jon heder played roy disney in walt before mickey.
who played roy disney in walt before mickey?
jon heder
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walt before mickey is 2015 american biographical drama film about the early years of walt disney based on the book "walt before mickey: disney's early years, 1919–1928" by timothy s. susanin, with a foreword written by diane disney. the film stars thomas ian nicholas as walt disney, armando gutierrez as ub iwerks, and jon heder as roy disney.





















































the film covers walt disney's early years in business, during which he started various businesses including laugh-o-gram studio and the walt disney company with fellow animator ub iwerks and roy disney.





















































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walt before mickey
on december 15, 1966, walt disney died of complications relating to lung cancer, and roy disney took over as chairman, ceo, and president of the company. one of his first acts was to rename disney world as "walt disney world" in honor of his brother and his vision. in 1967, the last two films walt actively supervised were released, the animated feature "the jungle book" and the musical "the happiest millionaire". the studio released a number of comedies in the late 1960s, including "the love bug" (1969's highest-grossing film) and "the computer wore tennis shoes" (1969), which starred another young disney discovery, kurt russell. the 1970s opened with the release of disney's first "post-walt" animated feature, "the aristocats", followed by a return to fantasy musicals in 1971's "bedknobs and broomsticks". "blackbeard's ghost" was another successful film during this period. on october 1, 1971, walt disney world opened to the public, with roy disney dedicating the facility in person later that month. on december 20, 1971, roy disney died of a stroke. he left the company under control of donn tatum, card walker, and walt's son-in-law ron miller, each trained by walt and roy.
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