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Annie Award (1993) Disney Legend Award (1998) Lifetime Achievement Award in Animation (2002) Roy Edward Disney KCSG (January 10, 1930 – December 16, 2009 [1]) was an American businessman. He was the longtime senior executive for the Walt Disney Company, which was founded by his uncle, Walt Disney, and his father, Roy O. Disney.
Dec 16, 2009 · LOS ANGELES (AP)— Roy E. Disney, the son and nephew of The Walt Disney Co. founders who twice led shareholder revolts that shook up the family business, died Wednesday. He was 79.
Dec 17, 2009 · An obituary on Dec. 17 about Roy E. Disney, who helped revitalize the famed animation division of the company founded by his uncle, Walt Disney, referred incompletely to the release of...
Roy Edward Disney, KCSG, was a longtime Disney executive, wherein the Walt Disney Company was founded by his uncle, Walt Disney, and his father, Roy Oliver Disney, in 1923. Roy Disney was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Edna (née Francis) and Walt Disney's older brother, Roy Oliver...
Roy was married to Edna Francis from April 1925 until his death. Their son, Roy Edward Disney, was born on January 10, 1930. Throughout his life, Roy, Sr. rejected the publicity and fame that came with being Walt's brother. Roy's nephew Charles Elias Disney named his own sons middle name Charles Roy Disney after both Roy O. Disney and Roy E ...
Roy Edward Disney began working for the Walt Disney Company as an assistant film editor on the True-Life Adventure film in 1954. In 1967, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the company. In 1984, he returned to the company as vice chairman of the board, and head of the animation department.
Dec 16, 2009 · Roy E. Disney, Walt’s cousin, who died in Los Angeles at age 79, had been a longtime power-broker at Disney Studios.
Roy Edward Disney was a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt Disney founded.
If the Walt Disney Studios were to have a real-life Jiminy Cricket, it would have to have been former vice chairman Roy Edward Disney, son of Roy O. Disney and nephew of Walt Disney. Besides being its conscience, Roy has also been called the “soul of the Company;” he often looked to its past to define its future.
A member of the dynasty that founded the studio with which he shares his name, Disney was the son of Walt’s brother Roy. After early experience shooting nature documentaries at the studio he served in executive roles during the renaissance of the 1990s, personally overseeing production of Fantasia 2000 (2000).
