Don DaGradi
Don DaGradi (March 1, 1911 – August 4, 1991) was an American writer for Disney 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.
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Don DaGradi
- Born
- 1911 · New York City.
- Died
- 1991 · Friday Harbor.
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- United States
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- film director · screenwriter · concept artist · layout artist · film producer
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- Disney Legends
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- English
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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. DaGradi died August 4, 1991, in Friday Harbor, Washington. DaGradi lived in Friday Harbor, WA with his wife Betty and two children. In the 2013 film Saving Mr. Banks, DaGradi is portrayed by actor Bradley Whitford.
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Don DaGradi, a screenwriter, was born in 1911 and died on 4 August 1991. For the place of death of Don DaGradi, Friday Harbor, Wash. is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and San Juan (Wash.) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Dumbo (1941) - production designer The Olympic Champ (1942) (short) - layout artist How to Fish (1942) (short) - layout artist Der Fuehrer's Face (1942) (short) - layout artist Victory Vehicles (1943) (short) - layout artist Victory Through Air Power (1943) (documentary) - art direction How to Be a Sailor (1944) (short) - layout artist The Three Caballeros (1944) - layout artist Duck Pimples (1945) (short) - layout artist Hockey Homicide (1945) (short) - layout artist Make Mine Music (1946) - layout artist Fun & Fancy Free (1947) - layout artist The Legend of Johnny Appleseed (1948) (short) - layout artist The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) - color and styling Cinderella (1950) - color and styling The Brave Engineer (1950) (short) - layout artist Alice in Wonderland (1951) - color and styling Susie the Little Blue Coupe (1952) (short) - story Peter Pan (1953) - color and styling A Story of Dogs (1954) - special art work Lady and the Tramp (1955) - story Adventures in Fantasy (1957) (TV) - layout artist Four Fabulous Characters (1957) (TV) - layout artist Sleeping Beauty (1959) - writer Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) - special art styling Pollyanna (1960) - sequence consultant Kidnapped (1960) - story sketches The Parent Trap (1961) - sequence consultant The Absent Minded Professor (1961) - sequence consultant Son of Flubber (1963) - writer Mary Poppins (1964) - writer Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966) - writer Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) - writer The Love Bug (1968) - writer Scandalous John (1971) - writer Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) - writer
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Don DaGradi died at Friday Harbor.
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