Robert Stevenson
Author: Richard Hubler, Walt's People: Volume 8 - Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him, Volume 8, 1968-08-20, Chapter 23,pp. 255-263,EN
Until Walt’s death, Robert (Bob) Stevenson was the ultimate live-action Disney director. During the 1960s, the unpretentious craftsman directed nearly all of Disney’s successful films, including the Academy Award-winning Mary Poppins in 1964.
Born on March 31, 1905, in Buxton, England, Stevenson attended Shrewsbury School, St. John’s College and Cambridge. He had the rare distinction of not seeing a motion picture until he was 22 years of age, but when he finally saw one—a Joan Crawford movie—in the course of a research project, he decided instantly to carve a career in the film industry. […]
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- 1 - Ruth Disney Beecher (Dave Smith)
- 2 - Les Clark (Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston)
- 3 - Harry Tytle (Richard Hubler)
- 4 - James Bodrero (Milt Gray)
- 5 - Sylvia Holland - as remembered by Theo Halladay (Robin Allan)
- 6 - Retta Scott (Robin Allan)
- 7 - Retta Davidson (Jim Korkis)
- 8 - Retta Davidson (Floyd Norman)
- 9 - Moe Gollub - as remembered by Mark Kirkland (Steve Hulett)
- 10 - Ben Sharpsteen (Richard Hubler)
- 11 - Lou Debney (David Tietyen)
- 12 - Jim Macdonald (David Tietyen)
- 13 - Charles Wolcott (David Tietyen)
- 14 - Bill Cottrell (Richard Hubler)
- 15 - Herb Ryman (Richard Hubler)
- 16 - Donn Tatum (Richard Hubler)
- 17 - Card Walker (Richard Hubler)
- 18 - Bob Sherman (Richard Hubler)
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- 20 - Tommie Wilck (Richard Hubler)
- 21 - Welton Becket (Richard Hubler)
- 22 - Bill Anderson (John G. West)
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Robert Stevenson
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- 24 - Don Griffith (Christopher Finch, Linda Rosenkrantz)
- 25 - Floyd Gottfredson (Jim Korkis)
- 26 - Floyd Gottfredson (Tony Fischier)
- 27 - Al Taliaferro (Jim Korkis)
- 28 - Jack Hannah (Jim Korkis)
- 29 - Carl Barks (Jim Fanning)
- 30 - Blaine Gibson (Paul F. Anderson)
- 31 - Harriet Burns (Scott Wolf)
- 32 - Roy E. Disney (Charles Solomon)
- 33 - Correspondence with Frank Thomas (Göran Broling)
- 34 - Bud Hester (Didier Ghez)
- 35 - Ken Southworth (Didier Ghez)
- 36 - Dale Baer (Didier Ghez)
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