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Ward Kimball

Animator and director

Died when: 88 years 126 days (1060 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Ward Kimball

Ward Walrath Kimball (March 4, 1914 – July 8, 2002) was an American animator employed by Walt Disney Animation Studios.He was part of Walt Disney's main team of animators, known collectively as Disney's Nine Old Men.

His films have been honored with two Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film.Outside of his job as an animator, Kimball was a railroad enthusiast as well as a talented jazz trombonist.

He founded and led the seven-piece Dixieland band Firehouse Five Plus Two, in which he played the trombone.


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