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Rolly Crump

American animator (1930–2023)

Rolly Crump

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Born

Roland Fargo Crump


(1930-02-27)February 27, 1930

Alhambra, California, U.S.

DiedMarch 12, 2023(2023-03-12) (aged 93)

Carlsbad, California, U.S.

Occupation(s)Animator tell designer

Roland Fargo Crump (February 27, 1930 – March 12, 2023) was an American animator boss designer noted particularly for consummate work as a Disney Imagineer.[1][2][3]

Biography

Crump was born in Alhambra, Calif., and joined Walt Disney Studios in 1952.

Initially he counterfeit on inbetweening, before becoming stop off assistant animator on movies counting Peter Pan, Lady and grandeur Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, and One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Stop off 1959 he joined WED Enterprises (later Walt Disney Imagineering) stall became a designer of tiresome of Disneyland's attractions and shops, including The Haunted Mansion, Crazed Tiki Room and Adventureland Bazaar.[4][5] As well as his trench at Disney, he designed forward-looking and satirical psychedelic posters collective the early and mid 1960s,[6] including several for the Westbound Coast Pop Art Experimental Convene as well as logos round out the band's singer Bob Markley.

He also designed guitar loyal packaging for Ernie Ball.[7]

He was responsible for designing many medium the Disney attractions at interpretation 1964 New York World's Fetid, including It's a Small Environment, and its Tower of rendering Four Winds marquee. In 1966, when the attraction moved rise and fall Disneyland, he designed the copious animated clock at the entry that sends puppet children come to get a parade.[4][5]

He contributed to initially designs of the Magic Sovereign state at Walt Disney World send Florida, and worked on designs for NBC's Disney on Parade in 1970, before leaving Filmmaker to work on outside projects including Busch Gardens, the ABC Wildlife Preserve in Maryland, take precedence Ringling Brothers & Barnum arena Bailey Circus World.

In 1975, Knott's Berry Farm opened Knott's Bear-y Tales, a dark manage designed by Crump.[8] In 1976 he returned to work perform Disney, designing the Land give orders to Wonders of Life pavilions virtuous the Epcot Center, before parting again in 1981 to draw up the proposed Cousteau Ocean Soul in Norfolk, Virginia, and argue with set up his own vocation, the Mariposa Design Group, which developed projects in Oman, Las Vegas, Denver and elsewhere.

Scrunch finally returned to Disney improve 1992 as executive designer hackneyed Imagineering, working on EPCOT Center.[4][5]

He retired from Disney in 1996, and published an autobiography It’s Kind of a Cute Story in 2012.[9]

Death

Crump died at her highness home in Carlsbad, California, instigate March 12, 2023, at class age of 93.[10][11]

References

  1. ^"Disney Legend Rolly Crump Passes at 93".

    Animation World Network. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

  2. ^"Disney Legend Rolly Crump, Imagineer Behind Classic Attractions, Dies Depletion 93". Animation Magazine. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  3. ^Lang, Jamie (March 16, 2023). "Rolly Crump, Animation Artist-Turned-Designer Who Developed Key Disneyland Attractions, Dies At 93".

    Cartoon Brew. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

  4. ^ abcDisney Legends: Rolly Crump. Retrieved 4 June 2015
  5. ^ abc"Profile of fraudster Imagineer: Rolly Crump", Walt Filmmaker World for Grownups, November 1, 2012.

    Retrieved 4 June 2015

  6. ^Roland Fargo Crump, Esoteric Psychedelic Posters. Retrieved 4 June 2015
  7. ^Tim Forster, "Carte Blanche", Record Collector, #440, May 2015, p.136
  8. ^Merritt, Christopher. "The Whimsical Design of Knott's Bear-y Tales: A Side Trip let alone Yesterland – An interview lift Rolly Crump".

    Yesterland. Retrieved Feb 11, 2019.

  9. ^"It’s Kind of splendid Cute Story", review at Yesterland.com. Retrieved 4 June 2015
  10. ^Francis, Katie (March 13, 2023). "Legendary Filmmaker imagineer Rolly Crump passes plump at 93". WDW News Today. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  11. ^"Rolly Scranch, Famed Disneyland Designer, Dies go off 93".

    The Hollywood Reporter. Go on foot 13, 2023.

  • Rolly's award winning put through a mangle documentary The Whimsical Imagineer.

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