Biography
“Born : Pratt Falls, New York, in 1900. “Educated in pool rooms. “Youngest graduate of Elmira Reform School, ‘09. “Married Eva Tanguay in 1913. “Two children, Lew Cody and George Bernard Shaw. “Favorite sport : Murder. “Batting average : 237.” -published in the June 20, 1931 edition of The Motion Picture Daily
Complete Filmography

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
Characters
Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending...

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004
Writer
Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young boy and a famous dragon fighter team up to teach a doci...

The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
1975
Writer
Animals of all kinds are filmed in different moments of habitat.

Sleeping Beauty
1959
Story
Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she g...

Seven Cities of Antarctica
1958
Writer
In 1955 Operation "Deep Freeze" began. This film tells the story of its purpose - the establishment by the United States Navy of seven bases in Antarc...

Tricks of Our Trade
1957
Writer
With examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at the improvements in animation made by his studio's in-ho...

Sardinia
1956
Writer
A train ride takes the audience through the rugged countryside to see the Sardinian people of today. Their independence and self-reliance is emphasize...

Music Land
1955
Director
Walt Disney animation animated cartoon musical compilation ("The BIG Parade of MIRTH and MELODY"; "Offering hits re-released from 'Make Mine Music' an...

Siam
1954
Writer
Part of the Walt Disney "People and Places" series visiting Siam.

Operation Undersea
1954
Writer

Ben and Me
1953
Adaptation
A revisionist version of American history as a small mouse comes to live with Benjamin Franklin and turns out to be responsible for many of his ideas;...

The Alaskan Eskimo
1953
Writer
Oscar Winning short documentary

Peter Pan
1953
Story
Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Ne...

Water Birds
1952
Screenplay
Water Birds is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The film delves into the still waters of lagoons and marshes to the wild blue...

The Olympic Elk
1952
Writer
Join the majestic Olympic elk as they traverse the alpine path from their winter home in the lowland shadow of Washington's Mount Olympus, to the fert...

Alice in Wonderland
1951
Story, Songs, Lyricist
On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades...

Nature's Half Acre
1951
Script
The strange and wonderful world that lies beneath our feet, under leaf, log and rock, peopled by millions of weird and fascinating creatures. Released...

Beaver Valley
1950
Writer
The film depicts a young male beaver who must defend his new family against hungry predators, mischievous river otters, and the ever-impending threat ...

Cinderella
1950
Story
Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinde...

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
Story
The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as ...

The Wind in the Willows
1949
Story
This animated fairy tale for kids tells the classic story of a dapper, automobile loving fellow named Mr. Toad, whose passion becomes a problem when h...

So Dear to My Heart
1948
Adaptation
The tale of Jeremiah Kincaid and his quest to raise his 'champion' lamb, Danny. Jeremiah's dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must overcom...

Fun and Fancy Free
1947
Story
Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fa...

The Three Caballeros
1944
Story
For Donald's birthday he receives a box with three gifts inside. The gifts, a movie projector, a pop-up book, and a pinata, each take Donald on wild a...

Saludos Amigos
1942
Writer
A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba bea...

Aquarela do Brasil
1942
Writer
José Carioca, showing Donald Duck around South America and introducing him to the samba

The Reluctant Dragon
1941
Screenplay
Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be f...

Pinocchio
1940
Adaptation
A little wooden puppet yearns to become a real boy.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938
Screenplay
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jeal...

Elmer Elephant
1936
Writer
Little Elmer Elephant has a crush on Tillie Tiger and his affection is reciprocated. Trouble is, the pint-sized pachyderm is beset by bullies who ridi...

The Big Bad Wolf
1934
Storyboard
The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.

The Pied Piper
1933
Story
The people of Hamelin, overrun with rats, offer a bag of gold to anyone who can get rid of the rats. A piper offers to do the job, and successfully lu...

Three Little Pigs
1933
Writer
The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses...

Birds in the Spring
1933
Story
Two birds rejoice over the hatching of their three eggs; as they grow, the hatchlings are taught to sing and fly. One falls from the nest and has adve...

Babes in the Woods
1932
Story
Two Dutch children stumble on a clearing in the woods where gnomes are going about their business. The gnomes are friendly to the children. A witch co...

Accordion Joe
1930
Animation
Bimbo becomes a long distance accordion champ and comes through with a load of credit.

Swing You Sinners!
1930
Animation
Bimbo is seen late at night, trying to steal a chicken. He runs away from a policeman and enters a haunted cemetery. Various ghosts and monsters tell ...

A Wild Roomer
1927
Writer
Charles Bowers is once again an eccentric inventor. This time, he has only a matter of hours to debut his extraordinary new invention in order to coll...

Nothing Doing
1927
Writer
Charley asks for his girlfriend's hand in marriage, but her father, the police chief, angrily refuses to allow her to marry anyone who is not himself ...

Fatal Footsteps
1926
Writer
Charley is obsessed with learning the Charleston, so he can enter and win a local contest, which promises a large prize and the hand in marriage of a ...

He Done His Best
1926
Writer
When Charley asks a young woman whom he is in love with to marry him, she tells him that he needs to get her father's consent. But when Charley then g...

Egged On
1926
Director
Charley invents a machine that turns ordinary, breakable eggs into rubbery, unbreakable ones for transport. He builds a Rube Goldberg contraption of p...