Al Bertino

Al Bertino was an American animator, best remembered for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Born in Los Angeles, California in 1912, Bertino began working for Walt Disney in 1935. Apart from his work on feature films, such as Pinocchio and Fantasia, Bertino also wrote for the Wonderful World of Disney and helped create a number of attractions at Disneyland, including Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, The Haunted Mansion, Country Bear Jamboree, and America Sings.
Outside of Disney, Bertino worked on Woody Woodpecker shorts, Spider-Man, The Deputy Dawg Show, The Alvin Show, Mister Magoo, and The Dick Tracy Show.
Until his retirement in 1977, he worked as an animator and storyman for Charles Mintz, Harmoa-Ising, Disney, UPA, Snowball Animation, Grantray-Lawrence Animation, and Walter Lantz. In 1986, he won a Golden Award (given to Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists).
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Position
1941 	Seven Wise Dwarfs 	Story - uncredited
1942 	Donald's Decision 	Animator - uncredited
1942 	How to Swim 	Animator
1943 	Private Pluto 	Animator - uncredited
1945 	Californy 'er Bust 	Animator
1945 	Duck Pimples 	Animator - uncredited
1945 	Hockey Homicide 	Animator - uncredited
1946 	Make Mine Music 	Animator: "All the Cats Join In""The Martins and the Coys"
1947 	Fun and Fancy Free 	Animator: "Bongo" - uncredited
1947 	Foul Hunting 	Animator
1948 	They're Off 	Animator
1949 	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	Animator - uncredited
1950 	The Brave Engineer 	Animator
1951 	Dude Duck 	Animator
1951 	Alice in Wonderland 	Animator - uncredited
1951 	Plutopia 	Story
1951 	R'Coon Dawg 	Story
1951 	Cold Turkey 	Story
1952 	Man's Best Friend 	Story
1952 	Let's Stick Together 	Story
1952 	Uncle Donald's Ants 	Story
1952 	Two Weeks Vacation 	Story
1953 	Rugged Bear 	Story
1954 	Grin and Bear It 	Story
1954-1971	The Magical World of Disney 	WriterHimself: "A Day in the Life of Donald Duck""Where Do the Stories Come From?"Special Material: "Disney on Parade"
1955 	Bearly Asleep 	Story
1955 	Beezy Bear 	Story
1956 	Hooked Bear 	Story
1956 	In the Bag 	Story
1968 	Understanding Stresses and Strains 	Story
==Trivia==
*The character of Big Al in Country Bear Jamboree was modeled and named after Bertino.
*In the 1945 Goofy cartoon Hockey Homicide, all the characters are named after members of the Disney staff, including "Ice Box Bertino", who, as a running gag, repeatedly gets into hockey fights with "Fearless Ferguson" (named for Norman Ferguson).
*Bertino was portrayed by actor Thomas Bellin in episode 11 of the 1969 season of Dragnet, "Narcotics - DR-16". Bertino is depicted designing posters for a student-led anti-drug group.
*Al Bertino is the creator of "The Monster Plantation" at Six Flags Over Georgia.
==Gallery==
A day in the life of Donald Duck 2.JPG|L-R: David Detiege, Jack Kinney, Bill Justice, Milt Banta, Al Bertino
Where do the stories come from 2.JPG|Bertino with David Detiege in "Where Do the Stories Come From?".
WEDCrew.0.jpg|A 1965 group photograph of Disney artists in the WED parking lot in Glendale, California, from left to right: Herbert Ryman, Ken O'Brien, Collin Campbell, Marc Davis, Al Bertino, Wathel Rogers, Mary Blair, T. Hee, Blaine Gibson, X. Atencio, Claude Coats, and Yale Gracey.
==External links==
*http://www.mpsc839.org/_Info/In_memoriam/a-c/bertino.html
*Al Bertino at the Internet Movie Database
*http://www.disneyshorts.org/years/1945/hockeyhomicide.html
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