Milt Kahl

Born 22 March 1909 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died 19 April 1987 (aged 78)

One of Disney's Nine Old Men and considered the finest draughtsman of the Disney animators. He would often refine the characters sketches from Bill Peet with the ideas of Ken Anderson. For many years the final look for the characters in the Disney films were designed by Kahl, in his angular style inspired by Ronald Searle and Picasso.