Frank Wells

“Fortunately for all of us at Disney, Frank was a buccaneer in the office. He was smart, prudent, a dealmaker, and a great closer.”—Former Walt Disney Chairman Michael Eisner

Blaine Gibson

He also directed the sculpture of every U.S. President, up to George W. Bush in 2001, for The Hall of Presidents at Walt Disney World.

Harper Goff

Among Harper’s designs was the menacing Nautilus submarine, complete with plush Victorian interiors, for the film 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

Peter Ellenshaw

Walt later brought Peter to Hollywood to work on his adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; the film went on to win an Oscar^® for best special effects in 1955.

Irving Ludwig

“Booking theaters was always a good experience because the name ‘Disney’ assured exhibitors they would be showing movies that the whole family could enjoy.”—Irving Ludwig

Buddy Ebsen

Buddy’s tap dancing moves also served as a prototype for Walt Disney’s earliest experiments in Audio-Animatronics^® technology.

Pinto Colvig

Pinto once called Goofy “the epitome of all the hicks in the world and the easiest to portray. I guess that’s because I’m a corn-fed hick, myself.”

Jimmy Macdonald

Rarely was there a sound Jimmy could not make with one of the more than 500 innovative Rube Goldberg-like contraptions that he built from scratch.

Clarence Nash

“I learned to quack in French (‘couac’), Chinese (Yes, Peking Duck!), and German. For some reason, German was the hardest.”—Clarence Nash

Donn Tatum

“I loved to watch Donn in action. He was an excellent communicator and deft in his ability to handle the myriad of questions posed by stockholders.”—Former Disney Vice Chairman Roy E. Disney