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The Firehouse Five Plus Two was a Dixieland jazz band, popular in the 1950s, consisting of members of the Disney animation department. Leader Ward Kimball was inspired to form the band after spending time with members of the Disney animation and sound department and finding that they had a lot in common as jazz aficionados. The lunchtime chats escalated into a full on lunchtime jam session as Kimball, an amateur trombonist, and animator Frank Thomas, a pianist, would find they "sounded pretty good all by ourselves." The band went by two names, the Huggajeedy Eight and the San Gabriel Valley Blue Blowers. The "Firehouse" motif came from a 1916 American LaFrance fire engine that Kimball restored for the local Horseless Carriage Club, and the "Plus Two" was from the fact the band had seven people.
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Jazz Scene USA | Themselves | 1962 |
| Stars of Jazz | Themselves | 1956 |
| The Mickey Mouse Club | Themselves / Themselves - Dixieland Jazz | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Themselves | 1954 |
| How to Dance | Themselves | 1953 |
| Grounds for Marriage | Themselves | 1951 |
| Hit Parade of 1951 | Dixieland Band | 1950 |
| The Ed Wynn Show | Themselves | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Themselves | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Themselves | 1948 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Jazz Scene USA | Themselves | 1962 |
| Stars of Jazz | Themselves | 1956 |
| The Mickey Mouse Club | Themselves / Themselves - Dixieland Jazz | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Themselves | 1954 |
| How to Dance | Themselves | 1953 |
| Grounds for Marriage | Themselves | 1951 |
| Hit Parade of 1951 | Dixieland Band | 1950 |
| The Ed Wynn Show | Themselves | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Themselves | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Themselves | 1948 |
