Based on Lloyd Alexander’s The Chronicles of Prydain series, the people at Disney made The Black Cauldron as an attempt to appeal to teenagers as their first animated film to have a PG rating. Work on the movie began in 1973 with the film rights to Alexander’s books obtained with mostly story development done throughout the 1970s. While production began in 1980. The Black Cauldron would also become the first Disney animated film to use the animation photo transfer process (APT) only to revert back to the good old xerographic process used by Disney since the 1950s after the APT-transferred line art would fade off of the cels over time. Not to mention, the first to use computer-generated imagery. And it would be the last animated feature completed at the original animation building at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. While its score would be composed by the great Elmer Bernstein. By the time of its 1985 release, The Black Cauldron would be Disney’s most expensive film at the time at $44 million. Unfortunately, it was one of Disney’s biggest disasters becoming a box office bomb grossing $21.3 million domestically. Even worse is that this movie has a 56% Rotten Tomatoes rating and has become one of the least popular and most forgotten Disney movies that many people today aren’t aware that this film exists. In fact, it’s more forgotten than The Sword in the Stone. Mainly because it’s a dark fantasy adventure film that only appeals to particular niches of people who are either die-hard Disney or fantasy fans. In this post, we’ll meet the voices behind 2 more characters from The Fox and the Hound, one from The Great Mouse Detective, voice actor Wayne Allwine, as well as the voices behind Dallben, Fflewddur Fflam (and Professor Porter), King Eidilleg, and Creeper.

121. Sandy Duncan

Dates: 1946-present

Early Life and Career: Born in New London, Texas. Father was a gas station owner. Performed her first dance recital at 5. Moved to Tyler, Texas while in the third grade. Started her entertainment career at 12 when she performed at a local production of The King and I.

Movies and Cartoons: The Fox and the Hound (1981)

Characters: Vixey

Also Known For: Actress, comedian, dancer and singer. Best known for her performances in the Broadway revival of Peter Pan, the sitcom The Hogan Family, and Disney films like The Million Dollar Duck and The Cat from Outer Space. Films include Midnight Cowboy, Star Spangled Girl, Rock-a-Doodle, The Swan Princess, and Never Again. TV appearances include Search for Tomorrow, The Jackie Gleason Show, What’s My Line?, Funny Face, The Sandy Duncan Show, The New Scooby-Doo Movies, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, The Hollywood Squares, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The $25,000 Pyramid, Dinah!, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, The Muppet Show, Roots, The Love Boat, ALF, Barney and the Backyard Gang, Law & Order, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Theater appearances include The King and I, Billion Dollar Baby, South Pacific, Showboat, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, Brigadoon, The Music Man, Carousel, Life with Father, Canterbury Tales, Wonderful Town, Chicago, Jubilee, Anything Goes, Mame, Driving Miss Daisy, The Glass Menagerie, Finding Neverland, and Love Letters.

Personal Life: Married 3 times. First husband was singer-actor Bruce Scott whom she met in an Off-Broadway production of Your Own Thing. Married from 1968 to their divorce in 1972, said to be caused by tensions resulting from Duncan’s rise to stardom. Or in other words, her success was too much for his ego. Second husband was a consulting surgeon for her brain tumor surgery named Dr. Thomas Calcaterra from 1973 to their divorce in 1979 because of demands regarding Duncan’s 1978 nightclub act and her refusal to remain at home to be a “good doctor’s wife.” Third and current husband actor and choreographer Don Correia since 1980 whom she performed on stage with. They have 2 sons who were born in 1982 and 1984.

Later Life: Currently lives in Connecticut with her current husband Correia.

Trivia: Nominated for 3 Tony Awards, 2 Emmy Awards, and 3 Golden Globe Awards. Taylorville, Illinois named a street in her honor. Won a Drama Desk Award in 1970 and a Theatre World Award in 1968.

122. Richard Bakalyan

Dates: 1931-2015

Early Life and Career: Born in Watertown, Massachusetts. Father was from Armenia. Mother was from Canada. Father died when he was 8. Growing up in a tough neighborhood, he learned boxing to defend himself from street fights. Served a year’s probation at 15 for unknown crimes. Served in the US Air Force during the Korean War. After 4 years, he was discharged under the rank of staff sergeant.

Movies and Cartoons: The Fox and the Hound (1981) as well as a The Wonderful World of Disney and a 2-part story in Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color.

Characters: Dinky

Also Known For: Character actor who got his start playing juvenile delinquents before going on to play thugs, outlaws, and soldiers. Once he aged out, often cast as a comedy heavy, particularly in Disney live action films. Film appearances include Attila, The Brothers Rico, The Delinquents, The Delicate Delinquent, Dino, Juvenile Jungle, Hot Car Girl, Paratroop Command, Up Periscope, The Errand Boy, Follow That Dream, Operation Bikini, Robin and the 7 Hoods, The Patsy, None But the Brave, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Von Ryan’s Express, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Charley and the Angel, Chinatown, The Strongest Man in the World, The Shaggy D. A., Return from Witch Mountain, Blame It on the Night, and Night School Confidential. TV appearances include Casey Jones, The Walter Winchell File, Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, Bat Masterson, The Lawless Years, U.S. Marshal, The Deputy, Peter Gunn, Hennessy, Bold Venture, The Rebel, Wanted Dead or Alive, Johnny Ringo, Mr. Lucky, Lock-Up, The Untouchables, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Lawman, Dr. Kildare, Laramie, Wagon Train, Ben Casey, Vacation Playhouse, Gunsmoke, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., The Mod Squad, The Partridge Family, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Emergency!, Ellery Queen, Kojak, Monster Squad, The Streets of San Francisco, Most Wanted, Bionic Woman, The Rockford Files, Charlie’s Angels, CHiPs, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Cagney & Lacey, Hill Street Blues, Hunter, Matlock, Baywatch Nights, JAG, Cold Case, and My Name Is Earl.

Personal Life: Married to Elizabeth Baumann from 1952 to her death in 1967.

Later Life: Died suddenly of a stroke in 2015 at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, New York at 84.

Trivia: Was close friends with Bobby Darin and may have been possibly one of the last people Darin saw until his untimely demise from heart disease. Was profiled in the book, Names You Never Remember, With Faces You Never Forget by Justin Humphreys. Lifetime member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

123. Freddie Jones

Dates: 1927-2019

Early Life and Career: Born in Dresden, Staffordshire, England. Father was a porcelain thrower. Mother was a clerk and pub pianist. Worked in selling electronics before joining the British Ceramic Research Association for 10 years. Until a girlfriend at the time suggested that he take a drama course, after which he joined a repertory in Shelton and other local theatre groups. Won a scholarship to the Rose Buford Training College of Speech and Drama. Spent time in repertory theatre in London before making his debut in 1962 with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Arts Theatre. Made first film in 1967.

Movies and Cartoons: The Black Cauldron (1985)

Characters: Dallben

Also Known For: British actor who had an extensive career in television, theatre, and film for almost 60 years. Best known for originating the character Sir in The Dresser and as showman Bytes in The Elephant Man. Film appearances include Marat/Sade, The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, Goodbye Gemini, Assault, Kidnapped, Antony and Cleopatra, Sitting Target, The Many Rites of Dracula, Son of Dracula, Vampira, Juggernaut, Never Too Young to Rock, Zulu Dawn, Firefox, Krull, Firestarter, Dune (1984), Erik the Viking, Young Sherlock Holmes, Comrades, Wild at Heart, Dark River, Consuming Passions, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Prince of Jutland, My Life So Far, The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), Ladies in Lavender, and The Libertine. TV appearances include Z-Cars, Our Man at St. Mark’s, Festival, ITV Play of the Week, The Wednesday Play, Mystery and Imagination, The Avengers, The Baron, Armchair Theatre, The Caesars, The Saint, ITV Playhouse, BBC Play of the Month, Jackanory, Out of the Unknown, For the Love of Ada, The Goodies, Love and Mr. Lewisham, The Adventurers, The Protectors, Bowler, Fall of Eagles, ITV Sunday Night Drama, Play for Today, This Week, Shades of Greene, Space:1999, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, Nicholas Nickleby, Duchess of Duke Street, Van der Valk, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Devil’s Crown, Pennies from Heaven, Play for Today, In Loving Memory, Secret Orchards, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, The District Nurse, Screen Two, Theatre Night, Vanity Fair, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Boon, The Paper Man, Inspector Morse, On the Air, Screen One, ScreenPlay, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Just William, The Bill, The Life and Crimes of William Palmer, Duck Patrol, The Passion, The League of Gentlemen, Midsomer Murders, Casanova, and Emmerdale.

Personal Life: Married to Jennifer Heselwood from 1965 until his death. Had 3 sons including famous character actor Toby Jones best known as the voice of Dobby as well as an actor named Casper and a director named Rupert.

