The Disney Legends award

Established in 1987, the Disney Legends program recognizes men and women who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company. The honor is awarded annually during a special ceremony. Image File history File linksMetadata Disneylegendaward. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Disneylegendaward. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Disney redirects here. ...

Recipients are chosen by a selection committee appointed and chaired by Disney Legend Roy E. Disney, Walt Disney's nephew and Director Emeritus of The Walt Disney Company. The committee consists of long-time Disney executives, historians and other authorities. Roy Edward Disney, KCSG, (born January 10, 1930) was a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt founded. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ...

Disney's corporate headquarters in Burbank, California features a plaza honoring the recipients outside Team Disney - The Michael D. Eisner Building. Each honoree is represented by a bronze plaque; the plaque features the recipient's handprints and signature if they were living when named a Disney Legend. Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... There are three buildings in the United States which carry the Team Disney title. ...

Artist Andrea Favilli created the Disney Legends award, which is handcrafted from bronze each year. The award depicts the arm of Mickey Mouse holding a star-tipped wand. Mickey Mouse is an Academy Award-winning comic animal cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. ...

Disney describes the award as follows:

When Disney opened up their hall of fame, all the then major Hollywood studios considered opening up their own hall of fames, but (as of 2008) Disney remains the only major Hollywood studio to have one. 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

Recipients

1987

• Fred MacMurray, Film ^[2]

Fred MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an actor who appeared in over one hundred movies and a highly successful television series during a career that lasted from the 1930s to the 1970s. ...

1988

No awards

1989

• Les Clark, Animation (given posthumously) ^[3]
• Marc Davis, Animation & Imagineering ^[4]
• Ub Iwerks, Animation & Imagineering (given posthumously) ^[5]
• Ollie Johnston, Animation ^[6]
• Milt Kahl, Animation (given posthumously) ^[7]
• Ward Kimball, Animation & Imagineering ^[8]
• Eric Larson, Animation (given posthumously) ^[9]
• John Lounsbery, Animation (given posthumously) ^[10]
• Wolfgang Reitherman, Animation (given posthumously) ^[11]
• Frank Thomas, Animation ^[12]
  • All except Iwerks were Disney's "Nine Old Men".

Les Clark (November 17, 1907-September 12, 1979 was the first of Disneys Nine Old Men. ... A posthumous recognition is a ceremonial award given after the recipient has passed away. ... Marc Fraser Davis (March 30, 1913 – January 12, 2000) was a prominent artist and animator for Walt Disney Studios. ... Walt Disney Imagineering was formed by entertainment mogul Walt Disney on December 16, 1952 as WED Enterprises (WED: Walter Elias Disney) to develop plans for a theme park and to manage Disneys personal assets. ... A publicity photograph (circa 1929) of Ub Iwerks and his most famous co-creation, Mickey Mouse. ... Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr. ... Milton Erwin Kahl (born March 22, 1909, in San Francisco, California, USA; died April 19, 1987, in Mill Valley, California, USA, of pneumonia) was an animator for the Disney studio, and one of Disneys so-called Nine Old Men. ... Firehouse Five Plus Two LP album cover. ... Eric Larson (September 3, 1905-October 25, 1988) was an animator for the Walt Disney Studios in the early 20th century and was one of the Disneys Nine Old Men. ... John Lounsbery (March 9, 1911 - February 13, 1976) was an American animator who worked for The Walt Disney Company. ... Wolfgang Reitherman (June 26, 1909 - May 22, 1985), also known and sometimes credited as Woolie Reitherman, was a famed Disney animator and one of Disneys Nine Old Men. ... Franklin Thomas (September 5, 1912, Fresno, California - September 8, 2004, Flintridge, California) was one of Walt Disneys team of animators known as the Nine Old Men. ... Disneys Nine Old Men were the core animators (some of whom later became directors) that created the Disney studios most famous work, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs onward to The Rescuers. ...

1990

• Roger Broggie, Imagineering ^[13]
• Joe Fowler, Attractions ^[14]
• John Hench, Animation & Imagineering ^[15]
• Richard Irvine, Imagineering (given posthumously) ^[16]
• Herb Ryman, Imagineering (given posthumously) ^[17]
• Richard Sherman, Music ^[18]
• Robert Sherman, Music ^[19]

Roger Broggie (1908-1991) Imagineer and Disney Legend with Walt Disney Company Roger E. Broggie (1908-1991) was a creative American mechanical engineer who worked with Walt Disney and the Walt Disney Company. ... John Hench (June 29, 1908 – February 5, 2004) was an employee of The Walt Disney Company for more than sixty five years, an exceptionally long tenure which saw the rise of nearly every Disney animated feature and theme park. ... Herbert Dickens Ryman (1910-1989) was a Disney imagineer. ... Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman at the London Palladium in 2002 during the premiere of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Stage Musical. ... Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman at the London Palladium in 2002 during the premiere of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Stage Musical. ...

1991

• Ken Anderson, Animation & Imagineering ^[20]
• Julie Andrews, Film ^[21]
• Carl Barks, Animation & Publishing ^[22]
• Mary Blair, Animation & Imagineering (given posthumously) ^[23]
• Claude Coats, Animation & Imagineering ^[24]
• Don DaGradi, Animation & Film ^[25]
• Sterling Holloway, Animation—Voice ^[26]
• Fess Parker, Film & Television ^[27]
• Bill Walsh, Film & Television (given posthumously) ^[28]

Ken (Kenneth B.) Anderson (March 17, 1909 - January 13, 1993) was an art director, writer, and animator at Disney for 44 years. ... Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells[1] on 1 October 1935[2]) is an award-winning English actress, singer, author and cultural icon. ... Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952) and Magica De Spell (1961). ... Mary Blair (October 21, 1911–July 26, 1978), born Mary Robinson, was an art supervisor for The Walt Disney Company who produced striking conceptual art for such films as Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan. ... Don DaGradi was a Disney writer who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including Der Fuehrers Face in 1943. ... Sterling Price Holloway, Jr. ... Fess Parker (born August 16, 1924) is an American film and television actor. ... Bill Walsh (September 30, 1913 - January 27, 1975) was a film producer and screenwriter who primarily worked on live-action films for Walt Disney Productions. ...

1992

• Jimmie Dodd, Television (given posthumously) ^[29]
• Bill Evans, Imagineering ^[30]
• Annette Funicello, Film & Television ^[31]
• Joe Grant, Animation ^[32]
• Jack Hannah, Animation ^[33]
• Winston Hibler, Film (given posthumously) ^[34]
• Ken O'Connor, Animation & Imagineering ^[35]
• Roy Williams, Animation & Television (given posthumously) ^[36]

James W. Dodd (March 28, 1910 - November 10, 1964) was best known as the MC of the popular 1950s Disney TV show, The Mickey Mouse Club, as well as the writer of its well-known theme song, The Mickey Mouse Club March. ... Annette Joanne Funicello (born October 22, 1942) is an American singer and actress. ... Joe Grant (May 15, 1908 - May 6, 2005) was a Disney artist and writer. ... Jack Hannah (January 13, 1913 - June 11, 1994) was an animator, writer and director of animated shorts. ...

1993

• Pinto Colvig, Animation—Voice (given posthumously) ^[37]
• Buddy Ebsen, Film & Television ^[38]
• Peter Ellenshaw, Film ^[39]
• Blaine Gibson, Animation & Imagineering ^[40]
• Harper Goff, Film & Imagineering ^[41]
• Irving Ludwig, Film ^[42]
• Jimmy MacDonald, Animation—Voice (given posthumously) ^[43]
• Clarence Nash, Animation—Voice (given posthumously) ^[44]
• Donn Tatum, Administration ^[45]
• Card Walker, Administration ^[46]

