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Jack Kinney

Jack Kinney

Director and writer, also actor · Died February 9, 1992, aged 82 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jack Ryan Kinney (March 29, 1909 – February 9, 1992) was an American animator, director and producer of animated shorts. Jack Kinney attended John Muir Junior High School in Los Angeles, California (1925), and attended John C. Fremont High School (1926 - 1928) there with Roy Williams. Both Fremont football players, they would later be hired by Walt Disney in 1930 to work at the Walt Disney Studio on Hyperion Avenue. Often referring to himself as Kinney's best friend, Williams would go on to star as the "Big Mooseketeer" with head Mouseketeer Jimmie Dodd on the classic 1950s television program, "The Mickey Mouse Club" (1955 - 1958). Kinney began his long career in cartoons at the Walt Disney Studios in 1931 as an animator on several shorts, including Santa's Workshop (released on December 10, 1932), The Band Concert (released on February 23, 1935), and Moose Hunters (released on April 17, 1937). He then became a director of cartoons at Disney, including as a sequence director for both Pinocchio and Dumbo and especially as a director in the shorts department, where he directed many cartoon shorts, mostly those starring Goofy (his brother Dick created the stories for the shorts), although he also directed a few Donald Duck cartoons as well, including the Academy Award-winning wartime propaganda film, Der Fuehrer's Face. He also served as director of most of the "package films" during the 1940s, including The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. In the mid-1950s, he supervised new animation used to tie some of the old shorts together for Disney's television efforts. In 1959, Jack left Disney to start (with his brother Dick) Jack Kinney Productions, an independent animation studio. Among other work they provided animation for King Features Syndicate's 1960 Popeye series. In 1988, Kinney published a short memoir, Walt Disney and Assorted Other Characters: An Unauthorized Account of the Early Years at Disney's. Kinney died on February 9, 1992 in Glendale, California at the age of 82. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Kinney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
March 29, 1909
Died
February 9, 1992 (aged 82)
From
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Works as
Director and writer, also actor
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 133 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 12% in 30 days

What are Jack Kinney's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
29%
Self
28%
Bonds
28%
Ideas
11%
Survival
3%
Power
1%
Community10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTradition vs change3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 25 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 23 · Serious 2 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 12

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 18 · Charged 5 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 17 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 3

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 15

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 4

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 23 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 24 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
21
Absurd
9
Manic
4
Warm
5
Thrilling
6
Other
16

How their films linger

Feel-good21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy20
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jack Kinney's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (25).

Subscription and free streaming for Jack Kinney's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

133 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page.

  • Mickey, les J.O. rigolos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • Everybody Loves Goofy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Countdown to Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Disney's American Legends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Disney's House of Mouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Goofy at the Olympic Games (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Art Direction · Writer

  • Here's Goofy! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Director

  • DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Director

  • Disney's Halloween Treat(1984)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Mickey Mouse Disco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director

  • Let's relax (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Director

  • Superstar Goofy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Director

  • Snuffy Smith and Barney Google (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Krazy Kat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Aquamania(1961)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Popeye in the Grand Steeple Chase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Director

  • Barbecue for Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Director · Producer

  • Super Duper Market (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Director

  • Tiger Burger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Director · Producer

  • Plumbers Pipe Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Director

  • Popeye the Sailor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 101 episodes · Director · Writer

  • This Is Your Life Donald Duck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Director

  • Jeep Tale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Director

  • Popeye and the Giant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Director

  • Popeye's Pizza Palace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Director · Producer

  • Popeye's Service Station (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • 1001 Arabian Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Director

  • How to Have an Accident at Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Story

  • The Adventures of Chip 'N' Dale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Director

  • A Princess for Magoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Actor

  • The Goofy Adventure Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Sequence Lead

  • How to Have an Accident in the Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Story

  • Chips Ahoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Director

  • The Goofy Success Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Director · Writer

  • Music Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Director

  • Contrasts in Rhythm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Director

  • Lion Social (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Director

  • Casey Bats Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Director

  • Pigs Is Pigs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Director

  • Two for the Record (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Director

