J. Pat O'Malley role of Colonel Hathi (Disney character) and the vulture Buzzie in "The Jungle Book" (1967). His voice can be heard in "Alice in Wonderland" (1951), in which he performs all the character voices in "The Walrus and the Carpenter" segment (besides Alice), including Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Walrus, the Carpenter, and Mother Oyster. O'Malley also provided the voice of Br'er Fox in "Song of the South" (1946) when James Baskett was unavailable. Actor Dick Van Dyke has said that O'Malley was his dialect coach on "Mary Poppins", attributing his infamous Cockney accent in that film to O'Malley. O'Malley died of
Ward Kimball served as one of Disney's Nine Old Men. He instilled life to diverse Disney characters, such as Mickey Mouse, Jiminy Cricket, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Kimball attended the Santa Barbara School of the Arts in order to become a painter and illustrator. Kimball's instructor at the school suggested to him that his work should be submitted to Walt Disney Productions (later known as the Walt Disney Animation Studios), and that he should pursue a career in animation. In March 1934, a 20-year-old Kimball applied for a job at the Disney studio. In April 1934,