Established in 1987, the Disney Legends program recognizes men and women who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company. The honor is awarded annually during a special ceremony.
Recipients are chosen by a selection committee appointed and chaired by Disney Legend Roy E. Disney, Walt Disney's nephew and Director Emeritus of The Walt Disney Company. The committee consists of long-time Disney executives, historians and other authorities.
Disney's corporate headquarters in Burbank, California features a plaza honoring the recipients outside Team Disney - The Michael D. Eisner Building. Each honoree is represented by a bronze plaque; the plaque features the recipient's handprints and signature if they were living when named a Disney Legend.
Artist Andrea Favilli created the Disney Legends award, which is handcrafted from bronze each year. The award depicts the arm of Mickey Mouse holding a star-tipped wand.
Disney describes the award as follows:
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The Disney Legends award has three distinct elements that characterize the contributions made by each talented recipient.
The Spiral ... stands for imagination, the power of an idea.
The Hand ... holds the gifts of skill, discipline and craftsmanship.
The Wand and the Star ... represent magic: the spark that is ignited when imagination and skill combine to create a new dream [1].
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When Disney opened up their hall of fame, all the then major Hollywood studios considered opening up their own halls of fame, but (as of 2008) Disney remains the only major Hollywood studio to have one.
Recipients
1987
1988
No awards
1989
- Les Clark, Animation (given posthumously) [3]
- Marc Davis, Animation & Imagineering [4]
- Ub Iwerks, Animation & Imagineering (given posthumously) [5]
- Ollie Johnston, Animation [6]
- Milt Kahl, Animation (given posthumously) [7]
- Ward Kimball, Animation & Imagineering [8]
- Eric Larson, Animation (given posthumously) [9]
- John Lounsbery, Animation (given posthumously) [10]
- Wolfgang Reitherman, Animation (given posthumously) [11]
- Frank Thomas, Animation [12]
1990
1991
1992
1993
- Pinto Colvig, Animation—Voice (given posthumously) [37]
- Buddy Ebsen, Film & Television [38]
- Peter Ellenshaw, Film [39]
- Blaine Gibson, Animation & Imagineering [40]
- Harper Goff, Film & Imagineering [41]
- Irving Ludwig, Film [42]
- Jimmy MacDonald, Animation—Voice (given posthumously) [43]
- Clarence Nash, Animation—Voice (given posthumously) [44]
- Donn Tatum, Administration [45]
- Card Walker, Administration [46]
1994
1995
1996
- Bob Allen, Attractions (given posthumously) [65]
- Rex Allen, Film & Television [66]
- X Atencio, Animation & Imagineering [67]
- Betty Lou Gerson, Animation—Voice [68]
- Bill Justice, Animation & Imagineering [69]
- Bob Matheison, Attractions [70]
- Sam McKim, Imagineering [71]
- Bob Moore, Animation & Film [72]
- Bill Peet, Animation—Story [73]
- Joe Potter, Attractions (given posthumously) [74]
1997
- Lucien Adés, Music (awarded posthumously) [75]
- Angel Angelopoulos, Publishing (awarded posthumously) [76]
- Antonio Bertini, Character Merchandise [77]
- Armand Bigle, Character Merchandise [78]
- Gaudenzio Capelli, Publishing [79]
- Roberto de Leonardis, Film (awarded posthumously) [80]
- Cyril Edgar, Film (awarded posthumously) [81]
- Wally Feignoux, Film (awarded posthumously) [82]
- Didier Fouret, Publishing (awarded posthumously) [83]
- Mario Gentilini, Publishing (awarded posthumously) [84]
- Cyril James, Film & Merchandise (awarded posthumously) [85]
- Horst Koblischek, Character Merchandise [86]
- Gunnar Mansson, Character Merchandise [87]
- Arnoldo Mondadori, Publishing (awarded posthumously) [88]
- Armand Palivoda, Film (awarded posthumously) [89]
- Poul Brahe Pederson, Publishing (awarded posthumously) [90]
- André Vanneste, Character Merchandise (awarded posthumously) [91]
- Paul Winkler, Character Merchandise (awarded posthumously) [92]
1998
- James Algar, Animation & Film [93]
- Buddy Baker, Music [94]
- Kathryn Beaumont, Animation—Voice [95]
- Virginia Davis, Animation [96]
- Roy E. Disney, Film, Animation & Administration [97]
- Don Escen, Administration [98]
- Wilfred Jackson, Animation (awarded posthumously) [99]
- Glynis Johns, Film [100]
- Kay Kamen, Character Merchandise (awarded posthumously) [101]
- Paul Kenworthy, Film [102]
- Larry Lansburgh, Film & Television [103]
- Hayley Mills, Film [104]
- Al Milotte and Elma Milotte, Film (awarded posthumously) [105]
- Norman "Stormy" Palmer, Film [106]
- Lloyd Richardson, Film [107]
- Kurt Russell, Film [108]
- Ben Sharpsteen, Animation & Film (awarded posthumously) [109]
- Masatomo Takahashi, Administration [110]
- Vladimir (Bill) Tytla, Animation (awarded posthumously) [111]
- Dick Van Dyke, Film [112]
- Matsuo Yokoyama, Character Merchandise [113]
1999
2000
- Grace Bailey, Animation (awarded posthumously) [123]
- Harriet Burns, Imagineering [124]
- Joyce Carlson, Animation & Imagineering [125]
- Ron Dominguez, Parks & Resorts [126]
- Cliff Edwards, Animation—Voice (awarded posthumously) [127]
- Becky Fallberg, Animation [128]
- Dick Jones, Animation—Voice [129]
- Dodie Roberts, Animation [130]
- Retta Scott, Animation (awarded posthumously) [131]
- Ruthie Tompson, Animation [132]
2001
- Howard Ashman, Music (awarded posthumously) [133]
- Bob Broughton, Film [134]
- George Bruns, Music (awarded posthumously) [135]
- Frank Churchill, Music (awarded posthumously) [136]
- Leigh Harline, Music (awarded posthumously) [137]
- Fred Joerger, Imagineering [138]
- Alan Menken, Music [139]
- Martin Sklar, Imagineering [140]
- Ned Washington, Music (awarded posthumously) [141]
- Tyrus Wong, Animation [142]
2002
- In honor of the opening of the Walt Disney Studios Park at the Disneyland Resort Paris, all 2002 inductees are of European origin. The ceremony was held in the Animation building at the new park on opening day.
