One of Disney's Nine Old Men and considered the finest draughtsman of the Disney animators. He would often refine the characters sketches from Bill Peet with the ideas of Ken Anderson. 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.

Filmography

• 2004Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5 — Ferdinand (voice) (archive sound)
• 2000Celebrate Christmas With Mickey, Donald & Friends — Ferdinand
• 1994The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born — Self - Supervising Animator, 'Bambi' (archive footage)
• 1977The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh — Animation
• 1977The Rescuers — Supervising Animator
• 1973Robin Hood — Animation
• 1971Bedknobs and Broomsticks — Animation
• 1970The Aristocats — Animation
• 1968Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day — Animation
• 1967The Jungle Book — Animation Director
• 1964Mary Poppins — Animation
• 1963The Sword in the Stone — Animation
• 1961One Hundred and One Dalmatians — Animation
• 1959Sleeping Beauty — Animation
• 1957Tricks of Our Trade
• 1955Lady and the Tramp — Animation, Animation Director
• 1953Mickey's Birthday Party — Vocal Effects (voice)
• 1953Peter Pan — Animation, Animation Director
• 1951Alice in Wonderland — Animation
• 1950Cinderella — Animation Director
• 1950The Brave Engineer — Animation
• 1949The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad — Animation Director
• 1948Pecos Bill — Animation
• 1948So Dear to My Heart — Animation
• 1946Song of the South — Animation Director
• 1945Duck Pimples — Animation
• 1945Hockey Homicide — Animation
• 1945Tiger Trouble — Animation
• 1944The Three Caballeros — Animation
• 1943Chicken Little — Animation
• 1943Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi — Animation
• 1943Reason and Emotion — Animation
• 1942Bambi — Supervising Animator
• 1942Lake Titicaca — Animation
• 1942Saludos Amigos — Animation
• 1940Pinocchio — Animation, Animation Director
• 1939The Ugly Duckling — Animation
• 1938Farmyard Symphony — Animation
• 1938Ferdinand the Bull — Ferdinand (voice), Animation
• 1938Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — Animation
• 1937Lonesome Ghosts — Animation
• 1936Mickey's Circus — Animation
• 1936Toby Tortoise Returns — Animation
• 1935Mickey's Fire Brigade — Animation Production Assistant
• 1935Mickey's Service Station — Animation
• 1935On Ice — Animation

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2018Strong Coffee: The Full-Bodied Mind of Pixar’s Brad Bird — Self - Disney animator (archive footage)
• 2009The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2009Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)
• 2007The Pixar Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2005From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella — Self (archive footage)
• 2005From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men — Self (Archive Footage)
• 1954A Story of Dogs — Self
• 1954The Disneyland Story — Self