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Who is this?
Answer:
This is Tom Morrow, the robot just inside the entrance to Innoventions in Disneyland's Tomorrowland. Innoventions is housed in the rotating building ("The fastest building in Disneyland!") that once housed the America Sings and Carousel of Progress attractions.
He was also known as Time Keeper in the now defunct The Time Keeper circle vision attraction in Walt Disney World.
Many thanks to Jeff Toro for helping me nail down the correct identity for this Audio-Animatronic® character at Walt Disney World. He also found a mention that a Mr. Tom Morrow served as Mission Control for Disney World's Flight to the Moon attraction from 1971 to 1975. I don't know if this actual character was used, but I would bet it was only the name that got reused, not the Audio-Animatronic® character.
One other item Jeff found mentioned him being paged in the Star Tours attraction. I was in Westminster when he emailed me this, just a hop, skip and a jump away from Disneyland, so I went back there to ride the Star Tours ride and see about this. I neither saw, nor heard any mention of Tom Morrow or Time Keeper on that ride but later confirmed that he is paged at some point in the queue area.
The responses I received were:
Jeff Toro
I didn't know they have Tom Morrow at Disneyland. Where is he?
-- Thanks again for your help! But, we still haven't figured out why you knew his name was Tom Morrow when you know him from Disney World.
Shannon
Don't know his name - I know, bad Shannon - but he is in Tomorrowland in the big round building - wow words are just not here this morning.
Tim & Malinda
Tom Morrow from Innoventions.
James Bond
I believe that's the late, lamented Timekeeper.
Janet Leiker
Looks like Timekeeper.
Randall Alberts
This is the Timekeeper from The Timekeeper circle vision attraction.
Vicki Fairfield
TIMEKEEPER!!! So sad - I will miss him.
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