William Cottrell
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-11-19 (89 years old)
Deathday
1995-12-22
Place of Birth
South Bend - Indiana - USA
Also known As
Uncle Bill
Bill Cottrell
William Cottrell
Biography
“Born 1906 South Bend, Ind., of English parents. Learned to speak English in 1910. Went abroad in 1920. Sentenced to salt mines in Siberia for soaping royal wind shield of Czar Nicholas’ carriage. Escaped to California in 1923. Attended Occidental College in 1920. Awarded consistent freshman medal 1926, ‘27, ‘28, which included a paid vacation at Lincoln Heights, the third year. Two years behind the crank at Disney’s camera and has never been in focus yet.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily Bill Cottrell, nicknamed “Uncle Bill” by his colleagues, was the first president of what is today known as Walt Disney ...
Acting
1948
as Bisbee (Uncredited)
Production
1940
as Adaptation
1941
as Screenplay
1953
as Story
1936
as Story
1934
as Writer
1955
as Writer
1952
as Adaptation
1936
as Story
1935
as Story
1934
as Story
1934
as Story
1934
as Story
1933
as Story
1935
as Storyboard
1936
as Storyboard
1936
as Storyboard
1936
as Storyboard
1935
as Story
1935
as Story
1935
as Storyboard
1935
as Story
1934
as Story
1938
as Storyboard
1938
as Storyboard
1936
as Screenplay
1938
as Sequence Supervisor
1944
as Story
1951
as Story
2004
as Writer
1942
as Writer
1942
as Writer
1938
as Director
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