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Don DaGradi

Writer, Additional Credits
Born March 1, 1911Died August 4, 1991 (80 years)
Disney writer who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including "Der Fuehrer's Face" in 1943. He eventually moved into animated features with the film Lady and the Tramp in 1955. He also worked as a color and styling or sequence consultant on many other motion pictures for Disney. His greatest achievement was for his visual screenplay for Mary Poppins in 1964 for which he shared an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with Bill Walsh. Don DaGradi died August 4, 1991, in Friday Harbor, Washington. He was named a Disney Legend posthumously, only months after his death. - Wikipedia

Known For

  • Mary Poppins
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Lady and the Tramp
  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  • The Love Bug
  • Blackbeard's Ghost
  • Der Fuehrer's Face
  • Son of Flubber
  • Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.
  • How to Fish
  • The Love Bug
  • The Brave Engineer
  • Scandalous John
  • Disneyland

Filmography

1997
1986
1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks · as Screenplay
1971
Scandalous John · as Screenplay
1968
The Love Bug · as Screenplay
1968
Blackbeard's Ghost · as Screenplay
1966
Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. · as Screenplay
1964
Mary Poppins · as Screenplay
1962
Son of Flubber · as Screenplay
1954
Disneyland (TV Series)

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