Chris Mueller, Jr. (1906-1987) was a real-life sculptor, make-up artist and special-effects technician who worked on the films 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), The Land Unknown (1957), The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), This Island Earth (1955), and Jaws 2 (1978). Mueller also was the sculptor of the original animal figures used on the Jungle Cruise.
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- Jungle Cruise imagineers Harper Goff, Chris Mueller and Bob Mattey all worked on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Both Mueller and Mattey worked on Steven Spielberg's Jaws franchise.
- Despite his prominence in the development-history of the Jungle Cruise, Mueller has very few (if any) tributes in Jungle Cruise attractions.