Later Life: Died after a short illness at 91 in Bicester, Oxfordshire in 2019. After his death, his Emmerdale castmates paid tribute to Jones with a double-bill of episodes dedicated to him.

Trivia: None.

124. Sir Nigel Hawthorne

Dates: 1929-2001

Early Life and Career: Born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Father was a physician. Family moved to Cape Town, South Africa where his father bought a practice when he was 3. Attended St. George’s Grammar School there and Christian Brothers College where he played on the rugby team. Although Hawthorne has described his time at the latter as not a particular happy experience. Enrolled in the University of Cape Town where he met and sometimes acted in plays with future biographer Theo Aronson but withdrew and returned to the United Kingdom to pursue a career in acting in the 1950s. At least after making his stage debut in 1950 and decided to move to London.

Movies and Cartoons: The Black Cauldron (1985) and Tarzan (1999)

Characters: Fflewddur Fflam and Professor Porter

Also Known For: British actor best known for playing Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister and as King George III in The Madness of King George. Film appearances include Young Winston, The Hiding Place, Spiderweb, Watership Down, History of the World: Part I, Memoirs of a Survivor, Firefox, Gandhi, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, Turtle Diary, Demolition Man, Richard III (1995), Twelfth Night or What You Will (1996), Amistad, The Object of My Affection, Madeline, The Winslow Boy, and The Reasonable Man. TV appearances include The Last Man Out, Man of the World, Mrs. Wilson’s Diary, Dad’s Army, The Last of the Baskets, Hadleigh, Bill Brand, Crown Court, Marie Curie, Just William, Warrior Queen, Going Straight, Holocaust, Edward & Mrs. Simpson, The Knowledge, The Tempest, The Good Companions, A Tale of Two Cities, Tales of the Unexpected, Pope John Paul II, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, A Woman Called Golda, The Bartchester Chronicles, Jenny’s War, Late Flowering Lust, Russia’s War: Blood upon the Snow, The Fragile Heart, Animal Stories, Victoria & Albert, and Call Me Claus. Stage appearances include You Can’t Take It with You, His Excellency, Mrs. Wilson’s Diary, The Philanthropist, As You Like It, The Fire that Consumes, The Critic, The Miser, Shadowlands, The Madness of King George, The Trials of Oz, and King Lear.

Personal Life: Was in a long, committed relationship with stage manager and screenwriter Trevor Bentham from 1979 until his death. They met in 1968 while Bentham was stage-managing the Royal Court Theatre. They lived together in Radwell and Thundridge. Both were fundraisers for the North Hertfordshire Hospice and other local charities. Was outed as gay in 1995 in the publicity surrounding the Academy Awards, but he and Bentham attended the ceremony. Afterwards, he spoke openly about being gay in interviews and his autobiography, Straight Face, which was published posthumously.

Later Life: Was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2000 and had undergone several operations but had been discharged from the hospital by Christmas. Died from a heart attack in his home in 2001 at 72. Was survived by his longtime boyfriend Bentham and his funeral was held at St. Mary’s parish church in Thunbridge while he was cremated at Stevenage Crematorium. Funeral was attended by Maureen Lipman, Charles Dance, Loretta Swit, and Frederick Forsyth. Service was led by Right Reverend Bishop Christopher Herbert of Saint Albans. Coffin had a wreath of white lilies and orchids and Bentham served as a pallbearer.

Trivia: Won 3 BAFTA Awards. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1994 for The Madness of King George. Also won an Oliver and Tony Award for his theatre performances. Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1987. Knighted in 1999.

125. Arthur Malet

Dates: 1927-2013

Early Life and Career: Born Vivian Arthur Rivers Malet in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England. Went to the United States in the 1950s, changed his forename to Arthur, began acting onstage, and won 2 Drama Desk Awards in 1957. Came to prominence in the 1960s.

Movies and Cartoons: Mary Poppins (1964), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), and The Black Cauldron (1985)

Characters: Mr. Dawes Jr., Mr. Widdenfield, and King Eidilleg

Also Known For: British actor often known for playing characters much older than his real age. Film appearances include King Rat, Penelope (1966), The Scorpio Letters, The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffith, In the Heat of the Night, The Great White Hope, Vanishing Point, The Culpepper Cattle Co., Young Frankenstein, The Enforcer, Heaven Can Wait, Halloween, Savage Harvest, The Secret of NIMH, City Heat, Dick Tracy, Hook, A Little Princess, and Anastasia. TV appearances include Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, Dennis the Menace, The Untouchables, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Rawhide, The Andy Griffith Show, The Wild Wild West, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Bewitched, The Monkees, Bonanza, The Virginian, I Dream of Jeannie, Mission: Impossible, Night Gallery, Columbo, Hawaii Five-O, Police Woman, Charlie’s Angels, Wonder Woman, Dallas, and CHiPs.

