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Ward Walrath Kimball
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While Kimball was a brilliant draftsman, he preferred to work on comical characters rather than realistic human designs. Animating came easily to him and he was constantly looking to do things differently. Because of this, Walt Disney called Ward a genius in the book The Story Of Walt Disney. While there were many talented animators at Disney, Ward's efforts stand out as especially unique.Kimball created several classic Disney characters including the Crows in Dumbo; Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland; the Mice and Lucifer the Cat from Cinderella; and Jiminy Cricket fromPinocchio. He also animated the famous "Three Caballeros" musical number from the Disney film of the same name.In 1953, Kimball became a director and was responsible for the Academy Award-winning short Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, and three Disney television shows about outer space that put the United States into the space program. He received anAcademy Award for the short animated cartoon It's Tough to Be a Bird.Ward Kimball was profiled by the Academy Award-winning producer Jerry Fairbanks in his Paramount Pictures film short series Unusual Occupations. This 35mm Magnacolor film short was released theatrically in 1944 and focused on Kimball's backyard railroad and full sized locomotive.Kimball was also a jazz trombonist. He founded and led the seven-piece Dixieland band Firehouse Five Plus Two, in which he played trombone. The band made at least 13 LP records and toured clubs, college campuses and jazz festivals from the 1940s to early 1970s. Kimball once said that Walt Disney permitted the second career as long as it did not interfere with his animation work.Kimball continued to work at Disney up until the early 1970s, working on the Disney anthology television series, being one of the writers for Babes in Toyland, creating animation for Mary Poppins, directing the animation for Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and working on titles for feature films such as The Adventures Of Bullwhip Griffin and Million Dollar Duck. His last staff work for Disney was producing and directing the Disney TV show The Mouse Factory. He continued to do various projects on his own, even returning to Disney to do some publicity tours. Additionally, Kimball worked on an attraction for Disney's EPCOT Center called The World Of Motion.
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- wc Gender: Not set / not specified
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1914-03-04
- event Death Date 2002-07-08
- school Known for: Visual Effects
- star Popularity: 1.7
- info Birth Place Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Ward Kimball
6.6
The Reluctant Dragon
1941-06-19
6.2
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988-07-14
7.5
The Pixar Story
2007-08-28
7.2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009-09-05
6.2
The Wizard of Speed and Time
1989-09-22
7
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
1997-01-01
0
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
1989-10-14
0
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
2009-03-10
0
Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece
1993-04-07
7.3
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
2019-07-07
0
From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men
2005-01-01
0
The Cinderella That Almost Was
2005-01-01
7
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
2022-03-19
0
A Wish Came True: The Making of 'Pinocchio'
2000-12-22
6
It's Tough to Be a Bird
1969-12-10
0
Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life
1981-04-26
7
One Hour in Wonderland
1950-12-25
0
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
1956-04-03
8.8
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004-05-31
8
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000-11-14
5.9
The Nifty Nineties
1941-06-20
7.3
Operation Wonderland
1951-06-14
6.5
Disneyland '59
1959-06-15
7.5
The Disneyland Story
1954-10-27
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From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005-10-04
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
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7.4
Babes in Toyland
1961-12-14
7.4
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
1953-11-10
7.4
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
1953-11-10
7.4
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi
1943-01-15
7.4
Chicken Little
1943-12-17
7.4
Reason and Emotion
1943-08-27
7.4
The Spirit of '43
1943-01-07
7.4
Victory Vehicles
1943-07-30
7.4
Willie the Operatic Whale
1946-08-15
7.4
Ferdinand the Bull
1938-11-23
7.4
Pacifically Peeking
1968-10-06
7.4
More Kittens
1936-12-19
7.4
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
1938-12-23
7.4
The Little Whirlwind
1941-02-14
7.4
The Nifty Nineties
1941-06-20
7.4
Fly With Von Drake
1963-10-13
7.4
Melody
1953-05-28
7.4
Melody
1953-05-28
7.4
The Autograph Hound
1939-09-01
7.4
The Pelican and the Snipe
1944-01-07
7.4
The Wise Little Hen
1934-06-08
7.4
It's Tough to Be a Bird
1969-12-10
7.4
It's Tough to Be a Bird
1969-12-10
7.4
Man in Space
1955-03-09
7.4
Eyes in Outer Space
1959-06-17
7.4
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
1970-09-30
7.4
Fun and Fancy Free
1947-09-27
7.4
Orphan's Benefit
1934-08-10
7.4
Mickey Plays Papa
1934-09-28
7.4
The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
1934-05-24
7.4
Elmer Elephant
1936-03-28
7.4
Woodland Café
1937-03-13
7.4
Pluto's Judgement Day
1935-09-27
7.4
The Tortoise and the Hare
1935-01-05
7.4
Toby Tortoise Returns
1936-08-22
7.4
Disneyland: Mars and Beyond
1957-12-04
7.4
Escalation
1968-01-01
7.4
The Reluctant Dragon
1941-06-19
7.4
The Goddess of Spring
1934-11-03
7.4
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938-02-04
7.4
Pinocchio
1940-02-23
7.4
Fantasia
1940-11-13
7.4
Dumbo
1941-10-31
7.4
The Three Caballeros
1944-12-21
7.4
Peter and the Wolf
1946-08-15
7.4
Pecos Bill
1948-05-27
7.4
Melody Time
1948-05-27
7.4
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949-10-05
7.4
Alice in Wonderland
1951-07-28
7.4
Peter Pan
1953-02-05
7.4
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971-10-07
7.4
Peter Pan
1953-02-05
7.4
It's Tough to Be a Bird
1969-12-10
7.4
How to Play Baseball
1942-09-04
7.4
Hockey Homicide
1945-09-21
7.4
Pinocchio
1940-02-23
7.4
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949-10-05
7.4
Man and the Moon
1955-12-28
7.4
Man and the Moon
1955-12-28
7.4
Man and the Moon
1955-12-28
7.4
Cinderella
1950-02-22
7.4
Mary Poppins
1964-12-17
7.4
The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show
1968-12-22
7.4
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
1970-09-30
7.4
Man in Space
1955-03-09
7.4
Man in Space
1955-03-09
7.4
Magic Highway U.S.A.
1958-05-14
7.4
Inside Outer Space
1963-02-10
7.4
Nature's Charter Tours
1968-04-28
7.4
Nature's Better Built Homes
1969-03-02
7.4
A Salute to Alaska
1967-04-02
7.4
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27
7.4
The Mouse Factory
1972-01-26