Ollie Johnston Biography

Deathplace: Sequim, Washington

Ollie Johnston was one of the nine core animator's for Walt Disney. He joined Disney in 1935 after attending Stanford University and the Chouinard Art Institute. Johnston was an animator on Disney’s first full-length feature, “Snow White” (1937) as well as “Fantasia,” “Bambi,” and “Pinocchio.” He also helped animate “Cinderella,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “Peter Pan” “Lady and the Tramp,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “101 Dalmatians,” “Mary Poppins,” “The Jungle Book,” “The Aristocats,” “Robin Hood,” and “The Rescuers.”