Richard Irvine

Richard Irvine
Born	(1910-04-05)April 5, 1910 Salt Lake City, Utah
Died	March 30, 1976(1976-03-30)(aged 65) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Art director
Years active	1939-1953

Richard "Dick" Irvine(April 5, 1910 – March 30, 1976) was an Americanart director.He is best known for hisAcademy Awardnomination in the categoryBest Art Directionfor the 1941black and white filmSundown.Over his long career, he worked as an art director in 31 films between 1939 and 1953.

In the early 1950s, Walt Disney asked Irvine to help construct Disneyland. He moved from 20th Century Fox to the Walt Disney Studio in 1952 and became a senior figure atWalt Disney Imagineering(WDI). Until his retirement in 1973, he headed design and planning for all Disneyland attractions including the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean. Irvine became executive vice president and chief operations officer at WDI in 1967.

Personal life

Irvine was born inSalt Lake City,Utah,on April 5, 1910. Following his graduation inStanford Universityand theUniversity of Southern California,he attended theChouinard Art Institute.

Irvine died on March 30, 1976, inLos Angeles, California,after suffering an illness that prevented him from visiting the completeWalt Disney World Resort,which opened in 1971. In his honor, one of the original Walt Disney World riverboats was named after him (SeeRichard F. Irvine Riverboat). However, it was renamed theLiberty Bellein 1996, following which one of the Magic Kingdom ferries was named in his honor.

He was named aDisney Legendin 1990.

Selected filmography

• Sundown(1941)
• The Three Caballeros(1944)
• Miracle on 34th Street(1947)

External links

• Richard IrvineatIMDb
• Richard IrvineatAllMovie