Walt Disney: The Pioneer of Animated Cartoon Films and Creator of Mickey Mouse

Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood. He was an American motion-picture and television producer and showman, famous as a pioneer of animated cartoon films and as the creator of such cartoon characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. He co-founded Walt Disney Productions with his brother Roy O. Disney.

Disney began his career as a commercial artist in Kansas City, where he created advertisements for newspapers, magazines, and movie theaters. He then moved to Hollywood in 1923 to pursue a career in animation. In 1928, he introduced Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie, the first synchronized sound cartoon.

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Disney’s other notable works include Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940), Dumbo (1941), Bambi (1942), Cinderella (1950), Alice in Wonderland (1951), Peter Pan (1953), Lady and the Tramp (1955), Sleeping Beauty (1959), One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), The Sword in the Stone (1963), Mary Poppins (1964), The Jungle Book (1967) and The Aristocats (1970).

Disney died on December 15, 1966, in Los Angeles.