Hugh Hennesy - my 425th pick to be named a Disney Legend

Animator and art director Hugh Hennesy, who worked for the Studios during the heyday years with Walt Disney himself, is my 425th choice to be named as a Disney Legend. The police officer in the Donald Duck short Duck Pimple H.U. Hennessy named after this Disney animator. His wife was Helen Hennesy, the first Disney librarian and.

His Disney filmography includes:

Animation department (30 credits)

 1955-1957 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) (layout artist - 3 episodes)

- Four Fabulous Characters (1957) ... (layout artist)

- Disneyland, the Park/Pecos Bill (1957) ... (layout artist)

- Adventures of Mickey Mouse (1955) ... (layout artist)

 1955 Lady and the Tramp (layouts)

 1953 Ben and Me (Short) (layout artist)

 1953 Peter Pan (layout artist)

 1952 Susie the Little Blue Coupe (Short) (layout artist)

 1951 Alice in Wonderland (layout)

 1950 Cinderella (layout)

 1949 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Short) (layout artist)

 1949 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (layout)

 1948 So Dear to My Heart (layout artist)

 1948 Blame It on the Samba (Short) (layout artist)

 1948 Little Toot (Short) (layout artist)

 1948 Melody Time (layout artist)

 1948 Pecos Bill (Short) (layout artist)

 1947 Fun & Fancy Free (layout)

 1946 Casey at the Bat (Short) (layout artist)

 1946 Song of the South (cartoon art director)

 1946 Peter and the Wolf (Short) (layout artist)

 1946 The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met (Short) (layout artist)

 1946 Make Mine Music (layout)

 1945 The Cold-Blooded Penguin (Short) (layout artist)

1945 Duck Pimples (layout artist)

 1944 The Three Caballeros (layout artist)

 1943 The Grain That Built a Hemisphere (Documentary short) (layout artist - uncredited)

 1942 Donald Duck Visits Lake Titicaca (Short) (layout artist)

 1942 Saludos Amigos (Short) (backgrounds) / (layout artist - uncredited)

 1935 Water Babies (Short) (layout artist - uncredited)

 1935 The Band Concert (Short) (layout artist - uncredited)

 1934 Funny Little Bunnies (Short) (layout artist - uncredited)

 1934 The Grasshopper and the Ants (Short) (layout artist - uncredited)

 1933 Lullaby Land (Short) (layout artist - uncredited)

Art director (4 credits)

 1941/I The Reluctant Dragon (art direction: cartoon sequences)

 1940 Fantasia (segment "The Pastoral Symphony")

 1940 Pinocchio

 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs