Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and ...

Nearly 50 years after his death, Walt Disney remains a divisive figure. That 20-foot berm separating Disneyland visitors from the messy realities of the outside world might as well be the wall that ...

This week PBS’s “American Experience” devotes four hours to a biography of Walt Disney (9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday) and there are some pretty great things about this production from director Sarah Colt ...

Walt Disney was a warm, fun-loving avuncular type who loved nothing more than to make our dreams come true. Walt Disney was a hard-driving control freak with an explosive temper and “a very dark soul.

Most of us think of Walt Disney as the creator of Mickey Mouse and Disneyland. But his impact on American culture went beyond cartoons and theme parks. Whether it was hit television programs such as ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — This week PBS’s “American Experience” devotes four hours to a biography of Walt Disney (8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday) and there are some pretty great things about this production ...

A new biography of Walter Elias Disney by Neal Gabler captures the enormous range of Disney's contributions, and restores the flesh and blood to a man whose name for many has become synonymous with ...

Walt Disney was “the best of men,” said his eldest daughter Diane Disney Miller in the introduction to a new CD-ROM, “Walt Disney: An Intimate History of the Man and His Magic” (Windows 95, $40) This ...

Kurt Russell was on the set of Universal Studios filming a western TV show the day Walt Disney died. A contract actor under a 10-year agreement with Disney Studios, the 15-year-old had been loaned out ...

Pop artist Keith Haring, who had long drawn and painted Mickey Mouse in his art, almost landed his dream deal with Walt Disney Studios, a new book has revealed. Gooch has revealed new information ...