- In 1956, he was the first African American animator at the Disney studios.
- He won the 2002 Winsor McCay Award, a lifetime-achievement honor from the International Animated Film Society.
- After he finished working on The Jungle Book (1967), he left Walt Disney Co. With friend and fellow animator Leo Sullivan, he founded Vignette Films, where they produced six animated films on black history.
- Inducted as a Disney Legend in 2007.
- In 2013 honored with the Sergio Award from the Comic Art Professional Society (CAPS).
- Received the Comic-Con International Inkpot Award in 2008.
- Now 85 in 2020, at the age of 80 in 2015, he was still working as a storyboard artist, and a freelance consultant for the Walt Disney Co.
- He studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
- Inducted in the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, 1979.
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