“Roy Edward Disney (nephew of Walt) is the son of Roy Oliver Disney (brother of Walt). Sometimes he has of been called Junior. The 9/5/94 Newsweek story on Disney’s Magic Kingdom called him “Keeper of the Flame.” Roy is an executive with Walt Disney Co. at 500, 5, Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521. He has worked as an assistant producer at Walt Disney Co. from 1954 to 1977. He has also been the vice-president of Walt Disney Co. He is president of Roy E. Disney Productions in Burbank. He is chairman of the board for Shamrock Broadcasting Co. As if that weren’t enough, he is on the board of directors for St. Joseph Med. Ctr., fellow U. Ky. Recipient of the Academy award nomination for Mysteries of the Deep.
He is a director of the Guild American West, the Writers Guild, which is important. He belongs to the 100 Club, the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, and St. Francis Yacht Club. He likes speed boat racing. Roy E. Disney was the cocky son of Roy O. He married a girl named Patricia. He was merely tolerated by his uncle Walt, especially after Roy E. made some snide remarks about Walt’s plans for Disneyland, which he and his father opposed until Walt Disney personally got the project going. Walt’s son-in-law Ronald Miller is one of the Disney clan who can’t stand Roy E. The two never liked each other, and in the power struggle between them after Walt’s death, Roy E. won and ended up with Disney. Although people called Roy E. ‘Walt’s idiot nephew’, he eventually (with the help of his father and outsiders), won the various power struggles at Disney after Walt died, and is now a powerful figure. Roy E. Disney and Stanley P. Gold work together in various ways, and are both on the present Disney Board. of Directors. They are friends and worked to prevent hostile takeovers of Disney in 1984. Gold is in charge of Shamrock Holdings, Inc.”
Roy E. Disney, the ‘keeper of the flame’ – Walt Disney’ nephew
“Roy Edward Disney (nephew of Walt) is the son of Roy Oliver Disney (brother of Walt). Sometimes he has of been called Junior. The 9/5/94 Newsweek story on Disney’s Magic Kingdom called him “Keeper of the Flame.” Roy is an executive with Walt Disney Co. at 500, 5, Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521. He has worked as an assistant producer at Walt Disney Co. from 1954 to 1977. He has also been the vice-president of Walt Disney Co. He is president of Roy E. Disney Productions in Burbank. He is chairman of the board for Shamrock Broadcasting Co. As if that weren’t enough, he is on the board of directors for St. Joseph Med. Ctr., fellow U. Ky. Recipient of the Academy award nomination for Mysteries of the Deep.
He is a director of the Guild American West, the Writers Guild, which is important. He belongs to the 100 Club, the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, and St. Francis Yacht Club. He likes speed boat racing. Roy E. Disney was the cocky son of Roy O. He married a girl named Patricia. He was merely tolerated by his uncle Walt, especially after Roy E. made some snide remarks about Walt’s plans for Disneyland, which he and his father opposed until Walt Disney personally got the project going. Walt’s son-in-law Ronald Miller is one of the Disney clan who can’t stand Roy E. The two never liked each other, and in the power struggle between them after Walt’s death, Roy E. won and ended up with Disney. Although people called Roy E. ‘Walt’s idiot nephew’, he eventually (with the help of his father and outsiders), won the various power struggles at Disney after Walt died, and is now a powerful figure. Roy E. Disney and Stanley P. Gold work together in various ways, and are both on the present Disney Board. of Directors. They are friends and worked to prevent hostile takeovers of Disney in 1984. Gold is in charge of Shamrock Holdings, Inc.”