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Louis Frederick Debney 1916 - 1986

Louis Frederick Debney was born on January 3, 1916 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States to Fred Debney and Veronica (Kopacka) Debney. He married Edith Naomi (Hungate) Debney on July 24, 1955 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, and had a child John Cardon Debney. Louis Debney died at age 70 years old on April 8, 1986 in Glendale, and was buried on April 10, 1986 in Glendale, Los Angeles County.

Louis Frederick Debney

January 3, 1916

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

April 8, 1986

Glendale, California, United States

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Introduction

Louis Frederick Debney was born to Fred Debney (1891 - 1961), born in Poland, and Veronkia Kopacka, born in Slovakia. He had sister Veronika Debney (1917 - 2011). Louis Debney married Maizie A. Sharp (1919 - 2005). He also married Edith Naomi Hungate (1921 - 2001) and they had a son. His son, John, was a film composer. Louis was a Disney Studios producer. He worked on The Mickey Mouse Club - 100 episodes in the 1950s, Zorro - 80 episodes in the 1950s, and The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin in addition to many other Disney projects. See more details at Louis Frederick Debney: Obituary.
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1916

Birthday

January 3, 1916

Birthdate

Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States

Birthplace

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Ethnicity & Family History

Ashkenazi Jewish
Nationality & Locations

American
Religious Beliefs

Jewish
Professional Career

Louis was a Disney Studios producer. He worked on The Mickey Mouse Club, Zorro, and The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin in addition to many other Disney projects.
Personal Life & Family

Married twice, Louis had one son, John, who was a film composer.
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1986

Death

April 8, 1986

Death date

Heart attack

Cause of death

Glendale, California United States
Death location

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1986

Gravesite & Burial

April 10, 1986

Funeral date
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California United States
Burial location
Obituary

The following obituary appeared in the Los Angeles Time on April 11, 1986 Louis Debney, Veteran Producer for Walt Disney, Dead at 70 Louis Debney, who began a long affiliation with Walt Disney when he sold the famed animator newspapers as a boy and then went on to produce 100 episodes of the “Mickey Mouse Club” and 80 episodes of “Zorro” for television, is dead. Debney died Tuesday at Glendale Adventist Hospital. He was 70 and his death was attributed to a heart attack. Debney was 14 and selling newspapers outside the old Disney Studios near Vermont and Kingswell avenues in the Silver Lake district. Three years later he had gone to work for Walt Disney as a cutter and soon was put in charge of the assembly operation for “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” in 1937. He also had been an assistant director on “Two Gun Mickey,” the studio’s last black-and-white Mickey Mouse cartoon released in 1934, and later was production manager for “Perri,” a 1957 nature fantasy. In the late 1950s Debney produced the “Mickey Mouse Club” and “Zorro” episodes. In the 1960s and ‘70s he worked on several other TV shows, including “The Mouse Factory” and several feature and educational division films. He then became coordinator of the long-running series, “The Wonderful World of Disney.” He is survived by his wife, Edith, son, John and two grandchildren.

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