Erdman Penner

Erdman "Ed" Heinrich Penner was a Canadian screenwriter and songwriter, who worked with many writers at Disney Studios, such as Ted Sears, Winston Hibler, William Cottrell, Bill Peet, and Perce Pearce.
Penner was born on January 17, 1905 in Saskatchewan, Canada, but moved the U.S. where he began work with Disney in the late 1930s with Mickey Mouse shorts before moving up to feature films, like Pinocchio, Melody Time, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, and Sleeping Beauty.
An occasional musician, Penner played the saxophone, tuba, and violin, as well as wrote songs for some of the films he was writing. He was the original bass saxophonist and tuba player for the Firehouse Five Plus Two.
By the time Lady and the Tramp was in production, Penner had been promoted to associate producer, however, he died on November 10, 1956; nearly over a year after his promotion.
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Position
1937 	Mickey's Amateurs 	Story - uncreditedDirector - uncredited
1938 	Farmyard Symphony 	Story - uncredited
1940 	Pinocchio 	Story Adaptation
1940 	Fantasia 	Story Development - segment "The Pastoral Symphony"
1941 	The Reluctant Dragon 	Story "Reluctant Dragon" sequenceLyrics: "The Relucant Dragon"
1943 	Victory Through Air Power 	Story Adaptation
1946 	Make Mine Music 	Story
1948 	Melody Time 	Story: "Pecos Bill""The Legend of Johnny Appleseed"
1949 	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	Story: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
1950 	Cinderella 	Story
1950 	One Hour in Wonderland 	Himself
1951 	Alice in Wonderland 	StoryMusic Department - uncredited
1953 	Peter Pan 	StoryLyrics "A Pirate's Life (Is a Wonderful Life)" - uncredited
1954-1957	The Magical World of Disney 	Story"Cavalcade of Songs" as Himself
1955 	Dateline: Disneyland 	Himself
1955 	Lady and the Tramp 	StoryAssociate Producer
1959 	Sleeping Beauty 	Posthumous Release: Story AdaptationLyrics: "Skumps" - uncredited
==Roles==
32305.jpg|Father(The Reluctant Dragon)
==Gallery==
The reluctant dragon story session.jpg|Actress Frances Gifford, clockwise from actress Frances Gifford: Walt Disney, John McLeish, T. Hee, Ward Kimball, Fred Moore (back), Norman Ferguson (back), and Erdman Penner
Walt disney story session Alice in Wonderland.jpg|From Right to left: Penner, Walt Disney, Ted Sears, Winston Hibler
Erdman penner in A Story of Dogs.JPG
Wilfred jackson and erdman penner.JPG|Penner with Wilfred Jackson in "A Story of Dogs."
Cavalcade of Songs writing session.JPG|L-R: Pinto Colvig, John Sibley, Penner, Frank Thomas (seated), W. Disney, Kimball.
Peggy lee erdman penner sonny burke.jpg|From right to left: Peggy Lee, Penner, Sonny Burke in "Cavalcade of Songs."
File:SleepingBeauty1959ProductionPhoto28.jpg|Penner reviewing the storyboard of the christening scene from Sleeping Beauty with Clyde Geronimi, Joe Rinaldi, and Walt Disney, c. fall 1956.
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