Vance DeBar Pinto Colvig was a vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor, and circus performer whose schtick was playing clarinet off-key while mugging. ... Buddy Ebsen (April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003) was an American actor and dancer, who is best-remembered for his role as Jed Clampett in the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies. ... William Peter Ellenshaw (May 24, 1913 - February 12, 2007) was an Anglo-American award-winning matte designer and special effects creator who worked on many Disney features. ... Harper Goff (born March 16, 1911 in Fort Collins, Colorado, died March 3, 1993) was an artist, musician, and actor. ... Jim MacDonald voiced Mickey Mouse from 1946-1977. ... Clarence Ducky Nash (December 7, 1904–February 20, 1985) was an American voice actor, best known for providing the voice of Donald Duck for Walt Disney Studios. ... Donn Tatum was the first non-Disney family member to be president of Walt Disney Productions. ... E. Cardon Walker (commonly, Card Walker) (January 9, 1916 - November 28, 2005) was a top Walt Disney Productions executive in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. ...

1994

• Adriana Caselotti, Animation—Voice ^[47]
• Bill Cottrell, Animation & Imagineering ^[48]
• Marvin Davis, Film & Imagineering ^[49]
• Van France, Attractions ^[50]
• David Hand, Animation (given posthumously) ^[51]
• Jack Lindquist, Attractions ^[52]
• Bill Martin, Imagineering ^[53]
• Paul J. Smith, Music (given posthumously) ^[54]
• Frank Wells, Administration (given posthumously) ^[55]

Adriana Hitchell Caselotti (May 16, 1916 - January 19, 1997) was an American actress best known for providing the voice behind the lead character in Walt Disneys Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. ... Jack Lindquist (b. ... For other persons of the same name, see Paul Smith. ... Frank Wells was president and chief operating officer (COO) of the Walt Disney Company from 1984 until his death on April 3, 1994. ...

1995

• Wally Boag, Attractions ^[56]
• Fulton Burley, Attractions ^[57]
• Dean Jones, Film ^[58]
• Angela Lansbury, Film ^[59]
• Edward Meck, Attractions (given posthumously) ^[60]
• Fred Moore, Animation ^[61]
• Thurl Ravenscroft, Animation—Voice ^[62]
• Wathel Rogera, Imagineering ^[63]
• Betty Taylor, Attractions ^[64]

Wally Boag constructing one of his signature Boagaloons at the Golden Horseshoe Revue in the early 1970s. ... Fulton Burley is an Irish-American performer, most widely known for his work in Disneyland. ... Dean Jones (born January 25, 1931 in Decatur, Alabama) is an American actor. ... Angela Lansbury CBE (born October 16, 1925) is a four-time Tony-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, three-time Oscar-nominated, and eighteen-time Emmy-nominated English actress. ... Ravenscrofts 1970 gospel album Great Hymns in Story and Song Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (February 6, 1914 – May 22, 2005) was an American voice actor and singer with a deep, booming voice. ...

1996

• Bob Allen, Attractions (given posthumously) ^[65]
• Rex Allen, Film & Television ^[66]
• X Atencio, Animation & Imagineering ^[67]
• Betty Lou Gerson, Animation—Voice ^[68]
• Bill Justice, Animation & Imagineering ^[69]
• Bob Matheison, Attractions ^[70]
• Sam McKim, Imagineering ^[71]
• Bob Moore, Animation & Film ^[72]
• Bill Peet, Animation—Story ^[73]
• Joe Potter, Attractions (given posthumously) ^[74]

Representative Bob Allen is the Representative of District 32 in the state of Florida. ... Rex Allen (December 31, 1920 – December 17, 1999) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. ... F. Xavier Atencio (born 1920 in Walsenburg, Colorado), more popularly known as X Atencio, is a former animator, composer, and Imagineer for The Walt Disney Company. ... Betty Lou Gerson (April 20, 1914 - January 12, 1999) was an American actress, predominantly in radio, but also in film and television, and as a voice actress. ... William Justice (b. ... Bill Peet (January 29, 1915 – May 11, 2002) was a childrens book illustrator and a story writer for Disney Studios. ...