- Ken Annakin, Film [143]
- Hugh Attwooll, Film [144]
- Maurice Chevalier, Film (awarded posthumously) [145]
- Phil Collins, Music [146]
- Sir John Mills, Film [147]
- Robert Newton, Film & Television (awarded posthumously) [148]
- Sir Tim Rice, Music [149]
- Robert (Bob) Stevenson, Film (awarded posthumously) [150]
- Richard Todd, Film & Television [151]
- David Tomlinson, Film (awarded posthumously) [152]
2003
- Following a dispute between Roy E. Disney and the company, which resulted in Roy resigning, Robert Iger, the company's then-president and COO replaced Roy as co-presenter with Michael Eisner.
2004
- Bill Anderson, Film, Television & Administration (awarded posthumously) [164]
- Tim Conway, Film [165]
- Rolly Crump, Imagineering [166]
- Alice Davis, Imagineering [167]
- Karen Dotrice, Film & Television [168]
- Matthew Garber, Film (awarded posthumously) [169]
- Leonard H. Goldenson, Television (awarded posthumously) [170]
- Bob Gurr, Imagineering [171]
- Ralph Kent, Imagineering & Attractions [172]
- Irwin Kostal, Music (awarded posthumously) [173]
- Mel Shaw, Animation [174]
2005
- In honor of Disneyland's 50th anniversary in 2005, all recipients are related to either Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and/or Walt Disney Imagineering, and nearly all have had some connection with Disneyland. Roy E. Disney again co-presented the awards, after a two-year hiatus and a return to the company.
- Chuck Abbott, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) [175]
- Milt Albright, Parks & Resorts [176]
- Hideo Amemiya, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) [177]
- Hideo Aramaki, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) [178]
- Charles Boyer, Parks & Resorts [179]
- Randy Bright, Imagineer (awarded posthumously) [180]
- James Cora, Parks & Resorts [181]
- Robert Jani, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) [182]
- Mary Jones, Parks & Resorts [183]
- Art Linkletter, Parks & Resorts [184]
- Mary Anne Mang, Parks & Resorts [185]
- Steve Martin, Parks & Resorts [186]
- Tom Nabbe, Parks & Resorts [187]
- Jack Olsen, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) [188]
- Cicely Rigdon, Parks & Resorts [189]
- William Sullivan, Parks & Resorts [190]
- Jack Wagner, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) [191]
- Vesey Walker, Parks & Resorts (awarded posthumously) [192]
2006
- Tim Considine, Television & Film [193]
- Kevin Corcoran, Television & Film [194]
- Al Dempster, Animation (given posthumously) [195]
- Don Edgren, Imagineering [196]
- Paul Frees, Television, Film & Parks (given posthumously) [197]
- Peter Jennings, Television (given posthumously) [198]
- Sir Elton John, Music [199]
- Jimmy Johnson, Music (given posthumously) [200]
- Tommy Kirk, Television & Film [201]
- Joe Ranft, Animation (given posthumously) [202]
- David Stollery, Television & Film [203]
- Ginny Tyler, Television & Film [204]
2007
- Roone Arledge, Television (given posthumously)[205]
- Art Babbitt, Animation (given posthumously) [206]
- Carl Bongirno, Imagineering [207]
- Marge Champion, Animation [208]
- Dick Huemer, Animation (given posthumously) [209]
- Ron Logan, Parks and Resorts [210]
- Lucille Martin, Administration [211]
- Tom Murphy, Administration [212]
- Randy Newman, Music [213]
- Floyd Norman, Animation [214]
- Bob Schiffer, Film Production (given posthumously)[215]
- Dave Smith, Archives [216]
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