---
name: "Erdman Penner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erdman-penner"
roles: ["Screenwriter","Writer"]
born: "17 January 1905"
died: "10 November 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 76
updated: "2026-09-17T06:08:25.419260+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Erdman Penner

Screenwriter and writer. Born 17 January 1905 in Canada. Died 10 November 1956.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter, Writer
- **Born:** 17 January 1905, Canada
- **Died:** 10 November 1956
- **Active:** 1940–1959
- **Works often with:** [Clyde Geronimi](https://film.one/person/clyde-geronimi.md), [Donald Halliday](https://film.one/person/donald-halliday.md), [Walt Disney](https://film.one/person/walt-disney.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 88 (1), 1950s 74 (5)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11285682, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672093/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64866

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Sleeping Beauty*](https://film.one/film/sleeping-beauty.md) (78), [*Peter Pan*](https://film.one/film/peter-pan-1953.md) (68)

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## Biography

Erdman Penner was a Canadian screenwriter, songwriter and producer. Born on 17 January 1905 in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, he studied at the University of Saskatchewan, the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the American School for Writers in Hollywood before being hired by Walt Disney Productions in 1935.

Penner contributed stories or adaptations to several Disney animated features, including *Pinocchio* (1940), *Cinderella* (1950), *Alice in Wonderland* (1951), *Peter Pan* (1953, for which he also wrote lyrics), *Lady and the Tramp* (1955, on which he served as associate producer) and *Sleeping Beauty* (1959). He died on 10 November 1956 in Los Angeles, California.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Sleeping Beauty* (1959), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-beauty.md)
- *Lady and the Tramp* (1955), Fi1m 80, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/lady-and-the-tramp.md)
- *Peter Pan* (1953), Fi1m 68, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/peter-pan-1953.md)
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1951), Fi1m 71, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/alice-in-wonderland.md)
- *Cinderella* (1950), Fi1m 72, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/cinderella-1950.md)
- *Pinocchio* (1940), Fi1m 88, Adaptation — [page](https://film.one/film/pinocchio.md)

## Also known for

- *The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad* (1949), Writer
- *Melody Time* (1948), Writer
- *The Legend of Sleepy Hollow* (1949), Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/erdman-penner