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Saturday, January 7, 2017

Edwin Aardal - my 90th choice for the Disney Legend

Edwin Aardal was an animator for the Disney Studios and worked and many, many projects including shorts and feature length films. After working for Disney he left for Hanna-Barbera Studios working on cartoons such as The Flintstones and Jonny Quest.

According to IMDb - his partial Disney filmography includes:
  • 1956 Chips Ahoy (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1955 Lady and the Tramp (character animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1955 The Butcher, the Baker, the Ice Cream Maker (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1954 The Lone Chipmunks (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1953 The New Neighbor (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1953 How to Dance (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1953 Father's Week-end (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1953 For Whom the Bulls Toil (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1953 Father's Day Off (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1952 How to Be a Detective (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1952 Two Weeks Vacation (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1952 Teachers Are People (Short) (animator)
  •  1952 Two Gun Goofy (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardel)
  •  1952 Hello Aloha (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1952 Father's Lion (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1951 No Smoking (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1951 Fathers Are People (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1951 Get Rich Quick (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1951 Tomorrow We Diet! (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1951 Cold War (Short) (animation - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1951 Home Made Home (Short) (animator)
  •  1950 Hold That Pose (Short) (animator)
  •  1950 Motor Mania (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1950 How to Ride a Horse (Short) (animator)
  •  1950 Cinderella (animator - uncredited)
  •  1949 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (animator - uncredited)
  •  1949 Goofy Gymnastics (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1949 Tennis Racquet (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1948 The Trial of Donald Duck (Short) (animation - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1948 Melody Time (character animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1948 Donald's Dream Voice (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1948 Drip Dippy Donald (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1947 Fun and Fancy Free (animator - uncredited)
  •  1947 Crazy with the Heat (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1947 Donald's Dilemma (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1946 Dumb Bell of the Yukon (Short) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1945 The Legend of Coyote Rock (Short) (animator)
  •  1945 Tuberculosis (Documentary short) (animator - uncredited)
  • 1944 Contrary Condor (Short) (effects animator - uncredited)
  •  1944 How to Be a Sailor (Short) (animator)  
  • 1943 Chicken Little (Short) (effects animator - uncredited)
  •  1943 Victory Vehicles (Short) (animator)
  •  1943 Victory Through Air Power (Documentary) (animator - as Ed Aardal)
  •  1943 The Grain That Built a Hemisphere (Documentary short) (animator - uncredited)
  • 1942 How to Fish (Short) (animator)
  • 1942 Sky Trooper (Short) (animator)
  •  1942 Bambi (animator - uncredited)
  •  1942 The New Spirit (Documentary short) (animator - uncredited)
  • 1941 The Reluctant Dragon (effects animator - uncredited)
  •  1940 Fantasia (effects animator - segment "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", uncredited)
  •  1940 Pinocchio (special animation effects - uncredited)
  • 1940 Fantasia (animator - segments "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor", "Rite of Spring")
  •  1940 Tugboat Mickey (Short) (animator - uncredited)
  •  1939 The Autograph Hound (Short) (animator - uncredited)
  •  1939 The Hockey Champ (Short) (effects animator - uncredited)


3 comments:

  1. Thank you for writing this. I met his son and daughter in law which i now care for. They have brought so much joy to me with just knowing them and hearing their story. Beautiful amazing talented people.

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  2. Ed Aardal was my husbands uncle. His mother Margaret Aardal Gabryshak was Ed's sister. He was such a talented artist and also so much more. Loving, caring and oh so funny! Greatful that we were able to spend the happy times with him. Thank you for sharing this. In our hearts he will always be a legend!.

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    1. Couldn't agree with you more, Leona. My dad Sigurd was Ed and Marge's brother - Susan

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