Don DaGradi

Don DaGradi

1911-03-01 New York City, New York, USA 23 Credits

Biography

Disney writer who started out as a layout artist on 1940s cartoons including "Der Fuehrer's Face" in 1943. He eventually moved into animated features with the film Lady and the Tramp in 1955. He also worked as a color and styling or sequence consultant on many other motion pictures for Disney. His greatest achievement was for his visual screenplay for Mary Poppins in 1964 for which he shared an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with Bill Walsh. Don DaGradi died August 4, 1991, in Frid...

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The Love Bug

The Love Bug

1997

Writer

5.7
Writing

The inimitable VW Beetle is losing all his races and destined for the scrap heap until mechanic Hank takes him over and gives him a new lease of life....

Goofy at the Olympic Games

Goofy at the Olympic Games

1992

Animation

6.0

A French TV special detailing the history of the Olympic Games through Disney's most athletic oddball, Goofy, with clips from classic shorts intersper...

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when th...

Scandalous John

Scandalous John

1971

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.

The Love Bug

The Love Bug

1968

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky riv...

Blackbeard's Ghost

Blackbeard's Ghost

1968

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their gr...

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

1966

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house and be...

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

1964

Screenplay

7.6
Writing

Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in thei...

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

1961

Sequence Artist

7.0

Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their ...

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

1959

Matte Painter

6.7

A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him ...

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

1959

Production Designer

6.9

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she g...

Lady and the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp

1955

Story

7.1
Writing

Lady, a golden cocker spaniel, meets up with a mongrel dog who calls himself the Tramp. He is obviously from the wrong side of town, but happenings at...

Music Land

Music Land

1955

Layout Supervisor

6.0

Walt Disney animation animated cartoon musical compilation ("The BIG Parade of MIRTH and MELODY"; "Offering hits re-released from 'Make Mine Music' an...

Two for the Record

Two for the Record

1954

Layout Supervisor

Animated sequences are set to two Benny Goodman numbers.

The Brave Engineer

The Brave Engineer

1950

Layout

6.0

Casey Jones is one of the best engineers there is and it is his duty to get his cargo to its destination on time via train. He sets off but is set bac...

Hockey Homicide

Hockey Homicide

1945

Layout

7.0

A crowd gathers at the skating rink to watch the big championship hockey game of the Pelicans versus the Aardvarks. Although referee "Clean Game" Kinn...

Duck Pimples

Duck Pimples

1945

Layout

6.2

Donald has an unpleasant evening when a mysterious book salesman comes to his door then disappears leaving Donald with a collection of whodunnit novel...

The Three Caballeros

The Three Caballeros

1944

Layout

6.3

For Donald's birthday he receives a box with three gifts inside. The gifts, a movie projector, a pop-up book, and a pinata, each take Donald on wild a...

How to Be a Sailor

How to Be a Sailor

1944

Layout

6.3

Goofy provides a history of ships and sailing.

Victory Vehicles

Victory Vehicles

1943

Layout

6.6

Goofy demonstrates a number of crazy vehicles.

Der Fuehrer's Face

Der Fuehrer's Face

1943

Layout

6.9

A marching band of Germans, Italians, and Japanese march through the streets of swastika-motif Nutziland, serenading "Der Fuehrer's Face." Donald Duck...

How to Fish

How to Fish

1942

Layout

6.5

Goofy's demonstration of fishing is fouled up by his clumsy casting and fly fishing, and problems with his boat.

Dumbo

Dumbo

1941

Art Direction

7.0

Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, ...