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Samuel Armstrong

Director · Died September 29, 1976, aged 83 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Samuel Armstrong was an American animation director. Armstrong was an American animator and director best known for his work at Walt Disney Studios. He co-directed segments of the animated classics Fantasia (1940), including "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" and "Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria," and Dumbo (1941). Armstrong's innovative contributions to animation helped shape the early successes of Disney's feature films.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 5, 1893
Died
September 29, 1976 (aged 83)
From
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Works as
Director
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 20% in 30 days

What are Samuel Armstrong's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Ideas.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

A split, not a type: Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
2
Melancholic
2
Hopeful
2
Joyful
1
Triumphant
1
Other
3

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 Samuel Armstrong's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Disney+ (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Samuel Armstrong'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

9 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Really Scent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Layout Supervisor

  • Blue Bayou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Director

  • Bambi(1942)

    Co-Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Clair de Lune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Director

  • Dumbo(1941)

    Director · Sequence Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Fantasia(1940)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Director

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(1937)

    Background Designer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Walt Disney's A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Actor

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles from 1937 to 1959.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 9: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting6 of 9: 5 only directing, 1 with another roleOther crew3 of 9: 2 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1930s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew1940s6 · crew1950s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Samuel Armstrong's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 90th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

97thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4

Shape of the crowd

None of their 4 titles divides audiences: 2 are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 82/100 and the pacing 52/100 in their films, across 3 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 Samuel Armstrong's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 10 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 4 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 28 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 54 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Samuel Armstrong work with?

People who share at least 2 of Samuel Armstrong's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bill Roberts shares the most, 3.

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