1997

• Lucien Adés, Music (awarded posthumously) ^[75]
• Angel Angelopoulos, Publishing (awarded posthumously) ^[76]
• Antonio Bertini, Character Merchandise ^[77]
• Armand Bigle, Character Merchandise ^[78]
• Gaudenzio Capelli, Publishing ^[79]
• Roberto de Leonardis, Film (awarded posthumously) ^[80]
• Cyril Edgar, Film (awarded posthumously) ^[81]
• Wally Feignoux, Film (awarded posthumously) ^[82]
• Didier Fouret, Publishing (awarded posthumously) ^[83]
• Mario Gentilini, Publishing (awarded posthumously) ^[84]
• Cyril James, Film & Merchandise (awarded posthumously) ^[85]
• Horst Koblischek, Character Merchandise ^[86]
• Gunnar Mansson, Character Merchandise ^[87]
• Arnoldo Mondadori, Publishing (awarded posthumously) ^[88]
• Armand Palivoda, Film (awarded posthumously) ^[89]
• Poul Brahe Pederson, Publishing (awarded posthumously) ^[90]
• André Vanneste, Character Merchandise (awarded posthumously) ^[91]
• Paul Winkler, Character Merchandise (awarded posthumously) ^[92]

Arnoldo Mondadori (Poggio Rusco Mantua, November 2, 1889 - Milan, June 8, 1971) was a noted Italian publisher. ...

1998

• James Algar, Animation & Film ^[93]
• Buddy Baker, Music ^[94]
• Kathryn Beaumont, Animation—Voice ^[95]
• Virginia Davis, Animation ^[96]
• Roy E. Disney, Film, Animation & Administration ^[97]
• Don Escen, Administration ^[98]
• Wilfred Jackson, Animation (awarded posthumously) ^[99]
• Glynis Johns, Film ^[100]
• Kay Kamen, Character Merchandise (awarded posthumously) ^[101]
• Paul Kenworthy, Film ^[102]
• Larry Lansburgh, Film & Television ^[103]
• Hayley Mills, Film ^[104]
• Al Milotte and Elma Milotte, Film (awarded posthumously) ^[105]
• Norman "Stormy" Palmer, Film ^[106]
• Lloyd Richardson, Film ^[107]
• Kurt Russell, Film ^[108]
• Ben Sharpsteen, Animation & Film (awarded posthumously) ^[109]
• Masatomo Takahashi, Administration ^[110]
• Vladimir (Bill) Tytla, Animation (awarded posthumously) ^[111]
• Dick Van Dyke, Film ^[112]
• Matsuo Yokoyama, Character Merchandise ^[113]

Norman Buddy Baker was a film composer who composed many of Walt Disneys Classic Films, like The Apple Dumpling Gang (film), The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, The Shaggy D.A., and The Million Dollar Duck. ... Kathryn Beaumont (born 27 June 1938) is an English born voice actress/school teacher. ... When Laugh-O-Gram Films began to struggle, four year old model Virginia Davis was hired to act in a film called Alices Wonderland, combining live action with animation. ... Roy Edward Disney, KCSG, (born January 10, 1930) was a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt founded. ... Wilfred Jackson (January 24, 1906–August 7, 1988) was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies series of cartoons from The Walt Disney Company. ... Glynis Johns (born 5 October 1923) is a Tony Award-winning British stage and film actress, dancer, pianist and singer (notably of Send in the Clowns in Stephen Sondheims A Little Night Music). ... Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born April 18, 1946) is an English actress. ... Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. ... Vladimir Peter Tytla (October 25, 1904–December 30, 1968) was one of the original Disney animators and is considered by many to be the best character animator working during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. ... Richard Wayne “Dick” Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, presenter and entertainer, with a career spanning 5 decades. ...

1999

• Tim Allen, Television & Film ^[114]
• Mary Costa, Animation—Voice ^[115]
• Norm Ferguson, Animation (awarded posthumously) ^[116]
• Bill Garity, Film (awarded posthumously) ^[117]
• Yale Gracey, Animation & Imagineering (awarded posthumously) ^[118]
• Al Konetzni, Character Merchandise ^[119]
• Hamilton Luske, Animation (awarded posthumously) ^[120]
• Dick Nunis, Attractions ^[121]
• Charlie Ridgway, Attractions ^[122]

Tim Allen (born June 13, 1953) is an American comedian, character actor, voice-over artist and entertainer perhaps best known for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement and his roles in the Disney film series of The Santa Clause and Toy Story. ... Mary Costa (born April 5, 1930 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American singer, best known for playing the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney film Sleeping Beauty. ... Norman Gerard Ferguson (Born October 16, 1945, Sydney, Nova Scotia) was a center and right wing in the National Hockey League with the Oakland / California Seals and played with various World Hockey Association teams. ... Yale Gracey (1910 - 1983) was a Disney Imagineer and writer. ...

2000

• Grace Bailey, Animation (awarded posthumously) ^[123]
• Harriet Burns, Imagineering ^[124]
• Joyce Carlson, Animation & Imagineering ^[125]
• Ron Dominguez, Parks & Resorts ^[126]
• Cliff Edwards, Animation—Voice (awarded posthumously) ^[127]
• Becky Fallberg, Animation ^[128]
• Dick Jones, Animation—Voice ^[129]
• Dodie Roberts, Animation ^[130]
• Retta Scott, Animation (awarded posthumously) ^[131]
• Ruthie Tompson, Animation ^[132]

Ron Dominguez is the former vice-president of Walt Disney Attractions. ... Cliff Edwards (14 June 1895 – 17 July 1971), also known as Ukelele Ike, was an American singer and musician who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, and also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career. ... Dick Jones, born 1927 is an American actor who achieved some success as a child and as a young adult, especially in B-Westerns and television. ...

2001

• Howard Ashman, Music (awarded posthumously) ^[133]
• Bob Broughton, Film ^[134]
• George Bruns, Music (awarded posthumously) ^[135]
• Frank Churchill, Music (awarded posthumously) ^[136]
• Leigh Harline, Music (awarded posthumously) ^[137]
• Fred Joerger, Imagineering ^[138]
• Alan Menken, Music ^[139]
• Martin Sklar, Imagineering ^[140]
• Ned Washington, Music (awarded posthumously) ^[141]
• Tyrus Wong, Animation ^[142]

Howard Ashman ( May 17, 1950 - March 14, 1991) was an American playwright and movie music lyricist. ... George Bruns (July 3, 1914 - May 23, 1983) was a composer of music for film and television who worked on many Disney films. ... Frank Churchill (October 20, 1901 - May 14, 1942) was an American composer of popular music for films. ... Leigh Harline (March 26, 1907 - December 10, 1969) was an award-winning film composer. ... Alan Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American Broadway and Academy Award winning film score composer. ... Martin A. Marty Sklar is The Walt Disney Companys international ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering, the subisdary of the company which designs and constructs the Disney theme parks and resorts across the world. ... Ned Washington (15 August 1901 - 20 December 1976) was an American lyric writer. ...

2002

In honor of the opening of the Walt Disney Studios Park at the Disneyland Resort Paris, all 2002 inductees are of European origin. The ceremony was held in the Animation building at the new park on opening day.

• Ken Annakin, Film ^[143]
• Hugh Attwooll, Film ^[144]
• Maurice Chevalier, Film (awarded posthumously) ^[145]
• Phil Collins, Music ^[146]
• Sir John Mills, Film ^[147]
• Robert Newton, Film & Television (awarded posthumously) ^[148]
• Sir Tim Rice, Music ^[149]
• Robert (Bob) Stevenson, Film (awarded posthumously) ^[150]
• Richard Todd, Film & Television ^[151]
• David Tomlinson, Film (awarded posthumously) ^[152]

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2003

Following a dispute between Roy E. Disney and the company, which resulted in Roy resigning, Robert Iger, the company's then-president and COO replaced Roy as co-presenter with Michael Eisner.

• Neil Beckett, Merchandise (awarded posthumously) ^[153]
• Tutti Camarata, Music ^[154]
• Edna Francis Disney (awarded posthumously) ^[155]
• Lillian Disney (awarded posthumously) ^[156]
• Orlando Ferrante, Imagineering ^[157]
• Richard Fleischer, Film ^[158]
• Floyd Gottfredson, Animation (awarded posthumously) ^[159]
• Buddy Hackett, Film & Television ^[160]
• Harrison Price, Research Economist ^[161]
• Alfred Taliaferro, Cartoonist (awarded posthumously) ^[162]
• Ilene Woods, Music—Voice ^[163]

Roy Edward Disney, KCSG, (born January 10, 1930) was a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt founded. ... Robert A. Iger (born February 10, 1951) or Bob Iger is head of the Walt Disney Company. ... Salvador Tutti Camarata (May 11, 1913 - April 13, 2005) was a composer, arranger and trumpeter. ... The family of Elias Disney (son of Kepple Disney and Mary Richardson): Elias Disney was born on February 6, 1859 in Ontario, Canada and died on September 13, 1941 Flora Call Disney was born on April 22, 1868 in Stuben, Ohio and died on November 26, 1938 Elias married Flora... Lillian Marie Bounds (February 15, 1900 – December 16, 1997) was the wife of Walt Disney from 1925 until his death in 1966. ... Richard Fleischer (born December 8, 1916) is an American film director. ... Arthur Floyd Gottfredson (May 5, 1905 - July 22, 1986) is the man who gave Mickey Mouse his comic strip personality. ... Buddy Hackett (August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American comedian and actor. ... Charles Alfred Taliaferro (August 29, 1905 - February 3, 1969) known simply as Al Taliaferro was a Disney comics artist who used to produce Disney comic strips for King Features Syndicate. ... Ilene Woods (born 1929) is an American actress. ...

2004

• Bill Anderson, Film, Television & Administration (awarded posthumously) ^[164]
• Tim Conway, Film ^[165]
• Rolly Crump, Imagineering ^[166]
• Alice Davis, Imagineering ^[167]
• Karen Dotrice, Film & Television ^[168]
• Matthew Garber, Film (awarded posthumously) ^[169]
• Leonard H. Goldenson, Television (awarded posthumously) ^[170]
• Bob Gurr, Imagineering ^[171]
• Ralph Kent, Imagineering & Attractions ^[172]
• Irwin Kostal, Music (awarded posthumously) ^[173]
• Mel Shaw, Animation ^[174]

Tim Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an American comedic actor. ... Alice Estes Davis (born 1929) is an American costume designer. ... Karen Dotrice (born 9 November 1955) is a British actress known primarily for her role as the daughter in Walt Disneys feature film adaptation of the Mary Poppins book series. ... Matthew Adam Garber (25 March 1956[1] – 13 June 1977[2]) was an English actor best known for his role as Michael Banks in Walt Disneys Mary Poppins. ... Leonard H. Goldenson (December 7, 1905 - December 27, 1999) was the first president of ABC. External links Leonard Goldenson at the Museum of Broadcast Communications Leonard H. Goldenson at the Internet Movie Database Categories: | | | | | ... Robert Henry Gurr (born 1931) is an American amusement ride designer and Imagineer. ... Irwin Kostal (October 1, 1911-November 23, 1994) is the Academy Award winning musical arranger of films including: West Side Story (one of several orchestrators under musical director Johnny Green), Mary Poppins The Sound of Music Half a Sixpence Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Bedknobs and Broomsticks Charlottes Web The...

2005

In honor of Disneyland's 50th anniversary in 2005, all recipients are related to either Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and/or Walt Disney Imagineering, and nearly all have had some connection with Disneyland. Roy E. Disney again co-presented the awards, after a two-year hiatus and a return to the company.

