Norm Ferguson | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Norm_ferguson_Motion_Picture_Employee_Card_(cropped).jpg) Ferguson in 1942 | |
| Born | William Norman Ferguson September 2, 1902 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 4, 1957 (aged 55) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Animator |
| Employer(s) | Fables Pictures Inc. (1923–1929) Walt Disney Animation Studios (1929–1953) |
| Spouse |
Gladys F. (m. 1924) |
| Children | 1 |
William Norman Ferguson (September 2, 1902 – November 4, 1957) was an American animator for Walt Disney Studios and a central contributor to the studio's stylistic development in the 1930s. He is most frequently noted for his contribution to the creation of Pluto, one of the studio's best-known and most enduring characters, and is the artist most closely associated with that character. He is also credited for developing Peg-Leg Pete and the Big Bad Wolf.[1] Ferguson, known at the studio as "Norm" or "Fergy", was the primary animator of the witch from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first in a long line of great Disney feature villains. He was also a sequence director on the film.
- ^ Steve Watts, The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life, University of Missouri Press, pg. 132