Wayne Allwine
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Wayne Anthony Allwine (February 7, 1947 – May 18, 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> was an American voice actor, sound effects 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.<ref name="McLellan"/><ref name="NYTimes"/> 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.<ref name="McLellan"/><ref name="NYTimes"/>
Early life
Wayne Anthony Allwine was born in Glendale, California, on February 7, 1947.<ref name="McLellan"/> He is a graduate of John Burroughs High School, where he was particularly active in the school's musical theater department.<ref name="McLellan"/> His father was a barbershop quartet singer.<ref name="McLellan"/>
While in high school, he formed his own acoustic music group, The International Singers, which performed in clubs and colleges throughout the state.<ref name="McLellan"/> 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".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Career
Template:Refimprove section In 1966, Allwine started work in the mailing room at the Disney studios, before working in the sound effects department with Jimmy MacDonald.<ref name="McLellan">Template:Cite news</ref>
After working in the sound effects department for seven years, Allwine got a call from Disney for an open audition for the role of Mickey Mouse in late 1976, after a previous actor failed to show up.<ref name="McLellan"/> Upon auditioning for the role, Allwine became the third official voice of Mickey Mouse in 1977.<ref name="NYTimes"/><ref name="McLellan"/> He replaced Jimmy MacDonald, who in 1947 had taken over from Walt Disney himself, who 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).<ref name="NYTimes"/>
Allwine's first appearance as Mickey was voicing the animated lead-ins for The New Mickey Mouse Club in 1977.<ref name="McLellan"/> His first appearance as Mickey for a theatrical release was in the 1983 featurette Mickey's Christmas Carol.<ref name="McLellan"/> 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 as The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Prince and the Pauper (1990) and Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004), and the TV series Mickey Mouse Works (1999–2000), House of Mouse (2001–2003), and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006–2012).<ref name=McLellan/> He has 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 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, including Splash (1984), Three Men and a Baby (1987); as well as Innerspace (1987), Alien Nation (1988), and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier for other studios. In 1986, he was awarded a group Primetime Emmy Award for his sound editing contributions to Steven Spielberg's anthology television series Amazing Stories.
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.<ref name="NYTimes"/><ref name="McLellan"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Allwine fathered three biological children and one adopted child from previous marriages.<ref name="McLellan"/><ref name="NYTimes">Template:Cite news</ref>
Death
Allwine died of complications from 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.<ref name=McLellan/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Allwine was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.<ref name=McLellan/>
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Mickey's Christmas Carol | Mickey Mouse/Weasel Gravedigger/Beggar Dog | Short film |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Henchman | <ref name="btva">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Thug Guard #2 | <ref name="btva" /> |
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Mickey Mouse | <ref name="btva" /> |
| 1990 | The Prince and the Pauper<ref name="btva" /> | Mickey Mouse/Prince | Short film |
| 1995 | A Goofy Movie | Mickey Mouse | Cameo<ref name="btva" /> |
| 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 |
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<ref name="btva" /> |
| 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 |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | My Disney Kitchen | Mickey Mouse | |
| 2000 | Mickey's Speedway USA | ||
| Mickey Mouse Preschool | <ref name="btva" /> | ||
| Mickey Mouse Kindergarten | <ref name="btva" /> | ||
| Mickey Mouse Toddler | <ref name="btva" /> | ||
| 2001 | Disney Learning: Phonics Quest | ||
| 2002 | Disney Learning Adventure: Search for the Secret Keys | ||
| Kingdom Hearts | |||
| Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse | <ref name="btva" /> | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors) | Best Sound Editing – Television Pilots and Specials | Amazing Stories: "The Mission" | Template:Won |
| 1986 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Amazing Stories: "The Mission" | Template:Won |
| 1987 | Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors) | Best Sound Editing – Animated Feature | The Great Mouse Detective | Template:Won |
| 2008 | Disney Legend Award | Animation – Voice | Template:Won |
References
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Template:S-start Template:Succession box Template:S-end Template:Disney Legends Awards 2000s
- 1947 births
- 2009 deaths
- Male actors from Glendale, California
- American male video game actors
- American male voice actors
- American tenors
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
- Male actors from Los Angeles
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- Deaths from diabetes in California
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors