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The Ward Kimball Interview
Steve Hullet

Ward Kimball, probably the most well-known of Walt’s Nine Old Men, departed Disney’s in 1973, some thirty-nine years after getting hired. He left for a variety of reasons (he was in his late fifties) but not getting along with upper management was the major one. Ward had worked as a supervising animator on the features, served as a director and story artist, and headed up his own animation unit. He had won an Academy Award for the featurette “It’s Tough To Be A Bird” a handful of years before walking away from the studio. At his departure, another featurette entitled “It’s a Dog’s Life” remained unfinished.

I talked to Ward a lot in the late seventies. What follows is the transcript of the interview I did with him in April, 1978, in his living room and sunny yard, a stone’s throw from his home railroad, full-size train, and his storage sheds filled with Disney toys. (Mr. Kimball passed away at age 88.)
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Source type Book
Published
Subject date 1978
Language en
Document type Interview
Media type text
Page count 10
Pages pp. 120-129

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Availability Purchasable
Inserted 2014-12-07