Ward Kimball, the most colorful and eccentric of the Nine Old Men, ... Ward Kimball, 88; Key Disney Animator. By CHARLES SOLOMON . July 9, 2002 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

Ward Kimball, an animation pioneer who became one of Walt Disney's trusted "Nine Old Men" and will be forever linked with such characters as Mickey Mouse and Jiminy Cricket, has died. He was 88.

Pioneering animator Ward Kimball, who helped modernize Mickey Mouse's look in 1938 and created the character Jiminy Cricket for the Disney classic "Pinocchio," died Monday of natural causes in ...

Ward Kimball, the iconoclast Disney director and animator, was born on this day in 1914. And thus, it seems like a fitting day to announce that a new biography about his life and work — If It ...

This week was supposed to be the release date of my biography about artist, animator and director Ward Kimball.However, my publisher, Chronicle Books, hasn’t even sent the book to the printer ...

Between the 1930s and 1960s, master Disney animator Ward Kimball created an impressive array of Christmas cards for an ever-increasing mailing list. (Sorry: they're much better than yours.) ...

Kimball (1914 – 2002) became an animator for Walt Disney’s studios in 1934, ... Ward Kimball is aboard his 1914 Fire Truck, with his family in front of the Grizzly Flats Station.

Ward Kimball, the Oscar-winning animator who made Jiminy Cricket wish upon a star and who remade Mickey Mouse into a kid-friendly icon, died Monday in California.The 88-year-old Kimball was one of ...

Building and operating a full-scale railroad in your backyard would be a dream come true for many devoted railfans, and renowned Disney animator Ward Kimball lived that dream for more than 60 ...