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Old 04-16-2008, 09:41 AM   #6 of 8
Keith Paynter
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Re: RIP Ollie Johnston


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Originally Posted by Henry Gale
Thank you Ollie!

I knew he did a voice in The Iron Giant (1999) but did not realize his most recent acting gig before that was 65 years earlier.

Going through his animation credits just gives me goosebumps.

What a life.

Long-time friends Ollie and Frank Thomas were cameo-ed by Brad Bird in The Iron Giant as the train operators, and later in The Incredibles ("No school like the old school"), providing their own voices in each case.

Jerry Beck posted a marvellous tribute from Bird at his Cartoon Brew site:

Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation » Brad Bird on Ollie Johnston




WB: Please free Tin Pan Alley Cats and Coal Black an' De Sebben Dwarfs from The Censored Eleven

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