Wayne Anthony Allwine (February 7, 1947, Glendale, California, USA – May 18, 2009, Los Angeles, California, USA) was an American voice actor, sound effects editor and foley artist for The Walt Disney Company. He is best remembered as the 3rd official voice of Mickey Mouse. Having done the voice for 32 years, he is the longest tenured actor to have ever voiced the character, and was married to voice actress Russi Taylor, who was the voice of Minnie Mouse from 1986 until her death in 2019, just ten years after his passing. He died on May 18, 2009 of complications caused by diabetes. He is currently buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Allwine was born in Glendale, California on February 7, 1947. In 1966, Allwine started work in the mailing room at the Disney studios, before working in the sound effects department under James MacDonald.
After auditioning for the role, Allwine became the voice of Mickey Mouse from 1977 until his death in 2009. He succeeded 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 (ABC-TV, 1955–59).
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.
| Year | Image | Character | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 
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Mickey Mouse | Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas |
| 2002 |  
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Mickey Mouse | Mickey's House of Villains |
| 2001 |  
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Mickey Mouse | Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse |
| 1999 | 
|
Mickey Mouse | Fantasia 2000 |
| 1999 | 
|
Mickey Mouse | Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas |
| 1991 | 
|
Mickey Mouse | Muppet*Vision 3D |
| 1977-1990 | 
|
Mickey Mouse | Mickey Mouse & Friends |
| 1988 | 
|
Mickey Mouse | M&M's |
| 1988 | 
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Mickey Mouse | Coca-Cola |
| 1986 | 
|
Thug 1 | The Great Mouse Detective |
| 1985 | 
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Henchmen 1 | The Black Cauldron |
| 1983 |
|
Bob Cratchit / Mickey Mouse | Mickey's Christmas Carol |
| 1983 | 
|
Otto Begger Dog | Mickey's Christmas Carol |
| 1983 | 
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Weasel 1 | Mickey's Christmas Carol |