Dateline Disney - Disney Legends Awards Program Inductees (1992)

The Disney Legends Awards were established in 1987 as an official Hall of Fame to honor people who have contributed to the Walt Disney Studios and made a significant impact to its legacy. The first inductee was actor Fred MacMurray whom Walt always cast in roles that he most identified with himself. In 1989 the Disney Legends Awards became an annual event recognizing many of the people Walt had collaborated with when he was alive. Blue ribbon award winners are the figures who have posthumously received the award. The awards used to be held annually until 2009 (coincidentally the year Roy Disney, Jr passed away?) and now they're awarded every other year.

In recent years, the Disney Legends Awards moved away from people who've actually contributed to Walt Disney History and began to include figures who'd contributed to the franchises Bob Iger acquired. The Awards also began being used as a publicity stunt of the latest stars or projects rather than focusing on Walt Disney history as intended. There are many people who were instrumental in building the Walt Disney Studios when Walt was alive or afterward that have never been honored as an official Disney Legend yet Marvel and Star Wars stars have as well as the cast of The View. Recipients also used to be inducted with their number into this Hall of Fame but in 2022 that practice was abandoned with all inductees of the year being assigned the same number because of "equity." This is symbolic of what the awards have become as a whole.

In 2017 Muppeteer Steve Whitmire alleged that when the Walt Disney Company fired him they offered to honor him as a Disney Legend in exchange for a nondisclosure agreement to which he declined. Since then, others have speculated that some Disney Legends inductees are only made because of this same bargain to silence them on Disney history.

When the Disney Channel started they always aired a regular segment between films called Dateline Disney that focused on the latest events happening with the Walt Disney Company. This segment is about the 1992 award inductees. Below is a list of all of the inductees from 1987 through 2024.

Class of 1987

Fred MacMurray, Film

Class of 1988

Virginia Davis - Animation
Norman Palmer - Film

Class of 1989

Les Clark, Animation Blue ribbon
Marc Davis, Animation & Imagineering
Ub Iwerks, Animation & Imagineering Blue ribbon
Ollie Johnston, Animation
Milt Kahl, Animation Blue ribbon
Ward Kimball, Animation & Imagineering
Eric Larson, Animation Blue ribbon
John Lounsbery, Animation Blue ribbon
Wolfgang Reitherman, Animation Blue ribbon
Frank Thomas, Animation

Class of 1990

Roger Broggie, Imagineering
Joe Fowler, Attractions
John Hench, Animation & Imagineering
Richard Irvine, Imagineering Blue ribbon
Herb Ryman, Imagineering Blue ribbon
Sherman Brothers, Music

Class of 1991

Ken Anderson, Animation & Imagineering
Julie Andrews, Film
Carl Barks, Animation & Publishing
Mary Blair, Animation & Imagineering Blue ribbon
Claude Coats, Animation & Imagineering
Don DaGradi, Animation & Film
Sterling Holloway, Animation—Voice
Fess Parker, Film & Television
Bill Walsh, Film & Television Blue ribbon

Class of 1992

Jimmie Dodd, Television Blue ribbon
Bill Evans, Imagineering
Annette Funicello, Film & Television
Joe Grant, Animation
Jack Hannah, Animation
Winston Hibler, Film Blue ribbon
Ken O'Connor, Animation & Imagineering
Roy Williams, Animation & Television Blue ribbon

Class of 1993

Pinto Colvig, Animation—Voice Blue ribbon
Buddy Ebsen, Film & Television
Peter Ellenshaw, Film
Blaine Gibson, Animation & Imagineering
Harper Goff, Film & Imagineering
Irving Ludwig, Film
Jimmy MacDonald, Animation—Voice Blue ribbon
Clarence Nash, Animation—Voice Blue ribbon
Donn Tatum, Administration
Card Walker, Administration

Class of 1994

Adriana Caselotti, Animation—Voice
Bill Cottrell, Animation & Imagineering
Marvin Davis, Film & Imagineering
Van France, Attractions
David Hand, Animation Blue ribbon
Jack Lindquist, Attractions
Bill Martin, Imagineering
Paul J. Smith, Music Blue ribbon
Frank Wells, Administration Blue ribbon

Class of 1995

Wally Boag, Attractions
Fulton Burley, Attractions
Dean Jones, Film
Angela Lansbury, Film
Edward Meck, Attractions Blue ribbon
Fred Moore, Animation Blue ribbon
Thurl Ravenscroft, Animation—Voice
Wathel Rogers, Imagineering
Betty Taylor, Attractions

Class of 1996

Bob Allen, Attractions Blue ribbon
Rex Allen, Film & Television
X Atencio, Animation & Imagineering
Betty Lou Gerson, Animation—Voice
Bill Justice, Animation & Imagineering
Bob Matheison, Attractions
Sam McKim, Imagineering
Bob Moore, Animation & Film
Bill Peet, Animation—Story

Class of 1997

Lucien Adés, Music Blue ribbon
Angel Angelopoulos, Publishing Blue ribbon
Antonio Bertini, Character Merchandise
Armand Bigle, Character Merchandise
Gaudenzio Capelli, Publishing
Roberto de Leonardis, Film Blue ribbon
Cyril Edgar, Film Blue ribbon
Wally Feignoux, Film Blue ribbon
Didier Fouret, Publishing Blue ribbon
Mario Gentilini, Publishing Blue ribbon
Cyril James, Film & Merchandise Blue ribbon
Horst Koblischek, Character Merchandise
Gunnar Mansson, Character Merchandise
Arnoldo Mondadori, Publishing Blue ribbon
Armand Palivoda, Film Blue ribbon
Poul Brahe Pedersen, Publishing Blue ribbon
Joe Potter, Attractions Blue ribbon
André Vanneste, Character Merchandise Blue ribbon
Paul Winkler, Character Merchandise Blue ribbon

Class of 1998

James Algar, Animation & Film
Buddy Baker, Music
Kathryn Beaumont, Animation—Voice
Virginia Davis, Animation
Roy E. Disney, Film, Animation & Administration
Don Escen, Administration
Wilfred Jackson, Animation Blue ribbon
Glynis Johns, Film
Kay Kamen, Character Merchandise Blue ribonn
Paul Kenworthy, Film
Larry Lansburgh, Film & Television
Hayley Mills, Film
Al Milotte and Elma Milotte, Film Blue ribbon
Norman "Stormy" Palmer, Film
Lloyd Richardson, Film
Kurt Russell, Film
Ben Sharpsteen, Animation & Film Blue ribbon
Masatomo Takahashi, Administration
Vladimir (Bill) Tytla, Animation Blue ribbon
Dick Van Dyke, Film
Matsuo Yokoyama, Character Merchandise

Class of 1999

Tim Allen, Television, Film & Animation—Voice
Mary Costa, Animation—Voice
Norm Ferguson, Animation Blue ribbon
Bill Garity, Film Blue ribbon
Yale Gracey, Animation & Imagineering Blue ribbon
Al Konetzni, Character Merchandise
Hamilton Luske, Animation Blue ribbon
Dick Nunis, Attractions
Charlie Ridgway, Attractions

Class of 2000

Grace Bailey, Animation Blue ribbon
Harriet Burns, Imagineering
Joyce Carlson, Animation & Imagineering
Ron Dominguez, Parks & Resorts
Cliff Edwards, Animation—Voice Blue ribbon
Becky Fallberg, Animation
Dick Jones, Animation—Voice
Dodie Roberts, Animation
Retta Scott, Animation Blue ribbon
Ruthie Tompson, Animation

Class of 2001

Howard Ashman, Music Blue ribbon
Bob Broughton, Film
George Bruns, Music Blue ribbon
Frank Churchill, Music Blue ribbon
Leigh Harline, Music Blue ribbon
Fred Joerger, Imagineering
Alan Menken, Music
Martin Sklar, Imagineering
Ned Washington, Music Blue ribbon
Tyrus Wong, Animation

Class of 2002

Ken Annakin, Film
Hugh Attwooll, Film
Maurice Chevalier, Film Blue ribbon
Phil Collins, Music
Sir John Mills, Film
Robert Newton, Film & Television Blue ribbon
Tim Rice, Music
Robert Stevenson, Film Blue ribbon
Richard Todd, Film & Television
David Tomlinson, Film Blue ribbon

Class of 2003

Neil Beckett, Merchandise Blue ribbon
Tutti Camarata, Music
Edna Francis Disney Blue ribbon
Lillian Disney Blue ribbon
Orlando Ferrante, Imagineering
Richard Fleischer, Film
Floyd Gottfredson, Animation Blue ribbon
Buddy Hackett, Film & Television Blue ribbon
Harrison "Buzz" Price, Research Economist
Al Taliaferro, Cartoonist Blue ribbon
Ilene Woods, Music—Voice

Class of 2004

Bill Anderson, Film & Television Blue ribbon
Tim Conway, Film
Rolly Crump, Imagineering
Alice Davis, Imagineering
Karen Dotrice, Film & Television
Matthew Garber, Film Blue ribbon
Leonard H. Goldenson, Television Blue ribbon
Bob Gurr, Imagineering
Ralph Kent, Imagineering & Attractions
Irwin Kostal, Music Blue ribbon
Mel Shaw, Animation

Class of 2005

Chuck Abbott, Parks & Resorts Blue ribbon
Milt Albright, Parks & Resorts
Hideo Amemiya, Parks & Resorts Blue ribbon
Hideo Aramaki, Parks & Resorts Blue ribbon
Charles Boyer, Parks & Resorts
Randy Bright, Imagineering Blue ribbon
James Cora, Parks & Resorts
Robert Jani, Parks & Resorts Blue ribbon
Mary Jones, Parks & Resorts
Art Linkletter, Parks & Resorts
Mary Anne Mang, Parks & Resorts
Steve Martin, Parks & Resorts
Tom Nabbe, Parks & Resorts
Jack Olsen, Parks & Resorts Blue ribbon
Cicely Rigdon, Parks & Resorts
William Sullivan, Parks & Resorts
Jack Wagner, Parks & Resorts Blue ribbon
Vesey Walker, Parks & Resorts Blue ribbon

