Dick Nunis

“Walt believed strongly that what would make Disneyland different was the people—he wanted them to feel that they were part of the organization,” Dick once said.

Charlie Ridgway

He helped launch the opening of Walt Disney World in 1971 and Epcot Center in 1982.

Ham Luske

Ham’s ability to develop an easy-to-follow step-by-step system for planning a scene made him a natural teacher of younger animators and, under his guidance, many new artists were developed.

Yale Gracey

With no special effects training other than his own hands-on experimentation, Yale worked as a research and development designer creating illusions. These included the “grim, grinning ghosts” featured in the Haunted Mansion and the flames of the burning city in Pirates of the Caribbean.

Mary Costa

The lyric soprano, with an agile coloratura range, won the role of Sleeping Beauty; her graceful voice helped make “I Wonder” and “Once Upon A Dream” Disney music classics.

Bill Garity

“With his pioneering efforts in sound and camera techniques, he helped set Disney Studios apart from others, while his planning and supervisory expertise resulted in the building of a highly efficient Studio in Burbank.”–Dave Smith, Director Emeritus of the Walt Disney Archives

Norm Ferguson

Fergy was fast with his pencil, cranking out up to 40 feet worth of animation a day; the average was 10 to 15 feet, according to Disney historian Bob Thomas.

Buddy Baker

“During the 28 years I worked at the Studio,” he said, “Walt never came to a recording. He had confidence in me and in everybody else. He trusted his people. He also knew what kind of music worked—not the notes, the kind.”

Larry Lansburgh

Among the 18 television and feature productions [Larry] directed were the Academy Award^®-winning The Wetback Hound in 1957 and The Horse with the Flying Tail in 1960.

Paul Kenworthy

Paul’s footage was subsequently assembled with other freelance material to create the Studio’s first feature-length True-Life Adventure, The Living Desert, which garnered an Academy Award^® for best documentary in 1953.