Xavier Atencio(1919-2017)

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Additional Crew
Writer

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Xavier Atencio at an event for Pirates des Caraïbes : Le Secret du coffre maudit (2006)

Xavier Atencio was born on 4 September 1919 in Walsenburg, Colorado, USA. He was a writer, known for Pirates des Caraïbes : La Malédiction du Black Pearl (2003), Pirates des Caraïbes : Jusqu'au bout du monde (2007) and Mary Poppins (1964). He was married to Maureen Sheedy. He died on 10 September 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates des Caraïbes : La Malédiction du Black Pearl (2003)

Pirates des Caraïbes : La Malédiction du Black Pearl

8.1

Soundtrack("Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)")

2003

Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, and Bill Nighy in Pirates des Caraïbes : Jusqu'au bout du monde (2007)

Pirates des Caraïbes : Jusqu'au bout du monde

7.1

Soundtrack("Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)")

2007

Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Daws Butler, Peter Ellenshaw, Dal McKennon, and Richard M. Sherman in Mary Poppins (1964)

7.8

Additional Crew(nursery sequence)

1964

Sterling Holloway, John Fiedler, Clint Howard, Barbara Luddy, Junius Matthews, Howard Morris, Bruce Reitherman, Hal Smith, Timothy Turner, Jon Walmsley, Dori Whitaker, Paul Winchell, Ralph Wright, and Connor Quinn in Les Aventures de Winnie l'ourson (1977)

Les Aventures de Winnie l'ourson

7.5

Writer

1977

Credits

Animation Department

Le monde merveilleux de Disney
8.3
TV Series
- stop motion animator
- stop-motion animator
- layout artist
- 1959–1964
Cri-Cri: Le grillon chanteur
7.6
- animation story (as F. Xavier Atencio)
- 1963
Donald et l'écologie
6.5
Short
- layout artist (uncredited)
- 1961
Goliath II
6.7
Short
- layout artist (uncredited)
- 1960
L'arche de Noé
6.2
Short
- animator (as X. Atencio)
- 1959
Un accident est vite arrivé
6.7
Short
- layout artist (uncredited)
- 1959
The Truth About Mother Goose
7.1
Short
- layout artist
- 1957
Pas de Cow-Boy sans cheval
6.3
Short
- layout stylist
- 1956
Jack and Old Mac
5.7
Short
- character stylist
- 1956
I'm No Fool with a Bicycle
6.8
Short
- animator
- layout artist (uncredited)
- 1956
Le Club Mickey
7.6
TV Series
- layout artist
- 1955
Donald visite le parc de Brownstone
7.2
Short
- layout artist (uncredited)
- 1954
Casey contre-attaque
6.5
Short
- layout artist (uncredited)
- 1954
Comment Dormir en Paix
6.7
Short
- layout artist (uncredited)
- 1953
Les Instruments de musique
7.1
Short
- animator
- 1953

Additional Crew

Writer

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Personal details

Alternative names
- F. Xavier Atencio
Height
- 1.80 m
Born
- September 4, 1919
- Walsenburg, Colorado, USA
Died
- September 10, 2017
- Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Maureen Sheedy? - September 10, 2017 (his death, 3 children)
Other works
This Disney Imagineer wrote the words to "Grim Grinning Ghosts". This song is played in Walt Disneyland's and Disney World's "Hanted Mansion" attractions as well as Disney's "A Spooky Night in Disney's Haunted Mansion" album. The song is performed by Thurl Ravenscroft.

Did you know

Trivia
Enlisted in the U.S. Army on 23 September 1941 right before the US entered World War II.

Nickname
- X

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When did Xavier Atencio die?
September 10, 2017
How did Xavier Atencio die?
Undisclosed
How old was Xavier Atencio when he died?
98 years old
Where did Xavier Atencio die?
Los Angeles, California, USA
When was Xavier Atencio born?
September 4, 1919

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