Winston Hibler
Writing
Biography
Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, film producer, director, and narrator associated with Walt Disney Studios. Educated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he began his career as a Broadway actor before transitioning to writing for radio, film, and television. Joining Disney in 1942, Hibler contributed as a songwriter, co-writing songs like "Following the Leader" from Peter Pan and "I Wonder" from Sleeping Beauty. He narrated several of Disney's True-Life Adventures documentaries and produced films such as Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961) and The Aristocats (1970). Hibler's versatile contributions significantly shaped Disney's storytelling and musical legacy.
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Secrets of Life
1956
Jungle Cat
1960
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
King of the Grizzlies
1970
The Living Desert
1953
Beaver Valley
1950
Perri
1957
The Vanishing Prairie
1954
Wales
1958
Siam
1954
Flash, The Teenage Otter
1961
Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote
1961
Islands of the Sea
1960
Nature's Half Acre
1951
Ama Girls
1958
Bear Country
1953
Mysteries of the Deep
1959
Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua
1968
Water Birds
1952
The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
1975
White Wilderness
1958
The African Lion
1955
The Olympic Elk
1952
Seal Island
1948
Wild Burro of the West
1960
The Blue Men of Morocco
1957
Wonders of the Water Worlds
1961
Hold That Pose
1950
The Amazon Awakens
1944
Seven Cities of Antarctica
1958
The Alaskan Eskimo
1953
Operation Wonderland
1951
Joker, The Amiable Ocelot
1966
Operation Undersea
1954
The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades
1957
Ida, the Offbeat Eagle
1965
The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland
1955
Little Dog Lost
1963
Samoa
1956
Sardinia
1956
Men Against the Arctic
1955
Get the Message
1971
On the crew 53
Sleeping Beauty
1959
Cinderella
1950
Alice in Wonderland
1951
The Aristocats
1970
Peter Pan
1953
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
The Island at the Top of the World
1974
Those Calloways
1964
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
1968
The Bears and I
1974
The Ugly Dachshund
1966
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1949
Sammy, the Way-Out Seal
1962
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
1968
The Wind in the Willows
1949
One Little Indian
1973
Napoleon and Samantha
1972
The Castaway Cowboy
1974
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
King of the Grizzlies
1970
The Living Desert
1953
Halloween Hall o' Fame
1977
Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar
1967
Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
1961
Ben and Me
1953
Perri
1957
Monsters of the Deep
Rusty and the Falcon
1958
A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood
1965
Siam
1954
Disneyland: U.S.A.
1956
Music Land
1955
Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote
1961
Nature's Half Acre
1951
Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua
1968
The Pigeon That Worked a Miracle
1958
The Legend of Johnny Appleseed
1948
Water Birds
1952
Sancho, the Homing Steer
1962
The Olympic Elk
1952
Wild Burro of the West
1960
The Blue Men of Morocco
1957
Wonders of the Water Worlds
1961
Seven Cities of Antarctica
1958
The Alaskan Eskimo
1953
Lefty, the Dingaling Lynx
1971
Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon
1972
Operation Undersea
1954
The Nashville Coyote
1972
Little Dog Lost
1963
Sardinia
1956
Men Against the Arctic
1955