British-born animator and producer John David Wilson, famed for the "Grease" and "Lady and the Tramp" films, has died at the age of 93, his wife told Reuters on Wednesday. The World War Two veteran animated the opening sequence for the 1978 high school musical film "Grease" that starred John Travolta, and in a long career at Disney worked on much-loved characters Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck. Wilson, who honed his talent for cartoons while recovering from wounds sustained during the African campaign in 1941 with the London Rifle Brigade, joined the art department of Pinewood Studios after the war. There he worked on films such as "Great Expectations" and "The Thief of Bagdad" before moving to another studio and eventually to the United States in 1950 to work for Walt Disney Studios, where he was involved in animating the 1955 dog romance "Lady and the Tramp". British-born animator and producer John David Wilson, famed for the "Grease" and "Lady and the Tramp" films, has died at the age of 93, his wife told Reuters on Wednesday. The World War Two veteran animated the opening sequence for the 1978 high school musical film "Grease" that starred John Travolta, and in a long career at Disney worked on much-loved characters Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck. Wilson, who honed his talent for cartoons while recovering from wounds sustained during the African campaign in 1941 with the London Rifle Brigade, joined the art department of Pinewood Studios after the war. There he worked on films such as "Great Expectations" and "The Thief of Bagdad" before moving to another studio and eventually to the United States in 1950 to work for Walt Disney Studios, where he was involved in animating the 1955 dog romance "Lady and the Tramp". Read more http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/03/entertainment-us-johnwilson-death-idUSBRE9620K020130703
