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Bill Justice

Background information

Fullname

William Barnard Justice

Born

February 9,1914
Dayton,Ohio,United States

Died

February 10,2011 (aged 97)
Santa Monica,California, United States

Cause of death

Natural causes

Nationality

American

Occupation

Animator, engineer

Years active

1936-1989

Family information

Spouse

Kim Justice

Children

Melissa

William Barnard "Bill" Justice was an American animator and engineer for theThe Walt Disney Company. Justice joinedWalt Disney Animation Studios as an animator in1937 and worked on features, such asFantasia,The Three Caballeros,Alice in Wonderland, andPeter Pan. He is arguably best known as the animator of the rabbitThumper fromBambi and chipmunksChip and Dale. He was the director ofThe Truth About Mother Goose,Noah's Ark, andA Symposium on Popular Songs, all of which were nominated for Academy Awards as Best Short Subject, Cartoon, and, the latter two, used Justice's unique style of stop-motion animation. In total, Justice worked on 57 shorts and 19 features.

In1965, Justice joinedWalt Disney Imagineering, where he programmed figures for several Disney attractions, such asPirates of the Caribbean,The Haunted Mansion,Country Bear Jamboree, andMickey Mouse Revue. He retired from the company in1979 and was named a Disney Legend in1996. He is the author ofJustice for Disney, which chronicles his years with the company.

Justice passed away from natural causes a day after his 97th birthday. He is survived by his wife, Kim; his daughter, Melissa; and a granddaughter.

Filmography[]

Year	Film	Position
1936	Mickey's Polo Team	Animator - uncredited
1940	Pinocchio	Assistant animator - uncredited
	Bone Trouble	Animator
	Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip	Animator - uncredited
	Fantasia	Animator - segment "The Pastoral Symphony"
	The Fire Chief'	Animator - uncredited
1942	Pluto Junior	Animator - uncredited
	Bambi	Animator
	Saludos Amigos	Animator
	Lake Titicaca	Character animator
	Der Fuehrer's Face	Animator - uncredited
	All Together	Director - uncredited
1943	The Grain That Built a Hemisphere	Director - uncredited
	The Winged Scourge	Director Animator - uncredited
	Victory Through Air Power	Animator
	Victory Vehicles	Animator
	Home Defense	Animator
1944	How to Play Golf	Animator - uncredited
	Contrary Condor	Animator - uncredited
	Commando Duck	Animator - uncredited
	The Plastics Inventor	Animator
	How to Play Football	Animator - uncredited
	The Three Caballeros	Animator
1945	The Clock Watcher	Animator
	Donald's Crime	Animator - uncredited
	Cured Duck	Animator
	Old Sequoia	Animator
	The Cold-Blooded Penguin	Animator
1946	Make Mine Music	Animator ("All the Cats Join In") uncredited
	Wet Paint	Animator
	The Story of Menstruation	Animator - uncredited
	Double Dribble	Animator
1947	Straight Shooters	Animator
	Clown of the Jungle	Animator
	Bootle Beetle	Animator
	Fun and Fancy Free	Animator - uncredited
	Mail Dog	Animator
	Chip an' Dale	Animator
1948	Inferior Decorator	Animator
	Soup's On	Animator
	Three for Breakfast	Animator
	Tea for Two Hundred	Animation
1949	Donald's Happy Birthday	Animator
	Sea Salts	Animator
	Winter Storage	Animator
	Honey Harvester	Animator - uncredited
	All in a Nutshell	Animator
	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	Animator - uncredited
	The Greener Yard	Animator
	Slide, Donald, Slide	Animator
	Toy Tinkers	Animator
1950	Lion Around	animator
	Crazy Over Daisy	Animator
	Trailer Horn	Animator
	Hook, Lion and Sinker	Animator
	Bee at the Beach	Animation
	Out on a Limb	Animator
1951	Chicken in the Rough	Animator
	Dude Duck	Animator
	Corn Chips	Animator
	Test Pilot Donald	Animator
	Lucky Number	Animator
	Alice in Wonderland	Character animator
	Out of Scale	Animator
	Bee on Guard	Animator
1952	Donald Applecore	Animator
	Two Chips and a Miss	Animator
	Let's Stick Together	Animator
	Uncle Donald's Ants	Animator
	Trick or Treat	Animator
	Pluto's Christmas Tree	Animator
1953	Peter Pan	Character animator
	Don's Fountain of Youth	Animator
	Working for Peanuts	Animator
1954-1979	The Magical World of Disney	Animator Segment director Sequence director "Disney on Parade" - Disney Character costume designer Self ("The Title Makers/Nature's Half Acre")
1954	Spare the Rod	Animator
	Dragon Around	Animator
	Grin and Bear It	Animator
	The Flying Squirrel	Animator
1955	Lady and the Tramp	Animator - uncredited
	Beezy Bear	Animator
	Up a Tree	Animator
	The Mickey Mouse Club	"Circus Day" - cartoon director
1956	Hooked Bear	Animator
	I'm No Fool with a Bicycle	Director - uncredited
	Jack and Old Mac	Director
	I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian	Director - uncredited
	A Cowboy Needs a Horse	Director
	You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste	Director - uncredited
1957	You and the Living Machine	Director - uncredited
1957	The Truth About Mother Goose	Director
1959	Noah's Ark	Animator Director
1959	The Shaggy Dog	Title designer
1961	The Parent Trap	Special titles
1961	Babes in Toyland	Toy sequence
1962	A Symposium on Popular Songs	Director Stop-motion animator
1962	Bon Voyage!f	Special titles
1964	The Misadventures of Merlin Jones	Special titles
1964	Mary Poppins	Designer: nursery sequence
1987-1989	Adventures of the Gummi Bears	Animator
1989	The Little Mermaid	Animator - uncredited

Characters animated[]

Alice's Sister
(Alice in Wonderland)

John Darling
(Peter Pan)

Johnny
(A Cowboy Needs a Horse)

Gallery[]

L-R: David Detiege,Jack Kinney, Bill Justice, Milt Banta,Al Bertino.

Justice withWathel Rogers operating animatronics forCountry Bear Jamboree.

Justice decorating Disneyland's baby station. With him are hostesses Helen Schley and Jean Cullity.

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Filmography[]

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