Ward Kimball
Personal Info
Know For
Visual Effects
Gender
-
Birthday
1914-03-04 (88 years old)
Deathday
2002-07-08
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Also known As
Ward Walrath Kimball
Ward Kimball
Biography
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 a...
Acting
1941
as Ward Kimball
1988
2007
as Ward Kimball (archive footage)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
1989
as The IRS Chief
2009
as Himself (Archive Footage)
1993
2019
as Self - Disney Animator (archive footage)
2005
as Self (Archive Footage)
2005
as Self (archive footage)
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2000
1969
as Bird Fancier
1981
1950
as Self - Firehouse Five Plus Two
2004
as Ward Kimball (archive footage)
2000
1941
as Ward (voice) (uncredited)
1951
as Self
1959
as Self
2005
as Self (archive footage)
1955
as Self (uncredited)
1955
as Self
Production
1961
as Writer
1953
as Director
1953
as Animation
1943
as Animation
1943
as Animation
1943
as Animation
1943
as Animation
1943
as Animation
1946
as Animation
1938
as Animation
1968
as Animation
1936
as Animation
1938
as Animation
1941
as Animation
1941
as Animation
1963
as Animation
1953
as Director
1953
as Animation
1939
as Animation
1944
as Animation
1934
as Animation
1969
as Director
1969
as Writer
1955
as Director
1959
as Director
1970
as Producer
1947
as Animation Director
1934
as Animation
1934
as Animation Production Assistant
1934
as Animation Production Assistant
1936
as Animation Production Assistant
1937
as Animation
1935
as Animation
1935
as Animation Production Assistant
1936
as Animation
1957
as Director
1968
as Director
1941
as Animation
1934
as Animation Production Assistant
1938
as Animation
1940
as Animation
1940
as Animation
1941
as Animation
1944
as Animation
1946
as Animation
1948
as Animation
1948
as Animation
1949
as Animation
1951
as Animation
1953
as Animation
1971
as Animation Director
1953
as Animation Director
1969
as Producer
1942
as Animation
1945
as Animation
1940
as Animation Director
1949
as Animation Director
1955
as Director
1955
as Producer
1955
as Writer
1950
as Animation Director
1964
as Animation
1968
as Director
1970
as Director
1955
as Writer
1955
as Producer
1958
as Director
1963
as Director
1968
as Director
1969
as Director
1967
as Animation Director
1959
as Producer
1959
as Writer
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