who was walt disney
âWalt Disney. Walter Elias Walt Disney (December 5, 1901 â December 15, 1966), was the eponymous founder of the Walt Disney Company, an American business magnate, cartoonist, producer, film director, writer, screenwriter, philanthropist, voice actor and animator.901-1919: Childhood. Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois to Elias Disney and Flora Call. He was named after his father and after his father's close friend Walter Parr, the minister at St. Paul Congregational Church. In 1906, his family moved to a farm near Marceline, Missouri.