Here is a list of the recipients of the "Disney Legend" awards....
1987 Fred MacMurray - Film Actor; The Absent Minded Professor
1988
No awards given
1989 Les Clark - Animation (given posthumously); one of Walt's "Nine Old Men" Marc Davis - Animation & Imagineering; one of Walt's "Nine Old Men" Ub Iwerks - Animation & Imagineering (given posthumously); the hand behind the mouse Ollie Johnston - Animation; one of Walt's "Nine Old Men" Milt Kahl - Animation (given posthumously); one of Walt's "Nine Old Men" Ward Kimball - Animation & Imagineering; one of Walt's "Nine Old Men" Eric Larson - Animation (given posthumously); one of Walt's "Nine Old Men" John Lounsbery - Animation (given posthumously); one of Walt's "Nine Old Men" Wolfgang Reitherman - Animation (given posthumously); one of Walt's "Nine Old Men" Frank Thomas - Animation; one of Walt's "Nine Old Men"
1990 Roger Broggie - Imagineering; mechanical genius Joe Fowler - Attractions; theme park construction John Hench - Animation & Imagineering; designer of Cinderella Castle Richard Irvine - Imagineering (given posthumously); theme park architect Herb Ryman - Imagineering (given posthumously); theme park designer Richard Sherman - Music; "It's a Small World (after all)" Robert Sherman - Music; "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
1991 Ken Anderson - Animation & Imagineering; jack of all trades Julie Andrews - Film Actress; Mary Poppins Carl Barks - Animation & Publishing; Donald Duck comic books Mary Blair - Animation & Imagineering (given posthumously); It's a Small World attraction Claude Coats - Animation & Imagineering; stunning watercolor backgrounds Don DaGradi - Animation & Film; screenwriter & misplaced cartoonist Sterling Holloway - Animation, Actor; the original voice of Winnie the Pooh Fess Parker - Film & Television Actor; king of the wild frontier - Davy Crockett Bill Walsh - Film & Television (given posthumously); producer and writer
1992 Jimmie Dodd - Television Actor (given posthumously); Adult Mouseketeer & musician Bill Evans - Imagineering; horticulturist & landscape specialist Annette Funicello - Film & Television Actress; everyone's favorite Mouseketeer Joe Grant - Animation; story artist Jack Hannah - Animation; director of TV shows and films Winston Hibler - Film (given posthumously); narrator, writer & director Roy Williams - Animation & Television Actor (given posthumously); the Big Mooseketeer
1993 Pinto Colvig - Animation & Voice (given posthumously); human library of sound effects Buddy Ebsen - Film & Television actor; Davy Crockett's sidekick George Russel Peter Ellenshaw - Film; special-effects artist, matte painter and production designer Blaine Gibson - Animation & Imagineering; master sculptor Harper Goff - Film & Imagineering; artist/designer Irving Ludwig - Film; exhibitor/distributor Jimmy Macdonald - Animation & Voice (given posthumously); 2nd voice of Mickey Mouse Clarence Nash - Animation & Voice (given posthumously); original voice of Donald Duck Donn Tatum - Administration; first president of Walt Disney World Company Card Walker - Administration; president of Walt Disney Productions
1994 Adriana Caselotti - Animation & Voice Actress; voice of Snow White Bill Cottrell - Animation & Imagineering; first president of Walt Disney Imagineering Marvin Davis - Film & Imagineering; art director & theme park designer Van France - Attractions; founder of the University of Disneyland training center David Hand - Animation (given posthumously); director of Snow White Jack Lindquist - Attractions; Disneyland's first advertising manager Bill Martin - Imagineering; art director and set designer Paul Smith - Music (given posthumously); pioneer in motion picture music Frank Wells - Administration (given posthumously); President and Chief Operating Officer
1995 Wally Boag - Attractions; the original Pecos Bill of Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue Fulton Burley - Attractions; Golden Horseshoe Revue's silver-toned tenor Dean Jones - Film Actor; The Love Bug Angela Landsbury - Film Actress; Bedknobs and Broomsticks Edward Meck - Attractions (given posthumously); publicist Fred Moore - Animation; genius animator Thurl Ravenscroft - Animation & Voice; lead vocalist on "Grim Grinning Ghosts" Wathel Rogers - Imagineering; breathed life into Audio-Animatronics Betty Taylor - Attractions; Sluefoot Sue of Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue
