Prince Phillip and his horse Samson
The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey panya, kipanya to Hercules by
John Grant
Character Description of Prince Phillip and Samson from "Sleeping Beauty" (1959)
The handsome Prince in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was nothing zaidi than a cipher - it was not thought necessary even to name him. Prince Charming in Cinderella was zaidi than just a plot device, but nevertheless still had only a minor part. For the third in their trio of great fairy stories, however, Disney gave the handsome Prince a far meatier role, and consequently his character had to be portrayed in zaidi detail....
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