Personal Life: Never Married.

Later Life: Died in 1985 in Santa Monica, California at 85.

Trivia: None.

126. John Byner

Dates: 1938-present

Early Life and Career: Born John Biener in New York City. Mother was a mental hospital attendant. Father was a truck mechanic. Stand-up comedy career began in Greenwich Village at Max Gordon’s jazz club and opened for many of the city’s jazz greats at various nightclubs. Later. He’d do the same throughout the country. Made his first TV appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show where he did impressions of Ed Sullivan, John Wayne, Dean Martin, George Jessel, and Johnny Mathis.

Movies and Cartoons: The Black Cauldron (1985)

Characters: Gurgi and Doli

Also Known For: Actor, comedian, and impressionist who had a lengthy TV and film career. Best known for his voice work in The Ant and the Aardvark, in which the title characters are voiced by his impressions of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. His rendition of Gurgi also bears similarities to Gollum from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Film appearances include What’s Up, Doc?, The Great Smokey Roadblock, Stroker Ace, Transylvania 6-5000, Munchie Strikes Back, RoboDoc, and D.O.A. TV appearances include The Ed Sullivan Show, Get Smart, The Pink Panther Show, The Odd Couple, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Hawaii Five-O, Soap, ABC Weekend Special, The Love Boat, Married…with Children, Garfield and Friends, The Pink Panther, Duckman, Rugrats, Judge Judy, Dharma & Greg, and The Angry Beavers.

Personal Life: Married 4 times. First wife was Eleanor Belcher from 1960 until their divorce in 1969. Had 4 children including a son named Donny who on TV dressed as him. Second wife was Sally Fisher from 1982 to their divorce in 1983. Third wife was Ksenia Prohaska from 1985 until their divorce. Fourth and current wife is Anna Gabys since 1992.

Later Life: Still actively working as of 2025 but doesn’t seem to have any screen credit since 2022.

Trivia: Said to be the forerunner of comic impressionists like Dana Carvey, Frank Caliendo, and Jim Carrey.

127. Phil Fondacaro

Dates: 1958-present

Early Life and Career: Born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Began acting in 1981.

Movies and Cartoons: The Black Cauldron (1985) as well as an episode in The Magical World of Disney.

Characters: Creeper

Also Known For: Actor and stuntman with a height of 3’6.” Best known for his role in the horror comedy Bordello of Blood as well as in fantasy films like Troll and Willow. Played one of the few Ewoks to have a death scene in Return of the Jedi. Film appearances include Under the Rainbow, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Dungeonmaster, Hard Rock Zombies, Invaders from Mars, Steele Justice, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, Memories of Me, Monster High, The Doors, The Nature of the Beast, Hellraiser: Bloodline, The Creeps, Sweet Jane, Blood Dolls, The Gentleman Bandit, Sideshow, The Polar Express, Land of the Dead, Immortally Yours, and Watchmen Chapter Two. TV appearances include Faerie Tale Theatre, Tales from the Darkside, Thirtysomething, Superboy, Quantum Leap, Married…with Children, Renegade, Tales from the Crypt, Northern Exposure, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Addams Family Reunion, Hercules, The Pretender, Touched by an Angel, Sliders, Passions, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Personal Life: Married to Elena Bertagnolli since 2001 and has 3 children. Bertagnolli was once Verne Troyer’s manager. Brother Sal is also an actor and has appeared in some films with him.

Later Life: Is still actively working as of 2025.

Trivia: None.

