Writing

Bill Berg

Born — Died

1917-09-11 — 2002-03-02

Place of birth

Tacoma - Washington - USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

12 titles

Bill Berg was born in Tacoma, Washington. He began his profession by studying at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles before joining Disney's animation department in 1938 as an apprentice. After working his way up to assistant animator, he moved to the story department in 1943 and began writing and sketching Donald Duck cartoon shorts. Within Disney, he was also a prolific writer. He was behind several of the Jiminy Cricket educational features such as How to Have an Accident in the Home (1956) and 'How to Catch a Cold'. He wrote numerous 'Mickey Mouse Club' shows and many 'Wonderful World of Disney' TV shows. Before retiring in 1988, Berg was behind the syndicated Disney comic strip "Scam…

Known for

Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy poster
7.5

This generous collection includes 46 of the 48 shorts that starred Goofy between 1939 and 1961 (but none of the great Mickey-Donald-Goofy films from the mid-'30s). The "How to Ride a Horse" sequence in The Reluctant Dragon (1941) set the pattern for many of these cartoons. An elegant narrator (artist John Ployardt) explains a sport that Goofy attempts to demonstrate. The character that animator Art Babbitt described in a 1935 lecture (quoted in the DVD bonus material) as an easygoing dimbulb gave way to an enthusiastic but spectacularly maladroit figure. One of the funniest entries in the series, "Hockey Homicide," contains several studio in-jokes: dueling stars Icebox Bertino and Fearless Ferguson, and referee Clean-Game Kinney are named for artists Al Bertino, Norm Ferguson, and director Jack Kinney.

Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy

2002

A Salute to Alaska poster
NR

Celebrating Alaska’s 100th birthday, Walt Disney looks at Alaska’s past.

A Salute to Alaska

1967

The Big Wash poster
6.4

Goofy tries his hand at a big job in the circus: feeding and washing the elephant.

The Big Wash

1948

Duck Flies Coop poster
5.5

When Walt Disney learns via telegram that Donald Duck is quitting, he sends the studio publicity department to give the duck a taste of his own medicine. Meanwhile, Donald discovers the hard way that not everything is going according to plan.

Duck Flies Coop

1959

Mickey Mouse Happy Birthday Show poster
NR

In commemoration of Mickey Mouse's 40th anniversary, this animated greeting contains highlights from a series of favorite Disney cartoons dating back to 1936.

Mickey Mouse Happy Birthday Show

1968

A Feather in His Collar poster
5.1

Made for the Community Chests of America, Pluto demonstrates his community spirit by donating his collection of bones.

A Feather in His Collar

1946

Behind the camera

Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy poster
7.5

This generous collection includes 46 of the 48 shorts that starred Goofy between 1939 and 1961 (but none of the great Mickey-Donald-Goofy films from the mid-'30s). The "How to Ride a Horse" sequence in The Reluctant Dragon (1941) set the pattern for many of these cartoons. An elegant narrator (artist John Ployardt) explains a sport that Goofy attempts to demonstrate. The character that animator Art Babbitt described in a 1935 lecture (quoted in the DVD bonus material) as an easygoing dimbulb gave way to an enthusiastic but spectacularly maladroit figure. One of the funniest entries in the series, "Hockey Homicide," contains several studio in-jokes: dueling stars Icebox Bertino and Fearless Ferguson, and referee Clean-Game Kinney are named for artists Al Bertino, Norm Ferguson, and director Jack Kinney.

Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy

2002

A Salute to Alaska poster
NR

Celebrating Alaska’s 100th birthday, Walt Disney looks at Alaska’s past.

A Salute to Alaska

1967

The Big Wash poster
6.4

Goofy tries his hand at a big job in the circus: feeding and washing the elephant.

The Big Wash

1948

Duck Flies Coop poster
5.5

When Walt Disney learns via telegram that Donald Duck is quitting, he sends the studio publicity department to give the duck a taste of his own medicine. Meanwhile, Donald discovers the hard way that not everything is going according to plan.

Duck Flies Coop

1959

Mickey Mouse Happy Birthday Show poster
NR

In commemoration of Mickey Mouse's 40th anniversary, this animated greeting contains highlights from a series of favorite Disney cartoons dating back to 1936.

Mickey Mouse Happy Birthday Show

1968

A Feather in His Collar poster
5.1

Made for the Community Chests of America, Pluto demonstrates his community spirit by donating his collection of bones.

A Feather in His Collar

1946

Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From? poster
NR

Walt answers the often-asked question of just where the stories for his studio's cartoons come from, which is from practically anywhere.

Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?

1956

Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair poster
NR

Walt Disney shows the viewing audience dinosaurs that will be used at the 1964 New York World's Fair in which Disneyland will play an important part at.

Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair

1964

Man, Monsters & Mysteries poster
7.6

Man, Monsters and Mysteries is a 1974 Disney educational animated featurette. It explains about man's intriguing questions about monsters, mysteries and even the enigmatic Loch Ness monster.

Man, Monsters & Mysteries

1974

The Fight poster
7.0

An educational short produced by Disney which poses three questions to children in how they should deal with a given situation. This time a fight at school.

The Fight

1969

The Game poster
5.0

An educational short produced by Disney which poses three questions to children in how they should deal with a given situation. This time a game at school.

The Game

1969

No artwork available
5.0

An educational short produced by Disney which poses three questions to children in how they should deal with a given situation. This time a school project.

The Project

1970