Ward Kimball
Cartoonist
Famous animator and cartoonist,who is recognized for being one of Disney's Nine Old Men. In 1960, he won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short for It's Tough to be a Bird.
Prior to working in animation, he played in the seven-piece Dixieland band Firehouse Five Plus Two.
For his work on the short film It's Tough to be a Bird, he won the 1960 Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
He was raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He worked as a writer on the Disney film Babes in Toyland, which starred actor Ray Bolger.