Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Wayne Anthony Allwine (February 7, 1947 – May 18, 2009)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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 lifeEdit

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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CareerEdit

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 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 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 lifeEdit

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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Allwine fathered three biological children and one adopted child from previous marriages.<ref name="McLellan"/><ref name="NYTimes">Template:Cite news</ref>

DeathEdit

Allwine died of complications of 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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Allwine is now interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.<ref name=McLellan/>

FilmographyEdit

FilmEdit

Year Title Role Notes
1983 Mickey's Christmas Carol Mickey Mouse/Weasel Gravedigger/Beggar Dog Short film
1985 The Black Cauldron Henchman citation CitationClass=web

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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
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
2011 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Space Adventure Final television film; posthumous release, "In Loving Memory of" dedication

TelevisionEdit

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 30 episodes
2001–2003 House of Mouse 52 episodes
2006–2012 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 99 episodes

Video gamesEdit

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 parksEdit

Year Title Role
1991 Muppet*Vision 3D Waldo C. Graphic posing as Mickey Mouse
1992 Fantasmic! Mickey Mouse
2003 Mickey's PhilharMagic

Crew workEdit

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 nominationsEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

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