Wayne Allwine

He was notably married to Russi Taylor in 1991, who voiced Minnie Mouse until her death in 2019.

• Name — Wayne Allwine • Birth Name — Wayne Anthony Allwine • Born — 7 February 1947 • Died — 18 May 2009 • Birthplace — Glendale, California, U.S. • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Resting Place — Forest Lawn Memorial Park • Occupation — * Voice actor • sound effects editor • foley artist • Years Active — 1966–2009 • Children — 4

Wayne Anthony Allwine was born in Glendale, California, on February 7, 1947. He is a graduate of John Burroughs High School, where he was particularly active in the school's musical theater department. His father was a barbershop quartet singer. While in high school, he formed his own acoustic music group, The International Singers, which performed in clubs and colleges throughout the state. 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". 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.

In 1966, Allwine started work in the mailing room at the Disney studios, before working in the sound effects department with Jimmy MacDonald. 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. Upon auditioning for the role, Allwine became the third official voice of Mickey Mouse in 1977. 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 on ABC. Allwine's first appearance as Mickey was voicing the animated lead-ins for The New Mickey Mouse Club in 1977. His first appearance as Mickey for a theatrical release was in the 1983 featurette Mickey's Christmas Carol. 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). 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.

In 1988, Allwine met his wife Russi Taylor, during a recording session of Totally Minnie. They married in 1991 and remained married up until his death in 2009. They were both named Disney Legends in 2008. Allwine fathered three biological children and one adopted child from previous marriages.

Allwine died of complications from diabetes at the age of 62 on Monday, May 18, 2009, at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. His understudy, Bret Iwan, assumed the role of voicing Mickey Mouse. Allwine was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

• 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 • 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 — Direct-to-video • 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 (many aired after his death, with Choo Choo Express being dedicated to his memory)

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1998 — My Disney Kitchen — Mickey Mouse • 2000 — Mickey's Speedway USA • Mickey Mouse Preschool • Mickey Mouse Kindergarten • Mickey Mouse Toddler • 2001 — Disney Learning: Phonics Quest • 2002 — Disney Learning Adventure: Search for the Secret Keys • Kingdom Hearts • Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse • 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)

• 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 • 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

The authorities additionally record the heading Wayne Anthony Allwine. His recorded language was English. He married Russi Taylor.

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