William Barnard Justice (February 9, 1914February 10, 2011) was an American animator and engineer for the

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. He was a graduate of the

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in Indianapolis.

Biography

Justice joined Walt Disney Studios as an animator in 1937 and worked on such features as '' Fantasia'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He is arguably best known as the animator of the rabbit Thumper from ''

Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American Animated film, animated Coming of age, coming-of-age drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Loosely based on Felix Salten's 1923 novel ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'', the ...

'' and chipmunks Chip 'n Dale. He was the director of '' The Truth About Mother Goose'', ''Noah's Ark'', and '' A Symposium On Popular Songs'', all of which were nominated for

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s as Best Short Subject, Cartoon. In total, Justice worked on 57 shorts and 19 features. In 1960, Justice started redesigning and making new Disney character costumes for Disneyland, and later for the other Disney parks and resorts. In 1965, Justice joined Walt Disney Imagineering, where he programmed figures for several Disney attractions such as Pirates of the Caribbean, the

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and

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. Justice retired from the Disney Company in 1979 and was named a Disney Legend in 1996. He is the author of ''Justice for Disney'', which chronicles his years with the company. Justice died of natural causes at a nursing home in Santa Monica, California, one day after his 97th birthday.

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