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'{{Short description|American voice actor (1947–2009)}} {{Use American English|date=May 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = Wayne Allwine.jpg | name = Wayne Allwine | caption = Allwine in 1998 | birth_name = Wayne Anthony Allwine | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|2|7}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|5|18|1947|2|7}} | birth_place = [[Glendale, California]], U.S. | death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S. | resting_place = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] | occupation = {{hlist|Voice actor|sound effects editor|Foley artist}} | years_active = 1966–2009 | spouse = {{marriage|[[Russi Taylor]]|1991}} | children = 4 }} '''Wayne Anthony Allwine''' (February 7, 1947 – May 18, 2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Wayne+Allwine|title=Disney Legends – D23|website=Legends.disney.go.com|access-date=November 6, 2017|archive-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609182641/https://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Wayne+Allwine|url-status=live}}</ref> was an American voice actor, [[Sound editor (filmmaking)|sound editor]] and [[Foley (filmmaking)|Foley artist]]. He was best remembered as the third official voice of [[Mickey Mouse]] in [[English language|English]] (following [[Walt Disney]] and [[Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)|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== Allwine was born in [[Glendale, California]], on February 7, 1947, to Wayne Harry Allwine (1914-1977) and Mariruth Bandle (1913-2004).<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"/> Prior to his birth, his father traveled the country as 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>{{cite web | url=https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2011/06/davie-allan-interview.html | title=Davie Allan Interview | date=June 22, 2011 }}</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>{{Cite web|title=Firehouse Five Plus Two|url=https://rbistudio.com/firehouse5plus2.html#personnel|access-date=November 22, 2020|website=rbistudio.com|archive-date=October 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014110405/https://rbistudio.com/firehouse5plus2.html#personnel|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Career== {{refimprove section|date=December 2022}} 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 (Burbank)|Walt Disney Studios]] in Burbank. After a brief stint at [[Western Costume]], he returned to Disney to accept a position in Audio Post Production apprenticing under the studio's original head of sound effects, [[Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)|Jimmy MacDonald]].<ref name="McLellan">{{Cite news |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |date=May 21, 2009 |title=Wayne Allwine, Voice of Mickey Mouse, Dies at 62 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |type=Obituary |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-wayne-allwine21-2009may21,0,3201049.story |url-status=live |access-date=November 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102150630/https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-wayne-allwine21-2009may21,0,3201049.story |archive-date=November 2, 2012}}</ref> 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,<ref name="McLellan"/> Allwine tried out for the role, and ultimately won the part. He became the third official voice of Mickey Mouse in 1977.<ref name="NYTimes"/><ref name="McLellan"/> He replaced his sound effects mentor, [[Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)|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).<ref name="NYTimes"/> Television audiences first heard Allwine's Mickey during the animated lead-ins for ''[[The New Mickey Mouse Club]]'' in 1977.<ref name="McLellan"/> He made his theatrical debut in the 1982 re-release of the film ''[[Fantasia (1940 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]]''.<ref name="McLellan"/> In addition to playing 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. Further vocal performances include background characters in ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'' (1985), ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' (1986), and ''[[Ludwig Von Drake]]'' in the [[Disney Channel]] TV special ''Ludwig's Think Tank'' (1985). His most acclaimed Mickey Mouse roles include a cameo in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988), short films ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]'' (1990) and ''[[Runaway Brain]]'' (1995), and the direct-to-video feature ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]'' (2004). Notable television series include ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'' (1999–2000), ''[[House of Mouse]]'' (2001–2003) and ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse]]'' (2006–2012).