List of Disney people
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This is a list of notable people affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.
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[edit] Managers
[edit] Top executives
- Walt Disney, top executive to 1966
- Roy Oliver Disney, top executive from 1966-1971
- Donn Tatum, top executive from 1971-1976
- Card Walker, top executive from 1976-1983
- Ron W. Miller, top executive from 1983-1984
- Raymond Watson, de facto top executive in 1984
- Michael Eisner, top executive from 1984-2005
- Robert Iger, top executive from 2005
[edit] Other executives
- Roy Edward Disney, son of Roy O. Disney
- Dick Cook
- Jay Rasulo
- Al Weiss
- Ed Grier
- Meg Crofton
- Michael Mendenhall
[edit] Former executives
[edit] Animators or other artists
- Ub Iwerks
- Disney's Nine Old Men
- Carl Barks
- Mary Blair
- Don Bluth
- Randy Cartwright
- Charlotte Clark
- Ron Clements
- Salvador Dalí, collaboration with Disney in 1940s inspired the 2003 short Destino
- Andreas Deja
- Clyde Geronimi
- Floyd Gottfredson
- Joe Grant
- Jack Hannah
- John Hench
- Dick Huemer
- Glen Keane
- Rick Law
- Mike Mignola
- John Musker
- Tad Stones
- Gary Trousdale
- Vladimir Peter Tytla
- Kirk Wise
- Alan Zaslove
[edit] Actors
- Julie Andrews; Mary Poppins, The Princess Diaries, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
- Hermione Baddeley, Mary Poppins, The Happiest Millionaire
- James Baskett; Song of the South
- Walter Brennan, Those Calloways, The Gnome-Mobile, The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
- Susan Clark, The Apple Dumpling Gang, The North Avenue Irregulars
- Sean Connery; Darby O'Gill and the Little People, Medicine Man, The Rock
- Tim Conway, The Apple Dumpling Gang
- Kevin Corcoran, Old Yeller, Toby Tyler
- Jim Dale, Pete's Dragon, Hot Lead and Cold Feet, Unidentified Flying Oddball
- Johnny Depp; Ed Wood, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Karen Dotrice, The Three Lives of Thomasina, Mary Poppins, The Gnome-Mobile
- Kirk Douglas; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Tough Guys
- Bobby Driscoll, Song of the South, So Dear to My Heart, Treasure Island, Peter Pan
- Buddy Ebsen, Davy Crockett, The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
- Jodie Foster; Napoleon and Samantha, One Little Indian, Freaky Friday, Candleshoe, Flightplan
- Matthew Garber, The Three Lives of Thomasina, Mary Poppins, The Gnome-Mobile
- Burl Ives, So Dear to My Heart, Summer Magic
- Glynis Johns, The Sword and the Rose, Mary Poppins
- Dean Jones, That Darn Cat!, The Love Bug
- Brian Keith, The Parent Trap, Those Calloways
- Tommy Kirk, Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor
- Don Knotts, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Hot Lead and Cold Feet
- Angela Lansbury; Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- Lindsay Lohan; The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Herbie: Fully Loaded
- James MacArthur, The Light in the Forest, Swiss Family Robinson
- Fred MacMurray; The Absent-Minded Professor, The Shaggy Dog, Follow Me, Boys!, The Happiest Millionaire
- James Mason, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- Roddy McDowall, That Darn Cat!, The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, Bedknobs and Broomsticks. The Black Hole
- Patrick McGoohan, The Three Lives of Thomasina, Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
- Dorothy McGuire, Old Yeller, Swiss Family Robinson
- Bette Midler; Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune, Beaches, Scenes from a Mall, Hocus Pocus
- Hayley Mills; The Parent Trap, Pollyanna, That Darn Cat!
