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John James "Jimmy" MacDonald was a Scottish-born American foley artist, animator, voice actor, musician, and the original head of Walt Disney Productions' sound effects department. He was also the voice of Mickey Mouse from 1947 to 1977.

In addition to directing sounds for animated shorts as aurally complicated as Mickey's Trailer, he developed many original inventions and contraptions to achieve expressive sounds for characters like Evinrude the dragonfly from The Rescuers, the bees in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, and Spike the bee who gets to the best of Donald Duck in the 1950s cartoon shorts.

MacDonald also added voice effects, like on-screen humming for Kirk Douglas in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and chipmunk chatter from various Chip and Dale cartoons starting with Private Pluto.

By 1947, Walt Disney was getting too busy and too hoarse from smoking to continue voicing Mickey Mouse, so he was replaced by MacDonald, after the film Fun and Fancy Free. (A common misconception is that MacDonald had voiced additional dialogue shared with Disney in that film.) MacDonald voiced the mouse on a regular basis until 1953 (Disney had briefly taken over for The Mickey Mouse Club) and a recurring one until his retirement in 1977, when he was replaced by young Disney sound effects man Wayne Allwine for The New Mickey Mouse Club; Allwine's first theatrical role for Mickey was in Mickey's Christmas Carol.

MacDonald was also the voice of Goofy at one time, where he provided his voice in the 1960s Disney record album Donald Duck and His Friends.

MacDonald also provided the voice for Jaq and Gus in Cinderella and Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party, the Dormouse and Flamingos in Alice in Wonderland, Humphrey the Bear, and the Wolf in The Sword in the Stone. He also appeared in Toby Tyler as a circus band drummer but was uncredited.

MacDonald had also played drums for the Firehouse Five Plus Two jazz band on and off from its inception until it disbanded in the early 1970s.

