Legends Index

2011 Kevin Rafferty

Senior Concept Writer, Director Kevin Rafferty has spent more than 33 years developing concepts for Walt Disney Imagineering and turning them into dimensional storytelling experiences.

Animator and director Eric Goldberg has brought to life some of Disney’s most memorable characters and is widely regarded as one of the industry’s top animators. He joined Disney Animation Studios to work on the feature film Aladdin (1992). He served as character designer and lead animator of Genie, whose look was inspired by the great caricaturist Al Hirschfeld and was memorably voiced by Robin Williams.

2011 Susan Egan

Actress, singer and entertainer Susan Egan has worked for, as she says, almost every part of the Disney universe.

2011 Ron Miller

Ron Miller began his storied 30-year career at Disney in 1954, when he briefly served as a liaison between WED Enterprises and Disneyland, which was then under construction. He was drafted into the Army later that year, and served for two years before a brief career as a professional football player. But it wasn’t long before Walt Disney, Ron’s father-in-law, convinced Ron to work for the company. Walt sponsored him for membership in the Directors’ Guild, and Ron worked as a second assistant on Old Yeller.

2010 Eddie Carroll

For 37 years, Eddie Carroll was the voice of Jiminy Cricket, one of Disney’s most iconic characters and the gentle voice of wisdom and guidance to generations of children around the world. Eddie began voicing Jiminy in 1973, two years after Cliff Edwards (the original voice of Jiminy) passed away. He won the role after an emotional audition in which he re-connected with his own childhood affection for Jiminy, and went on to play Jiminy for longer than any other performer has voiced any Disney character. Eddie gave thousands of performances as Jiminy.