list_text=          Cyril Edgar sure could sell a Disney film. His sheer love for Disney may have fueled his success or perhaps it was his winning personality. Described by his colleagues as a witty fellow with an engaging personality, Cyril made everyone feel at ease around him.
          Even his wife Tricia Edgar observed, "Cyril had the most marvelous knack of changing any conversation about himself to the other person. Someone would ask a question, perhaps about the film industry, and before you knew it Cyril turned the tables so the other person would be talking about him or herself."
          Born in London, England, on May 4, 1907, Cyril was the son of a doctor and a homemaker. As a schoolboy, he was inclined toward sports, participating in everything from boxing to cricket. After school, he won a job at British Lion Film Corporation Ltd. on Wardour Street and eventually worked his way up to circuit manager, overseeing the booking of first-run films at theater circuits throughout the country. 
          In 1950, Cyril took a job with Disney, serving as its liaison with RKO, which distributed Disney movies at the time. He proved to be an able sales and public relations representative, as indicated by W.B. Levy, former Disney head of domestic and foreign distribution. After observing Cyril with RKO’s distribution team, Levy wrote in a 1951 letter to Cyril, "I was happy for the opportunity to observe how you have assumed your duties and maintained RKO relationships with efficiency and intelligence."
          Four years later, when Disney opened its own film distribution operation in the United Kingdom, Cyril proved instrumental as director of sales, overseeing a number of regional offices throughout England, Wales and Scotland.
          In 1956, he was named joint managing director of Walt Disney Productions, Ltd., a title he shared with fellow Legend Cyril James. The Disney copatriots known to all as "the two Cyrils," were an effective team, with Cyril James tending to administration and finance and Cyril Edgar selling Disney films to theater circuits and television shows to broadcast stations.  
          In December 1961, he reported his sales team had booked nearly 2,000 play dates at theaters throughout the United Kingdom during the lucrative holiday season, which at the time, was a record for any motion picture distributing company within the nation, according to Cyril in a memo dated the 15th.
          Fifteen years later, in April 1971, he was named European Supervisor in charge of sales for the entire continent and transferred to the Company's European Headquarters in Paris. The next year he retired, after serving more than 20 years with Disney.
          On February 5, 1987, Cyril Edgar died in Bournemouth, England.&