Claude Coats

Claude Coats (January 17, 1913 – January 9, 1992) was an American Imagineer and background artist.

He was posthumously inducted as a Disney Legend in 1991.

Filmography
Claude Coats did extensive work for the Walt Disney Studios as a background artist for many animated features and shorts, before joining WED Enterprises in 1955. Coats worked on the following films:
 * Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
 * Pinocchio (1940)
 * Fantasia (1940)
 * Dumbo (1941)
 * Saludos Amigos (1942)
 * Victory Through Air Power (1943)
 * The Three Caballeros (1944)
 * Californy er Bust (1945)
 * Dog Watch (1945)
 * Tiger Trouble (1945)
 * Make Mine Music (1946)
 * Peter and the Wolf (1946)
 * Song of the South (1946)
 * Fun & Fancy Free (1947)
 * Melody Time (1948)
 * Pecos Bill
 * The Legend of Johnny Appleseed


 * Cat Nap Pluto (1948)
 * The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
 * The Wind in the Willows


 * Cinderella (1950)
 * Motor Mania (1950)
 * Alice in Wonderland (1951)
 * ''The Little House (1952)
 * Uncle Donald's Ants (1952)
 * Peter Pan (1953)
 * How to Dance (1953)
 * How to Sleep (1953)
 * Little Toot (1954)
 * Lady and the Tramp (1955)
 * Up a Tree (1955)
 * Hooked Bear (1956)
 * Disneyland (1956–1963)

Imagineering
In 1955, Walt Disney selected Coats to become an Imagineer for WED Enterprises (which became Walt Disney Imagineering in 1984) to help with the design of Disneyland. Coats would remain with Imagineering until his retirement in 1989. Coats worked on many Disney theme park attractions at several parks.

Disneyland

 * Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (1955–present)
 * Snow White's Scary Adventures (1955–present)
 * Submarine Voyage (1959–1998)
 * Grand Canyon and Primeval World Dioramas (1958–present)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean (1967–present)
 * The Haunted Mansion (1969–present)

1964-65 New York World's Fair

 * Carousel of Progress
 * Ford Magic Skyway
 * "it's a small world"

Magic Kingdom

 * Mickey Mouse Revue (1971–1980 at Magic Kingdom, 1983–2009 at Tokyo Disneyland)

EPCOT Center

 * World of Motion (1982–1996)
 * Horizons (1983–1999)

Tokyo Disneyland

 * Meet the World (1983–2002)
 * Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour (1986–2006)