This is strange. Came across this about Kurt Russel and Walt Disney "last words" on some Disney enthusiasts site.
http://www.mouseplanet.com/9734/Walts_L ... rt_RussellHowever, thanks to a friend, I stumbled recently across a video on YouTube of Dave Smith giving a tour of the offices and it reminded me of something I knew but had forgotten: the source of the infamous “Kurt Russell” reference.
On Walt’s desks are copies of the company magazine, The Disney World, along with other papers including a note “to discuss with Card Walker and others” about the “Progress Report on the Disney World Project” (dated September 8, 1966). Nearly forgotten nearby is a typewritten page titled “TV Projects In Production: Ready for Production or Possible for Escalation and Story”. It is a list of possible live-action productions.
At the very bottom of the page, Walt used his famous red grease pencil to make the following notes:
“Ron Miller--
2 Way Down Cellar
2. Kirt (sp) Russell
3. CIA—Mobley”
What does it mean? Ron Miller was Walt’s son-in-law, but was also a producer on some of the live-action films and Walt was giving him more responsibility in that area. A little more than a year later, in January 1968, the weekly Disney television show offered a two-part live action story titled Way Down Cellar, just as Walt indicated. During a friendly football game, three young boys search for their lost ball after a bad pass and discover an entrance to a secret tunnel hidden in the ruins of a burned-out church. They follow it to a supposedly haunted house that has just been rented to a suspicious new tenant. One of the roles was played by Butch Patrick, better known as Eddie Munster from the popular television show The Munsters.
Kurt Russell’s name is misspelled and just below it is a reference to young actor Roger Mobley, who played the lead role in the Gallegher series on Disney’s weekly television show. (That series is long overdue to be released on DVD to Disney fans in my opinion. Disney should also hire Disney Historian Jim Fanning to do a special featurette for the release, as well.)
OK, I'm not familiar with Way Down Cellar at all, the book or film. Forget about Kurt Russel for a minute
WTF is CIA-Mobley? Walt wanted it to be a two parter, so would Mobley play a CIA agent in the second film? Is there a CIA agent type in the book or film that he could play, or would the story be expanded to include one? Or does CIA stand for something else maybe? All I could find in was this synopsis:
In this adventure, three young boys stumble upon a secret tunnel. Eventually they learn it was used during the Revolutionary War.
http://www.fandango.com/waydowncellar_v ... lotsummaryWhich was based on the book:
Way Down Cellarhttp://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-revie ... ar/#reviewMarvellous tale in which three boys in a small Connecticut town drive the boy despising, stony hearted Miss Dengler and her colored cook nearly mad when they discover and make interesting use of the secret passage in her historic house. Hilariously funny, and true to small boys and American towns, as Phil Stong always is. The town meeting scene is a classic. Kurt Wiese's drawings are, it goes without saying, perfect for the book.
Christ, perfect for what?

Back to
CIA-Mobley
Walt wrote this the year he died in 1966.
Mobley use to be a child actor for Disney:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mobley#FilmographyRoger L. Mobley (born January 16, 1949) in Evansville, Indiana, is a former child actor in film and television, working primarily for Walt Disney Productions during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He later became a Christian pastor, serving in southeast Texas.[1]
But in 1966 he would have been 17. Would that have been old enough to play a CIA agent? Even if the second one is filmed a few years later?
Strange thing is two years later Mobley ends up going to Vietnam after Walt dies in 1968:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_MobleyMilitary background
In 1968, Mobley joined the United States Army and trained at the United States Army Airborne School. He was assigned to the Green Berets, and served a year with the 46th Special Forces Company in South Vietnam.[citation needed]
[edit]
After two years and seven months of military service, Mobley returned to California. He later moved to Vidor near Beaumont, Texas, where his parents were then living. He became a police officer and detective in Beaumont. He also worked as a police officer in Vidor and Jasper, Texas. At the time of his father's death, Mobley was living in Milam, Texas.[citation needed]
Mobley has worked in many kinds of blue collar jobs, including pipefitter, like his father; longshoreman; welder; bull rider; lumberjack; milk delivery; Federal Express truck driver; prison guard; and lifeguard. He was a football/basketball coach at a private school in Beaumont and the pastor of several country churches in southeast Texas. In addition to his pastorate, Mobley has worked as an inspector for a company that installs wind turbines nationwide.
