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| Born | Wayne Anthony Allwine (1947-02-07)February 7, 1947 Glendale, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 18, 2009(2009-05-18) (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
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| Years active | 1966–2009 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
Wayne Anthony Allwine (February 7, 1947 – May 18, 2009)[1] was an American voice actor, sound effects editor andfoley artist. He was best remembered as the third official voice ofMickey Mouse inEnglish (followingWalt Disney andJimmy MacDonald) and the first official casting following the establishment ofDisney 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 toRussi Taylor, who voicedMinnie Mouse.[2][3]
Wayne Anthony Allwine was born inGlendale, California, on February 7, 1947.[2] He is a graduate ofJohn Burroughs High School, where he was particularly active in the school's musical theater department.[2] His father was 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 bandDavie 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 accomplishedDixieland jazz drummer, occasionally sitting in withFirehouse Five Plus Two alumniGeorge Probert'sMonrovia Old Style Jazz Band.[5]
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In 1966, Allwine started work in the mailing room at theDisney studios, before working in the sound effects department withJimmy MacDonald.[2]
After working in the sound effects department for seven years, Allwine got a call fromDisney for an open audition for the role ofMickey Mouse in late 1976, after a previous actor failed to show up.[2] Upon auditioning for the role, Allwine became the third official voice of Mickey Mouse in 1977.[3][2] He replacedJimmy MacDonald, who in 1947 had taken over fromWalt Disney himself, who had performed the role since 1928 as well as supplying Mickey's voice for animated portions of the originalThe Mickey Mouse Club television show (ABC-TV, 1955–1959).[3]
Allwine's first appearance as Mickey was voicing the animated lead-ins forThe New Mickey Mouse Club in 1977.[2] His first appearance as Mickey for a theatrical release was in the 1983 featuretteMickey's Christmas Carol.[2] In the same film, he 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 starred in films such asThe Great Mouse Detective (1986),Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988),The Prince and the Pauper (1990) andMickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004), and the TV seriesMickey Mouse Works (1999–2000),House of Mouse (2001–2003), andMickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006–2012).[2] He has provided Mickey's voice in the popularKingdom Hearts series of video games prior toKingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, which was done in collaboration with Japanese video game companySquare Enix.Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, which was released several months after Allwine’s death, was the last game that used his voice (mainly with Mickey as a playable character in Mission Mode), and was dedicated to his memory in North American releases.
In addition to his voice work, Allwine spent much of his career as a sound effects editor and foley artist for Disney films and TV shows, includingSplash (1984),Three Men and a Baby (1987); as well asInnerspace (1987),Alien Nation (1988), andStar Trek V: The Final Frontier for other studios. In 1986, he was awarded a groupPrimetime Emmy Award for his sound editing contributions to Steven Spielberg's anthology television seriesAmazing Stories.
In 1991, he marriedRussi Taylor, who voicedMinnie Mouse from 1986 to 2019, and they were namedDisney 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]
Allwine died of complications fromdiabetes at the age of 62 on May 18, 2009, at theRonald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. His prospective understudy,Bret Iwan, assumed the role of voicing Mickey Mouse.[2][7][8] Allwine was interred atForest Lawn Memorial Park inGlendale, California.[2]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Mickey's Christmas Carol | Mickey Mouse/Weasel Gravedigger/Beggar Dog | 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 | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas |
| 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 | 25 episodes | |
| 2001–2003 | House of Mouse | 52 episodes | |
| 2006–2012 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse | 99 episodes |
| 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 andRE: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 andKingdom Hearts II Final Mix) |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Muppet*Vision 3D | Waldo C. Graphic posing as Mickey Mouse |
| 1992 | Fantasmic! | Mickey Mouse |
| 2003 | Mickey's PhilharMagic |
| Year | Title | Position | Notes |
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| 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 | ||
| 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 |
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors) | Best Sound Editing – Television Pilots and Specials | Amazing Stories: "The Mission" | Won |
| 1986 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Amazing Stories: "The Mission" | Won |
| 1987 | Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors) | Best Sound Editing – Animated Feature | The Great Mouse Detective | Won |
| 2008 | Disney Legend Award | Animation – Voice | Won |
| Preceded by | Voice of Mickey Mouse 1977–2009 | Succeeded by |
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