128. Sir John Hurt

Dates: 1940-2017

Early Life and Career: Born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. Father was a mathematician turned clergyman and vicar as well as a headmaster. Mother was a one-time actress and became “the first female draughtsman” at Metropolitan Vickers in Manchester. Was sent to St. Michael’s Preparatory School in Offord, Kent where he eventually developed his passion for acting. In fact, he decided he wanted to become an actor after his first role as a girl in a school of The Blue Bird. Yet, had a teacher who abused him and his fellow students that affected him deeply. At 12, he attended The Lincoln School because he failed the entrance exam for admission to his brother’s school. Later, his family moved to St. Aidan’s Church in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire where they lived near a cinema but wasn’t allowed to go there. So he and his mom went to the repertory theater instead. However, his parents disliked his acting ambitions and encouraged him to become an art teacher instead. At 17, Hurt enrolled in Grimbsy Art School to study art, later winning a scholarship that allowed him to study for an Art Teacher’s Diploma at Saint Martin’s School of Art. Unfortunately, the scholarship wasn’t a full ride while paying his tuition fees and living expenses were difficult so he persuaded his friends to pose naked and sold portraits. In 1960, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts where he studied for 2 years and graduated in 1962 with an Acting Diploma. Made his first film that same year.

Movies and Cartoons: The Black Cauldron (1985) and The Tigger Movie (2000)

Characters: The Horned King

Also Known For: British actor whose career spanned over 5 decades and is regarded as one of the UK’s greatest actors. Possessed what was called, “the most distinctive voice in Britain.”  Frequently played in positions of power, suffer physical torment, and/or ended up dying. Best known roles are Robert Rich in A Man for All Seasons, Max in Midnight Express, Caligula in I, Claudius, John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Executive Officer Gilbert Kane in Alien, and Garrick Ollivander in the Harry Potter series. Film appearances include The Wild and the Willing, The Contact, The Sailor from Gibraltar, In Search for Gregory, Before Winter Comes, Mr. Forbush and His Penguins, The Pied Piper, The Dangerous Ladies, East of Elephant Rock, Watership Down, Heaven’s Gate, History of the World: Part I, The Plague Dogs, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Hunting of the Snark, Spaceballs, Frankenstein Unbound, King Ralph, Thumbelina, Great Moments in Aviation, Rob Roy, Love and Death on Long Island, Contact, Lost Souls, Crime and Punishment (2002), Dogville, Hellboy, Pride, The Skeleton Key, Valiant, The Proposition, V for Vendetta, Boxes, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Oxford Murders, Outlander, An Englishman in New York, Brighton Rock, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Melancholia, Immortals, Snowpiercer, Hercules (2014), The Absinthe Drinkers, Jackie, The Good Night, and Damascus Cover. TV appearances include Drama 61-67, Z-Cars, Armchair Theatre, Thursday Theatre, ITV Play of the Week, Gideon’s Way, Wessex Tales, The Naked Civil Servant, Play for Today, Crime and Punishment, King Lear, Deadline, The Storyteller, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Great Moments in Aviation, Picture Windows, Watership Down, Screen Two, Masters of Science Fiction, Recount, Merlin, An Englishman in New York, Human Planet, Planet Dinosaur, The Hollow Crown: Henry V, Playhouse Presents, Doctor Who, The Last Panthers, and The Strain. Audio appearances include The Divine Comedy, Doctor Who: The War Doctor, War and Peace, and The Invisible Man. Video game appearances include Tender Loving Care, Cracking the Conspiracy, and LEGO Dimensions.

Personal Life: Had an older brother who converted to Catholicism and became a monk and writer at Glenstal Abbey with Hurt’s assistance. However, Hurt’s private life would be nothing like this. Has been married 4 times as well as had 2 long-term girlfriends. First wife was actress Annette Robertson from 1962 to 1964. First long-term girlfriend was French model Marie-Lise Volpeliere-Pierrot from 1967 to her death in 1983. The couple had planned to get married after 15 years together but while riding together in Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire, Volpeliere-Pierrot got thrown from her horse, went into a coma, and died later that day. Second wife was an old friend and American actress Donna Peacock whom he married in 1984 at a local Register Office. They moved to Kenya but divorced in 1990. Third wife was an American production assistant Joan Dalton whom he met while filming Scandal. Had 2 sons with her but they divorced in 1996. Second long-term relationship was with Dublin-born presenter and writer Sarah Owens. They moved to County Wicklow where they settled close to their friends, director John Boorman and Claddaugh Records founder and Guinness heir Garech Browne. They broke up in 2002. Fourth wife was an advertising film producer Anwen Rees-Meyers whom he wed in 2005. Gave up drinking and smoking during this marriage and the couple settled in Cromer, Norfolk. Remained with her until his death.

Later Life: In 2015, Hurt publicly announced that he had early-stage pancreatic cancer and confirmed that he’d continue to work while undergoing treatment. Said that he and the medical team treating him were “more than optimistic about a satisfactory outcome.” Following treatment, stated that he was in remission later that year. Died at his home in Cromer, Norfolk in 2017 at 77.

