Ralph McQuarrie
Biography
Ralph Angus McQuarrie (/məˈkwɒriː/; June 13, 1929 – March 3, 2012) was a conceptual designer and futurist responsible for many of the designs and aesthetics featured in the original trilogy. He also provided concept illustrations fort he original Battlestar Galactica and the illustration of the Ark of the Covenant seen in a Bible near the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark. He often went by the initials "RMQ," which he used as his signature. McQuarrie was tuckerized via a cameo in The Empire Strikes Back as General Pharl McQuarrie.
Birthday
Jun 13, 1929
Place of birth
Gary, Indiana, USA
Deathday
Mar 3, 2012
Also known as
- Ralph Angus McQuarrie
Homepage
Credited in
As cast
- The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
- Ralph McQuarrie: Illustrator
- The Empire Strikes Back
- The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
- The Characters of Star Wars
