William Cottrell(1906-1995)

Camera and Electrical Department
Writer
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William Cottrell was born on 19 November 1906 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He was a writer, known for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Peter Pan (1953). He was married to Hazel Sewell. He died on 22 December 1995 in Burbank, California, USA.

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Known for

Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, and Harry Stockwell in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

7.6

Director

1937

Mel Blanc, Sterling Holloway, Heather Angel, Kathryn Beaumont, Lucille Bliss, Jerry Colonna, Pinto Colvig, Verna Felton, Larry Grey, Richard Haydn, Joseph Kearns, Bill Lee, Queenie Leonard, Doris Lloyd, Tommy Luske, James MacDonald, Marni Nixon, J. Pat O'Malley, Thurl Ravenscroft, Max Smith, Bill Thompson, Dink Trout, Ed Wynn, Norma Zimmer, The Mellowmen Quartet, and Bob Hamlin in Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Alice in Wonderland

7.3

Writer(as Bill Cottrell)

1951

Mel Blanc, June Foray, Kathryn Beaumont, Tony Butala, Paul Collins, Hans Conried, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Ellis, Connie Hilton, Margaret Kerry, Tommy Luske, John Wilder, Jeffrey Silver, Stuffy Singer, and Anne Whitfield in Peter Pan (1953)

7.3

Writer(as Bill Cottrell)

1953

Mel Blanc, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Charles Judels, Clarence Nash, Christian Rub, and Evelyn Venable in Pinocchio (1940)

7.5

Writer

1940

Credits

Camera and Electrical Department

Little Hiawatha
6.9
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1937
Don Donald
6.7
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1937
More Kittens
6.2
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1936
Mother Pluto
6.9
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1936
The Country Cousin
6.8
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1936
Toby Tortoise Returns
6.6
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1936
Alpine Climbers
7.2
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1936
Three Little Wolves
7.0
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1936
Elmer Elephant
6.8
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1936
Broken Toys
6.7
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1935
Cock o' the Walk
6.1
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1935
Three Orphan Kittens
6.8
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1935
Music Land
7.4
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1935
Pluto's Judgement Day
7.2
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1935
Mickey's Garden
7.0
Short
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1935

Writer

Pinocchio
5.1
- based on the 1940 story adaptation by (uncredited)
- 2022
Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody
7.1
Video
- story
- 2015
DTV Monster Hits
8.5
TV Movie
- stories
- 1987
Disney's Halloween Treat
8.4
Video
- stories
- 1984
Disneyland
8.4
TV Series
- story (as Bill Cottrell)
- 1957
Peter Pan
7.3
- story (as Bill Cottrell)
- 1953
The Little House
7.5
Short
- story adaptation (as Bill Cottrell)
- 1952
Alice in Wonderland
7.3
- story (as Bill Cottrell)
- 1951
Little Toot
7.0
Short
- Writer
- 1948
Melody Time
6.1
- story (as Bill Cottrell)
- 1948
Mickey and the Beanstalk
7.6
Short
- story (uncredited)
- 1947
Fun & Fancy Free
6.3
- story (uncredited)
- 1947
Variety Girl
6.3
- special puppetoon sequence
- 1947
The Three Caballeros
6.3
- story
- 1944
Victory Through Air Power
6.5
- story adaptation
- 1943

Additional Crew

Personal details

Alternative name
- Bill Cottrell
Born
- November 19, 1906
- South Bend, Indiana, USA
Died
- December 22, 1995
- Burbank, California, USA(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Hazel Sewell1938 - January 22, 1975 (her death)
Other works
He directed Herman Wouk's play, "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Chester Morris in the cast.

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Trivia
Brother-in-law of Lillian Disney and Walt Disney.

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