Rolly Crump
Rolly Crump | |
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.jpg) Crump in 2013 | |
| Born | Roland Fargo Crump February 27, 1930 Alhambra, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 12, 2023 (aged 93) Carlsbad, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Animator and designer |
Roland Fargo Crump (February 27, 1930 – March 12, 2023) was an American
Disney Imagineer
.
Biography
Crump was born in
guitar string packaging for Ernie Ball.[4]
He was responsible for designing many of the Disney attractions at the 1964 New York World's Fair, including It's a Small World, and its Tower of the Four Winds marquee. In 1966, when the attraction moved to Disneyland, he designed the large animated clock at the entrance that sends puppet children on a parade.[1][2]
He contributed to early designs of the
Epcot Center, before leaving again in 1981 to design the proposed Cousteau Ocean Center in Norfolk, Virginia, and to set up his own business, the Mariposa Design Group, which developed projects in Oman, Las Vegas, Denver and elsewhere. Crump finally returned to Disney in 1992 as executive designer at Imagineering, working on EPCOT Center.[1][2]
He retired from Disney in 1996, and published an autobiography It’s Kind of a Cute Story in 2012.[6]
Death
Crump died at his home in Carlsbad, California, on March 12, 2023, at the age of 93.[7][8]
References
- ^ a b c Disney Legends: Rolly Crump. Retrieved 4 June 2015
- ^ a b c "Profile of an Imagineer: Rolly Crump", Walt Disney World for Grownups, November 1, 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2015
- ^ Roland Fargo Crump, Esoteric Psychedelic Posters. Retrieved 4 June 2015
- ^ Tim Forster, "Carte Blanche", Record Collector, #440, May 2015, p.136
- ^ Merritt, Christopher. "The Whimsical Design of Knott's Bear-y Tales: A Side Trip from Yesterland – An interview with Rolly Crump". Yesterland. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
- ^ "It’s Kind of a Cute Story", review at Yesterland.com. Retrieved 4 June 2015
- ^ Francis, Katie (March 13, 2023). "Legendary Disney imagineer Rolly Crump passes away at 93". WDW News Today. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "Rolly Crump, Famed Disneyland Designer, Dies at 93". The Hollywood Reporter. March 13, 2023.
- Rolly's award winning television documentary The Whimsical Imagineer.
External links
- Official website
- Rolly Crump at IMDb
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