Marc Davis (animator)

Marc Davis
Born	Marc Fraser Davis March 30, 1913 Bakersfield, California
Died	January 12, 2000(2000-01-12) (aged 86) Glendale, California
Occupation	Film animator / Disney Imagineer
Spouse	Alice Estes Davis

Marc Fraser Davis (March 30, 1913, Bakersfield, California – January 12, 2000) was a prominent American artist and animator for Walt Disney Studios. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men for his knowledge and understanding of visual aesthetics, the famed core animators of Disney animated films.

Disney Animator

Marc Davis was responsible for many Disney characters. The ones he mainly designed and animated are :

• Flower from Bambi (1942)
• Brer Rabbit from Song of the South (1946)
• Cinderella (1950)
• Alice from Alice in Wonderland (1951)
• Tinker Bell from Peter Pan (1953)
• Maleficent and Aurora from Sleeping Beauty (1959)
• Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians (1961)

Disney Imagineer

Davis, a brilliant draftsman, also designed the characters for many Disneyland ride and show animatronics :

• The Jungle Cruise (1955)
• The Enchanted Tiki Room (1963)
• Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln (1964)
• The Carousel of Progress (1964)
• It's a Small World (1964)
• Pirates of the Caribbean (1967)
• The Haunted Mansion (1969)
• The Country Bear Jamboree (1971)
• America Sings (1974)
• Western River Expedition (never-built)
• Ford's Magic Skyway

His wife Alice Estes Davis created the original costuming for figures in the Disneyland rides Pirates of the Caribbean and It's a Small World.

After Disney

In 1989, he was named a Disney Legend. He was also the recipient of the much coveted Mousecar.^[1]

Davis died in January 2000. That same month, the Marc Fraser Davis Scholarship Fund formally was established at the California Institute of the Arts.

Quotes

• On Disneyland rides: "We really don't have a story, with a beginning, an end, or a plot. It's more a series of experiences building up to a climax. I call them experience rides."

References

1. ^ Song of the South.net News - Alice Davis Interview, 10/20/01

External links

• Marc Davis at the Internet Movie Database
• Disney Legends
• LaughingPlace.com - Memories of Marc Davis
• Disney Family Album video: Marc Davis
• Marc Davis Collectors Society (Official Website)

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Name	Davis, Marc
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Date of birth	March 30, 1913
Place of birth	Bakersfield, California
Date of death	January 12, 2000
Place of death	Glendale, California