1996 Bob Allen - Attractions (given posthumously); ride operator to vice president of WDW Rex Allen - Film & Television Actor; narrator/singer/actor X Atencio - Animation & Imagineering; animator, attraction developer, songwriter Betty Lou Gerson - Animation & Voice; voice of Cruella De Vil Bill Justice - Animation & Imagineering; Audio-Animatronics programmer Sam McKim - Imagineering; creator of the Disneyland souvenir maps Bob Matheison - Attractions; helped research and develop Walt Disney World Bob Moore - Animation & Film; expert cartoonist Bill Peet - Animation & Story; story developer & children's book author Joe Potter - Attractions (given posthumously); engineering and logistical planning genius
1997 Lucien Ades - Music (awarded posthumously); pioneer of first "read-along" record album Angel Angelopoulos - Publishing (awarded posthumously); first Greek Disney magazine Antonio Bertini - Character Merchandise; initiated production & marketing of 8-mm & 16-mm shorts Armand Bigle - Character Merchandise; opened up merchandising markets throughout Europe Poul Brahe Pederson - Publishing (awarded posthumously); "Donald Duck" magazine in Europe Gaudenzio Capelli - Publishing; editor-in-chief of "Topolino" Roberto de Leonardis - Film (awarded posthumously); translated films for Italian audiences Cyril Edgar - Film (awarded posthumously); joint managing director of Walt Disney Productions, Ltd Wally Feignoux - Film (awarded posthumously); continental cinema representative in Paris, France Didier Fouret - Publishing (awarded posthumously); built Disney's image in France Mario Gentilini - Publishing (awarded posthumously); director of "Topolino" magazine Cyril James - Film & Merchandise (awarded posthumously); business genius Horst Koblischek - Character Merchandise; creator of the Sport Goofy Trophy Gunnar Mansson - Character merchandise; representative in the Nordic countries Arnoldo Mondadori - Publishing (awarded posthumously); publishing genius Armand Palivoda - Film (awarded posthumously); motion picture distributor in Switzerland Andre Vanneste - Character Merchandise (awarded posthumously); promoted publications throughout Belgium Paul Winkler - Character Merchandise (awarded posthumously); first to establish Disney's presence in France through publishing
1998 James Alger - Animation & Film; The Living Desert Buddy Baker - Music; composed more than 200 scores for motion pictures, TV & theme parks Kathryn Beaumont - Animation & Voice; voice of Alice in Wonderland Virginia Davis - Animation; star of first 13 Alice Comedies Roy E. Disney - Film, Animation & Administration; Walt's nephew, Company vice chairman and head of animation department Don Eschen - Administration; administrator and company treasurer Wilfred Jackson - Animation (awarded posthumously); devised method of synchronizing animation with music Glynis Johns - Film Actress; Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins Kay Kamen - Character Merchandise (awarded posthumously); the first Mickey watches Paul Kenworthy - Film; photographer for The Vanishing Prairie Larry Lansburgh - Film & Television; director of The Whetback Hound Hayley Mills - Film Actress; Pollyana Al and Emma Milotte - Film (awarded posthumously); wildlife film experts Norman "Stormy" Palmer - Film; editor Lloyd Richardson - Film; editor Kurt Russell - Film Actor; The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes Ben Sharpsteen - Animation & Film (awarded posthumously); director/producer Masatomo Takahashi - Administration; Tokyo Disneyland Vladimir (Bill) Tytla - Animation (awarded posthumously); responsible for Stromboli, the evil puppeteer in Pinocchio Dick Van Dyke - Film Actor; Mary Poppins Matsuo Yokoyama - Character Merchandise; president of Walt Disney Enterprises of Japan
1999 Tim Allen - Television & Film Actor; the voice of Buzz Lightyear Mary Costa - Animation & Voice; the voice of Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty Norm Ferguson - Animation (awarded posthumously); supervising animator & sequence director Bill Garity - Film (awarded posthumously); pioneer in sound and camera techniques Yale Gracey - Animation & Imagineering (awarded posthumously); special effects & lighting artist Al Konetzni - Character Merchandise; artist and idea man Ham Luske - Animation (awarded posthumously); supervising animator Dick Nunis - Attractions; director of park operations Charlie Ridgway - Attractions; director of press and publicity
