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Oliver Martin Johnston Jr. (October 31, 1912 – April 14, 2008) was an American motion picture animator. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, and the last surviving at the time of his death from natural causes. [1][2][3] He was recognized by The Walt Disney Company with its Disney Legend Award in 1989.
Oliver Martin "Ollie" Johnston was an American animator from Palo Alto, California. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, a group of senior animators which supervised production at the Walt Disney Animation Studios from c. 1945 to 1977.
Apr 16, 2008 · LOS ANGELES (AP) The animator Ollie Johnston, the last of the Disney “nine old men,” as the studio’s core group of senior animators was called, died on Monday in Sequim, Wash. He was 95. He died...
On January 21, 1935, Ollie joined the Walt Disney Studio as an apprentice animator, working on early Disney shorts such as Mickey’s Garden and The Tortoise and the Hare, which won an Academy Award ® for Best Short Subject (Cartoons).
This Disfarers episode is an indepth look into the art, talent and history of the third of Walt's Nine Old Men, Ollie Johnston. It covers his personal philosophy on animation along with...
Ollie Johnston is renowned for his role in pioneering film animation with the Walt Disney Studios. He created, drew, and developed story lines for some of the most endearing characters on screen.
Apr 16, 2008 · Walt Disney animator Ollie Johnston has died at the age 95, of natural causes. Johnston was the last living member of the celebrated group of animators known as "Disney's Nine Old Men"...
Apr 24, 2008 · Ollie Johnston, last of Disney's elite animators, died on April 14th, aged 95 | Obituary
Oliver Martin Johnston Jr. (October 31, 1912 – April 14, 2008) was an American motion picture animator. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, and the last surviving at the time of his death from natural causes. He was recognized by The Walt Disney Company with its Disney Legend Award in 1989.
The last surviving of Walt Disney’s legendary ‘Nine Old Men’, Johnston worked at the studio during the Golden Age of hand-drawn animation. As such, his credits comprise many classics, including Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio (1940), Bambi (1942), Peter Pan (1953) and The Jungle Book (1967).
