WALT DISNEY

WALT DISNEY

• He was born Dec. 5, 1901.
• Sorcerer Mickey was the first movie; Snow White was next.
• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was his first famous animation creation.
• His full name is Walter Elias Disney.

WALT DISNEY

• He dropped out of high school at 16.
• He helped WW1.
• He joined the Red Cross Ambulance Crops .
• He was too young when he first attempted, but then he dressed up as a grown man and got in. He was only 17.

WALT DISNEY

• His barber used to give Walt free haircuts for drawings.
• Mickey Mouse was created in 1928.
• After WW2 Walt and his friend were unfair and took random helmets and shot wholes in them and poured red paint on them. Then sold them as the real WW helmets.

WALT DISNEY

• His wife didn't like the name Mortimer Mouse she said it sounded “pompous"and that she preferred Mickey Mouse.
• He was one of five; the fourth kid.
• He moved to a farm in Marceline, Missouri. He four when he moved.

WALT DISNEY

• Lillian was his wife.
• The Disney Brothers studio was owned by Roy Disney and Walt Disney.

WALT DISNEY FUN FACTS

• Walt had dyslexia.
• He walked into class with a mouse on a leash.
• The first DisneyWorld was in California.

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