Al Dempster

Albert Taylor "Al" Dempster (July 23, 1911 – June 28, 2001) was an animation background artist who worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Biography

Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dempster joined Disney Studios in 1939.

He assisted with Al Zinnen’s set designs both for El Gaucho Goofy (1943) and for The Simple Things (1953). He worked on Disney classics such as Dumbo, Saludos Amigos, The Adventures of Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and The Aristocats.

Filmography

• Fantasia (1940) – sequences The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dance of the Hours
• Dumbo (1941)
• Saludos Amigos (1942)
• Victory Through Air Power (1943)
• The Three Caballeros (1944)
• Canine Casanova (1945)
• Make Mine Music (1946)
• Song of the South (1946)
• Peter Pan (1953)
• Father's Week End (1953)
• Franklin and Me (1953)
• Pigs Is Pigs (1954)
• Casey Bats Again (1954)
• Lady and the Tramp (1955)
• A Cowboy Needs a Horse (1956)
• The Truth About Mother Goose (1957)
• Sleeping Beauty (1959)
• How to Have an Accident at Work (1959)
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
• The Litterbug (1961)
• The Sword in the Stone (1963)
• Mary Poppins (1964)
• The Jungle Book (1967)
• The Aristocats (1970)
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
• Robin Hood (1973) – color stylist
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
• The Rescuers (1977)
• Fantasia 2000 (1999) – reused footage from The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1940)

Bibliography

Tributes

Dempster was chosen posthumously to be in the 2006’s class of the Disney Legends.

References

External links

• Al Dempster at Disney Legends