1. Bill Farmer was born on November 14,1952 and is an American voice actor, comedian, and impressionist.
19 Facts About Bill Farmer
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Bill Farmer has performed the voice of the Disney character Goofy since 1987, and has been the voice of Pluto and Horace Horsecollar since 1990.
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Bill Farmer began doing voices at the age of 10, involved doing impressions, especially those of Western stars like John Wayne or Walter Brennan.
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Bill Farmer graduated from the University of Kansas in 1975, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
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In 1982, while he was still doing stand-up comedy, Bill Farmer worked at a comedy club called the Comedy Corner in Dallas, Texas.
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Bill Farmer continued to work there until his move to Hollywood in 1986.
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Bill Farmer was recently married, but he and his wife talked it over and came to an arrangement.
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Bill Farmer stayed back in Dallas while he commuted for a year after he got an apartment.
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Bill Farmer asserts that voice acting is not about funny voices, but about acting.
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Bill Farmer's mentor was the versatile voice actor Daws Butler, the man behind many of Hanna-Barbera's characters.
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Bill Farmer taught Farmer that when doing cartoon voices, a person is not merely doing a funny voice, but they are an actor and the acting is premier and that one has to think like the character one is performing.
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Bill Farmer studied the hilarious laugh and the distinctive "gawrsh".
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Bill Farmer originated the voice of Horace Horsecollar in Disney's version of The Prince and the Pauper and has played him ever since as well.
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Bill Farmer performed additional voices on The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Astro Boy.
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In 1987, Bill Farmer had a small part as reporter Justin Ballard-Watkins in the film RoboCop.
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Bill Farmer has played Secret Squirrel on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law in both the animated series and its spin-off video game, Stinkie in Casper: A Spirited Beginning and Casper Meets Wendy, Stanley in Beauty and the Beast, male cats in Cats Don't Dance, male ants in A Bug's Life, photographer in Monsters, Inc.
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Bill Farmer voiced Blackhoof Boar Clan Leader in the 2008 video game Kung Fu Panda.
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Bill Farmer voiced the character Hopediah "Hop Pop" Plantar on Disney's Amphibia from 2019 to 2022.
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Bill Farmer married his wife, Jennifer Wynne, on June 2,1984.