Marc Davis (Animator)

Marc Fraser Davis ( born March 30, 1913 in Bakersfield, California, † 12 January 2000 in Glendale, California ) was an American animator and was one of Walt Disney's Nine Old Men addition to his work on films such as Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty and 101 Dalmatians, he was also active as a designer of several Disneyland attractions.

Davis ' childhood was marked by discontinuity: his father Harry Davis thus worked on the development of new oil reserves in the U.S., so the family moved several times and the young Davis to more than twenty different schools went. After completion of the Davis High School attended the Kansas City Art Institute, the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco and the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles.

In 1935, he came to the Walt Disney Studios, where he began as an animator assistant in the production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This was followed by, among others, Bambi, Cinderella, and Alice in Wonderland. Davis was also the animated figures of the Tinkerbell in Peter Pan, the Malefitz and Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty and Cruella de Vils in 101 Dalmatians. Marc Davis ' influence and reputation in the studio was so large that he was counted by Walt Disney to his "Nine Old Men ".

Davis eventually moved to Walt Disney's design department for its Disneyland theme park (now Walt Disney Imagineering as known). There he was instrumental for attractions such as The Enchanted Tiki Room, "it's a small world ", Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion responsible. He often collaborated with his wife Alice Davis, with whom he had been married since 1956, together.

Davis retired in 1978, but was in the following years continued to work as a consultant for Walt Disney Imagineering in the design of Epcot in Florida and Tokyo Disneyland.

He was appointed by the Walt Disney Company for " Disney Legend " ( " Disney Legend" ) in 1989.

Marc Davis died on 12 January 2000 in Glendale, California.