Trivia: Was made a Commander of the British Empire in 2005. Knighted in 2015. Won 4 BAFTAs. Won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in 1978 for Midnight Express. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards. Was among British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear on an updated version of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to celebrate the British figures in his life that he most admired. Received the Will Award from The Royal Shakespeare Company in 2004. In 2016, an education and exhibition space called The John Hurt Centre opened in Cinema City, Norwich. Has been patron for Cinema City, the Proteus Syndrome Foundation, and Project Harrar. Also designed a Paddington Bear statue for The British Museum, which was later auctioned to raise funds for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Received honorary doctorates from the University of Derby, the University of Hull, and the University of Lincoln. Was appointed provost for the Norwich University College of the Arts and became its first chancellor when the college became a full university in 2013. Holds the record for the most onscreen deaths at 47 (my apologies, Sean Bean).

129. Wayne Allwine

Dates: 1947-2009

Early Life and Career: Born in Glendale, California where his father sang in a barbershop quartet.  He was a graduate of John Burroughs High School and an active member of that school’s music and theater department. While in high school, Allwine formed an acoustic music group called The International Singers, which performed in clubs and colleges throughout the state. After graduating, he briefly toured with an instrumental rock group Davie Allan & and the Arrows, playing rhythm guitar, harmonica, and saxophone. Later became a Dixieland jazz drummer, occasionally sitting with Firehouse Plus Two’s alumni George Probert’s Monrovia Old Style Jazz Band. Started working in the Disney mail room in 1966 before moving to the sound effects department with Jimmy MacDonald. After working with the sound department for 7 years, Allwine got the call for an open audition for Mickey Mouse in late 1976 after the previous actor failed to show up. Upon auditioning for the role, Allwine became the third official voice for Mickey Mouse in 1977.

Movies and Cartoons: The Black Cauldron (1985), The Great Mouse Detective (1986), as well as various Mickey Mouse cartoons, video games, and theme park attractions.

Characters: Horned King’s Huntsman, Thug #2, and Mickey Mouse

Also Known For: Voice actor, sound effects editor, and foley artist. Best known as the third English voice of Mickey Mouse and the first official casting following the establishment of Disney Character Voices International in 1988. Was a sound effects editor for The Fox and the Hound (1981), Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983), and Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983). Was sound editor for The Black Cauldron (1985) and The Great Mouse Detective (1986). Outside Disney, Allwine was sound editor for Three Men and a Baby, Alien Nation, The Good Mother, Innerspace, and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. Also reprised his voice for Mickey in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Personal Life: Married 4 times. First wife was Alyson Page from 1968 to their divorce in 1973. Second wife was Karla Marie Hokr, Carlsen from 1975 to their divorce in 1986. Third wife was Kim Knowlton from 1986 to their divorce in 1990. Fourth wife was Minnie Mouse voice actress Russi Taylor in 1991. They remained together until his death. Also has 3 biological children and one adopted child from previous marriages.

Later Life: Died in 2009 of hypertensive crisis caused by acute complications of diabetes at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles at 62. Was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Trivia: To date, is the longest running voice actor to play Mickey Mouse, which was 32 years. Won 2 Golden Reel Awards for Best Sound Editing, notably one in 1987 for The Great Mouse Detective (1986). Also won a Primetime Emmy Award for sound editing as well. Named a Disney Legend with wife Russi Taylor in 2008.

130. Barrie Ingham

Dates: 1932-2015

Early Life and Career: Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Educated at Heath Grammar School and became a Royal Artillery officer. Made his debut in Manchester with the Library Theatre Company before moving to London’s Old Vic. Also performed with the Royal Shakespeare, Mermaid Theatre Company, and Royal National Theatre.

Movies and Cartoons: The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

Characters: Basil and Bartholomew

Also Known For: British actor who’s worked on stage, film, and television who was featured in over 200 films and TV productions. Films include Dr. Who and the Daleks, Invasion, A Challenge for Robin Hood, The Day of the Jackal, and The Bruce. TV appearances include Danger Man, Doctor Who, The Baron, The Avengers, Hine, Funny Man, The Jeffersons, Remington Steele, Hart to Hart, Airwolf, The A-Team, Murder, She Wrote, Matlock, Webster, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Personal Life: Married to Tarne Philips from 1957 to his death. Had 4 children.

Later Life: Died at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in 2015 at 82. Remains were cremated.

Trivia: None.