Stan Jolley obit

 Disneyland Designer Stanford Jolley, Jr.  Has Died

Art director helped design Disneyland, was Oscar nominee

He was not on the list.

Stan Jolley, one of the art directors who designed Disneyland and an Oscar nominee for his work as production designer on the 1985 film “Witness,” starring Harrison Ford, died June 4 of gastric cancer at a hospice in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 86.

Jolley racked up dozens of credits as an art director and production designer for film and TV beginning in the late 1950s. His film work include the original “Walking Tall” (later he worked on a series adaptation for television), horror films including “The Swarm,” comedy “Caddyshack,” early Tom Cruise effort “Taps,” Diane Keaton starrer “The Good Mother,” Ed O’Neill comedy “Dutch” and “The Grass Harp.” He was also one of the art directors on 1978’s “Superman.”

What was supposed to be a brief stint at Disney helping to design its new theme park turned to years of work first on Disneyland and then for the Disney studio.

Jolley earned his first smallscreen credits in 1958 as on art director on episodes of “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color” on ABC; the next year he worked on Disney effort “Donald in Mathmagic Land,” which was Oscar nominated in the documentary short subject category. It was also the first episode when NBC took over “Wonderful World of Color.” Also for Disney, he was co-art director on the 1960 feature “Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus.”

Other TV credits in the 1960s included series “Sea Hunt,” “Pete and Gladys,” “Mister Ed,” “Branded,” “Shane,” “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” and “Land of the Giants.” He was also art director for the pilot episode of “Get Smart.” Later, in the 1980s, he was production designer for “MacGyver” (he also directed an episode of the ABC series.)

Jolley was also an occasional producer on the projects he designed, earning associate producer credits on “The Good Guys and the Bad Guys” (1969), 1978 telepic “Happily Ever After” and the brief 1984 series “Jessie” and a producer credit on 1974’s “A Knife for the Ladies.”

Jolley was born in New York City. His father, character actor I. Stanford Jolley, move the family to Hollywood in the 1930s. Stan Jolley served in the Navy during WWII, then worked at Warner Bros. as an apprentice set designer while in college. He graduated from USC’s School of Architecture in 1951 with a degree in industrial design, and he was a set designer at 20th Century Fox when he was approached about coming to work for Disney.

Jolley is survived by two daughters and two granddaughters.

 

Art Director

Walter Matthau and Sissy Spacek in The Grass Harp (1995)

The Grass Harp

6.6

Art Director

1995

 

Ron Glass and Demond Wilson in The New Odd Couple (1982)

The New Odd Couple

4.7

TV Series

Art Director

1982

1 episode

 

Timothy Hutton in Taps (1981)

Taps

6.7

Art Director

1981

 

Shaun Cassidy and Linda Purl in Like Normal People (1979)

Like Normal People

7.0

TV Movie

Art Director

1979

 

Adams of Eagle Lake

7.8

TV Series

Art Director

1975

 

Punch and Jody (1974)

Punch and Jody

5.5

TV Movie

Art Director

1974

 

David Janssen in O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971)

O'Hara, U.S. Treasury

7.5

TV Series

Art Director

1971

1 episode

 

City Beneath the Sea (1971)

City Beneath the Sea

5.1

TV Movie

Art Director

1971

 

Stefan Arngrim, Gary Conway, Kurt Kasznar, Deanna Lund, Don Marshall, Don Matheson, and Heather Young in Land of the Giants (1968)

Land of the Giants

7.1

TV Series

Art Director

1968–1970

9 episodes

 

Young Billy Young (1969)

Young Billy Young

5.7

Art Director

1969

 

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

7.2

TV Series

Art Director

1966–1968

41 episodes

 

The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967)

The 39th Annual Academy Awards

7.2

TV Special

Art Director

1967

 

Shane (1966)

Shane

7.2

TV Series

Art Director

1966

17 episodes

 

Chuck Connors in Branded (1965)

Branded

7.4

TV Series

Art Director

1965–1966

41 episodes

 

Chuck Connors in Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)

Ride Beyond Vengeance

6.2

Art Director

1966

 

The Restless Ones (1965)

The Restless Ones

6.2

Art Director

1965

 

Get Smart (1965)

Get Smart

8.2

TV Series

Art Director

1965

1 episode

 

Broken Sabre (1965)

Broken Sabre

6.9

Art Director

1965

 

My Son, the Witch Doctor

TV Movie

Art Director

1964

 

The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney

8.4

TV Series

Art Director

1958–1964

8 episodes

 

Allan Lane, Alan Young, and Mister Ed in Mister Ed (1961)

Mister Ed

6.9

TV Series

Art Director

1963–1964

16 episodes

 

Keir Dullea, Buddy Ebsen, BarBara Luna, and Lois Nettleton in Mail Order Bride (1964)

Mail Order Bride

6.1

Art Director

1964

 

James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke (1955)

Gunsmoke

8.1

TV Series

Art Director

1962

1 episode

 

Pete and Gladys (1960)

Pete and Gladys

7.4

TV Series

Art Director

1961–1962

36 episodes

 

Father of the Bride (1961)

Father of the Bride

7.9

TV Series

Art Director

1961

1 episode

 

Lloyd Bridges in Sea Hunt (1958)

Sea Hunt

7.7

TV Series

Art Director

1961

4 episodes

 

Acapulco

7.9

TV Series

Art Director

1961

 

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

6.8

Art Director

1960

 

Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)

Donald in Mathmagic Land

7.8

Short

Art Director

1959

 

