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# Bill Walsh

Producer. Born 30 September 1913 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 27 January 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 30 September 1913, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 27 January 1975
- **Also known as:** William Walsh
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373128, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909556/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5836

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Mary Poppins*](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins.md) (83)

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## Biography

Bill Walsh (also credited as William Walsh) was an American screenwriter, producer and comics writer who worked primarily for Walt Disney Productions on live-action films and television. He joined the studio in 1943, initially as a press agent, and wrote the Mickey Mouse comic strip for more than twenty years. He later produced early Disney television programmes including The Mickey Mouse Club (1955) before moving to feature films.

Walsh's screenwriting credits include The Shaggy Dog (1959), The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), That Darn Cat! (1965), Blackbeard's Ghost (1968), The Love Bug (1969) and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). He co-wrote the screenplay for Mary Poppins (1964) with Don DaGradi and shared a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium; he was also nominated for Best Picture as co-producer. Walsh died in 1975 and was named a Disney Legend in 1991.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, disney.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mary Poppins* (1964), Fi1m 83, Screenplay, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Shaggy Dog* (2006), Original Film Writer
- *The Love Bug* (1997), Original Film Writer
- *Flubber* (1997), Screenplay
- *One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing* (1975), Writer, Producer
- *Herbie Rides Again* (1974), Producer, Screenplay
- *The World's Greatest Athlete* (1973), Producer
- *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* (1971), Screenplay, Producer
- *Scandalous John* (1971), Screenplay, Producer
- *The Love Bug* (1968), Screenplay, Producer
- *Blackbeard's Ghost* (1968), Screenplay, Producer
- *Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.* (1966), Co-Producer
- *That Darn Cat!* (1965), Screenplay, Co-Producer
- *Mary Poppins* (1964), Screenplay, Co-Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins.md)
- *The Misadventures of Merlin Jones* (1964), Screenstory
- *Son of Flubber* (1963), Writer, Co-Producer
- *Bon Voyage!* (1962), Writer, Associate Producer
- *The Absent-Minded Professor* (1961), Screenplay, Associate Producer
- *Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus* (1960), Screenplay
- *Disneyland '59* (1959), Associate Producer
- *The Shaggy Dog* (1959), Associate Producer, Screenplay
- *The Adventures of Clint and Mac* (1957), series, Producer
- *The Best Doggoned Dog in the World* (1957), Writer
- *The New Adventures of Spin and Marty* (1957), series, Producer
- *The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm* (1957), Producer
- *Along the Mohawk Trail* (1957), as Kane
- *Westward Ho, The Wagons!* (1956), Producer
- *Further Adventures of Spin and Marty* (1956), series, Producer
- *Adventure in Dairyland* (1956), series, Producer
- *The Hardy Boys* (1956), series, Producer
- *Davy Crockett and the River Pirates* (1956), Producer
- *Corky and White Shadow* (1956), series, Producer
- *The Littlest Outlaw* (1955), Writer
- *Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race* (1955), Producer
- *The Adventures of Spin and Marty* (1955), series, Executive Producer
- *The Mickey Mouse Club* (1955), series, Creator
- *Davy Crockett Goes to Congress* (1955), Producer
- *Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter* (1954), Producer
- *The Disneyland Story* (1954), Writer, Producer
- *The Riddle of Robin Hood* (1952), Producer
- *The Walt Disney Christmas Show* (1951), Producer
- *One Hour in Wonderland* (1950), Producer, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1965: Best Picture (nominated), for *Mary Poppins*
- 1965: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Mary Poppins*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Disney Legends 1991: Disney Legends (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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