Thurl Ravenscroft

At Disneyland, his resonant voice can be heard singing in it’s a small world, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Splash Mountain; in the Enchanted Tiki Room, he performs the voice of Fritz, the German Audio-Animatronics^®parrot

Fred Moore

When he animated the pigs in Three Little Pigs, for instance, Fred also won Walt’s highest praise that “at last, we have achieved true personality in a whole picture.”

Paul Smith

The musical genius, who wrote scores for nearly 70 animated shorts and received an Oscar^® with Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for the music in Pinocchio, later wrote background music for nearly every Disney True-Life Adventure, applying techniques he had learned while writing music for cartoons.

Bill Martin

Walt did like Bill’s creative genius, however, naming him art director of Fantasyland. Among his contributions included the layout of each Fantasyland attraction, and, later, the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail’s course around the Park.

Marvin Davis

“Marvin was very conscientious about developing the Park. He worked extremely hard to help bring Walt’s dream to life, exactly as Walt envisioned it.”—Imagineer and Disney Legend John Hench

Van France

Van’s progressive concepts in guest service have been recognized as among the finest in the country.

Jack Lindquist

In 1990, Jack was named president of Disneyland, a position he called “the best job in the world!”

Bill Cottrell

Among his many contributions to Disney, Bill helped develop the popular Zorro television series and, in 1964, was named president of Retlaw Enterprises, the Walt Disney family corporation.

Adriana Caselotti

Infinitely proud of her contribution to Disney’s legacy, she told a reporter in 1995, “I know that my voice will never die.”

David Hand

Dave “was cavalier in transforming Walt’s dreams into animation,” recalled animators and Disney Legends Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston in their book Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life.