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He was responsible for animating both the female lead, Lulubelle, and the villain, Lumpjaw.

Kahl was one of the directing animators in the anthology film Melody Time (1948). In Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), Kahl animated King Leonidas. He was one of (and often considered the most influential of) Walt Disney's supervisory team of animators, known as Disney's Nine Old Men.

Kahl was born in San Francisco, California, to Erwin, a saloon bartender, and Grace Kahl. When he saw the Disney’s Three Little Pigs short, he was amazed by the animation. Among several other characters in this film, Kahl worked on scenes involving the witch Madam Mim.

In The Jungle Book (1967), Kahl worked on scenes involving most of the film's main characters, including Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera, Shere Khan, King Louie, and, Kaa.

In The Aristocats (1970), Kahl worked on scenes involving Thomas O'Malley, Duchess, Madame Bonfamille, and Edgar. Kahl applied at Disney and was hired as an assistant animator.

Milt quickly gained recognition for his talented work on shorts such as Ferdinand the Bull and Silly Symphonies, including the color remake of The Ugly Duckling despite his youth and relative inexperience.

Milt then launched his own commercial art business, but struggled to find work. In Robin Hood (1973), Kahl worked on nearly every major character in the cast, including Robin Hood himself and Maid Marian.

In The Rescuers (1977), Kahl worked primarily on scenes involving the villain Madame Medusa and the orphan girl Penny.

In the book The Animator's Survival Kit, the author Richard Williams makes repeated reference and anecdotes relating to Kahl.

For many years the final look for the characters in the Disney films were designed by Kahl, in his angular style inspired by Ronald Searle and Picasso. Kahl was brought out of retirement during the production phase of The Black Cauldron (1985). Kahl worked on the "Bongo" segment of the anthology film Fun and Fancy Free (1947).

It was the last time Kahl was credited as a directing animator. He worked on animating characters from both "The Wind in the Willows" (1908) by Kenneth Grahame and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820) by Washington Irving.

In Cinderella (1950), Kahl animated scenes involving the Fairy Godmother, Prince Charming, the King, and the Grand Duke.

Walt Disney embraced Kahl's vision and urged the writers to evolve Pinocchio into a more innocent figure that would match Kahl's design. In Saludos Amigos (1942), Kahl animated a sequence which depicted Donald Duck riding a llama. Kahl was allowed to design the film's version of Pinocchio as a boy with a Tyrolean hat and Mickey Mouse-style gloves on his hands.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVGZ-593 : accessed 11 November 2020), Milton E Kahl in household of Erwin R Kahl, San Francisco Assembly District 39, San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 231, sheet 9B, family 228, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 100; FHL microfilm 1,374,113.

  Despite his outbursts, he was a focused illustrator who become known for animating the ‘Milt Kahl head swaggle,’ a particular exaggerated head movement which characterized much of his work.

  While working at his desk, Kahl would sit staring into space for hours at a time. Kahl went to work at the San Francisco Bulletin, but when the Great Depression struck, he was laid off.