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| Born | Roland Fargo Crump (1930-02-27)February 27, 1930 Alhambra, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 12, 2023(2023-03-12) (aged 93) Carlsbad, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Animator and designer |
Roland Fargo Crump (February 27, 1930 – March 12, 2023) was an Americananimator anddesigner noted particularly for his work as aDisney Imagineer.[1][2][3]
Crump was born inAlhambra, California, and joinedWalt Disney Studios in 1952. Initially he worked oninbetweening, before becoming an assistant animator on movies includingPeter Pan,Lady and the Tramp,Sleeping Beauty, andOne Hundred and One Dalmatians. In 1959 he joined WED Enterprises (laterWalt Disney Imagineering) and became a designer of some ofDisneyland's attractions and shops, includingThe Haunted Mansion,Enchanted Tiki Room andAdventureland Bazaar.[4][5] As well as his work at Disney, he designed innovative and satiricalpsychedelic posters in the early and mid 1960s,[6] including several for theWest Coast Pop Art Experimental Band as well as logos for the band's singerBob Markley. He also designedguitar string packaging forErnie Ball.[7]
He was responsible for designing many of the Disney attractions at the1964 New York World's Fair, includingIt'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.[4][5]
He contributed to early designs of theMagic Kingdom atWalt Disney World inFlorida, and worked on designs forNBC'sDisney on Parade in 1970, before leaving Disney to work on outside projects includingBusch Gardens, the ABC Wildlife Preserve inMaryland, andRingling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus World. In 1975,Knott's Berry Farm openedKnott's Bear-y Tales, a dark ride designed by Crump.[8] In 1976 he returned to work for Disney, designing the Land and Wonders of Life pavilions at theEpcot Center, before leaving again in 1981 to design the proposedCousteau Ocean Center inNorfolk, 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 onEPCOT Center.[4][5]
He retired from Disney in 1996, and published an autobiographyIt’s Kind of a Cute Story in 2012.[9]
Crump died at his home inCarlsbad, California, on March 12, 2023, at the age of 93.[10][11]
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