Oliver Martin Johnston Jr. (October 31, 1912 – April 14, 2008) was an American motion picture animator. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, and the last surviving at the time of his death from natural causes. [1][2][3] He was recognized by The Walt Disney Company with its Disney Legend Award in 1989.

Oliver Martin "Ollie" Johnston was an American animator from Palo Alto, California. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, a group of senior animators which supervised production at the Walt Disney Animation Studios from c. 1945 to 1977.

2008年4月16日 · Oliver Martin “Ollie” Johnston Jr., the last living member of the celebrated “Nine Old Men” of Disney animation whose work set the standard by which all character animation is judged and a...

Oliver Martin "Ollie" Johnston, Jr. was an American animator, who was one of Walt Disney's Nine Old Men. Ollie was best friends with fellow animator Frank Thomas. He was recognized by The Walt Disney Company with its Disney Legend Award in 1989.

Ollie Johnston is renowned for his role in pioneering film animation with the Walt Disney Studios. He created, drew, and developed story lines for some of the most endearing characters on screen. Born in 1912 in Palo Alto, California, Ollie Johnston attended Stanford University and the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, studying under ...

Ollie Johnston, one of the greatest animators/directing animators in animation history and the last surviving member of Walt Disney’s elite group of animation pioneers known affectionately as the “Nine Old Men,” passed away from natural causes at a long term care facility in Sequim, Washington on Monday April 14th.

2008年4月16日 · LOS ANGELES (AP) The animator Ollie Johnston, the last of the Disney “nine old men,” as the studio’s core group of senior animators was called, died on Monday in Sequim, Wash. He was 95. He died...

On January 21, 1935, Ollie joined the Walt Disney Studio as an apprentice animator, working on early Disney shorts such as Mickey’s Garden and The Tortoise and the Hare, which won an Academy Award ® for Best Short Subject (Cartoons).

2008年8月19日 · Ollie Johnston will always be remembered as one of the great animators of all time, and a pillar of the Walt Disney feature-film classics... but what sets him apart in my mind is the way he and his lifelong friend Frank Thomas created a second career for themselves as teachers and mentors.

2008年4月14日 · Ollie Johnston, the last surviving member of Disney’s legendary ‘Nine Old Men’ of animation, has passed away at the age of 96. The animator leaves behind a remarkable body...