Wayne Allwine | |
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 Allwine in 1998 | |
| Born | Wayne Anthony Allwine February 7, 1947 Glendale, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 18, 2009 (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
| Occupation |
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| Years active | 1966–2009 |
| Spouse(s) | Russi Taylor (m. 1991) |
| Children | 4 |
Wayne Anthony Allwine (February 7, 1947 – May 18, 2009)[1] was an American voice actor, sound editor and Foley artist. He was best remembered as the third official voice of Mickey Mouse in English (following Walt Disney and Jimmy MacDonald) and the first official casting following the establishment of Disney Character Voices International in 1988.[2][3] To date, he holds the record for the longest-running voice actor to play Mickey Mouse, having performed the role for 32 years. He was notably married to Russi Taylor, who voiced Minnie Mouse.[2][3]
Early life[]
Allwine was born in Glendale, California, on February 7, 1947, to Wayne Harry Allwine (1914-1977) and Mariruth Bandle (1913-2004).[2] He is a graduate of John Burroughs High School, where he was particularly active in the school's musical theater department.[2] Prior to his birth, his father traveled the country as a barbershop quartet singer.[2]
While in high school, he formed his own acoustic music group, The International Singers, which performed in clubs and colleges throughout the state.[2] After graduating, he briefly toured with the instrumental rock band Davie Allan & the Arrows. In addition to playing rhythm guitar, he can also be heard on harmonica and sax mouthpiece on the 1968 track "Cycle-Delic".[4] He later became an −accomplished Dixieland jazz drummer, occasionally sitting in with Firehouse Five Plus Two alumni George Probert's Monrovia Old Style Jazz Band.[5]
Recording Studios[]
In 2001, Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse, when he starts singing his soloist song "Hickory Dickory Dock" sung by House of Mouse. While the pet father gray mouse puts his swiss cheese on top of the grandfather clock. While the pet father gray mouse running up the grandfather clock.
Christmas Recording Studios[]
In 1999 version Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse and Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck started singing their duet in the Christmas song "The Christmas Waltz (The Carpenters cover)" composed by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne from Mickey Mouse Works.
In 1996 version Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse starts singing the Christmas song soloist called “White Christmas (Bing Crosby cover)" composed by Irving Berlin and Bing Crosby at the House of Mouse.
In 1996 version Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse, Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse, and Bill Farmer as Goofy starts singing in trio "Jingle Bells" composed by James Pierpont at the House of Mouse.
In 1999 version Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse and Eddie Carroll as Jiminy Cricket singing the duet in the Christmas song called “O Holy Night” composed by Adolphe Adam and Placide Cappeau at the House of Mouse.
Career[]
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Allwine's career with Disney began in 1966, when at age 19, he took a job in the mailing room at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. After a brief stint in the Wardrobe department, he was offered a position in Audio Post Production apprenticing under the studio's original head of sound effects, Jimmy MacDonald.[2]
After working in the sound effects department for seven years, Allwine got a call from Disney that an open audition was taking place for the role of Mickey Mouse in late 1976. After a previous actor failed to show up,[2] Allwine tried out for the role, and ultimately won the part. He became the third official voice of Mickey Mouse in 1977.[3][2] He replaced his sound effects mentor, Jimmy MacDonald, who in 1947 had taken over from Walt Disney himself. Disney had performed the role since 1928 as well as supplying Mickey's voice for animated portions of the original The Mickey Mouse Club television show (ABC-TV, 1955–1959).[3]
Television audiences first heard Allwine's Mickey during the animated lead-ins for The New Mickey Mouse Club in 1977.[2] He made his theatrical debut in the 1982 re-release of the film Fantasia, for which he re-dubbed Mickey's voice in the famous handshake scene with conductor Leopold Stokowski. His breakout role came the following year, in the 1983 featurette Mickey's Christmas Carol.[2] In addition to voicing the title character, he also voiced a Santa Claus on the street appealing for charity donations at the start of the movie, Moley (who appears with Ratty) "collecting for the poor", and one of the two weasel undertakers in the Christmas future scene.
He also lent his vocal talent to feature films such as The Black Cauldron (1985), The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Prince and the Pauper (1990), Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004), the TV series Mickey Mouse Works (1999–2000), House of Mouse (2001–2003) and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006–2012).[2] He provided Mickey's voice in the popular Kingdom Hearts series of video games prior to Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, which was done in collaboration with Japanese video game company Square Enix. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, which was the last game that used his voice (mainly with Mickey as a playable character in Mission Mode), would leave a message in his memory as the game was released in North America several months after his death.
In addition to his voice work, Allwine had a dual career as a sound effects editor and Foley artist for Walt Disney Productions, receiving Sound Department recognition in films like Splash (1984), The Great Mouse Detective (1986) and Three Men and a Baby (1987). He also received sound editor credit in the movies Innerspace (1987), Alien Nation (1988) and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) for other studios. In 1986, he was awarded a group Primetime Emmy Award for his sound editing contributions to a World War II-focused episode of the Steven Spielberg anthology television series Amazing Stories (1985). The same project earned him his first Golden Reel Award from the Motion Picture Sound Editors society. He received his second for sound editing on The Great Mouse Detective.
