Ron Cobb is an actor.
Ron Cobb ( born 1937 ) is an American cartoonist , artist , writer , film designer , and film director . He progressed to becoming a breakdown artist on the animation feature Sleeping Beauty ( 1959 ) . In 1981 , Colorvision , a large-format , full-colour monograph appeared , including much of his design work for the films Star Wars ( 1977 ) , Alien ( 1979 ) , and Conan the Barbarian ( 1982 ) , the first feature for which he received the credit of Production Designer .