2000 Grace Bailey - Animation (awarded posthumously); Ink & Paint department Harriet Burns - Imagineering; designer and builder of prototypes for theme park attractions Joyce Carlson - Animation & Imagineering; helped create it's a small world Ron Dominguez - Parks & Resorts; executive vice president of Walt Disney Attractions Cliff Edwards - Animation & Voice (awarded posthumously); the voice of Jiminy Crickett Becky Fallberg - Animation; manager of the Ink & Paint department Dick Jones - Animation & Voice; the voice of Pinocchio Dodie Roberts - Animation; supervisor of the Studio paint lab Retta Scott - Animation (awarded posthumously); the Studio's first woman animator Ruthie Tompson - Animation; supervisor of the Scene Planning department for the Studios
2001 Howard Ashman - Music (awarded posthumously); producer & lyricist Bob Broughton - Film; camera effects artist George Bruns - Music (awarded posthumously); composer of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" Frank Churchill - Music (awarded posthumously); composer of "Someday My Prince Will Come" Leigh Harline - Music (awarded posthumously); composer of "When You Wish Upon A Star" Fred Joerger - Imagineering; crafted three-dimensional miniature models of theme park attractions Alan Menken - Music; composer of "A Whole New World" Martin A. "Marty" Sklar - Imagineering; Vice Chairman and Principal Creative Executive Ned Washington - Music (awarded posthumously); lyricist of "When You Wish Upon A Star" Tyrus "Ty" Wong - Animation; landscape painter for Bambi
2002 Ken Annakin - Film; director of Swiss Family Robinson Hugh Attwooll - Film; producer Maurice Chevalier - Film Actor (awarded posthumously); In Search of the Castaways Phil Collins - Music; composer for Tarzan and Brother Bear Sir John Mills - Film Actor; Swiss Family Robinson Robert Newton - Film & Television Actor (awarded posthumously); Treasure Island Sir Tim Rice - Music; lyricist for Beauty and the Beast Robert (Bob) Stevenson - Film (awarded posthumously); direct of Mary Poppins Richard Todd - Film & Television Actor; The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
2003 Neil Beckett - Merchandise (awarded posthumously); representative in New Zealand Tuttie Camarata - Music; co-founder of Disneyland Records Edna Francis Disney - Family (awarded posthumously); wife of Roy O. Disney Lillian Disney - Family (awarded posthumously); wife of Walt Disney Orlando Ferrante - Imagineering; vice president of Engineering, Design, and Production Richard Fleischer - Film; director of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Floyd Gottfredson - Animation (awarded posthumously); Mickey Mouse daily comic strips Buddy Hackett - Film & Television; The Love Bug Harrison "Buzz" Price - Research Economist; helped hand-pick optimum locations for U.S. parks Alfred Taliaferro - Cartoonist (awarded posthumously); Donald Duck daily comic strips Ilene Woods - Music & Voice; voice of Cinderella
2004 Bill Anderson - Film, Television & Administraction (awarded posthumously); prolific film & television producer Tim Conway - Film Actor; The Apple Dumpling Gang Rolly Crump - Imagineering; executive designer Alice Davis - Imagineering; designed and dressed animated figures for park attractions Karen Dotrice - Film & Television Actress; Mary Poppins Matthew Garber - Film Actor (awarded posthumously); Mary Poppins Leonard H. Goldenson - Television (awarded posthumously); ABC Founder & Chairman of the Board Bob Gurr - Imagineering; developer of park attractions Ralph Kent - Imagineering & Attractions; designer of first limited-edition Mickey Mouse watch for adults Irwin Kostal - Music (awarded posthumously); Award-winning conductor & orchestrator Mel Shaw - Animation; animator & story man