Class of 2006

Tim Considine, Television & Film
Kevin Corcoran, Television & Film
Al Dempster, Animation Blue ribbon
Don Edgren, Imagineering
Paul Frees, Television, Film & Parks Blue ribbon
Peter Jennings, Television Blue ribbon
Elton John, Music
Jimmy Johnson, Music Blue ribbon
Tommy Kirk, Television & Film
Joe Ranft, Animation Blue ribbon
David Stollery, Television & Film
Ginny Tyler, Television & Film

Class of 2007

Roone Arledge, Television Blue ribbon
Art Babbitt, Animation Blue ribbon
Carl Bongirno, Imagineering
Marge Champion, Animation
Dick Huemer, Animation Blue ribbon
Ron Logan, Parks & Resorts
Lucille Martin, Administration
Tom Murphy, Administration
Randy Newman, Music
Floyd Norman, Animation
Bob Schiffer, Film Production
Dave Smith, Archives

Class of 2008

Wayne Allwine, Animation—Voice
Bob Booth, Attractions
Neil Gallagher, Attractions
Frank Gifford, Television
Toshio Kagami, Parks and Resorts
Burny Mattinson, Animation
Ian McGuinness, Television
Walter Peregoy, Animation
Dorothea Redmond, Designer
Russi Taylor, Animation—Voice
Barbara Walters, Television
Oliver Wallace, Music Blue ribbon

Class of 2009

Tony Anselmo, Animation—Voice
Harry Archinal, Administration
Beatrice Arthur, Film & Television Blue ribbon
Bill Farmer, Animation—Voice
Estelle Getty, Film & Television Blue ribbon
Don Iwerks, Film[
Rue McClanahan, Film & Television
Leota Toombs Thomas, Attractions Blue ribbon
Betty White, Film & Television
Robin Williams, Film & Animation—Voice

Class of 2011

Regis Philbin, Television
Jim Henson, Film & Television Blue ribbon
Jodi Benson, Animation—Voice
Paige O'Hara, Animation—Voice
Lea Salonga, Animation—Voice
Linda Larkin, Animation—Voice
Anika Noni Rose, Animation—Voice
Jack Wrather, Parks & Resorts Blue ribbon
Bonita Wrather, Film Blue ribbon
Guy Williams, Television Blue ribbon
Bo Boyd, Consumer Products
Raymond Watson, Administration

Class of 2013

Tony Baxter, Imagineering
Collin Campbell, Imagineering Blue ribbon
Dick Clark, Television Blue ribbon
Billy Crystal, Film & Animation—Voice
John Goodman, Film & Animation—Voice
Steve Jobs, Animation Blue ribbon
Glen Keane, Animation
Ed Wynn, Film & Animation—Voice Blue ribbon

Class of 2015

George Bodenheimer, Administration & Television
Andreas Deja, Animation
Johnny Depp, Film
Eyvind Earle, Animation Blue ribbon
Danny Elfman, Music
George Lucas, Film & Parks and Resorts
Susan Lucci, Television
Julie Reihm Casaletto, Parks and Resorts
Carson Van Osten, Consumer Products

Class of 2017

Carrie Fisher, Film Blue ribbon
Clyde Geronimi, Animation Blue ribbon
Whoopi Goldberg, Film & Television
Manuel Gonzales, Animation Blue ribbon
Mark Hamill, Film
Wayne Jackson, Imagineering
Jack Kirby, Publishing Blue ribbon
Stan Lee, Film & Publishing
Garry Marshall, Film & Television Blue ribbon
Julie Taymor, Theatrical
Oprah Winfrey, Film & Television

Class of 2019

Christina Aguilera, Music & Television
Wing T. Chao, Parks & Resorts
Robert Downey Jr., Film
James Earl Jones, Film
Jon Favreau, Film
Bette Midler, Film
Kenny Ortega, Film & Television
Barnette Ricci, Parks & Resorts
Robin Roberts, Television
Diane Sawyer, Television
Ming-Na Wen, Film, Television & Animation—Voice
Hans Zimmer, Music

Class of 2022

Anthony Anderson, Film & Television
Kristen Bell, Film & Animation—Voice
Chadwick Boseman, Film Blue ribbon Film
Rob't Coltrin, Parks & Resorts
Patrick Dempsey, Film & Television
Robert Price "Bob" Foster, Administration Blue ribbon
Josh Gad, Film & Animation—Voice
Jonathan Groff, Film & Animation—Voice
Don Hahn, Animation
Doris Hardoon, Imagineering
Idina Menzel, Film & Animation—Voice
Chris Montan, Music
Ellen Pompeo, Television
Tracee Ellis Ross, Television

Class of 2024

Colleen Atwood, Costume Design
Angela Bassett, Film & Television
Martha Blanding, Parks & Resorts
James L. Brooks, Television
James Cameron, Film
Jamie Lee Curtis, Film
Miley Cyrus, Television & Music
Steve Ditko Blue ribbon, Publishing
Harrison Ford, Film
Mark Henn, Animation
Frank Oz, Film & Television
Kelly Ripa, Television
Joe Rohde, Imagineering
John Williams, Music

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