<ref name=McLellan/> He also provided Mickey's voice in the popular ''[[Kingdom Hearts (series)|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]] and its affiliate studios, receiving Sound Department recognition in films like ''[[The Black Hole (1979 film)|The Black Hole]]'' (1979), ''[[Frankenweenie (1984 film)|Frankenweenie]]'' (1984), and ''[[Three Men and a Baby]]'' (1987). He also received sound editor credit in the movies ''[[Innerspace]]'' (1987), ''[[Alien Nation (film)|Alien Nation]]'' (1988) and ''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]'' (1989) for studios outside Disney. 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 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'' (1985). The same project earned him his first [[Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors)|Golden Reel Award]] from the [[Motion Picture Sound Editors]] society. He received his second for sound editing on ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' (1986). ==Personal life== In 1991, he married [[Russi Taylor]], who voiced [[Minnie Mouse]] from 1986 to 2019, and they were both named [[Disney Legends]] in 2008, they remained married up until his death in the following year.<ref name="NYTimes"/><ref name="McLellan"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mouseplanet.com/8842/Remembering_Wayne_Allwine_the_Official_Voice_of_Mickey_Mouse|title=Remembering Wayne Allwine, the Official Voice of Mickey Mouse |work=Mouseplanet.com|access-date=November 6, 2017|first=Sheila |last=Hagen |date=May 22, 2009}}</ref> Allwine fathered three biological children and one adopted child from previous marriages.<ref name="McLellan"/><ref name="NYTimes">{{Cite news|date=May 20, 2009|title=Wayne Allwine, Mickey's Voice, Dies at 62|work=[[New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/arts/21allwine.html|access-date=March 20, 2023|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728223434/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/arts/21allwine.html|archive-date=July 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Death== Allwine died of [[Hypertension|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.<ref name=McLellan/><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 21, 2009 |title=Voice of Mickey Mouse Dies |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-05-21/voice-of-mickey-mouse-dies/1690046 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409025506/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-05-21/voice-of-mickey-mouse-dies/1690046 |archive-date=April 9, 2021 |access-date=November 6, 2017 |website=Abc.net.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hickerson |first=Mike |date=May 21, 2009 |title=Remembering Wayne Allwine |url=http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2009/05/21/remembering-wayne-allwine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824052146/http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2009/05/21/remembering-wayne-allwine/ |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |access-date=November 6, 2017 |website=Slice of SciFi}}</ref> Allwine is now interred at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] in [[Glendale, California]].<ref name=McLellan/> ==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1982 || ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|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 (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'' || Henchman ||<ref name="btva">{{Cite web |title=Wayne Allwine (73 Character Images) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Wayne-Allwine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804142320/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Wayne-Allwine/ |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=June 20, 2020 |website=Behind the Voice Actors}}</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 (1990 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]''<ref name="btva" /> || Mickey Mouse/Prince Mouse || Short film |- |rowspan="2"| 1995 || ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' || rowspan = "14" | Mickey Mouse ||Cameo<ref name="btva" /> |- | ''[[Runaway Brain]]'' || Short film |- | 1998 || ''[[The Spirit of Mickey]]'' || Direct-to-video |- |rowspan="2"| 1999 || ''[[Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas]]'' || Direct-to-video<ref name="btva" /> |- | ''[[Fantasia 2000]]'' || Segment: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Reprise)"/"Pomp and Circumstance" |- | 2001 || ''[[Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse]]'' || rowspan = "2" | Direct-to-video |- | 2002 || ''[[Mickey's House of Villains]]'' |- |rowspan="2"| 2004 || ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]'' || rowspan = "2" | Direct-to-video<ref name="btva" /> |- | ''[[Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas]]'' |- | 2007 || ''Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt'' || Special |- | rowspan = "2" | 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=== {|class = "wikitable sortable" |+ ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1977–1979 | ''[[The Mickey Mouse Club|The New Mickey Mouse Club]]'' | rowspan="2" |Mickey Mouse | 11 episodes |- | 1983 | ''[[Mousercise]]'' | |- |1985 |''Ludwig's Think Tank'' |[[Ludwig Von Drake]] |Television special<ref name="btva" /> |- | rowspan="2" | 1987 | ''[[D-TV]] Doggone Valentine'' | rowspan="15" |Mickey Mouse | rowspan="4" | Television film |- | ''[[D-TV]] Monster Hits'' |- | rowspan="3" | 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 |- | rowspan="2" | 1990 | ''[[The Muppets at Walt Disney World]]'' | Television film |- | ''Disney Sing-Along Songs: Disneyland Fun'' | Direct-to-video |- | 1992 | ''Mickey's Nutcracker'' | Uncredited<br>Television special |- | 1993 | ''[[Bonkers (American TV series)|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=== {|class = "wikitable sortable" |+ ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1998 | ''[[My Disney Kitchen]]'' | rowspan="24" | Mickey Mouse | |- | rowspan="4" | 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'' | |- | rowspan="8" | 2002 | ''Disney Learning Adventure: Search for the Secret Keys'' | |- | ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|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]]'' | |- | rowspan="3" | 2003 | ''[[Disney's Party]]'' | |- | ''[[Disney's Hide and Sneak]]'' | |- | ''[[Toontown Online]]'' | |- | 2006 | ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' | |- | rowspan="2" | 2008 | ''[[Disney Think Fast]]'' | |- | ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories|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=== {|class = "wikitable sortable" |+ ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 1991 | [[Muppet*Vision 3D]] | Waldo C. Graphic posing as Mickey Mouse |- | 1992 | [[Fantasmic!]] | rowspan="2"| Mickey Mouse |- | 2003 | [[Mickey's PhilharMagic]] |} ==Crew work== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Position ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1977 |''A Christmas Carol'' | rowspan="7" | Sound effects editor | |- |1979 |''[[The Black Hole]]'' | |- |1981 |''[[The Fox and the Hound]]'' |Uncredited |- |rowspan="3" | 1983 |''[[Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore]]'' |Uncredited |- |''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (film)|Something Wicked This Way Comes]]'' | |- |''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' |Uncredited |- |rowspan="2" | 1984 |''[[Country (film)|Country]]'' | |- |''[[Frankenweenie (1984 film)|Frankenweenie]]'' |rowspan="2" | Foley artist | |- |rowspan="4" | 1985 |''[[Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend]]'' | |- |''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'' |rowspan="11" | Sound editor | |- |''[[My Science Project]]'' | |- |''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'' |1 episode |- |rowspan="2" | 1986 |''[[Psycho III]]'' | |- |''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' | |- |rowspan="2" | 1987 |''[[Innerspace]]'' | |- |''[[3 Men and a Baby]]'' | |- |rowspan="2" | 1988 |''[[Alien Nation]]'' | |- |''[[The Good Mother (1988 film)|The Good Mother]]'' | |- |rowspan="2" | 1989 |''[[Three Fugitives]]'' | |- |''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]'' | |} ==Awards and recognitions== {|class="wikitable sortable" |+Awards and recognitions ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Title ! Result |- | 1985 | [[Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors)]] | Best Sound Editing – Television Pilots and Specials | rowspan=2 | ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]; Season 1, Episode 5: "The Mission"'' | {{won}} |- | 1986 | [[Primetime Emmy Award]] | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)|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== {{reflist}} == External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0021656|name=Wayne Allwine}} * {{Find a Grave|37370431}} {{s-start}} {{succession box | before = [[Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)|Jimmy MacDonald]] | title = [[Mickey Mouse|Voice of Mickey Mouse]] | years= 1977–2009 | after= [[Bret Iwan]]}} {{s-end}} {{Disney Legends Awards 2000s}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Allwine, Wayne}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2009 deaths]] [[Category:Male actors from Glendale, California]] [[Category:American male video game actors]] [[Category:American male voice actors]] [[Category:American tenors]] [[Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)]] [[Category:Disney Legends]] [[Category:Male actors from Los Angeles]] [[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners]] [[Category:Deaths from diabetes in California]] [[Category:20th-century American male actors]] [[Category:21st-century American male actors]]'