  • The Lone Chipmunks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Director

  • Donald's Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Director

  • Canvas Back Duck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Story

  • How to Sleep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director

  • Football (Now and Then) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director

  • How to Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director

  • Father's Week-End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director

  • For Whom the Bulls Toil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director

  • Father's Day Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director

  • Mickey's Birthday Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director

  • Peter Pan(1953)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • How to Be a Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Director

  • Two Weeks Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Director

  • Teachers Are People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Director

  • Two Gun Goofy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Director

  • Man's Best Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Director

  • Hello Aloha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Director

  • Father's Lion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Director

  • No Smoking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director

  • Fathers Are People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director

  • Get Rich Quick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director

  • Tomorrow We Diet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director

  • Cold War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director

  • Home Made Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director

  • Cold Storage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director

  • Lion Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director

  • Alice in Wonderland(1951)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Out of Scale(1951)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Hold That Pose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Director

  • Motor Mania (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Director

  • The Brave Engineer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Director

  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Director

  • The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad(1949)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Goofy Gymnastics(1949)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Tennis Racquet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Director

  • Bumble Boogie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Director

  • Melody Time(1948)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Bongo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Director

  • Fun and Fancy Free(1947)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • How to Ride a Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Director

  • The Story of Menstruation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Director

  • All the Cats Join In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Director

  • Casey at the Bat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Director

  • The Martins and the Coys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Director

  • Make Mine Music(1946)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Director

  • Double Dribble(1946)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Hockey Homicide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • Duck Pimples (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • Californy 'Er Bust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • African Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • Tiger Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • The Three Caballeros(1944)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • How to Play Football(1944)

    Director · as Audience Crowd

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • How to Play Golf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Director

  • How to Be a Sailor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Director

  • Figaro and Cleo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • Victory Vehicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • Victory Through Air Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • Der Fuehrer's Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • How to Fish(1942)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • How to Swim(1942)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Olympic Champ(1942)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • How to Play Baseball(1942)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • El Gaucho Goofy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Director

  • Saludos Amigos(1942)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Art of Self Defense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Director

  • The Art of Skiing(1941)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Dumbo(1941)

    Director · Sequence Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Baggage Buster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Director

  • The Reluctant Dragon(1941)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Goofy's Glider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Director

  • Bone Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Director · Writer

  • Pinocchio(1940)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Society Dog Show(1939)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Brave Little Tailor(1938)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Mickey's Parrot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Story

  • Mickey's Trailer(1938)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Walt Disney's A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Actor

  • Moose Hunters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Animation

  • Donald and Pluto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Story

  • The Cookie Carnival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Animation

  • Mickey's Service Station (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Animation

  • The Band Concert(1935)

    Animation

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Two-Gun Mickey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Animation

  • The Hot Choc-late Soldiers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Animation

  • The China Shop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Animation

  • Mickey's Mechanical Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Animation

  • The Mail Pilot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Animation

  • Birds in the Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Animation

  • Santa's Workshop(1932)

    Animation

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 125 titles from 1932 to 2005.

Biggest box office

Pinocchio (1940)

$122M worldwide

Highest rated

Mickey's Trailer (1938)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 125: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting103 of 125: 94 only directing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score74thWriting13 of 125: 7 only writing, 6 with another roleProducing4 of 125: 0 only producing, 4 with another roleOther crew14 of 125: 12 only other crew, 2 with another role

125 titles, 10 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1930s16 · 1 acting · 15 crew1940s41 · crew1950s42 · 1 acting · 41 crew1960s13 · crew1970s2 · crew1980s3 · crew1990s1 · crew2000s7 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jack Kinney's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 27; across their 25 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Reach · how many have seen their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th4

Shape of the crowd

None of their 27 titles divides audiences: 19 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed1

Most loved · writer

Mickey's Trailer (1938)

Midcredits 96th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 56/100 in their films, across 25 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jack Kinney's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and profanity run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles21–34 · median 30 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles3–24 · median 8 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles0–22 · median 4 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles19–51 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles21–58 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jack Kinney work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jack Kinney's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Walt Disney shares the most, 23.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Mixed roles