From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Wayne Anthony Allwine February 7 1947 May 18 2009 was an American voice actor a sound effects editor and foley artist for The Walt Disney Company He was born in Glendale California He was the voice of Mickey Mouse for 32 years narrowly the longest to date and was married to voice actress Russi Taylor Allwine was the voice of Mickey Mouse from 1977 until his death in 2009 He succeeded Jimmy MacDonald who in 1947 had taken over from Walt Disney himself who had performed the role since 1928 as well as supplying Mickeys voice for animated portions of the original Mickey Mouse Club television show ABCTV 195559 Allwines first appearance as Mickey was voicing the animated leadins for The New Mickey Mouse Club in 1977 His first appearance as Mickey for a theatrical release was in the 1983 featurette Mickeys Christmas Carol In the same film he voiced a Santa Claus on the street appealing for charity donations at the start of the movie and the two weasel undertakers in the Christmas future scene He also starred in films such as The Prince and the Pauper 1990 and Mickey Donald Goofy The Three Musketeers 2004 and the TV series Mickey Mouse Works 19992000 Disneys House of Mouse 20012003 and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 20062009 and Who Framed Roger Rabbit He has provided Mickeys voice for nearly every entry in the popular Kingdom Hearts series of video games which was done in collaboration with Japanese video game company Square Enix In addition to his voice work Allwine had also been a sound effects editor on Disney films and TV shows including Splash 1984 and Three Men and a Baby 1987 as well as Innerspace 1987 Alien Nation 1988 and Star Trek V The Final Frontier for other studios Description above from the Wikipedia article Wayne Allwine licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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