Roy O. Disney

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American businessperson film producer human

Roy O. Disney was an American businessman and co-founder of the Disney entertainment empire, best known for managing its finances and operations alongside his more publicly visible brother, Walt Disney.

Aliases (1)

Roy Oliver Disney ×3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American → businessperson → film producer → human →
burialPlace	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States →
businessPartner	Walt Disney →
causeOfDeath	intracranial hemorrhage →
child	Roy E. Disney →
coFounded	Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio → The Walt Disney Company → Walt Disney Productions →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1893-06-24 →
dateOfDeath	1971-12-20 →
employer	The Walt Disney Company → Walt Disney Productions →
ethnicGroup	Irish American →
familyName	Disney →
father	Elias Disney →
fullName	Roy Oliver Disney →
givenName	Roy →
heritage	Canadian immigrant parents →
knownFor	managing finances of The Walt Disney Company → supporting creative work of Walt Disney →
militaryService	United States Navy →
mother	Flora Call Disney →
namedAfter	Roy Oliver (family name origin) →
notableWork	co-founding The Walt Disney Company → completion and opening of Walt Disney World → development and financing of Disneyland →
occupation	business executive → film producer →
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
placeOfDeath	Burbank, California, United States →
positionHeld	chairman of the board of Walt Disney Productions → chief executive of Walt Disney Productions → president of Walt Disney Productions →
religion	Congregationalism →
residence	Burbank, California, United States → Los Angeles, California, United States →
roleInOrganization	financial manager of Disney enterprises → oversaw business operations of Disney studios →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Walt Disney →
spouse	Edna Francis Disney →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
California Institute of the Arts → Disney → The Walt Disney Company → Walt Disney Animation Studios → Walt Disney Pictures →	foundedBy
Herbert Arthur Disney ("Roy Oliver Disney") → Raymond Arnold Disney → Ruth Flora Disney → Walt Disney →	sibling
Elias Disney → Flora Call Disney →	child
Elias Disney → Herbert Arthur Disney ("Roy Oliver Disney") →	relative
DIS →	companyFoundedBy
The Walt Disney Company →	founder
Roy O. Disney ("Roy Oliver Disney") →	fullName
Walt Disney World Railroad →	hasLocomotive
Sharon Mae Disney →	hasRelative
Raymond Arnold Disney →	notableFamilyMember
Flora Call Disney →	notableRelative