2005 Chuck Abbott - Parks & Resorts; one of Disneyland's foremost Attractions Hosts Milt Albright - Parks & Resorts; founder of the Magic Kingdom Club Hideo Amemiya - Parks & Resorts; vice president and general manager of the Disneyland Hotel Hideo Aramaki - Parks & Resorts; executive chef over all food establishments in Disneyland Chuck Boyajian - Custodial; first manager of Custodial Operations at Disneyland Charles Boyer - Parks & Resorts; Disneyland's master illustrator Randy Bright - Imagineer; executive producer, Disneyland and Walt Disney World Theme Parks James Cora - Parks & Resorts; one of three production directors for WDW, responsible for Fantasyland and Tomorrowland Robert Jani - Parks & Resorts; master plan consultant for Disneyland Paris and Disney-MGM Studios Mary Jones - Parks & Resorts; Disneyland Community Relations Art Linkletter - Parks & Resorts; co-host of Disneyland's opening TV broadcast Mary Anne Mang - Parks & Resorts; Convention & Tour Sales department Steve Martin - Parks & Resorts; Disneyland Cast Member Tom Nabbe - Parks & Resorts; Disneyland's original Tom Sawyer Jack Olsen - Parks & Resorts; novelties & souvenirs Cicely Rigdon - Parks & Resorts; Tour Guide Department William Sullivan - Parks & Resorts; Disneyland operations supervisor Jack Wagner - Parks & Resorts; official park announcer Vesey Walker - Parks & Resorts; Disneyland's first bandmaster
2006 Tim Considine - Television Actor; The Adventures of Spin and Marty Kevin Corcoran - Film Actor; Swiss Family Robinson Don Edgren - Imagineer; Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean & Space Mountain Al Dempster - Animation (given posthumously); background artist on Fantasia & Dumbo Paul Frees - Film & Parks (given posthumously); The Haunted Mansion Peter Jennings - Television (given posthumously); ABC news anchor Sir Elton John - Music; songwriter for The Lion King & Aida Jimmy Johnson - Music (given posthumously); founder of Walt Disney Records Tommy Kirk - Film & Television Actor; Old Yeller & Mickey Mouse Club Joe Ranft - Film (given posthumously); Pixar story artist for Toy Story 2 & Monsters, Inc David Stollery - Television Actor; The Adventures of Spin and Marty Ginny Tyler - Television & Film Actress; Disneyland Records' Disneyland Storyteller
2007 Roone Arledge - Television (given posthumously); president of ABC news Art Babbitt - Animation (given posthumously); "The Greatest Animator Ever" Carl Bongirno - Imagineer; resort finance Marge Champion - Animation; actress/live-action reference model Dick Huemer - Animation (given posthumously); jack of all trades Ron Logan - Parks & Resorts; music director Lucille Martin - Administration; Walt's personal assistant Tom Murphy - Administration; built Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. from a single TV and radio station into a multibillion-dollar international media conglomerate Randy Newman - Music; Academy Award winning songwriter Floyd Norman - Animation; cartoonist/animator/author Bob Schiffer - Film Production (given posthumously); head of makeup department Dave Smith - Archives; historian/author
2008 Wayne Allwine - Animation - Voice Bob Booth - Imagineering Neil Gallagher - Imagineering Frank Gifford - Television Toshio Kagami - Parks and Resorts Burny Mattinson - Animation Walt Peregoy - Animation Dorothea Redmond - Imagineering Russi Taylor - Animation - Voice Oliver Wallace - Music Barbara Walters - Television
"Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things... and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney
I was thinking the same thing when I was typing it up Paul.
But, I would assume that Walt and Roy are not going to be on the list because "Legend" is too small of a term to encompass those two.
Walt was just a tad bit higher than Roy because he was the dreamer and the 'face' of the company. Roy was just as important though...the numbers/business guy.
But I don't know that they should be on this list because they are the ones that started and ran the entire operation.
I've been working on a series of posts about some of the lesser known Disney legends to most people.(Not those reading this I would guess) Here's a link to the posts for George Bruns, Milt Albright and Joyce Carlson. I hope to do more soon.
"Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things... and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney
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TONY ANSELMO - Animation/Voice
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BEATRICE ARTHUR - Television
BILL FARMER - Voice
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