • Baton Bunny (1959)
    Baton Bunny
    7.1
    Short
    • layout artist (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Ugly Duckling (1939)
    Ugly Duckling
    7.6
    Short
    • background artist (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
    Ferdinand the Bull
    7.1
    Short
    • background artist (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, and George Kiplunks in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    7.6
    • backgrounds
    • 1937
  • The Old Mill (1937)
    The Old Mill
    7.7
    Short
    • background artist (uncredited)
    • 1937

Director



  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Blue Bayou (1946)
    Blue Bayou
    5.7
    Short
    • Director
    • 1946
  • Bambi (1942)
    Bambi
    7.3
    • sequence director (as Sam Armstrong)
    • 1942
  • Clair de Lune (1941)
    Clair de Lune
    7.6
    Short
    • Director (as Sam Armstrong)
    • 1941
  • Mel Blanc, Edward Brophy, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, Sarah Selby, and Margaret Wright in Dumbo (1941)
    Dumbo
    7.2
    • sequence director (as Sam Armstrong)
    • 1941
  • Fantasia (1940)
    Fantasia
    7.7
    • Director (segments "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor", "The Nutcracker Suite", uncredited)
    • 1940

Writer



  • Pluto's Dream House (1940)
    Pluto's Dream House
    6.4
    Short
    • story (uncredited)
    • 1940

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Sam Armstrong
  • Born
    • February 5, 1893
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  • Died
    • September 29, 1976
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA(undisclosed)

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  • Trivia
    Water colour background artist and occasional director, with Disney in the early 40's. Trained at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Art and Rochester (NY) Mechanics' Art Institute. Previously employed as art editor for the Tacoma News Tribune. Also noted for his illustrations and covers for Sunset magazine.

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