William Rast
Author: David Lesjak, Walt's People: Volume 7 - Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him, Volume 7, 1988, Chapter 1,pp. 17-19,EN
William Rast was a boyhood friend of Walt Disney. The two grew up together in Kansas City, Missouri. Bill’s sister later married Walt’s brother Herbert. David Lesjak met the Rasts through a mutual friend and got to visit them on several occasions. Their house was decorated with Disney artwork, all of which was signed on the mattes to Bill and his wife Louise. Bill also had a scrapbook filled with letters from Walt, some dating back to 1930, as well as autographed photos and even Walt’s first Laugh-O-gram business card. […]
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- 1 - William Rast
- 2 - Wilfred Jackson (Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston)
- 3 - Wilfred Jackson (Richard Hubler)
- 4 - The New Spirit - from Funnyworld Number 19 (1978) (Wilfred Jackson)
- 5 - The Goldfish Caper - from Cartoonist PROfiles number 50 (June 1981) (Grim Natwick)
- 6 - Bill Tytla - from Cartoonist PROfiles number 40 (December 1978) (Grim Natwick)
- 7 - The Three-Fingered Hand - from Cartoonist PROfiles number 51 (September 1981) (Grim Natwick)
- 8 - Analysis - from Cartoonist PROfiles number 44 (December 1979) (Grim Natwick)
- 9 - Soundtracks - from Cartoonist PROfiles number 35 (September 1977) (Grim Natwick)
- 10 - Hobbies - from Cartoonist PROfiles number 43 (September 1979) (Grim Natwick)
- 11 - Adriana Caselotti (Brian Sibley)
- 12 - Clarence Nash (Milt Gray)
- 13 - Billy Bletcher (Michael Barrier, Milt Gray)
- 14 - Jim Macdonald (Milt Gray)
- 15 - Jim Macdonald (Richard Hubler)
- 16 - Paul Smith and Hazel George (David Tietyen)
- 17 - Carl Fallberg (Christian Renaut)
- 18 - George Goepper (Dave Smith)
- 19 - Harry Tytle (Rick Shale)
- 20 - Milt Kahl (Richard Hubler)
- 21 - Milt Kahl - at CalArts (Milt Kahl)
- 22 - Ollie Johnston - at CalArts (Ollie Johnston)
- 23 - Ward Kimball (Richard Hubler)
- 24 - Frank Thomas and Ken Anderson (Richard Hubler)
- 25 - Grace Turner (Christopher Finch, Linda Rosenkrantz)
- 26 - X. Atencio (Jérémie Noyer)
- 27 - X. Atencio (Scott Weitz)
- 28 - Bob Kurtz (Didier Ghez)
- 29 - John Hench (Richard Hubler)
- 30 - Marc Davis (Jim Korkis)
- 31 - Marc Davis and Andreas Deja (Charles Solomon)
- 32 - Tom McKimson (Alberto Becattini)
- 33 - John Carey (Alberto Becattini)
- 34 - John Ewing (Didier Ghez)
- 35 - Art Stevens (Pete Docter)
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