Marc Davis was born on March 30, 1913, and passed away January 12, 2000. During his nearly nine decades of life, he influenced several generations through his work in animation, Imagineering and as a teacher.
Walt Disney told Marc’s wife, Alice, that he felt Marc was his “Renaissance Man” because he could do anything. In fact, Marc was the only one of the “Nine Old Men” who Walt had work on his projects for the 1964 World’s Fair and for Disneyland.
“I rarely felt confined to the animation medium. I worked as an idea man and loved creating characters, whether they be for animation or any other medium,” recalled Marc in one of the many interviews he did during his life. […]
