Biography
An animator with the Walt Disney studios in the mid 1930s, Algar directed sequences from several Disney features of the early '40s, most notably the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment of
Fantasia. In the '50s he began directing features in Disney's "True-Life Adventure" series, including
The Living Desert and
The Vanishing Prairie, and in the 1960s he produced or co-produced several Disney films, among them
The Incredible Journey and
The Gnome-Mobile. He also helmed many episodes of the television series "The Wonderful World Of Disney." ~ All Movie Guide