Strange. Disney child star and then off to Vietnam as a Green Beret? Hey anything is possible, he later tried bull riding it looks like. His acting career never recovered after he tried to reboot it years later and his only other big movie was in the Disney The Apple Dumpling Gang Returns. Russel and Mobley never appeared it looks like In Way Down Cellar as Walt wished but I want to watch the film to see if there are any CIA agents or types in the film. Or does CIA-Mobley mean something else?
Alright it gets even more weird:
I wonder how many Disney fans know that Kurt’s brother, Bryan, who was about a year older also acted in Disney films. Both were in their early teens and each stood 5-foot-1 and weighed 95 pounds. They sometimes auditioned for the same projects. Bryan was a Disney contract player appearing in The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, Emil and the Detectives, Babes in Toyland and Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar.
http://www.mouseplanet.com/9734/Walts_L ... rt_RussellWTF? Kurt Russell has a brother who was also a disney actor? Since when?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_RussellKurt RusselEarly life
Russell was born on March 17, 1951, in Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of Louise Julia (née Crone), a dancer; and Bing Russell, a character actor, best known for playing Deputy Clem Foster on Bonanza.[2] In the mid-1960s, Russell graduated from Thousand Oaks High School.
Bing Russellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_RussellBing Russell (May 5, 1926 – April 8, 2003) was an American actor and baseball club owner, and was the father of Golden Globe-nominated actor Kurt Russell.
Personal life
Russell was born Neil Oliver Russell in Brattleboro, Vermont, the son of Ruth Stewart (née Vogel) and Warren Oliver Russell. Russell always wanted to become an actor; he took drama at Brattleboro Middletown High School. He made his debut in Cavalry Patrol, and had some uncredited roles in his early career. Russell died from complications of cancer on April 8, 2003 in Thousand Oaks, California.
Spouse Louise Julia Crone (1946-2003; his death; 4 children)
How many brothers did Kurt Russell have?http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_brot ... ssell_haveAnswer:
Bryan Russell, actor in Disney Movies and tv shows.Correction - Actually, according to numerous sources, Kurt Russell's parents, Bing Russell and Louise Crane Russell, had only four children: three daughters (Jill, Jamie, and Jody) and one son (Kurt).
It seems unlikely that Bryan and Kurt are siblings. Bryan Russell is listed as having only one sister, Jeannie Russell.
Bryan and Kurt do both have piercing, extraordinary, blue eyes, which makes it seem very plausible that they are siblings, but I have found nothing to substantiate such a claim, and quite a bit that would seem to refute such an allegation.Read more:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_brot ... z1kgFLBvbD
When you look up Bryan Russell you see his Disney career dies also when Walt does.
And then good luck trying to find out what he is doing now.
Look at the photo of him. How could he not be related to Kurt Russell?
The photo below is of
Bryan Russell, not Kurt Russell, they've got to be brothers.
Bryan Russelhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751050/Trivia:
Brother of actress Jeannie Russell.
Born:December 3, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Filmography
1967 The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Jack Flagg
1966 Follow Me, Boys!
Boy Scout (uncredited)
1965 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Billy Fuller / Bootblack / Jimmy, the Bootblack
– Kilroy: Part 4 (1965) … Billy Fuller
– Kilroy: Part 3 (1965) … Billy Fuller
– Kilroy: Part 2 (1965) … Billy Fuller
– Kilroy: Part 1 (1965) … Billy Fuller
– The Adventures of Gallegher: Part 3 (1965) … Jimmy, the Bootblack
See all 6 episodes »
1964 Emil and the Detectives
Emil Tischbein (as Bryan Russel)
1963 A Ticklish Affair
Luke Martin
1963 Bye Bye Birdie
Randolph McAfee
1963 Ripcord (TV series)
Tim
– Semper Paratus Any Time (1963) … Tim
1962 How the West Was Won
Zeke Prescott (uncredited)
