The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Johnston was an animator at Walt Disney Studios from 1934 to 1978, and became a directing animator beginning with "Pinocchio", released in 1940. He contributed to most Disney animated features, including "Fantasia" and "Bambi". His last full work for Disney came with "The Rescuers", in which he was caricatured as one of the film's characters, the cat Rufus. The last film he worked on was "The Fox and the Hound". His work includes Mr. Smee (in "Peter Pan"), the Stepsisters (in "Cinderella"), the District Attorney (in "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"), and Prince John (in "Robin Hood"). According to the book "The Disney Villain", written by Johnston and Frank Thomas, Johnston also partnered with Thomas on creating characters such as Ichabod Crane (in "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"), Sir Hiss (in "Robin Hood"), and story consultant in "Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland".