Walt had a force behind him, a force of nine men. These nine men were there for Walt since before “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. Walt called them his “Nine Old Men”.

• Frank Thomas
• Ollie Johnston
• John Lounsbery
• Marc Davis
• Ward Kimball
• Wolfgang “Woolie” Reitherman
• Les Clark
• Eric Larson
• Milt Kahl