13 Facts About Wayne Allwine

Wayne Anthony Allwine was an American voice actor, sound effects editor and foley artist.

Wayne Allwine was best remembered as the third official voice of Mickey Mouse in English and the first official casting following the establishment of Disney Character Voices International in 1988.

Wayne Allwine was notably married to Russi Taylor, who voiced Minnie Mouse.

Wayne Anthony Allwine was born in Glendale, California, on February 7,1947.

Wayne Allwine is a graduate of John Burroughs High School, where he was particularly active in the school's musical theater department.

Wayne Allwine 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.

Wayne Allwine 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.

Wayne Allwine starred in films such as The Great Mouse Detective, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Prince and the Pauper and Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers, and the TV series Mickey Mouse Works, House of Mouse, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

Wayne Allwine 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.

Wayne Allwine fathered three biological children and one adopted child from previous marriages.

Wayne 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.

Wayne Allwine is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.