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William Cottrell(1906-1995)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Writer
  • Additional Crew
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William Cottrell was born on 19 November 1906 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He was a writer, known for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Peter Pan (1953). He was married to Hazel Sewell. He died on 22 December 1995 in Burbank, California, USA.
BornNovember 19, 1906
DiedDecember 22, 1995(89)
BornNovember 19, 1906
DiedDecember 22, 1995(89)
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Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, and George Kiplunks in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
7.6
  • Director
  • 1937
Mel Blanc, Sterling Holloway, Heather Angel, Kathryn Beaumont, Lucille Bliss, Jerry Colonna, Pinto Colvig, Verna Felton, Larry Grey, Richard Haydn, Joseph Kearns, Bill Lee, Queenie Leonard, Doris Lloyd, Tommy Luske, James MacDonald, Marni Nixon, J. Pat O'Malley, Thurl Ravenscroft, Max Smith, Bill Thompson, Dink Trout, Ed Wynn, Norma Zimmer, The Mellowmen Quartet, and Bob Hamlin in Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Alice in Wonderland
7.3
  • Writer(as Bill Cottrell)
  • 1951
Mel Blanc, June Foray, Kathryn Beaumont, Tony Butala, Paul Collins, Hans Conried, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Ellis, Connie Hilton, Margaret Kerry, Tommy Luske, John Wilder, Jeffrey Silver, Stuffy Singer, and Anne Whitfield in Peter Pan (1953)
Peter Pan
7.3
  • Writer(as Bill Cottrell)
  • 1953
Mel Blanc, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Charles Judels, Clarence Nash, Christian Rub, and Evelyn Venable in Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio
7.5
  • Writer
  • 1940

Credits

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Camera and Electrical Department

  • Little Hiawatha (1937)
    Little Hiawatha
    6.9
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Don Donald (1937)
    Don Donald
    6.7
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • More Kittens (1936)
    More Kittens
    6.2
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Mother Pluto (1936)
    Mother Pluto
    6.9
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • The Country Cousin (1936)
    The Country Cousin
    6.8
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Toby Tortoise Returns (1936)
    Toby Tortoise Returns
    6.6
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Alpine Climbers (1936)
    Alpine Climbers
    7.2
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Three Little Wolves (1936)
    Three Little Wolves
    7.0
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Elmer Elephant (1936)
    Elmer Elephant
    6.8
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Broken Toys (1935)
    Broken Toys
    6.6
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • The Night Before Christmas (1933)
    Cock o' the Walk
    6.0
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Three Orphan Kittens (1935)
    Three Orphan Kittens
    6.8
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Wilfred Jackson in Music Land (1935)
    Music Land
    7.4
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)
    Pluto's Judgement Day
    7.2
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Mickey's Garden (1935)
    Mickey's Garden
    7.0
    Short
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1935

Writer

  • Tom Hanks and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth in Pinocchio (2022)
    Pinocchio
    5.1
    • based on the 1940 story adaptation by (uncredited)
    • 2022
  • Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody
    6.9
    Video
    • story
    • 2015
  • Disney's Halloween Treat (1984)
    Disney's Halloween Treat
    8.4
    Video
    • stories
    • 1984
  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • story (as Bill Cottrell)
    • 1957
  • Mel Blanc, June Foray, Kathryn Beaumont, Tony Butala, Paul Collins, Hans Conried, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Ellis, Connie Hilton, Margaret Kerry, Tommy Luske, John Wilder, Jeffrey Silver, Stuffy Singer, and Anne Whitfield in Peter Pan (1953)
    Peter Pan
    7.3
    • story (as Bill Cottrell)
    • 1953
  • Sterling Holloway in The Little House (1952)
    The Little House
    7.5
    Short
    • story adaptation (as Bill Cottrell)
    • 1952
  • Mel Blanc, Sterling Holloway, Heather Angel, Kathryn Beaumont, Lucille Bliss, Jerry Colonna, Pinto Colvig, Verna Felton, Larry Grey, Richard Haydn, Joseph Kearns, Bill Lee, Queenie Leonard, Doris Lloyd, Tommy Luske, James MacDonald, Marni Nixon, J. Pat O'Malley, Thurl Ravenscroft, Max Smith, Bill Thompson, Dink Trout, Ed Wynn, Norma Zimmer, The Mellowmen Quartet, and Bob Hamlin in Alice in Wonderland (1951)
    Alice in Wonderland
    7.3
    • story (as Bill Cottrell)
    • 1951
  • Little Toot (1948)
    Little Toot
    7.0
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1948
  • Melody Time (1948)
    Melody Time
    6.1
    • story (as Bill Cottrell)
    • 1948
  • Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947)
    Mickey and the Beanstalk
    7.6
    Short
    • story (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
    Fun and Fancy Free
    6.3
    • story (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Gary Cooper, William Holden, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Burt Lancaster, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, Joan Caulfield, Cass Daley, Billy De Wolfe, Barry Fitzgerald, Mary Hatcher, Dorothy Lamour, Gail Russell, Olga San Juan, Lizabeth Scott, and Sonny Tufts in Variety Girl (1947)
    Variety Girl
    6.3
    • special puppetoon sequence
    • 1947
  • The Three Caballeros (1944)
    The Three Caballeros
    6.3
    • story
    • 1944
  • Victory Through Air Power (1943)
    Victory Through Air Power
    6.4
    • story adaptation
    • 1943
  • Clarence Nash and José Oliveira in Aquarela do Brasil (1942)
    Aquarela do Brasil
    6.9
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1942

Additional Crew

  • Anthony Dexter and Jody Lawrance in Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)
    Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
    4.7
    • dialogue director (as Bill Cottrell)
    • 1953
  • Gary Cooper, William Holden, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Burt Lancaster, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, Joan Caulfield, Cass Daley, Billy De Wolfe, Barry Fitzgerald, Mary Hatcher, Dorothy Lamour, Gail Russell, Olga San Juan, Lizabeth Scott, and Sonny Tufts in Variety Girl (1947)
    Variety Girl
    6.3
    • puppetoon sequence
    • 1947

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Bill Cottrell
  • Born
    • November 19, 1906
    • South Bend, Indiana, USA
  • Died
    • December 22, 1995
    • Burbank, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Hazel Sewell1938 - January 22, 1975 (her death)
  • Other works
    He directed Herman Wouk's play, "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Chester Morris in the cast.

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    Brother-in-law of Lillian Disney and Walt Disney.

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