Winston Hibler

Biography

Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, film producer, director, and narrator associated with Walt Disney Studios. Educated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he began his career as a Broadway actor before transitioning to writing for radio, film, and television. Joining Disney in 1942, Hibler contributed as a songwriter, co-writing songs like "Following the Leader" from Peter Pan and "I Wonder" from Sleeping Beauty. He narrated several of Disney's True-Life Adventures documentaries and produced films such as Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961) and The Aristocats (1970). Hibler's versatile contributions significantly shaped Disney's storytelling and musical legacy.

Known For

Seal Island

Bear Country

Secrets of Life

The Vanishing Prairie

Seven Cities of Antarctica

Jungle Cat

The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland

Nature's Half Acre

The Living Desert

The Olympic Elk

Operation Wonderland

Acting

1958

Wales

as

Narrator

1968

Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua

as

Narrator

1960

Islands of the Sea

as

Narrator

1970

King of the Grizzlies

as

Narrator

1935

The Last Days of Pompeii

as

Marcellus (uncredited)

1948

Seal Island

as

Narrator

1950

Beaver Valley

as

Narrator (voice)

1955

The African Lion

as

Narrator

1953

Bear Country

as

Narrator

1956

Secrets of Life

as

Narrator

1957

Perri

as

Narrator

1955

Men Against the Arctic

as

Narrator

1957

The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades

as

Narrator

1954

Operation Undersea

as

Self

1954

The Vanishing Prairie

as

Narrator

1954

Siam

as

Narrator

1958

Ama Girls

as

Narrator

1953

The Alaskan Eskimo

as

Narrator

1959

Mysteries of the Deep

as

Narrator

1958

Seven Cities of Antarctica

as

Narrator

1960

Wild Burro of the West

as

Narrator

1944

The Amazon Awakens

as

Self (Narrator)

1963

Little Dog Lost

as

Narrator (voice)

1950

Hold That Pose

as

Commentator(uncredited)

1961

Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote

as

Narrator (voice)

1960

Jungle Cat

as

Narrateur

1961

Flash, The Teenage Otter

as

1975

The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures

as

Narrator (voice)

1957

The Blue Men of Morocco

as

Narrator (voice)

1956

Sardinia

as

Narrator (voice)

1955

The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland

as

Self

1951

Nature's Half Acre

as

Narrator

1958

White Wilderness

as

Narrator

1953

The Living Desert

as

Narrator

1961

Wonders of the Water Worlds

as

Narrator

1952

The Olympic Elk

as

Narrator

1951

Operation Wonderland

as

Self

1952

Water Birds

as

Narrator

1965

Ida, the Offbeat Eagle

as

Narrator

1956

Samoa

as

Narrator

1956

Behind the Cameras at Lapland/The Alaskan Eskimo

as

1966

Joker, The Amiable Ocelot

as

Narrator

Production

1970

The Aristocats

as

1970

King of the Grizzlies

as

1957

Perri

as

1974

The Island at the Top of the World

as

1958

The Pigeon That Worked a Miracle

as

1968

Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua

as

1964

Those Calloways

as

1973

One Little Indian

as

1968

The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit

as

1965

A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood

as

1972

Napoleon and Samantha

as

1962

Sancho, the Homing Steer

as

1963

Little Dog Lost

as

1966

The Ugly Dachshund

as

1960

Wild Burro of the West

as

1974

The Bears and I

as

1970

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

as

1974

The Castaway Cowboy

as

1961

Wonders of the Water Worlds

as

1962

Sammy, the Way-Out Seal

as

1958

Rusty and the Falcon

as

1961

Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote

as

1961

Nikki, Wild Dog of the North

as

Crew

1951

Nature's Half Acre

as

Directing

1967

Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar

as

1955

Men Against the Arctic

as

1954

Operation Undersea

as

1958

Seven Cities of Antarctica

as

1972

Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon

as

1955

A Progress Report/Nature's Half Acre

as

1955

Behind the True-Life Cameras/The Olympic Elk

as

1956

Behind the Cameras at Lapland/The Alaskan Eskimo

as

1971

Lefty, the Dingaling Lynx

as

1972

The Nashville Coyote

as

The Wonderful World of Disney

as