Walt Disney, Kevin Corcoran, Annette Funicello, Sharon Baird, Lonnie Burr, Tommy Cole, Tim Considine, Jimmie Dodd, Lynn Fields, Darlene Gillespie, Don Grady, Cheryl Holdridge, Tommy Kirk, Cubby O'Brien, Karen Pendleton, David Stollery, Roy Williams, Lynn Ready, and Linda Hughes in The Mickey Mouse Club (1955)

The Mickey Mouse Club

7.6

TV Series

Art Director

1958

18 episodes

Production Designer

Ethan Embry and Ed O'Neill in Dutch (1991)

Dutch

6.5

Production Designer

1991

 

Diane Keaton and Asia Vieira in The Good Mother (1988)

The Good Mother

5.7

Production Designer

1988

 

Tracy Pollan, M. Emmet Walsh, and Michael Bowen in The Abduction of Kari Swenson (1987)

The Abduction of Kari Swenson

5.8

TV Movie

Production Designer

1987

 

Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)

MacGyver

7.6

TV Series

Production Designer

1985–1986

21 episodes

 

Harrison Ford and Lukas Haas in Witness (1985)

Witness

7.4

Production Designer

1985

 

Tony Lo Bianco and Lindsay Wagner in Jessie (1984)

Jessie

7.4

TV Series

Production Designer

1984

5 episodes

 

No Man's Land (1984)

No Man's Land

6.5

TV Movie

Production Designer

1984

 

Last of the Great Survivors (1984)

Last of the Great Survivors

6.5

TV Movie

Production Designer

1984

 

Debbie Allen, Yaphet Kotto, and Stella Stevens in Women of San Quentin (1983)

Women of San Quentin

5.8

TV Movie

Production Designer

1983

 

Yaphet Kotto, Gary Grubbs, Cliff Potts, and Shelley Smith in For Love and Honor (1983)

For Love and Honor

7.0

TV Series

Production Designer

1983

 

Today's F.B.I. (1981)

Today's F.B.I.

6.9

TV Series

Production Designer

1981

1 episode

 

Bo Svenson in Walking Tall (1981)

Walking Tall

7.1

TV Series

Production Designer

1981

7 episodes

 

Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980)

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

6.1

Production Designer

1980

 

Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, and Ted Knight in Caddyshack (1980)

Caddyshack

7.2

Production Designer

1980

 

Americathon (1979)

Americathon

4.5

Production Designer

1979

 

Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

5.3

TV Movie

Production Designer

1978

 

Happily Ever After

6.8

TV Movie

Production Designer

1978

 

Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, Michael Caine, Richard Chamberlain, Patty Duke, José Ferrer, Slim Pickens, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Bradford Dillman, Lee Grant, Ben Johnson, and Fred MacMurray in The Swarm (1978)

The Swarm

4.5

Production Designer

1978

 

The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)

The Amazing Howard Hughes

6.6

TV Movie

Production Designer

1977

 

Flood (1976)

Flood

5.3

TV Movie

Production Designer

1976

 

Drum (1976)

Drum

5.4

Production Designer

1976

 

Joe Don Baker in Framed (1975)

Framed

6.4

Production Designer

1975

 

The Swiss Family Robinson (1975)

The Swiss Family Robinson

6.2

Production Designer

1975

 

Adventures of the Queen (1975)

Adventures of the Queen

5.1

TV Movie

Production Designer

1975

 

Mixed Company (1974)

Mixed Company

5.7

Production Designer

1974

 

The Dion Brothers (1974)

The Dion Brothers

6.7

Production Designer

1974

 

A Knife for the Ladies (1974)

A Knife for the Ladies

4.5

Production Designer

1974

 

Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)

Terror in the Wax Museum

5.0

Production Designer

1973

 

The Stranger (1973)

The Stranger

3.6

TV Movie

Production Designer

1973

 

Joe Don Baker and Elizabeth Hartman in Walking Tall (1973)

Walking Tall

6.9

Production Designer

1973

 

Voyage of the Yes (1973)

Voyage of the Yes

6.5

TV Movie

Production Designer

1973

 

Barbara Eden in The Woman Hunter (1972)

The Woman Hunter

4.7

TV Movie

Production Designer

1972

 

Janet Leigh, Melanie Fullerton, and Stuart Whitman in Night of the Lepus (1972)

Night of the Lepus

4.1

Production Designer

1972

 

Jack Lemmon and Barbara Harris in The War Between Men and Women (1972)

The War Between Men and Women

6.1

Production Designer

1972

 

Lawman (1971)

Lawman

7.0

Production Designer

1971

 

Busby Berkeley, Maureen O'Sullivan, Richard Pryor, Edgar Bergen, Pat O'Brien, Dick Clark, Xavier Cugat, Cass Daley, Andy Devine, Fritz Feld, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, John Hart, Louis Hayward, George Jessel, Ruby Keeler, Patsy Kelly, Dorothy Lamour, Guy Lombardo, Joe Louis, Trini López, Marilyn Maxwell, Butterfly McQueen, Martha Raye, Harold Sakata, Harland Sanders, Jay Silverheels, Ed Sullivan, Rudy Vallee, Clint Walker, and Johnny Weissmuller in The Phynx (1970)

The Phynx

4.4

Production Designer

1970

 

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

6.1

Production Designer

1969

 

Producer

Tony Lo Bianco and Lindsay Wagner in Jessie (1984)

Jessie

7.4

TV Series

associate producer

1984

5 episodes

 

Happily Ever After

6.8

TV Movie

associate producer

1978

 

A Knife for the Ladies (1974)

A Knife for the Ladies

4.5

producer

1974

 

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

6.1

associate producer

1969