Acting credits
6
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Ralph McQuarrie
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.5
Low visibility
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Movies: 11Series: 2Crew credits: 8
TMDB ID: 1572550
IMDb ID: nm0574319
Known for: Acting
Born: June 13, 1929
Died: March 3, 2012
Age: 82
Place of birth: Gary, Indiana, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1978 - 2023
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.82
Wikidata: Q508242
Also known as
Ralph Angus McQuarrie
Other jobs
Visual Effects (3)Art Designer (2)Concept Artist (2)Conceptual Design (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ralph McQuarrie.
Voice of a Star Wars Fan
Art Designer
2023 Movie
6.8
The Characters of Star Wars
as Self
2004 Movie
Ralph McQuarrie: Illustrator
as Self
2002 Movie
6.8
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
as Self
2001 Movie
7.4
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self
1996 Movie
6.4
Nightbreed
Concept Artist
1990 Movie
7.2
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Visual Effects
1986 Movie
6.6
Cocoon
Visual Effects
1985 Movie
7.9
Return of the Jedi
Concept Artist
1983 Movie
8.4
The Empire Strikes Back
as General McQuarrie (uncredited)
1980 Movie
3.4
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Art Designer
1978 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ralph McQuarrie.
