2019 Legends announced

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.

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

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.