Richard Norcom "Dick" Lucas (July 20, 1920 – August 27, 1997) was an American animator and storyboard artist, noteworthy as part of

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Biography

Lucas studied at the Chouinard Art Institute, and in 1942, he was hired to work at the Disney Studios based on a personal recommendation from

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. There, he worked as an inbetweener and character animator on '' The Three Caballeros'' (1944), '' Cinderella'' (1950), ''

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'' (1951), '' Peter Pan'' (1953), '' Lady and the Tramp'' (1955), '' The Sword in the Stone'' (1963), ''

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'' (1967) and '' The Rescuers'' (1977). Lucas also worked as an effects animator for '' One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1961) and '' The Fox and the Hound'' (1981), and as a storyboard artist for the short film '' Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' (1966). In addition, he built superb scale models for the animators in the ''

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'' the way Bob Jones, Wah Chang, Lorna Soderstrom and Duke Russell had done for '' Pinocchio'' (1940). Lucas retired from Disney in 1982. On August 27, 1997, Lucas died at his home in

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, California, aged 77.

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* 1920 births 1997 deaths American animators American storyboard artists Chouinard Art Institute alumni Film people from Los Angeles Special effects people Walt Disney Animation Studios people {{US-animator-stub