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      • Ultimately, the creation of Mickey Mouse was a team effort, and Ub Iwerks’ contributions and inventions to animations were critical to Disney Studios’ success. Disney gave Mickey Mouse a voice, and the tireless work of animator Ub Iwerks brought the character to life and resulted in the early success of the company.
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    One of Iwerks' most long-lasting contributions to animation was a refined version of a sketch drawn by Disney that would later go on to become Mickey Mouse. Iwerks went on to do much of the animation for the early Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony cartoons, including Steamboat Willie, The Skeleton Dance and The Haunted House, before a fallout ...

  3. Jun 9, 2022 · The name Ub Iwerks has not always been synonymous with Mickey Mouse – that would be most associated with Walt Disney – but the iconic character was a group effort and co-creation. Without Iwerks, Mickey Mouse might not have ever been created.

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  4. Jul 7, 2021 · But here's the thing - Walt Disney didn't create Mickey Mouse alone. It was actually his best friend, Ub Iwerks, who designed the iconic cartoon in 1928.

  5. May 22, 2021 · Walt Disney gets all the credit for creating Mickey Mouse, but it was actually his best friend Ub Iwerks who first brought the iconic character to life in 1928.

  6. Jul 3, 2024 · When the distributor of Disney’s popular Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon series raided Disney’s staff in 1927, only Iwerks remained loyal to his old Kansas City colleague. Forced to start over from scratch, the two men came up with a new cartoon character named Mickey Mouse.

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  7. Feb 9, 2023 · Walt Disney and his studio partner Ub Iwerks were inspired to create the iconic Disney mascot because of a real mouse that lived in their early studio. Here’s a fun Disney trivia fact to...

  8. Aug 16, 2014 · Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks developed Mickey in the 1920s together, with Iwerks designing and often animating the actual cartoons. Iwerks was a dab hand at innovation too, becoming one of...