Don DaGradi (1911 – August 4, 1991) was a
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 Friday Harbor, Washington. He was named a
Disney Legend posthumously, only months after his death.