Ralph McQuarrie
Acting • Born 1929-06-13 – Died 2012-03-03
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.
Filmography
7 credits
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Movie • 1996
Self
Ralph McQuarrie: Illustrator
Movie • 2002
Self
The Empire Strikes Back
Movie • 1980
General McQuarrie (uncredited)
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Movie • 2001
Self
The Characters of Star Wars
Movie • 2004
Self
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV • 2022
Self (archive footage)
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV • 2022
Self - Art Department (archive footage)