1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Freidrich Grimm
1962 Safe at Home!
Hutch Lawton
1961 Babes in Toyland
The Little Boy
1961 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Jody / Pete Bridger
– Jeremiah (1961) … Jody
– Moment of Glory (1961) … Pete Bridger
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Billy
– Final Arrangements (1961) … Billy
1961 Wagon Train (TV series)
Timmy
– The Odyssey of Flint McCullough (1961) … Timmy
1960 Stagecoach West (TV series)
Michael Crawford
– Three Wise Men (1960) … Michael Crawford
1960 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
Davey Morrison
– One Mother Too Many (1960) … Davey Morrison
1960 Markham (TV series)
Robby Carson
– Sing a Song of Murder (1960) … Robby Carson
1959 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Douglas MacArthur
– The Little Trooper (1959) … Douglas MacArthur
1959 Lawman (TV series)
Tommy Quinlivan
– The Exchange (1959) … Tommy Quinlivan
And what about Bryan's actress sister
Jeannie Russell?
Who is
Jeannie Russelll? Not one of the three sisters of Kurt:
Jill, Jamie or
Jody?

Here's her career:
2000 Child Stars: Their Story (TV documentary)
Herself
2009 The Bilderberg Club: Meet the Shadow One World Government (short)
Carolyn Kott
1959-1963 Dennis the Menace (TV series)
Margaret / Margaret Wade
– A Man Among Men (1963) … Margaret
– The Three F's (1963) … Margaret
– Dennis the Rainmaker (1963) … Margaret
– Wilson's Second Childhood (1962) … Margaret Wade
– The New Principal (1962) … Margaret
See all 37 episodes »
1963 The Birds
School Child (uncredited)
1961 Babes in Toyland
Singer (voice) (uncredited)
1961 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Crying School Child
– The Watch (1961) … Crying School Child
1961 Assignment: Underwater (TV series)
Amy
– Boat Missing (1961) … Amy
1959 The Deputy (TV series)
Casey Kinman
– The Johnny Shanks Story (1959) … Casey Kinman
Nothing from 1963 to 2000 and then she is in
these two movies:
Child Stars: Their StoryHow young celebrities deal with fame, pressure, and wealth, including interview with Fred Savage, Patty Duke, Jerry Mathers, Danny Bonaduce and Todd Brides. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299659/
The Bilderberg Club: Meet the Shadow One World GovernmentFrom the ImagiNation of Allport Production studios and the minds of Julia Diana Alexander and Chris M. Allport, The Bilderberg Club has been born. A political thriller- blurring the lines of conspiracy theory and conspiracy reality. This fictional examination of the actual Bilderberg Group, enlightens audiences, while quenching their thirst for knowledge about the 'Shadow One World Government.'http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605759/plotsummary
The
pressures of being a child star and the
Bildeberg Club?!
So if she is the sister of Bryan Russell is she also a sister to Kurt Russell?
Why is it so hard to find out if Bryan and Jeanne are related to Kurt?
Even if they are half-syblings or something it seems ridiculous.
Here is
Bryan Russell with
Roddy McDowell in
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Advent ... ip_GriffinThe Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin is a 1967 Technicolor drama film directed by James Neilson, based on the novel By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman, starring Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette and Karl Malden. Roddy McDowall plays Griffin, the very proper butler of Bostonian Jack Flagg (Bryan Russell). When Flagg runs off to California during the 1849 gold rush, Griffin dutifully tags along.
When you click on
Bryan Russell from the above wiki it takes you here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_RussellBryan Russell is an American record producer. His credits include artists such as Straylight Run, Envy on the Coast, The Academy Is, and Anterrabae, and has also worked on records with Coldplay, Dream Theater, Paul Simon, Blue Wolf and Steely Dan. He is currently living and working out of New York City.
I don't know, that could be a mislink and it almost as hard to find anything about him (if they are the same Bryan Russell) but if
a former Disney star, now a record producer who works with Cold Play, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, etc would seem to not be a brother to disown.
Strange.
Why was one of the last things Walt Disney write CIA-Mobley?
Was Roger Mobley going to play a CIA agent, was one, was going to become one, was an asset,
or does CIA mean something else more mundane?
Does Kurt Russel have a brother and sister?
One who was also a Disney star?
Another who just does films on the pressures of children stars and
the one world government now?
Oh, and in case you didn't know child actor
Dean Stockwell 's

father
Harry Stockwell provided the voice of "The Prince" in
Walt Disney's animated classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_StockwellWhich is more then a little scary.

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