The Duckster is an
in-house
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award given by
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Stud ...
for a variety of reasons, including service to the company as well as to the community as a whole. The award was first presented by Disney founder
Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...
in 1952.
Susan Henning (
Hayley Mills' body double for ''
The Parent Trap'') was presented with a Duckster by Walt Disney inscribed for "Best Unseen Performance by an Actress".
Disney storyman and director
Jack Hannah
John Frederick Hannah (January 5, 1913 – June 11, 1994) was an American animator, writer and director of animated shorts.
Biography
Hannah was born on January 5, 1913, in Nogales, Arizona. He moved to Los Angeles in 1931 to study at the Art ...
at some point obtained one of the unawarded extra statues from the studio; it was auctioned in 2005 for $4,813. That same year Martha Torge's Duckster was auctioned for $5,701. In 2015 the Duckster awarded to
Eddie Fisher was auctioned for $1,565.44.
In 2009 a Duckster was awarded at the
D23 Expo to Jennifer Sleeper, the winner of a contest to create the official portrait of Donald Duck for his 75th birthday.
Mousecars and Ducksters
Origin of the word
"Duckster" is a combination of the words "Oscar
Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to:
People
* Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms.
* Oscar (Irish mythology) ...
" and "Duck" (as in Donald Duck).
List of recipients
*Martha Torge
* Carl Barks
*Clarence Nash
Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash (December 7, 1904 – February 20, 1985) was an American voice actor. He was best known as the original voice of the Disney cartoon character Donald Duck. He was born in the rural community of Watonga, Oklahoma, and ...
* Bob Karp
*Al Taliaferro
Charles Alfred "Al" Taliaferro ( ; August 29, 1905 – February 3, 1969), was an American Disney comics artist who produced Disney comic strips for King Features Syndicate. Taliaferro is best known for his work on the ''Donald Duck'' comic strip ...
*Susan Henning
*Herb Golden
*Marvin Goldfarb
*Jennifer Sleeper
*Madeleline Wheeler
*Max Westebbe
* Eddie Fisher
See also
*Mousecar
The Mousecar is an in-house award given by The Walt Disney Company for a variety of reasons, including service to the company as well as to the community as a whole. The award was first presented by Disney founder Walt Disney to his brother R ...
References
External links
Photo from the October 1963 party in the Penthouse Club at the Disney Studio where Mousecars and Ducksters were presented to Disney comic strip writers and artists
(left to right: Bob Karp, Walt Disney, Floyd Gottfredson, Al Taliaferro, Manuel Gonzales and Roy O. Disney)
The Walt Disney Company
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