Wilfred Jackson (1906 - 1988)

Born 24 Jan 1906 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Died 7 Aug 1988 at age 82 in Newport Beach, Orange, California, United States

Biography

Wilfred Jackson is Notable.

Wilfred Jackson (Chicago, Illinois, January 24, 1906 – Newport Beach, California, August 7, 1988) was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies series of cartoons and the two segments Night on Bald Mountain and Ave Maria of Fantasia from Walt Disney Productions. He was also instrumental in developing the system with which Disney added music and sound to Steamboat Willie, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon. Several of the Silly Symphony shorts he directed, including The Old Mill (1937), won Academy Awards during the 1930s. Starting with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 he directed sequences in many of the major Disney animated features up to Lady and the Tramp in 1955, including all of the animated sequences in Song of the South (1946). He later moved into television, producing and directing for Disney's Disneyland series. After continuing health issues he retired in 1961. Wilfred Jackson died at age 82 in 1988.

Jackson attended Otis Art Institute (now called Otis College of Art and Design) in the 1920s.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Jackson
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 20 November 2020), memorial page for Wilfred Jackson (24 Jan 1906–7 Aug 1988), Find A Grave: Memorial #6626691, ; Maintained by Find A Grave. Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend.