Disney has announced their new Legends Award winners. Several were on my list. I really do not include news anchors and people from ABC, etc.. Here is the announcement:
At every D23 Expo, we gather together to celebrate a new class of Disney
Legends. The Disney Legends Awards ceremony—just one of the highlights
of the ultimate Disney fan event—has honored many of Disney’s brightest
stars and notable luminaries, starting with Fred MacMurray in 1987.
Since then, The Walt Disney Company has celebrated 289 Disney Legends,
including the 11 talented individuals who will be inducted this
year—Wing Chao, Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau, James Earl Jones, Bette
Midler, Kenny Ortega, Barnette Ricci, Robin Roberts, Diane Sawyer,
Ming-Na Wen, and Hans Zimmer—who will be honored for their remarkable
contributions to the Disney legacy.
In years past there have been surprise additions as the Expo gets closer, we will see this year. Note Christina Aguilera was named later.
Those who made it from my list include Wing Chao, James Earl Jones, Ming-Na Wen, Bette Midler, Hans Zimmer, Robert Downey Jr, and Jon Favreau. Congrats to these new Disney Legends. I replaced these new legends with others such as Mike and Patty Pereza and Billy Dee Williams.
Wishcasting Disney Legends
Monday, May 20, 2019
Monday, January 14, 2019
Honorable Mention
Below is a list of names in alphabetical order, which are not profiled in the top 500 people to be named a Disney Legend.
The Honorable mention list
1. Adam Burke – Pixar animation
2. Adam Ryen – Rescuers Down Under
3. Agnes Moorehead- Pollyanna, The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
4. Alan Hewitt – Horse with a Grey Flannel Suit, Monkey’s Uncle, many other roles
5. Alan Napier – Sword in the Stone, Mary Poppins
6. Alan Tudyk – King Candy, many other voice roles
7. Albert Brooks - Marlin on Finding Nemo
8. Albert Sharpe – Darby O’Gill and the Little People
9. Aletha Reynolds – first female artist hired by Walt Disney
10. Alexander Gould – Nemo and Bambi
11. Andrew Adamson – director Narnia
12. Andrew Gordon – Pixar animator
13. Andy Devine – Friar tuck, television roles
14. Anna Popplewell – Susan of Narnia
15. Anne Hathaway – Princess Diaries
16. Annie Potts – Bo Peep in Toy Story
17. Art Stevens – character animator
18. Ashley Tisdale – Phineas and Ferb, High School Musical, Suite Life
19. Barbara Harris- North Avenue Irregulars and Freaky Friday
20. Barry Kooser – director, artist
21. Barry Temple – supervising animator
22. Basil Sydney – Captain Smollett on Treasure Island
23. Bill Washo – facades at WDW
24. Billy Barty – voice of Figment
25. Billy Campbell - Cliff Secord/The Rocketeer
26. Billy Gilbert – Sneezy, Willie the Giant
27. Bob Amsberry – Mickey Mouse Club show
28. Bob Chapek – chairman of resorts
29. Bob Foster – Acquired WDW real estate
30. Bob Garner – former imagineer responsible for the iconic shot of Mickey standing on the top of Spaceship Earth waving down for a television commercial
31. Bob Hoskins – Who Framed Roger Rabbit
32. Bob Nolan – Pecos Bill
33. Bob Schooley – Kim Possible creator
34. Bob Tzudiker – screenwriter
35. Bonnie Hunt – several voice roles , Cars, A Bug’s Life, etc.
36. Brenda Chapman – writer
37. Brendan Fraser – George of the Jungle
38. Brian Blessed – Clayton on Tarzan, Boss Nass on Star Wars
39. Brian Ferguson – animation
40. Brian Murray – Long John Silver in Treasure Planet
42. Bruce Boxleitner - Tron
43. Bruno Campos – The Princess and the Frog
44. Bryan Jowers – imagineer, concept artist
45. Bud Hurlbut – mechanical engineer for Disneyland
46. Byron Howard – animator, director, producer
47. C.O. Slyfield – sound department
48. Catherine O'Hara – several voice roles, Chicken Little, Nightmare Before
49. Cesar Romero - The Strongest Man in the World, etc.
50. Charles Fleischer – voice actor, Roger Rabbit, Benny the Cab
51. Charles Judels – Stromboli the coachman
52. Charles Ruggles – Parent Trap, The Ugly Dachshund
53. Charles Wolcott – music department
54. Charlie Adler – many different voice roles
55. Cheryl Holdridge – Mouseketeer
56. Chris Evans – Captain America
57. Chris Hemsworth – Thor
58. Chris Williams – director, screen writer voice of Oaken
59. Christian Bale – Newsies, Pochantas
60. Christian Rub – Gepetto
61. Christopher Connelly – Kit Carson
62. Christopher Lee- Star Wars, Return to Witch Mountain
63. Christopher Lloyd – Angels in the Outfield, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
64. Christy Carlson Romano – Kim Possible and Ren Stevens
65. Cindy Morgan – Tron
66. Cloris Leachman – The North Avenue Irregulars, other roles
67. Craig T Nelson – Mr. Incredible, Turner and Hooch
68. Cree Summer – Princess Kida, other voice roles
69. Daan Jippes – writer, storyboard artist
70. Dale Oliver – animator
71. Dan Fogelman – writer
72. Dan Provenmire – Phineas and Ferb
73. Dave Foley – Flick, Monster’s University
74. David Hyde Pierce – voice of Slim in A Bug’s Life
75. David Niven – Candleshoe, No Deposit no Return
76. David Prowse – Darth Vader
77. David Reynolds – writer
78. David Spade – Emperor’s New Groove
79. David Stainton - former head of Walt Disney Feature Animation
80. DB Sweeney – Dinosaur, Brother Bear
81. Dean DeBlois – director, writer
82. Dee Bradley Baker – voice actor
83. Demi Lovato – Sonny with a Chance
84. Demi Moore – Hunchback of Notre Dame
85. Denis Leary – A Bug’s Life, Operation Dumbo Drop
86. Dennis Day - Mouseketeer
87. Dick Banlcs – Imagineering
88. Dickie Dodd – Mouseketeer
89. Dik Darley – director for Mickey Mouse Club
90. Dinah Shore – narrator Fun and Fancy Free, Make Mine Music
91. Dom DeLuise – Fagin on Oliver and company, Muppets Movie
92. Don Ameche – Homeward Bound
93. Don Carson – imaginer
94. Don Hall – director
95. Don Rickles – Mr. Potato Head
96. Donald Pleasence - Escape to Witch Mountain, The Horsemasters
97. Donald W. Ernst – Producer
98. Donna Murphy – Tangled
99. Donny Osmond – Mulan singing
100. Dorothea Baker Paul - Animator
101. Dorothy Provine – That Darn Cat
102. Doug Frankel - animator
103. Doug Krohn – animation
104. Doug Parks – first person to play Mickey Mouse at WDW
105. Dwayne Johnson – Race to Witch Mountian, Game Plan, etc.
106. Eartha Kitt – Yzma on Emperor’s New Groove, other roles
107. Ed Bullard - head of Walt Disney World Security
108. Eddie Albert – Escape to Witch Mountain
109. Eddie Collins – Dopey
110. Eddie Murphy – Mulan, Haunted Mansion movie
111. Edward Brophy – Timothy Mouse on Dumbo
112. Edward Colman – cinematographer
113. Ellen Degeneres – Dory, Universe of Energy
114. Emil Flohri – background artist
115. Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks, Brave, Beauty and the Beast 2017
116. Eric Jacobson - Muppets
117. Evelyn Henry Coats – ink and paint dept supervisor
118. Frederick Worlock – Jasper on 101 Ds
119. Gary Younger - director of MAPO for WDI
120. Gedde Watanabe - Mulan II, Mulan
121. Geefwee Boedoe – animator
122. Geoffrey Rush - Barbossa and Nigel
123. Georgie Henley – Lucy of Narnia
124. Gilbert Gottfried – Lago in Alladin
125. Ginnifer Goodwin – Snow White, other roles, Zootopia
126. Glenn Close – Cruella DeVil, Tarzan
127. Graham Walters – Pixar producer
128. Grant Bardsley - The Black Cauldron
129. Harland Williams – Carl on Meet the Robinsons
130. Hayden Panettiere– Remember the Titans, Raising Helen, Bug’s Life
131. Heather Angel – mom in Peter Pan
132. Helen Hennesy – Disney librarian
133. Herman Bing – ringmaster in Dumbo
134. Hilary Duff – Disney Channel movies and shows, Lizzy McGuire
135. Holly Hunter – Helen Parr
136. Ian Holm – Ratatouille – Chef Skinner
137. Ian McDiarmid – Emperor Palpatine
138. Idina Menzel – Frozen, Enchanted
139. Irene Mecchi – screenplays, Lion King, Hercules, Annie
140. Jack Albertson – Amos Slade, The Shaggy Dog
141. Jack Couffer - writer, director, producer, cameraman
142. James Coburn - Snow Dogs, monsters Inc.
143. James Garner – Castaway Cowboy, Atlantis
144. James Newton Howard – music score composer
145. Jane Wyman - Pollyanna
146. Janeane Garofalo – The Wild, Ratatouille
147. Janet Lansburgh – screenplays, publicist
148. Jason Alexander – Hunchback Notre Dame, Patch’s London Adventure
149. Jason Lee – Syndrome, Underdog
150. Jason Scott Lee – Mowgli (90s) & David Kawena in Lilo & Stitch
151. Jean Hagen – Shaggy Dog
152. Jeanette Nolan – Widow Tweed, Ellie Mae, The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
153. Jeff Bridges – Tron
154. Jeff Swampy Marsh – Phineas and Ferb
155. Jennifer Connelly - Jenny Blake on The Rocketeer
156. Jennifer Lee – director Frozen, Wreck it Ralph, etc.
157. Jennifer Tilly – Home on the Range, Monster’s Inc, Haunted Mansion
158. Jeremy Suarez – Brother Bear
159. Jerold Kaplan - imagineer
160. Jerome Brown – visual effects and animation
161. Jerry Bruckheimer – producer
162. Jerry Colonna – March Hare, Make Mine Music
163. Jim Handley – director and artist
164. Jim Morris – Pixar producer, director, president
165. Jim Varney – slinky Dog, Earnest
166. Jim Verity - Audio-Animatronics design and manufacturing
167. Joan Cusak – Jessie on Toy Story
168. Joan Rice - Maid Marian in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
169. Joaquin Garay – voice of Panchito
170. Joaquin Phoenix – Brother Bear
171. Jody Jean Dreyer - worked for the Walt Disney Company for 30 years
172. Joe Johnston – director
173. John C. Reilly - Wreck it Ralph, narrated Bears, Guardians of the Galaxy
174. John Candy – Rescuers Down Under, Splash
175. John Hurt - The Black Cauldron
176. John Joyce - engineer for WDW
177. John Keehne - Costume Department leader for Walt Disney World
178. John Mahoney – Atlantis
179. John Morris – Andy on Toy Story
180. John Pomeroy – animator
181. John Travolta – Bolt, Old Dogs
182. John Wise - engineer for WDW
183. John Zovich – engineer for WDW
184. Jonathan Frakes - Gargoyles
185. Jordan Fry – Meet the Robinsons
186. José Oliveira – voice of José Carioca
187. Joseph Sabo – writer
188. Josh Gad – Frozen , Beauty and the Beast 2017
189. Joshua Meador – special effects
190. Joss Whedon - director
191. Judge Whitaker – animator
192. Julia Louis-Dreyfus – A Bug’s Life, Planes, Gepetto
193. Karen Allen – Raiders of the Lost Ark
194. Karl Malden – Pollyanna, The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
195. Karl Swenson – Merlin
196. Kathleen Kennedy – producer, Amblin Entertainment
197. Kathleen Turner – Jessica Rabbit
198. Keira Knightley – Elizabeth Swan in Pirates if the Carribbean
199. Keith David - DR. FACILIER, Armageddon
200. Ken Klug - engineer for WDW
201. Kenneth Tobey - Jocko / Shorty / Anthoney Murphy/Jim Bowie
202. Kevin Costner – Touchstone films
203. Kevin Kline – Hunchback of Notre Dame
204. Kevin McDonald – pleakley
205. Kevin Michael Richardson – Capt Gantu and many other voices
206. Kevin Spacey – Iron Will, Hopper on a Bug’s Life
207. Kevin Zegers – Air Bud, Frozen
208. Kim Irvine – Imagineer
209. Kristen Bell – Frozen
210. Larry the Cable Guy – Tow Mater
211. Leon Ames – Monkey’s uncle, Absent Minded Professor, etc.
212. Leonard Nimoy – director, Atlantis
213. Leopold Stokowski – conductor, composer Fantasia
214. Lesley Ann Warren – Happiest Millionaire, etc
215. Liam Neeson - Qui-Gon Jinn and Aslan
216. Lisa Davis – Anita in 101
217. Lou Jennings - engineer for WDW
218. Lou Romano artist – actor for Pixar films
219. Louis Pelletier – screenplays
220. Malcolm Cobb – WDI model shop
221. Mandy Moore – Rapunzel, Princess Diaries
222. Marcia Strassman – Honey I Shrunk the Kids
223. Mark Dindal – animator
224. Mark McCorkle – Kim Possible creator
225. Mark Ruffalo – Hulk, Bruce Banner
226. Mark Walsh – Pixar
227. Mark Walton – storyboard artist & voice actor (Rhino on bolt etc.)
228. Marty Panzer – songwriter
229. Matthew O'Callaghan – writer and animator
230. Maynard Smith - the 25-year Disneyland employee who’s an attraction himself
231. Michael Keaton – Cars, Need for Speed, Toy Story 3, Spider Man Homecoming, Herbie Fully Loaded, Dumbo
232. Michael-Leon Wooley – The Princess and the Frog
233. Miley Cyrus – Hannah Montana, Bolt
234. Milton Quon – animator and executive
235. Miriam McDonnell – inbetweener, animator
236. Monica Evans - Abigail Gabble (the Goose) and Maid Marion
237. Moroni Olsen – Magic mirror voice
238. Nancy Kniep - animation
239. Nancy Kulp – Aristocats and Parent Trap
240. Nathan Greno – writer and director
241. Nelson Eddy – singing whale Make Mine Music
242. Nicholas Cage – National Treasure, Sorceror’s Apprentice
243. Nigel Hawthorne – Black Cauldron, Tarzan
244. Noni White – screenwriter
245. Norm Eagrell - Director of Lessee Relations for Disneyland
246. Norman Tate – animator
247. Orlando Bloom – Will Turner on Pirates
248. Otis Harlan – Happy and Mole in Bambi
249. Owen Wilson – Lightning McQueen
250. Pat Vaughn - ran original casting training process for WDW
251. Patricia Richardson – Home Improvement
252. Patrick Warburton – Emperor’s New Groove, Soarin, etc.
253. Patton Oswalt – Ratatouille
254. Paul Collins - John Darling
255. Paul Newman - Cars
256. Paul Ruebens- several voice and live action roles
257. Pearl Bailey – Big Mama on Fox and the Hound
258. Pete Clark - Director of Lessee Relations for Disneyland
259. Peter Del Vecho – producer Frozen
260. Peter O’Toole – Kidnapped, Ratatouille
261. Raven Simone – Disney Channel
262. Ray Milland- Escape to Witch Mountain
263. Red Buttons – Pete’s Dragon
264. Reta Shaw – Pollyanna, Mary Poppins, Escape to Witch Mountain
265. Richard Deacon – Blackbeard’s Ghost, That darn cat, Gnome-Mobile
266. Richard Kind – Inisde Out, A Bug’s Life, etc
267. Richard Reitherman – King Arthur in Sword in the Stone
268. Richard Williams – animator, director
269. Rick Moranis – Honey I Shrunk the Kids
270. Rickie Sorensen – King Arthur in Sword in the Stone
271. Rob Paulsen – voice actor
272. Robert Benchley – The Reluctant Dragon
273. Robert Guillaume – Rafiki, First Kid
274. Robert H. Crandall - Cinematography
275. Robert O. Corley – animator
276. Robert Reitherman – King Arthur in Sword in the Stone
277. Robert Zemeckis – director
278. Roddy Maude-Roxby – Edgar on Aristocats
279. Roger Miller – Robin Hood songs, voice actor
280. Ron Dias – art and animation
281. Ron Hanna – construction of EPCOT pavilions
282. Roscoe Lee Browne – voices , Oliver and Company, Treasure Planet
283. Rosie O’Donnell – Terk
284. Rowan Atkinson – Zazu
285. Roy Atwell – Doc
286. Roy Conli - producer
287. Roy Rogers – Melody Time
288. Russell Means - Chief Powhatan in Pochantas
289. Ruth Buzzi – live action and voice actress, North Avenue Irregulars
290. Ryan Potter – Big Hero 6
291. Sally Field – Homeward bound
292. Salvador Dali – art consultant
293. Samuel L Jackson – Frozone, Nick Fury, Mace Windu
294. Sarah Silverman - Vanellope von Schweetz
295. Sarah Vowell – Violet on Incredibles
296. Scarlett Johansson – Black Widow
297. Scott Adsit – Big Hero 6
298. Scott Goddard – imagineer
299. Scott Powhatan - senior show producer for Walt Disney World
300. Sean Connery – Darby O’Gill and the Little People
301. Sharon Baird – Mouseketeer
302. Sigourney Weaver – Holes, Finding Dory, Great Movie Ride, Wall-E
303. Skandar Keynes – Edmund in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
304. Spencer Fox – Dash
305. Stan Alexander – young Flower
306. Stan Maslak - engineer for WDW
307. Stephen J. Anderson – screenplays, director, animator
308. Steve Buscemi – G- force, Home on the Range, Monsters Inc
309. Steven Lisberger – Tron director
310. Susan Blakeslee –Lady Tremaine, The Evil Queen, Cruella de Vil, etc
311. Susan Sheridan - The Black Cauldron, Christopher Robin
312. Susanne Pollatschek – Great Mouse Detective as Olivia Flaversham
313. Sylvia Mattinson - animator
314. Sylvia Roemer – animator
315. Tab Murphy – writer & director
316. Ted Elliott- writer, screen writer
317. Terry Rossio – writer – Pirates of the Carribean
318. Terry-Thomas – Hiss
319. Theron Skees - imagineer
320. Thierry Coup – imagineer
321. Tia Carrere - Nani Pelekai in the Lilo & Stitch
322. Tim Curry – Muppets Treasure Island, Oscar, Evil Manta,etc..
323. Tim Davis - Teen Thumper and teen Flower
324. Tom Conway - voice actor – narrator Peter Pan
325. Tom Eastman - head of WDW's branch of the Disney University
326. Tom Gately – animator
327. Tom Hiddleston – Loki
328. Tom Holland – Spider-Man in Avengers
329. Tom McHugh – Doug Funnie
330. Tommy Cole – Mouseketeer
331. Tommy Luske – Michael Darling
332. Tony Pope – voice actor – Goofy, Cheshire Cat
333. Tristan Rogers – Jake in Rescuers Down Under
334. Val Bettin – Great Mouse Detective as Major Dr. David Q. Dawson
335. Vanessa Anne Hudgens – High School musical
336. Vic Green - art director with WED
337. Vin Di Bona – Producer, Americas Funniest home videos
338. Wally Cox – The Barefoot Executive, other roles
339. Walt Clinton – animator
339. Walter Catlett – J Worthington Fox
340. Walter Fitzgerald – Squire Trewlaney
341. Walter Pidgeon – Rascal, Big Red
342. Warwick Gilbert – animator
343. Warwick Davis -Wicket, Nikabrik, other Star Wars Roles
344. Wayne Knight – Tarzan, Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
345. Wesley Singerman – Wilbur Robinson
346. Will Ryan – voice of Rabbit, Eeyore & Tigger – singer on Disney albums
347. Willem Dafoe – Gill on Finding Nemo
348. William Moseley – Peter of Narnia
349. Zac Efron – High School musical
350. Zachari Levi – Tangled
Friday, December 28, 2018
Robert Logglia - my 500th pick to be named a Disney Legend
Actor Robert Logglia is my 500th pick to be named a Disney Legend.
He was famous for playing the role of bad guys, gangsters,
mobsters, mafia bosses, drug dealers, loan sharks, mercenaries, and a gangster
named Salvatore (his actual name) "The Shark" Macelli in Innocent
Blood which explains why people in the Walt Disney Studios picked him to give
the voice of Sykes, the loan shark gangster, in Oliver and Company. He also
played Lew Horner in the 1991 Hollywood Pictures film, The Marrying Man, John
McBainbridge in the 1998 Touchstone Pictures film, Holy Man, and Matt in the
1994 Touchstone Pictures film, I Love Trouble.
Loggia’s big acting break and first major role came as the
star of the 10-part Disney TV mini-series “The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca,”
which aired from 1958 through 1960. The series was edited and released as a
full-length movie, “Elfego Baca: Six-Gun Law,” in 1962.
Loggia was tasked with depicting the real-life Elfego Baca,
who was legendary throughout New Mexico. Baca was part gunman, part lawman,
part lawyer and part politician during the late 1880s/early 1890s.
e will be my last on the list to have his own slot. I plan to do a post with 250 honorable mentions listed alphabetically next.
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