Bill Roberts(1899-1974)

Director
Animation Department
Sound Department

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Bill Roberts was born on 2 August 1899 in Kentucky, USA. He was a director, known for Dumbo (1941), Bambi (1942) and Pinocchio (1940). He was married to Lillian Roberts. He died on 18 March 1974 in Tulare County, California, USA.

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Known for

Dumbo (1941)

7.2

Director

1941

Bambi (1942)

7.3

Director

1942

Pinocchio (1940)

7.5

Director

1940

Roy Atwell, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, and Scotty Mattraw in Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains (1937)

Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains

7.6

Animation Department

1937

Credits

Director

DTV 'Doggone' Valentine
8.4
TV Movie
- Director (original material)
- 1987
DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues
8.4
Video
- Director (original material)
- 1984
DTV: Golden Oldies
7.9
Video
- Director (original material)
- 1984
DTV: Pop & Rock
7.3
Video
- Director (original material)
- 1984
Disney's Halloween Treat
8.4
Video
- Director (original material)
- 1984
Le monde merveilleux de Disney
8.3
TV Series
- sequence director
- segment director
- 1955–1970
Un monde est né
7.5
Short
- Director (uncredited)
- 1955
L'agenda de Donald
7.0
Short
- Director (earlier cartoon clips, uncredited)
- 1954
Mickey et le haricot magique
7.6
Short
- Director
- 1947
Coquin de printemps
6.3
- animation director
- 1947
Chevalier d'un jour
6.7
Short
- Director (earlier cartoon clips, uncredited)
- 1946
The ABC of Hand Tools
6.4
Short
- Director
- 1946
Le pingouin à sang-froid
7.2
Short
- Director
- 1945
L'histoire du gauchito volant
6.4
Short
- Director
- 1945
Les Trois Caballeros
6.3
- sequence director
- 1944

Animation Department

Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains
7.6
- animator
- 1937
Les quintuplés de Pluto
6.6
Short
- animator (uncredited)
- 1937
Nettoyeurs de pendules
7.4
Short
- animator (uncredited)
- 1937
Mickey Magicien
7.1
Short
- animator (uncredited)
- 1937
Papa Pluto
6.9
Short
- animator (uncredited)
- 1936
Donald et Pluto
7.1
Short
- animator (uncredited)
- 1936
Les alpinistes
7.2
Short
- animator (uncredited)
- 1936
Les trois petits loups
7.0
Short
- animator (uncredited)
- 1936
L'équipe de polo
7.0
Short
- animator (uncredited)
- 1936
Le jour du jugement de Pluto
7.2
Short
- animator
- 1935
Qui a tué le Rouge-Gorge?
6.9
Short
- animator: "Paul Parrot" (uncredited)
- 1935
Le petit chat voleur
6.4
Short
- animator (uncredited)
- 1935
Un enlèvement de chien
6.9
Short
- animator (uncredited)
- 1934
Mickey papa
6.1
Short
- animator (uncredited)
- 1934
Mickey Gulliver
7.0
Short
- animator (uncredited)
- 1934

Sound Department

Personal details

Alternative name
- William Opal Roberts
Born
- August 2, 1899
- Kentucky, USA
Died
- March 18, 1974
- Tulare County, California, USA(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Lillian Roberts1929 - 1974 (his death)

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Trivia
Worked as a magazine illustrator in New York, before joining the Disney Organisation in 1932/3. Directed the Rite of Spring segment in Fantasia (1940).

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