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Bill Cottrell, nicknamed “Uncle Bill” by his colleagues, was the first president of what is today known as Walt Disney Imagineering, the design and development arm of the Company.
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Cottrell, Bill (1906-1995) President of Retlaw Enterprises,...
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Feb 10, 2020 · Bill Cottrell. William H. Dennis Cottrell, Jr., 46, had worked for Walt and Roy Disney since the late 1920s. He played polo with them in the 1930s and he married the head of the Ink and Paint department, Hazel (Bounds) Sewell, who happened to be Walt's sister-in-law.
Cottrell, Bill (1906-1995) President of Retlaw Enterprises, the Walt Disney family corporation from 1964 until his retirement in 1982. He joined Disney in 1929 as a cameraman, then worked as a cutter and animation director before moving into the story department.
Bill Cottrell, nicknamed “Uncle Bill” by his colleagues, was the first president of what is today known as Walt Disney Imagineering, the design and development arm of the Company.
In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bill Cottrell mainly directed the sequences with the Queen, before and after her trransformation. He was the second husband of Hazel Sewell, née Bounds, who was the sister of Lilian, Walt Disney’s wife.
Nov 19, 2021 · On this day in 1906, Disney Legend Bill Cottrell was born in South Bend, Indiana. Known as “Uncle Bill” on the Disney Studio lot, Bill was the first president of WED Enterprises, the predecessor to Walt Disney Imagineering.
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William Cottrell. William Cottrell was born on 19 November 1906 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He was a writer, known for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Peter Pan (1953) and Alice in Wonderland (1951). He was married to Hazel Sewell. He died on 22 December 1995 in Burbank, California, USA.
