Art Babbitt

Art Babbit (full name Arthur Harold Babitsky) was an animator at the Disney Studio. His first wife was Marjorie Belcher (the live-action reference for Snow White, who would later become Marge Champion. His third marriage, to Barbara Perry in 1967, lasted until his death in 1992.

He created and established the character of Goofy in his Analysis of the Goof, in which he explained Goofy's personality, appearance, movements and mannerisms.

Fired in 1941, he was one of the main instigators of the Disney Animators' Strike.