- Harper Goff
Harper Goff (
March 16 1911 –March 3 1993 ) was an artist, musician, and actor. He is bestremembered as the driving artistic force behind many of the visual aspects of"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ", early renderings and concept art for Walt Disney's proposed "Mickey Mouse Park " (which later evolved into theDisneyland theme park), and several areas of theWalt Disney World theme park.Harper Goff was born in
Fort Collins, Colorado . A lifelong model train enthusiast, Goff quickly became an importantmember of theWalt Disney Company 's Los Angeles artistic team after a chance meeting withWalt Disney in a London model-making shop in 1951. His flamboyant work gave distinctive character to a number of films andtourist attractions. Despite periodic differences with his employer over
unionization, he worked for Disney (increasingly in a consulting role)until his death in 1993. He was posthumously named aDisney Legend .* 1971 - "
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory " - Art Director
* 1966 - "Fantastic Voyage " - Creative Production Research
*1958 - "The Vikings " - Production Designer and Assistant To Producer
*1956 - "The Great Locomotive Chase" - Production Research
*1955 - "Pete Kelly's Blues" - Production Designer
*1954 - "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" - Supervising Art Director
*1951 -Mickey Mouse Park (later to becomeDisneyland park) - Conceptual ArtistAs an actor, Goff played a number of minor roles:
*1955 - "Pete Kelly's Blues" - Tuxedo Band member (uncredited)
*1954 - "Dragnet" - Employee, Melrose Bridge Club (uncredited)
*1952 - "Carrie" - Man (uncredited)
*1954 - "Dragnet" (episode 3.31, "The Big Girl") - Emil Collins
*1953 - "Dragnet" (episode 2.18, "The Big Break") -
*1951 - "Detective Story " - Gallantz (uncredited)He was also a member, on
banjo , of the seven piece Dixieland bandFirehouse Five Plus Two formed by otherWalt Disney staff-mates and led by trombonistWard Kimball .External Links
Disney Legends bio - http://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Harper+Goff
Goff's description of 20,000 Leagues Art - http://www.vulcaniasubmarine.com/GOFF%20LETTER.htm
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