Bill Justice

William Barnard "Bill" Justice was an American animator and engineer for the The Walt Disney Company. Justice joined Walt Disney Animation Studios as an animator in 1937 and worked on features, such as Fantasia, The Three Caballeros, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan. He is arguably best known as the animator of the rabbit Thumper from Bambi and chipmunks Chip and Dale. He was the director of The Truth About Mother Goose, Noah's Ark, and A Symposium on Popular Songs, all of which were nominated for Academy Awards as Best Short Subject, Cartoon, and, the latter two, used Justice's unique style of stop-motion animation. In total, Justice worked on 57 shorts and 19 features.
In 1965, Justice joined Walt Disney Imagineering, where he programmed figures for several Disney attractions, such as Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, Country Bear Jamboree, and Mickey Mouse Revue. He retired from the company in 1979 and was named a Disney Legend in 1996. He is the author of Justice for Disney, which chronicles his years with the company.
Justice passed away from natural causes a day after his 97th birthday. He is survived by his wife, Kim; his daughter, Melissa; and a granddaughter.
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Position
1936 	Mickey's Polo Team 	animator - uncredited
1940 	Pinocchio 	assistant animator - uncredited
1940 	Bone Trouble 	animator
1940 	Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip 	animator - uncredited
1940 	Fantasia 	animator - segment "The Pastoral Symphony"
1940 	The Fire Chief' 	animator - uncredited
1942 	Pluto Junior 	animator - uncredited
1942 	Bambi 	animator
1942 	Saludos Amigos 	animator
1942 	Lake Titicaca 	character animator
1942 	Der Fuehrer's Face 	animator - uncredited
1942 	All Together 	director - uncredited
1943 	The Grain That Built a Hemisphere 	director - uncredited
1943 	The Winged Scourge 	directoranimator - uncredited
1943 	Victory Through Air Power 	animator
1943 	Victory Vehicles 	animator
1943 	Home Defense 	animator
1944 	How to Play Golf 	animator - uncredited
1944 	Contrary Condor 	animator - uncredited
1944 	Commando Duck 	animator - uncredited
1944 	The Plastics Inventor 	animator
1944 	How to Play Football 	animator - uncredited
1944 	The Three Caballeros 	animator
1945 	The Clock Watcher 	animator
1945 	Donald's Crime 	animator - uncredited
1945 	Cured Duck 	animator
1945 	Old Sequoia 	animator
1945 	The Cold-Blooded Penguin 	animator
1946 	Make Mine Music 	animator ("All the Cats Join In") uncredited
1946 	Wet Paint 	animator
1946 	The Story of Menstruation 	animator - uncredited
1946 	Double Dribble 	animator
1947 	Straight Shooters 	animator
1947 	Clown of the Jungle 	animator
1947 	Bootle Beetle 	animator
1947 	Fun and Fancy Free 	animator - uncredited
1947 	Mail Dog 	animator
1947 	Chip an' Dale 	animator
1948 	Inferior Decorator 	animator
1948 	Soup's On 	animator
1948 	Three for Breakfast 	animator
1948 	Tea for Two Hundred 	animation
1949 	Donald's Happy Birthday 	animator
1949 	Sea Salts 	animator
1949 	Winter Storage 	animator
1949 	Honey Harvester 	animator - uncredited
1949 	All in a Nutshell 	animator
1949 	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	animator - uncredited
1949 	The Greener Yard 	animator
1949 	Slide, Donald, Slide 	animator
1949 	Toy Tinkers 	animator
1950 	Lion Around 	animator
1950 	Crazy Over Daisy 	animator
1950 	Trailer Horn 	animator
1950 	Hook, Lion and Sinker 	animator
1950 	Bee at the Beach 	animation
1950 	Out on a Limb 	animator
1951 	Chicken in the Rough 	animator
1951 	Dude Duck 	animator
1951 	Corn Chips 	animator
1951 	Test Pilot Donald 	animator
1951 	Lucky Number 	animator
1951 	Alice in Wonderland 	character animator
1951 	Out of Scale 	animator
1951 	Bee on Guard 	animator
1952 	Donald Applecore 	animator
1952 	Two Chips and a Miss 	animator
1952 	Let's Stick Together 	animator
1952 	Uncle Donald's Ants 	animator
1952 	Trick or Treat 	animator
1952 	Pluto's Christmas Tree 	animator
1953 	Peter Pan 	character animator
1953 	Don's Fountain of Youth 	animator
1953 	Working for Peanuts 	animator
1954-1979	The Magical World of Disney 	animatorsegment directorsequence director"Disney on Parade" - Disney Character costume designerSelf ("The Title Makers/Nature's Half Acre")
1954 	Spare the Rod 	animator
1954 	Dragon Around 	animator
1954 	Grin and Bear It 	animator
1954 	The Flying Squirrel 	animator
1955 	Lady and the Tramp 	animator - uncredited
1955 	Beezy Bear 	animator
1955 	Up a Tree 	animator
1955 	The Mickey Mouse Club 	"Circus Day" - cartoon director
1956 	Hooked Bear 	animator
1956 	I'm No Fool with a Bicycle 	director - uncredited
1956 	Jack and Old Mac 	director
1956 	I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian 	director - uncredited
1956 	A Cowboy Needs a Horse 	director
1956 	You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste	director - uncredited
1957 	You and the Living Machine 	director - uncredited
1957 	The Truth About Mother Goose 	director
1959 	Noah's Ark 	animatordirector
1959 	The Shaggy Dog 	title designer
1961 	The Parent Trap 	special titles
1961 	Babes in Toyland 	toy sequence
1962 	A Symposium on Popular Songs 	directorstop motion animator
1962 	Bon Voyage!f 	special titles
1964 	The Misadventures of Merlin Jones 	special titles
1964 	Mary Poppins 	designer: nursery sequence
1987-1989	Adventures of the Gummi Bears 	animator
1989 	The Little Mermaid 	animator - uncredited
== Characters Animated ==
File:Profile - Alice's Sister.jpg|Alice's Sister(Alice in Wonderland)
File:John Darling.jpg|John Darling(Peter Pan)
==Gallery==
A day in the life of Donald Duck 2.JPG|L-R: David Detiege, Jack Kinney, Bill Justice, Milt Banta, Al Bertino.
Bill justice image.jpg
Bill justice wathel rogers country bear jamboree.jpg|Justice with Wathel Rogers operating animatronics for Country Bear Jamboree.
Bill justice babyland hosts 1976.jpg|Justice decorating Disneyland's baby station. With him are hostesses Helen Schley and Jean Cullity.
Bill justice with chip and dale.jpg
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