Personal life[]
In 1991, he married Russi Taylor, who voiced Minnie Mouse from 1986 to 2019, and they were named Disney Legends in 2008, they remained married up until his death in 2009.[3][2][6] Allwine fathered three biological children and one adopted child from previous marriages.[2][3]
Death[]
Allwine died of hypertensive crisis caused by complications from acute diabetes at the age of 62 on May 18, 2009, at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. His prospective understudy, Bret Iwan, assumed the role of voicing Mickey Mouse.[2][7][8] Allwine is now interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[2]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Fantasia (1982 reissue) | Mickey Mouse | Handshake scene with Leopold Stokowski |
| 1983 | Mickey's Christmas Carol | Mickey Mouse/Weasel Gravedigger/Beggar Dog/Moley | Short film |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Henchman | [9] |
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Thug Guard #2 | [9] |
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Mickey Mouse | [9] |
| 1990 | The Prince and the Pauper[9] | Mickey Mouse/Prince Mouse | Short film |
| 1995 | A Goofy Movie | Mickey Mouse | Cameo[9] |
| Runaway Brain | Short film | ||
| 1998 | The Spirit of Mickey | Direct-to-video | |
| 1999 | Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas | Direct-to-video[9] | |
| Fantasia 2000 | Segment: "Pomp and Circumstance" | ||
| 2001 | Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse | Direct-to-video | |
| 2002 | Mickey's House of Villains | ||
| 2004 | Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers | Direct-to-video[9] | |
| Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas | |||
| 2007 | Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt | Special | |
| 2009 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Choo Choo Express | Special; posthumous release, "In Loving Memory of" dedication | |
| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Adventures in Wonderland | Special; posthumous release | ||
| 2010 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Road Rally | Television film; posthumous release | |
| 2011 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Space Adventure | Final television film; posthumous release |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977–1979 | The New Mickey Mouse Club | Mickey Mouse | 11 episodes |
| 1983 | Mousercise | ||
| 1985 | Ludwig's Think Tank | Ludwig Von Drake | Television special[9] |
| 1987 | D-TV Doggone Valentine | Mickey Mouse | Television film |
| D-TV Monster Hits | |||
| 1988 | Totally Minnie | ||
| Mickey's 60th Birthday | |||
| Here's to you, Mickey Mouse | Television film | ||
| 1989 | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 2 episodes | |
| 1990 | The Muppets at Walt Disney World | Television film | |
| Disney Sing-Along Songs: Disneyland Fun | Direct-to-video | ||
| 1992 | Mickey's Nutcracker | Uncredited Television special | |
| 1993 | Bonkers | Episode: "I Oughta Be in Toons" | |
| 1994–1995 | Mickey's Fun Songs series | ||
| 1995 | Mickey: Reelin' Through the Years | Television film | |
| 1999–2000 | Mickey Mouse Works | 30 episodes | |
| 2001–2003 | House of Mouse | 52 episodes | |
| 2006–2012 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse | 99 episodes, final television series |
Video games[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | My Disney Kitchen | Mickey Mouse | |
| 2000 | Mickey's Speedway USA | ||
| Mickey Mouse Preschool | [9] | ||
| Mickey Mouse Kindergarten | [9] | ||
| Mickey Mouse Toddler | [9] | ||
| 2001 | Disney Learning: Phonics Quest | ||
| 2002 | Disney Learning Adventure: Search for the Secret Keys | ||
| Kingdom Hearts | |||
| Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse | [9] | ||
| Disney Golf | |||
| Disney Sports Soccer | |||
| Disney Sports Skateboarding | |||
| Disney Sports Football | |||
| Disney Sports Basketball | |||
| 2003 | Disney's Party | ||
| Disney's Hide and Sneak | |||
| Toontown Online | |||
| 2006 | Kingdom Hearts II | ||
| 2008 | Disney Think Fast | ||
| Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories | |||
| 2009 | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days | ||
| 2013 | Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix | (Kingdom Hearts Final Mix and RE:CoM) | |
| 2014 | Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix | (Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix) | |
| 2017 | Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix | (Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, RE:CoM and Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix) |
Theme parks[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Muppet*Vision 3D | Waldo C. Graphic posing as Mickey Mouse |
| 1992 | Fantasmic! | Mickey Mouse |
| 2003 | Mickey's PhilharMagic |
Crew work[]
| Year | Title | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | A Christmas Carol | Sound effects editor | |
| 1979 | The Black Hole | ||
| 1981 | The Fox and the Hound | Uncredited | |
| 1983 | Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore | Uncredited | |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes | |||
| Mickey's Christmas Carol | Uncredited | ||
| 1984 | Country | ||
| Frankenweenie | Foley artist | ||
| 1985 | Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | ||
| The Black Cauldron | Sound editor | ||
| My Science Project | |||
| Amazing Stories | 1 episode | ||
| 1986 | Psycho III | ||
| The Great Mouse Detective | |||
| 1987 | Innerspace | ||
| 3 Men and a Baby | |||
| 1988 | Alien Nation | ||
| The Good Mother | |||
| 1989 | Three Fugitives | ||
| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier |
Awards and recognitions[]
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors) | Best Sound Editing – Television Pilots and Specials | Amazing Stories; Season 1, Episode 5: "The Mission" | Won |
| 1986 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Won | |
| 1987 | Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors) | Best Sound Editing – Animated Feature | The Great Mouse Detective | Won |
| 2003 | Disneyana Fan Club | Disney Legend Award | Won | |
| 2008 | Disney Legend Award | Animation - Voice | Won |
References[]
- ↑ "Disney Legends – D23". Legends.disney.go.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 McLellan, Dennis (May 21, 2009). "Wayne Allwine, Voice of Mickey Mouse, Dies at 62". Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-wayne-allwine21-2009may21,0,3201049.story.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Wayne Allwine, Mickey's Voice, Dies at 62". New York Times. May 20, 2009. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/arts/21allwine.html.
