Justice joined
Walt Disney Studios as an animator in 1937 and worked on such features as
Fantasia,
The Three Caballeros,
Alice in Wonderland, and
Peter Pan. He is arguably best known as the animator of the rabbit
Thumper from
Bambi and chipmunks
Chip 'n' Dale. He was the director of
The Truth About Mother Goose, ''Noah's Ark
, and A Symposium On Popular Songs'', all of which were nominated for
Academy Awards as Best Short Subject, Cartoon. In total, Justice worked on 57 shorts and 19 features. In 1960, Justice started redesigning and making new Disney character costumes for Disneyland, and later for the other Disney parks and resorts. In 1965, Justice joined Walt Disney Imagineering, where he programmed figures for several Disney attractions such as
Pirates of the Caribbean, the
Haunted Mansion and
Country Bear Jamboree. Justice retired from the Disney Company in 1979 and was named a
Disney Legend in 1996. He is the author of
Justice for Disney, which chronicles his years with the company. Justice died of natural causes at a nursing home in Santa Monica, California, one day after his 97th birthday. ==References==