Key facts
- Born
- Wayne Anthony Allwine , ( 1947-02-07 ) February 7, 1947, Glendale, California , U.S.
- Died
- May 18, 2009 (2009-05-18) (aged 62), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Occupations
- Voice actor sound effects editor foley artist
- Years active
- 1966–2009
- Spouse
- Russi Taylor ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1991 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Glendale
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Russi Taylor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Disney Legends
- Number of children
- 4
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- cause of death
- diabetes
- Commons category
- Wayne Allwine
- date of birth
- 1947-02-07
- date of death
- 2009-05-18
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- name in native language
- Wayne Allwine
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- notable role
- Mickey Mouse
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Wayne Anthony Allwine (February 7, 1947 – May 18, 2009) was an American voice actor, sound effects editor, and foley artist. He was best remembered as the third official voice of Mickey Mouse (following Walt Disney and Jimmy MacDonald) and the first official casting following the establishment of Disney Character Voices International in 1988. 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 in 1991, who voiced Minnie Mouse until her death in 2019.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wayne Allwine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.