- ↑ "Davie Allan Interview". June 22, 2011.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Firehouse Five Plus Two". rbistudio.com. Archived from the original on October 14, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Hagen, Sheila (May 22, 2009). "Remembering Wayne Allwine, the Official Voice of Mickey Mouse". Mouseplanet.com. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Voice of Mickey Mouse Dies". Abc.net.au. May 21, 2009. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Hickerson, Mike (May 21, 2009). "Remembering Wayne Allwine". Slice of SciFi. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 "Wayne Allwine (73 Character Images)". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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External links[]
- Wayne Allwine at the Internet Movie Database
- Wayne Allwine at Find a Grave
| Preceded by Jimmy MacDonald |
Voice of Mickey Mouse 1977–2009 |
Succeeded by Bret Iwan |
| Disney Legends Awards (2000s) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Grace Bailey* • Harriet Burns • Joyce Carlson • Ron Dominguez • Cliff Edwards* • Becky Fallberg • Dick Jones • Dodie Roberts • Retta Scott* • Ruthie Tompson | |
| 2001 | Howard Ashman* • Bob Broughton • George Bruns* • Frank Churchill* • Leigh Harline* • Fred Joerger • Alan Menken • Martin Sklar • Ned Washington* • Tyrus Wong | |
| 2002 | Ken Annakin • Hugh Attwooll • Maurice Chevalier* • Phil Collins • Sir John Mills • Robert Newton* • Sir Tim Rice • Robert Stevenson* • Richard Todd • David Tomlinson* | |
| 2003 | Neil Beckett* • Salvador Camarata • Edna Francis Disney* • Lillian Disney* • Orlando Ferrante • Richard Fleischer • Floyd Gottfredson* • Buddy Hackett* • Harrison "Buzz" Price • Al Taliaferro* • Ilene Woods | |
| 2004 | Bill Anderson* • Tim Conway • Rolly Crump • Alice Davis • Karen Dotrice • Matthew Garber* • Leonard H. Goldenson* • Bob Gurr • Ralph Kent • Irwin Kostal* • Mel Shaw | |
| 2005 | Chuck Abbott* • Milt Albright • Hideo Amemiya* • Hideo Aramaki • Chuck Boyajian* • Charles Boyer • Randy Bright* • James Cora • Robert Jani* • Mary Jones • Art Linkletter • Mary Anne Mang • Steve Martin • Tom Nabbe • Jack Olsen* • Cicely Rigdon • William Sullivan • Jack Wagner* • Vesey Walker* | |
| 2006 | Tim Considine • Kevin Corcoran • Al Dempster* • Don Edgren • Paul Frees* • Peter Jennings* • Sir Elton John • Jimmy Johnson* • Tommy Kirk • Joe Ranft* • David Stollery • Ginny Tyler | |
| 2007 | Roone Arledge* • Art Babbitt* • Carl Bongirno • Marge Champion • Dick Huemer* • Ron Logan • Lucille Martin • Tom Murphy • Randy Newman • Floyd Norman • Bob Schiffer* • Dave Smith | |
| 2008 | Wayne Allwine • Bob Booth • Neil Gallagher* • Frank Gifford • Burny Mattinson • Walter Peregoy • Dorothea Redmond • Russi Taylor • Toshio Kagami • Ian McGuinness • Barbara Walters • Oliver Wallace* | |
| 2009 | Tony Anselmo • Harry Archinal • Beatrice Arthur* • Bill Farmer • Estelle Getty* • Don Iwerks • Rue McClanahan • Leota Toombs Thomas* • Betty White • Robin Williams | |
| * Awarded posthumously | ||
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