Ralph McQuarrie
Actor
Born June 13, 1929 in Gary, Indiana, USA
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
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (archive footage)
Star Trek: Discovery
The Characters of Star Wars
Self
Ralph McQuarrie: Illustrator
Self
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
Nightbreed
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Cocoon
Return of the Jedi
The Empire Strikes Back
General McQuarrie (uncredited)
The Star Wars Holiday Special