- Rick Moranis, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Honey, I Blew Up The Kid
- Eddie Murphy, The Haunted Mansion (movie)
- Robert Newton, Treasure Island
- Nancy Olson, Pollyanna, The Absent-Minded Professor
- Fess Parker, Davy Crockett
- Luana Patten, Song of the South, So Dear to My Heart
- Helen Reddy, Pete's Dragon
- Kurt Russell; Follow Me, Boys!, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The Barefoot Executive, Miracle
- Reta Shaw, Pollyanna, Mary Poppins, Escape to Witch Mountain
- David Tomlinson; Mary Poppins, The Love Bug, Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- Dick Van Dyke, Mary Poppins, Lt. Robin Crusoe, USN, Never a Dull Moment
- Lesley Ann Warren, The Happiest Millionaire, The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
- Robin Williams; Popeye, Good Morning, Vietnam, Dead Poets Society, Jack, Flubber, Bicentennial Man
- Ed Wynn, Babes in Toyland, The Absent-Minded Professor, Mary Poppins
- Keenan Wynn, The Absent-Minded Professor, Herbie Rides Again
- Jeff York, Davy Crockett, Old Yeller
[edit] TV Actors
- Mouseketeers (see also: Mickey Mouse Club)
- Jerome Courtland, The Saga of Andy Burnett
- Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Thirteen, Thunderbirds, High School Musical
- Robert Loggia, The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca
- Leslie Nielsen, The Swamp Fox
- Tom Tryon, Texas John Slaughter
- Raviv Ullman
- Guy Williams, Zorro
- Ashley Tisdale, High School Musical
[edit] Voice actors
- Tim Allen, voice of Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story
- Wayne Allwine, current voice of Mickey Mouse since 1983 (originally voiced by Walt Disney)
- Rowan Atkinson, voice of Zazu in The Lion King
- Eleanor Audley, voice of the Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella, Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty, and Madame Leota in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion attraction
- Kathryn Beaumont, voice of Alice in Alice in Wonderland and Wendy Darling in Peter Pan
- Irene Bedard, voice of Pocahontas in Pocahontas
- Jodi Benson, voice of Princess Ariel in The Little Mermaid and various other characters
- Robby Benson, voice of the Beast in Beauty and the Beast
- Billy Bletcher, original voice of Pegleg Pete and The Big Bad Wolf
- Pat Buttram, voice of Napoleon the Hound Dog in The Aristocats, the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood, Luke in The Rescuers and Chief the Hound Dog in The Fox and the Hound.
- Sebastian Cabot voice of Bagheera in The Jungle Book and the narrator in Winnie the Pooh
- Charlie Callas, voice of Elliott the dragon in Pete's Dragon
- Candy Candido, voice of Indian Chief in Peter Pan, voice of Maleficent's Goon in Sleeping Beauty, voice of Tournament Crocodile in Robin Hood, voice of Fidget in The Great Mouse Detective
- Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Pinto Colvig, original voice of Goofy
- Hans Conried, voice of Father and Captain Hook in Peter Pan
- Mary Costa, voice of Sleeping Beauty
- Billy Crystal, voice of Mike in Monsters Inc.
- Jim Cummings, voice of Razoul in Aladdin, Ed in The Lion King, modern-day voice of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger and various other Disney characters.
- Bobby Driscoll voice of Peter Pan in Peter Pan
- Cliff Edwards, voice of Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio and the leader of the crows in Dumbo.
- Verna Felton, voice of the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, Aunt Sarah in Lady and the Tramp, Flora in Sleeping Beauty and Winifred the elephant in The Jungle Book
- John Fiedler, original voice of Piglet
- June Foray, voice of Lucifer in Cinderella, a mermaid in Peter Pan, and Grandma Fa in Mulan
- Michael J. Fox, voice of Milo Thatch in Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- Paul Frees, voice of Ludwig Von Drake and the "Ghost Host" in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion attraction
- Eva Gabor, voice of Duchess in The Aristocats and Bianca the mouse in The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under
- Betty Lou Gerson, voice of Cruella De Vil in One Hundred and One Dalmatians
- Mel Gibson, voice of John Smith in Pocahontas
- Whoopi Goldberg, voice of Shenzi in The Lion King
- John Goodman, voice of Pacha in The Emperor's New Groove Sully in Monsters Inc.
- Gilbert Gottfried, voice of Iago in Aladdin
- Buddy Hackett, voice of Scuttle in The Little Mermaid
- Tom Hanks, voice of Woody in Toy Story
- Phil Harris, voice of Baloo in The Jungle Book, O'Malley in The Aristocats, and Little John in Robin Hood
- Sterling Holloway, original voice of Winnie the Pooh, as well as Mr. Stork in Dumbo, adult Flower in Bambi, the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, Kaa in The Jungle Book, and Roquefort in The Aristocats
- James Earl Jones, voice of Mufasa in The Lion King
- Judy Kuhn, singing voice of Pocahontas in Pocahontas
- Nathan Lane, voice of Timon in The Lion King
- Angela Lansbury, voice of Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast
- George Lindsey, Lafayette the Hound Dog in The Aristocats, Trigger the Vulture in Robin Hood, and Deadeye the Rabbit in The Rescuers
- Barbara Luddy, voice of Lady in Lady and the Tramp, Merriweather in Sleeping Beauty, Kanga in the Winnie the Pooh films, and Mother Rabbit in Robin Hood
- James MacDonald, second voice of Mickey Mouse (from 1947 to 1977), as well as Humphrey the Bear, the Penguins in Mary Poppins, and Evinrude the dragonfly in The Rescuers
- Cheech Marin, voice of Tito in Oliver & Company, and Banzai in The Lion King
- Eddie Murphy, voice of Mushu the dragon in Mulan
- Clarence Nash, original voice of Donald Duck
- Bob Newhart, voice of Bernard the mouse in The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under
- J. Pat O'Malley, voice of Tweedledee, Tweedledum, and the Walrus in Alice in Wonderland and Col. Hathi in The Jungle Book
- Jerry Orbach, voice of Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast
- Geraldine Page, voice of Medusa in The Rescuers
- Vincent Price, voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective
- Louis Prima, voice of King Louie the orangutan in The Jungle Book
- John Ratzenberger various voices in all the Pixar films to date
- Thurl Ravenscroft, voice of the Horse Captain in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, the Russian Cat in The Aristocats, and the singing voice of 'Grim Grinning Ghosts' in the Haunted Mansion
- Ernie Sabella, voice of Pumbaa in The Lion King
- Lea Salonga, singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Aladdin and Mulan in Mulan
- David Ogden Stiers, voice of Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Sir John Radcliffe and Wiggins in Pocahontas, and others
- Terry-Thomas, voice of Sir Hiss in Robin Hood
- Bill Thompson, voice of Mr. Smee in Peter Pan, Jock in Lady and the Tramp, Uncle Waldo in The Aristocats, and park ranger J. Audubon Woodlore in several short cartoons
- Patrick Warburton, voice of Kronk in the Emperor's New Groove
- Peter Ustinov, voice of Prince John in Robin Hood
- Scott Weinger, speaking voice of Aladdin
- Robin Williams, voice of the Genie in Aladdin
- Paul Winchell, original voice of Tigger
- Ilene Woods, voice of Cinderella
- Ben Wright, voice of Roger in One Hundred and One Dalmatians and Grimsby in The Little Mermaid
- Samuel E. Wright, voice of Sebastian the crab in The Little Mermaid
- Ed Wynn, the voice of the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland
- Alan Young, voice of Scrooge McDuck
[edit] Composers
- Howard Ashman- Beauty and the Beast
- Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
- Phil Collins- Tarzan, Brother Bear
- Leigh Harline
- Elton John- The Lion King
- Alan Menken- Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin
- Paul J. Smith
- Stephen Schwartz- Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Sting- The Emperor's New Groove
- Ned Washington
- George Bruns
- Frank Churchill
- Irwin Kostal
- Marc Mancina
- Hans Zimmer
- James Newton Howard
- Oliver Wallace
- Frank DeVol
Also worthy of mention are conductors Leopold Stokowski and James Levine for their contributions to the two Fantasia films.
[edit] Writers
- Gary Sperling (deceased)
- Ted and Patsy Anasti
