Acting · Gary, Indiana, USA · Born June 13, 1929
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.
TVLIGHT & MAGIC
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Characters of Star Wars
2004
as Self
MovieRalph McQuarrie: Illustrator
2002
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
as Self
MovieThe Empire Strikes Back
1980
as General McQuarrie (uncredited)
