Bill Roberts

William O. "Bill" Roberts was an animator, director, and illustrator for the Disney Studios whose prominent work came out during the 1930s and 1940s.
Born in Kentucky, Roberts found his way to New York where he found work as a magazine illustrator. In early 1930s, he was employed at Disney where he started off as an animator for the Silly Symphonies, such as King Neptune and Father Noah's Ark before working on the Mickey Mouse cartoons.
After the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Roberts was promoted to director status within the division. He would help direct sequences within features, such as Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi, Saludos Amigos, and Fantasia where he collaborated with animator Paul Satterfield on "The Rite of Spring" segment. He was also tasked with directing a series of educational featurettes in the studio, such as Reason and Emotion and The ABC of Hand Tools, which was sponsored through General Motors.
Roberts continued to work for the studio throughout the 1940s and passed away on March 18, 1974. He is interred with his wife, Lillian at Three Rivers Cemetery in Tulare County in California.
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Position
1932 	King Neptune 	Animator - uncredited
1932 	Bugs in Love 	Animator - uncredited
1932 	Babes in the Woods 	Animator - uncredited
1933 	Mickey's Mellerdrammer 	Animator - uncredited
1933 	Father Noah's Ark 	Animator - uncredited
1933 	Old King Cole 	Animator - uncredited
1933 	Giantland 	Animator - uncredited
1934 	The Grasshopper and the Ants 	Animator - uncredited
1934 	Camping Out 	Animator - uncredited
1934 	Gulliver Mickey 	Animator - uncredited
1934 	Mickey Plays Papa 	Animator - uncredited
1934 	The Dognapper 	Animator - uncredited
1935 	The Robber Kitten 	Animator - uncredited
1935 	Who Killed Cock Robin? 	Animator: "Paul Parrot" - uncredited
1935 	Pluto's Judgement Day 	Animator
1936 	Mickey's Polo Team 	Animator - uncredited
1936 	Three Little Wolves 	Animator - uncredited
1936 	Alpine Climbers 	Animator - uncredited
1936 	Donald and Pluto 	Animator - uncredited
1936 	Mother Pluto 	Animator - uncredited
1937 	Magician Mickey 	Animator - uncredited
1937 	Clock Cleaners 	Animator - uncredited
1937 	Pluto's Quin-puplets 	Animator - uncredited
1937 	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 	Animator
1938 	Mickey's Parrot 	Director - uncredited
1938 	Brave Little Tailor 	Director - uncredited
1939 	Society Dog Show 	Director - uncredited
1940 	Pinocchio 	Sequence director
1940 	Fantasia 	Director - uncredited: "The Rite of Spring"
1941 	Dumbo 	Sequence director
1941 	The Art of Skiing 	Director - uncredited
1942 	All Together 	Director - uncredited
1942 	Bambi 	Sequence director
1942 	Saludos Amigos 	Sequence director: "Lake Titicaca""The Flying Gauchito"
1943 	The Grain That Built a Hemisphere	Director - uncredited
1943 	Reason and Emotion 	Director - uncredited
1943 	The Winged Scourge 	Director - uncredited
1944 	The Three Caballeros 	Sequence director: "The Cold-Blooded Penguin"
1944 	The Amazon Awakens 	Director
1946 	The ABC of Hand Tools 	Director
1947 	Fun and Fancy Free 	Animation director - "Mickey and the Beanstalk"
1955 	A World is Born 	Director - uncredited
1955-1962	The Wonderful World of Disney 	Director: "The Adventures of Mickey Mouse""Man is His Own Worst Enemy"Segment director: "The Truth About Mother Goose"Sequence director: "Nature's Strangest Oddballs"
==Gallery==
Bill roberts clock cleaners drawing.jpg|Robert's own rough drawing for a segment in Clock Cleaners.
Fantasia crew at work.jpeg|Left to right: Paul Satterfield, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, James Algar, and Roberts going over storyboards for Fantasia.
Walt disney with igor stravinsky and bill roberts.jpg|Roberts with Walt Disney and composer Igor Stravinsky in a story session for "The Rite of Spring".
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