William Barnard "Bill" Justice was an American animator and engineer for the The Walt Disney Company. Justice joined Walt Disney Animation Studios as an animator in 1937 and worked on features, such as Fantasia, The Three Caballeros, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan. He is arguably best known as the animator of the rabbit Thumper from Bambi and chipmunks Chip and Dale. He was the director of The Truth About Mother Goose, Noah's Ark, and A Symposium on Popular Songs, all of which were nominated for Academy Awards as Best Short Subject, Cartoon, and, the latter two, used Justice's unique style of stop-motion animation. In total, Justice worked on 57 shorts and 19 features.
In 1965, Justice joined Walt Disney Imagineering, where he programmed figures for several Disney attractions, such as Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, Country Bear Jamboree, and Mickey Mouse Revue. He retired from the company in 1979 and was named a Disney Legend in 1996. He is the author of Justice for Disney, which chronicles his years with the company.
Justice passed away from natural causes a day after his 97th birthday. He is survived by his wife, Kim; his daughter, Melissa; and a granddaughter.
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Mickey's Polo Team | animator - uncredited |
| 1940 | Pinocchio | assistant animator - uncredited |
| 1940 | Bone Trouble | animator |
| 1940 | Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip | animator - uncredited |
| 1940 | Fantasia | animator - segment "The Pastoral Symphony" |
| 1940 | The Fire Chief' | animator - uncredited |
| 1942 | Pluto Junior | animator - uncredited |
| 1942 | Bambi | animator |
| 1942 | Saludos Amigos | animator |
| 1942 | Lake Titicaca | character animator |
| 1942 | Der Fuehrer's Face | animator - uncredited |
| 1942 | All Together | director - uncredited |
| 1943 | The Grain That Built a Hemisphere | director - uncredited |
| 1943 | The Winged Scourge | director animator - uncredited |
| 1943 | Victory Through Air Power | animator |
| 1943 | Victory Vehicles | animator |
| 1943 | Home Defense | animator |
| 1944 | How to Play Golf | animator - uncredited |
| 1944 | Contrary Condor | animator - uncredited |
| 1944 | Commando Duck | animator - uncredited |
| 1944 | The Plastics Inventor | animator |
| 1944 | How to Play Football | animator - uncredited |
| 1944 | The Three Caballeros | animator |
| 1945 | The Clock Watcher | animator |
| 1945 | Donald's Crime | animator - uncredited |
| 1945 | Cured Duck | animator |
| 1945 | Old Sequoia | animator |
| 1945 | The Cold-Blooded Penguin | animator |
| 1946 | Make Mine Music | animator ("All the Cats Join In") uncredited |
| 1946 | Wet Paint | animator |
| 1946 | The Story of Menstruation | animator - uncredited |
| 1946 | Double Dribble | animator |
| 1947 | Straight Shooters | animator |
| 1947 | Clown of the Jungle | animator |
| 1947 | Bootle Beetle | animator |
| 1947 | Fun and Fancy Free | animator - uncredited |
| 1947 | Mail Dog | animator |
| 1947 | Chip an' Dale | animator |
| 1948 | Inferior Decorator | animator |
| 1948 | Soup's On | animator |
| 1948 | Three for Breakfast | animator |
| 1948 | Tea for Two Hundred | animation |
| 1949 | Donald's Happy Birthday | animator |
| 1949 | Sea Salts | animator |
| 1949 | Winter Storage | animator |
| 1949 | Honey Harvester | animator - uncredited |
| 1949 | All in a Nutshell | animator |
| 1949 | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | animator - uncredited |
| 1949 | The Greener Yard | animator |
| 1949 | Slide, Donald, Slide | animator |
| 1949 | Toy Tinkers | animator |
| 1950 | Lion Around | animator |
| 1950 | Crazy Over Daisy | animator |
| 1950 | Trailer Horn | animator |
| 1950 | Hook, Lion and Sinker | animator |
| 1950 | Bee at the Beach | animation |
| 1950 | Out on a Limb | animator |
| 1951 | Chicken in the Rough | animator |
| 1951 | Dude Duck | animator |
| 1951 | Corn Chips | animator |
| 1951 | Test Pilot Donald | animator |
| 1951 | Lucky Number | animator |
| 1951 | Alice in Wonderland | character animator |
| 1951 | Out of Scale | animator |
| 1951 | Bee on Guard | animator |
| 1952 | Donald Applecore | animator |
| 1952 | Two Chips and a Miss | animator |
| 1952 | Let's Stick Together | animator |
| 1952 | Uncle Donald's Ants | animator |
| 1952 | Trick or Treat | animator |
| 1952 | Pluto's Christmas Tree | animator |
| 1953 | Peter Pan | character animator |
| 1953 | Don's Fountain of Youth | animator |
| 1953 | Working for Peanuts | animator |
| 1954-1979 | The Magical World of Disney | animator segment director sequence director "Disney on Parade" - Disney Character costume designer Self ("The Title Makers/Nature's Half Acre") |
| 1954 | Spare the Rod | animator |
| 1954 | Dragon Around | animator |
| 1954 | Grin and Bear It | animator |
| 1954 | The Flying Squirrel | animator |
| 1955 | Lady and the Tramp | animator - uncredited |
| 1955 | Beezy Bear | animator |
| 1955 | Up a Tree | animator |
| 1955 | The Mickey Mouse Club | "Circus Day" - cartoon director |
| 1956 | Hooked Bear | animator |
| 1956 | I'm No Fool with a Bicycle | director - uncredited |
| 1956 | Jack and Old Mac | director |
| 1956 | I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian | director - uncredited |
| 1956 | A Cowboy Needs a Horse | director |
| 1956 | You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste | director - uncredited |
| 1957 | You and the Living Machine | director - uncredited |
| 1957 | The Truth About Mother Goose | director |
| 1959 | Noah's Ark | animator director |
| 1959 | The Shaggy Dog | title designer |
| 1961 | The Parent Trap | special titles |
| 1961 | Babes in Toyland | toy sequence |
| 1962 | A Symposium on Popular Songs | director stop motion animator |
| 1962 | Bon Voyage!f | special titles |
| 1964 | The Misadventures of Merlin Jones | special titles |
| 1964 | Mary Poppins | designer: nursery sequence |
| 1987-1989 | Adventures of the Gummi Bears | animator |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | animator - uncredited |
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