Winston Hibler
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.
Filmography (42)
The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
Get the Message
King of the Grizzlies
Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua
Joker, The Amiable Ocelot
Ida, the Offbeat Eagle
Little Dog Lost
Flash, The Teenage Otter
Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote
Wonders of the Water Worlds
Jungle Cat
Islands of the Sea
Wild Burro of the West
Mysteries of the Deep
Seven Cities of Antarctica
Ama Girls
White Wilderness
Wales
Perri
The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades
The Blue Men of Morocco
Secrets of Life
Samoa
Sardinia
The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland
The African Lion
Men Against the Arctic
The Vanishing Prairie
Siam
Operation Undersea
Bear Country
The Alaskan Eskimo
The Living Desert
The Olympic Elk
Water Birds
Nature's Half Acre
Operation Wonderland
Beaver Valley
Hold That Pose
Seal Island
The Amazon Awakens
The Last Days of Pompeii
Crew (34)
- The Castaway Cowboy
- The Island at the Top of the World
- The Bears and I
- One Little Indian
- Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon
- Napoleon and Samantha
- The Nashville Coyote
- Lefty, the Dingaling Lynx
- The Aristocats
- The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
- The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
- Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar
- The Ugly Dachshund
- A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood
- Those Calloways
- Sammy, the Way-Out Seal
- Sancho, the Homing Steer
- Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
- Sleeping Beauty
- The Pigeon That Worked a Miracle
- Rusty and the Falcon
- Disneyland: U.S.A.
- Music Land
- The Wonderful World of Disney
- Peter Pan
- Ben and Me
- Alice in Wonderland
- Cinderella
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- The Wind in the Willows
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
- The Legend of Johnny Appleseed
- Monsters of the Deep