• Chuck Abbott, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) ^[175]
• Milt Albright, Parks & Resorts ^[176]
• Hideo Amemiya, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) ^[177]
• Hideo Aramaki, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) ^[178]
• Charles Boyer, Parks & Resorts ^[179]
• Randy Bright, Imagineer (awarded posthumously) ^[180]
• James Cora, Parks & Resorts ^[181]
• Robert Jani, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) ^[182]
• Mary Jones, Parks & Resorts ^[183]
• Art Linkletter, Parks & Resorts ^[184]
• Mary Anne Mang, Parks & Resorts ^[185]
• Steve Martin, Parks & Resorts ^[186]
• Tom Nabbe, Parks & Resorts ^[187]
• Jack Olsen, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) ^[188]
• Cicely Rigdon, Parks & Resorts ^[189]
• William Sullivan, Parks & Resorts ^[190]
• Jack Wagner, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) ^[191]
• Vesey Walker, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) ^[192]

Disneyland is a theme park that is located at 1313 South Harbor Boulevard in Anaheim, California, USA. It opened on July 17, 1955. ... Disney Parks Worldwide logo Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the division of The Walt Disney Company that conceives, builds and manages the companys theme parks and vacation resorts, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises. ... Walt Disney Imagineering was formed by entertainment mogul Walt Disney on December 16, 1952 as WED Enterprises (WED: Walter Elias Disney) to develop plans for a theme park and to manage Disneys personal assets. ... Art Linkletter caricature by Sam Berman for NBCs 1947 promotion book Art Linkletter (born Gordon Arthur Kelly on July 17, 1912) was the host of two of the longest-running shows in broadcast history: House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are... For other uses, see Steve Martin (disambiguation). ... Jack Francis Wagner (December 17, 1925 - June 16, 1995) was the official park announcer for Disneyland until 1993. ...

2006

• Tim Considine, Television & Film ^[193]
• Kevin Corcoran, Television & Film ^[194]
• Al Dempster, Animation (given posthumously) ^[195]
• Don Edgren, Imagineering ^[196]
• Paul Frees, Television, Film & Parks (given posthumously) ^[197]
• Peter Jennings, Television (given posthumously) ^[198]
• Sir Elton John, Music ^[199]
• Jimmy Johnson, Music (given posthumously) ^[200]
• Tommy Kirk, Television & Film ^[201]
• Joe Ranft, Animation (given posthumously) ^[202]
• David Stollery, Television & Film ^[203]
• Ginny Tyler, Television & Film ^[204]

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2007

• Roone Arledge, Television (given posthumosly)^[205]
• Art Babbitt, Animation (given posthumously) ^[206]
• Carl Bongirno, Imagineering ^[207]
• Marge Champion, Animation ^[208]
• Dick Huemer, Animation (given posthumously) ^[209]
• Ron Logan, Parks and Resorts ^[210]
• Lucille Martin, Administration ^[211]
• Tom Murphy, Administration ^[212]
• Randy Newman, Music ^[213]
• Floyd Norman, Animation ^[214]
• Bob Schiffer, Film Production (given posthumously)^[215]
• Dave Smith, Archives ^[216]

Roone Arledge (July 8, 1931 – December 5, 2002) was an American sports broadcasting pioneer who was chairman of ABC News from 1977 until his death, and a key part of the companys rise to competition with the two other main broadcasting stations, NBC and CBS, in the 60s, 70s... Arthur Art Babbitt (October 8, 1907 - March 4, 1992) was a Disney animator. ... Marge Champion (September 2, 1919, Los Angeles, California) became a legend in Hollywood with her ex-husband, Gower Champion (June 22, 1921. ... Dick Huemer (January 2, 1898 New York — November 30, 1979 Burbank) was an animater in the Animation Golden Age. ... Ron Logan Ron Logan is the former Executive Vice President, Executive Producer, for Walt Disney Entertainment. ... Tom Murphy may refer to one of the following people: Tom Murphy, the Irish playwright Tom Murphy, the mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1993–2005 Tom Murphy, the former speaker of the house in the Georgia General Assembly Tom Slab Murphy, chief of staff of the IRA Army Council. ... For the boxer, see Randy Neumann. ... Floyd E. Norman (born 1936) is an American animator who worked on the Walt Disney animated features Sleeping Beauty, The Sword in the Stone and The Jungle Book along with various animated short projects at Disney in the late 50s and early 60s. ...

External links

• Disney Legends at Disney Online
• Coverage of the 2005 Disney Legends awards presention

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