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Don was born on February 3, 1918 in Butte, Montana and moved with his mother and brother and sisters to Hollywood when he was a young boy after his father died. His mother ran a boarding house in Hollywood. When he was 19 he got a job at Disney Studios on Hyperion Street in Los Angeles as an inker. He worked his way up to layout, background and art director. When Disney Studios moved to its Burbank location Don met Katherine (Kay) Lane, a secretary at the studio, and they were married. Don worked at the studio for 52 years only taking a break to join the Merchant Marines when World War II broke out. He and the other Disney animators lived by the adage, "He who dies with the most toys wins!" Each animator's office was usually littered with multiple toys which were played with often during the day. When Walt Disney opened Cal Arts Don taught drawing classes there in the school's first few years. He retired from Disney Studio after 52 years and passed away only a few years after his retirement on February 9, 1987. He and Kay had one daughter, Dolores. Kay died on September 30, 2005. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Tammy Rogers

The Black Cauldron ( 1985) | IMDb: 6.3

Adventure , Animation , Family , Fantasy

Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.

Starring:

Grant Bardsley , Susan Sheridan , John Byner , Nigel Hawthorne , John Hurt , Freddie Jones

Directed by:

William H. Frake III , Glenn V. Vilppu , Guy Vasilovich

Produced by:

Joe Hale , Ron Miller , Edward Hansen

The Jungle Book ( 1967) | IMDb: 7.6

Adventure , Animation , Family

The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.

Starring:

Bruce Reitherman , Phil Harris , Sebastian Cabot , George Sanders , Sterling Holloway , Louis Prima

Directed by:

Dale Barnhart , Don Griffith , Wolfgang Reitherman

Produced by:

Walt Disney , Don A. Duckwall

Cinderella ( 1950) | IMDb: 7.3

Animation , Family , Fantasy , Romance

Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!

Starring:

Ilene Woods , Eleanor Audley , Verna Felton , Claire Du Brey , Rhoda Williams , James MacDonald

Directed by:

Charles Philippi , Thor Putnam , Don Griffith

Produced by:

Walt Disney , Ben Sharpsteen

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