Wolfgang (Woolie) Reitherman was featured on the 9th episode of “The Disney Family Album” and originally aired on the Disney Channel in March of 1985.
You’ll find him credited as Woolie and sometimes Wolfgang Reitherman in classic Disney animated films. One of Walt’s Nine Old Men, Woolie started his career in 1934 alongside Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on many classic Disney shorts. Woolie spent 44 years in the animation department, contributing to more than 30 Disney shorts including “Water Babies,” “Mickey’s Fire Brigade” and “Donald in Mathmagic Land.” Woolie won an Academy Award for his work on the short film, “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day” in 1968. He also contributed his animation skills to such classic animated features as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and directed classics including Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book, The Aristocrats, Robin Hood and more. He retired in 1981 after The Fox and the Hound.
Don’t miss any of the Disney Family Albums: Clarence “Ducky” Nash, The Missing Episode, Ward Kimball, Sherman Brothers, Jim MacDonald, Milt Kahl, Ken Anderson, Disneyland Designers, Eric Larson, Peter and Harrison Ellenshaw, Wolfgang (Woolie) Reitherman, Frank Thomas, Voice Actors, WED Imagineers, Golden Horseshoe Revue, Ollie Johnston, Annette Funicello, Marc Davis, The Milotte’s and the Beebe’s, Fess Parker / Buddy Ebsen, The StoryMen
