Dick Kelsey

Dick Kelsey (born Richmond Kelsey, Ventura, California; May 3, 1905 – May 3, 1987), was an important American early animation art director, pioneer theme park designer, and illustrator of children's books. His career spanned several Disney films of the 1940s and 1950s, after which he assisted in the design of Disneyland in 1955. Translating the screen arts to real buildings, Kelsey was hired by the Marco Engineering firm of Cornelius Vanderbilt Wood to be a lead art director to design Magic Mountain theme park at Golden, Colorado in 1957. Later Kelsey became mentor to another prominent Disney artisan, Ron Dias, whose films include Sleeping Beauty. In time, Kelsey returned to Disney work, including Bedknobs and Broomsticks and illustrating children's books of Disney films. He died on his 82nd birthday.

Art department

 * So Dear to My Heart (1948)

Art director

 * Pinocchio (1940)
 * Fantasia ("Rite of Spring" segment) (1940)
 * Dumbo (1941)
 * Bambi (1942)

Miscellaneous crew

 * Melody Time (1948)
 * Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

Writer

 * Make Mine Music (1946)
 * Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Art director

 * Magic Mountain (1957)

Assistant designer

 * Disneyland (1955)