Walt Disney

Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon,[3] and philanthropist, well known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O. Disney, he was co-founder of Walt Disney Productions,which later became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation is now known as The Walt Disney Company and had an annual revenue of approximately US$36 billion in the 2010 financial year.[4]
Disney is particularly noted as a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world'smost well-known fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, for whom Disney himself provided the original voice. During his lifetime he received four honorary Academy Awards and won 22 Academy Awards from a total of 59 nominations, including a record four in one year,[5] giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual in history.[6] Disney also won seven Emmy Awards and gave hisname to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the U.S., as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney Resort, Disneyland Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland.
The year after his December 15, 1966 death from lung cancer in Burbank, California, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
Born| Walter Elias Disney
December 5, 1901[1]
Hermosa, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | December 15, 1966 (aged 65)
Burbank, California, U.S. |
Cause of death | Lung cancer |
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park,Glendale, California, U.S. |
Residence | Burbank, California |
Nationality | American |
Education | McKinley High School |
Occupation | Film producer,
Co-founder of TheWalt Disney Company, formerly known as Walt Disney Productions |
Years active | 1920–1966 |
Home town | Chicago, Illinois |
Political party | Republican |
Board member of | The Walt Disney Company |
Religion | Christian (Congregationalist)[2] |
Spouse(s) | Lillian Bounds (1925–66) |
Children | Diane Marie Disney
Sharon Mae Disney |
Parents | Elias Disney
Flora Call Disney |Relatives | Ronald William Miller (son-in-law)
Robert Borgfeldt Brown (son-in-law)
Roy Edward Disney (nephew) |
Family | Herbert Arthur Disney (brother)
Raymond Arnold Disney (brother)
Roy Oliver Disney (brother)
Ruth Flora Disney (sister) |
Awards | 7 Emmy Awards
22 Academy Awards
Cecil B. DeMille Award |
Signature | |

Childhood

Walt’s parents, Elias and Flora (Call) Disney10-year old Walt Disney (center right) at a gathering of Kansas City newsboys in 1912.
Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Chicago's Hermosa community area to Irish-Canadian father Elias Disney and Flora Call Disney, who was of German and English descent
Elias worked for the Union Pacific Railroad and married Flora Call on January 1, 1888, in Acron, Florida, just 40 miles north of where WaltDisney World would ultimately be developed. The family moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1890, hometown of his brother Robert who helped Elias financially for most of his early life.[10]In 1906, when Walt was four, Elias and his family moved to a farm in Marceline, Missouri, where his brother Roy had recently purchased farmland. In Marceline, Disney developed his love for drawing with one of thefamily's neighbors, a retired doctor named "Doc" Sherwood, paying him to draw pictures of Sherwood's horse, Rupert. His interest in trains also developed in Marceline, a town that owed its existence to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway which ran through it. Walt would put his ear to the tracks in anticipation of the coming train[8] then try and spot his uncle, engineer Michael Martin,...