Harper Goff

Later in the war, he transferred to the U.S. Navy where (in his words) "I was working on confusing the silhouettes of ships" [not unlike dazzle camouflage] (Naversen 1989, p. 151).

The academy gave the award for "Best Art Direction — Color 1954", to Goff's assistant, John Meehan, because he had a union card.

Years later, Goff created the submarine, Proteus, for the film, Fantastic Voyage(Working again with 20.000 Leagues director Richard Fleischer), and art-directed the highly acclaimed Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

He also played the banjo in the seven-piece Dixieland band called Firehouse Five Plus Two, formed by other Disney staff and led by trombonist Ward Kimball with animator Frank Thomas on the piano.

Just above the Adventureland Bazaar shop in Disneyland, there is a window dedicated to Goff for his time in Walt Disney Imagineering.