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.
Marc Davis was responsible for many Disney characters. The ones he mainly designed and animated are :
Davis, a brilliant draftsman, also designed the charac...
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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.
Marc Davis was responsible for many Disney characters. The ones he mainly designed and animated are :
Davis, a brilliant draftsman, also designed the characters for many Disneyland ride and show animatronics :
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.
In 1989, he was named a Disney Legend. He was also the recipient of the much coveted Mousecar.
Davis died in January 2000. That same month, the Marc Fraser Davis Scholarship Fund formally was established at the California Institute of the Arts.
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