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Disney was born in the rural village of Bluevale, in what is now Ontario, Canada, to Irish Protestant immigrants Kepple Elias Disney (1832–1891) and Mary Disney (née Richardson) (1838–1909). Both parents had emigrated from Freshford, County Kilkenny in Ireland to Canada as children, accompanying their parents.
Roy's nephew Charles Elias Disney chose to name his son Charles Roy Disney in Roy's honor. [17] Their son, Roy Edward Disney (January 10, 1930 – December 16, 2009 [18]), was a longtime senior executive for the Walt Disney Company and the last member of the Disney family to be actively involved in the company. Disney was often compared to his ...
Les Clark (November 17, 1907 – September 12, 1979), "The Mickey Mouse Master", who joined Disney in 1927. Although Clark started his career at Disney working on the Alice comedies shorts, his specialty was animating Mickey Mouse, since he was the only one of the Nine Old Men to work on that character from its origins with Ub Iwerks.
The Roy O. Disney Concert Hall, the primary performance space for the Herb Alpert School of Music at the California Institute of the Arts (of which Disney was a benefactor), is named after him. Sharing the Magic , a statue of Disney seated on a park bench beside Minnie Mouse , was dedicated in October of 1999 as a companion piece to the ...
Roy Edward Disney KCSG (January 10, 1930 – December 16, 2009 [1]) was an American businessman.He was the longtime senior executive for the Walt Disney Company, which was founded by his uncle, Walt Disney, and his father, Roy O. Disney.
ET has compiled a list of 12 famous dads, who will have you swooning with their own lovable dad doctrines.1. Neil Patrick HarrisView this post on InstagramA post shared by Neil Patrick Harris ...
The perfect playdate! Jay-Z and Chris Martin adorably took their children on a Disneyland day trip, along with the Coldplay frontman’s girlfriend, Dakota Johnson. Inside Beyonce and Jay-Z's ...
Disney's childhood home. Disney was born on December 5, 1901, at 1249 Tripp Avenue, in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood. [b] He was the fourth son of Elias Disney—born in the Province of Canada, to Irish parents—and Flora (née Call), an American of German and English descent.