Lambert the Sheepish Lion
A mix-up finds a little lion cub in the care of a gentle flock of sheep.
1952 | 8m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Jack Hannah |
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| Writer: | Milt Banta, Ralph Wright, Bill Peet |
| Staring: |
| Disney Legend Sterling Holloway narrates this classic animated short. A mix-up by Mr. Stork finds a little lion cub in the care of a gentle flock of sheep. Doted on by his mother, but teased by the other lambs, Lambert soon grows to become a massive lion, but as shy and gentle as the ewe who raised him. When a hungry wolf begins to stalk the herd, will Lambert find the courage to protect his mama? | |
| Release Date: | Feb 08, 1952 |
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| Director: | Jack Hannah |
| Writer: | Milt Banta, Ralph Wright, Bill Peet |
| Genres: | Animation |
| Keywords | lion, cartoon, lamb, short film |
| Production Companies | Walt Disney Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sterling Holloway | Narrator |
| June Foray | Mrs. Sheep/Lambert (purring and meowing)/Lambs (voice) |
| Stan Freberg | Lambert (voice) |
| James MacDonald | Wolf / Lambert (roaring) (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Don Lusk | Animation |
| Ray Huffine | Background Designer |
| Dan MacManus | Animation |
| Joseph Dubin | Original Music Composer |
| Milt Banta | Story |
| Yale Gracey | Layout |
| Ralph Wright | Story |
| Eric Larson | Animation |
| Judge Whitaker | Animation |
| John Lounsbery | Animation |
| Jack Hannah | Director |
| Bill Peet | Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Walt Disney | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Trending Position
When the stork takes a breather from delivering it’s hefty parcel, it gets seen off by a possessive ewe who decides to keep the occupant of the bundle and raise it as her own. The other sheep like to tease the newborn because, well even they can see it’s not a sheep. They don’t know what it is, but ... we know it's a lion cub - and a fairly placid one at that. Then enter a peckish wolf that sees the flock as easy pickings. What chance the now fully grown lion can grow a pair of claws and learn to roar? It’s good fun this animation, with a little bit of an understated moral to it and quite a bit of mischief thrown in too as it moves along nicely for eight minutes with a solid story and jaunty score underpinning the characters.