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-'''John James "Jimmy" MacDonald''' (May 19, [[1906]] - February 1, [[1991]]) was a Scottish-American voice actor and the original head of the [[Disney]] sound effects department. He was also the voice of [[Mickey Mouse]] from [[1947]] to [[1977]].
+|image = Jimmy MacDonald.jpg
+|born = John James MacDonald<br>[[May 19]], [[Pre-1922#1906|1906]]<br>Dundee, [[Scotland]], [[United Kingdom]]
+|died = [[February 1]], [[1991]] (aged 84)<br>Glendale, [[California]], [[United States]]
+|cause of death = Heart failure
+|nationality = [[File:Flag of Scotland.png|20px]] Scottish<br>[[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American
+|occupation(s) = Foley artist, animator, voice actor, musician, original head of the Disney sound effects department
+|years active = [[1934]]-[[1977]]
+|spouse = Roberta Cullen (?-[[1991]]; his death)<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/08/obituaries/james-macdonald-84-mickey-mouse-s-voice.html</ref>
+}}
+'''John James "Jimmy" MacDonald''' was a Scottish-born American foley artist, animator, voice actor, musician, and the original head of [[Walt Disney Productions]]' sound effects department. He was also the voice of [[Mickey Mouse]] from [[1947]] to [[1977]].
-In addition to directing sounds for animated shorts as aurally complicated as ''[[Mickey's Trailer]]'', he developed many original inventions and contraptions to achieve expressive sounds for characters like Casey Jr., the circus train engine from ''[[Dumbo]]'', [[Evinrude]] the dragonfly from ''[[The Rescuers]]'', the bees in ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]]'', and Spike the bee who gets to the best of [[Donald Duck]] in the 1950s cartoon shorts.
+In addition to directing sounds for animated shorts as aurally complicated as ''[[Mickey's Trailer]]'', he developed many original inventions and contraptions to achieve expressive sounds for characters like [[Evinrude]] the dragonfly from ''[[The Rescuers]]'', [[The Bees|the bees]] in ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]]'', and Spike the bee who gets to the best of [[Donald Duck]] in the 1950s cartoon shorts.
-MacDonald also added voice effects, like on screen humming for [[Kirk Douglas]] in ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' and chipmunk chatter from various [[Chip 'n Dale]] cartoons starting with ''[[Private Pluto]]''.
+MacDonald also added voice effects, like on-screen humming for [[Kirk Douglas]] in ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' and chipmunk chatter from various [[Chip and Dale]] cartoons starting with ''[[Private Pluto]]''.
-By [[1947]], [[Walt Disney]] was getting too busy and too hoarse from smoking to continue voicing Mickey Mouse, so he was replaced by MacDonald, after the film ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]''. MacDonald voiced the mouse on a regular basis until 1953 and a recurring one until 1977, when he was replaced by young Disney sound effects man [[Wayne Allwine]] for ''The New Mickey Mouse Club'' (Allwine's first theatrical role for Mickey was in ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]''.
+By [[1947]], [[Walt Disney]] was getting too busy and too hoarse from smoking to continue voicing Mickey Mouse, so he was replaced by MacDonald, after the film ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]''. (A common misconception is that MacDonald had voiced additional dialogue shared with Disney in that film.) MacDonald voiced the mouse on a regular basis until [[1953]] (Disney had briefly taken over for ''[[The Mickey Mouse Club]]'') and a recurring one until his retirement in [[1977]], when he was replaced by young Disney sound effects man [[Wayne Allwine]] for ''The New Mickey Mouse Club''; Allwine's first theatrical role for Mickey was in ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]''.
+MacDonald was also the voice of [[Goofy]] at one time, where he provided his voice in the 1960s Disney record album ''Donald Duck and His Friends''.
-MacDonald also provided the voice for [[Jaq and Gus]] and [[Bruno]] the dog in ''[[Cinderella]]'', [[the Dormouse]] in ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', [[Humphrey the Bear]] and the [[Wolf (The Sword in the Stone)|Wolf]] in ''[[The Sword in the Stone]]''. He also appeared in ''[[Toby Tyler]]'' as a circus band drummer, but was uncredited.
+MacDonald also provided the voice for [[Jaq and Gus]] in ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'' and ''[[Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party]]'', the [[Dormouse]] and [[Flamingos]] in ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', [[Humphrey the Bear]], and the [[Wolf (The Sword in the Stone)|Wolf]] in ''[[The Sword in the Stone]]''. He also appeared in ''[[Toby Tyler]]'' as a circus band drummer but was uncredited.
-MacDonald also found time to play drums in the famous Firehouse Five Plus Two jazz band. He played with the band on and off from its inception until it disbanded in the early 1970s.
+MacDonald had also played drums for the [[Firehouse Five Plus Two]] jazz band on and off from its inception until it disbanded in the early 1970s.
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+==Disney Roles==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" widths="150">
+kit-imprimible-candy-bar-varios-personajes-a-eleccion-5714-MLA4995949056 092013-F.jpg|'''[[Mickey Mouse]]'''<br>(1947–1977)
+Pluto8.jpg|'''[[Pluto]]'''<br>(briefly)
+Apr189.gif|'''[[Goofy]]'''<br>(1960)<ref>http://voicechasers.com/database/showprod.php?prodid=3929</ref>
+-dopey large.jpg|'''[[Dopey]]''' (some vocal effects)<br>(''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'')
+Sneezy transparent.png|'''[[Sneezy]]''' (additional sounds)<br>(''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'')
+Bigbadwolf.png|'''[[Big Bad Wolf]]'''<br>(1958)
+Donald Duck and the Gorilla 1249571376 1 1944.jpg|'''[[Ajax the Gorilla]]'''<br>(''[[Donald Duck and the Gorilla]]'')
+Badwolf.jpg|'''[[Wolf (Make Mine Music)|Wolf]]'''<br>(''[[Make Mine Music]]'' and ''[[Lambert the Sheepish Lion]]'')
+Chip.png|'''[[Chip and Dale|Chip]]'''<br>(1947–1960)
+Fun-disneyscreencaps com-1076.jpg|'''[[Bongo the Bear]]'''<br>(''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'')
+Fun-disneyscreencaps com-2887.jpg|'''[[Lumpjaw]]'''<br>(''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'')
+Dolores-elephant.jpg|'''[[Dolores the Elephant]]'''<br>(1948-1953)
+humphrey bear.jpg|'''[[Humphrey the Bear]]'''<br>(1950-1956)
+Jaq and Gus.jpg|'''[[Jaq and Gus]]'''<br>(original film, ''[[Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party]]'', archival recordings)
+darrel.jpg|'''[[Dormouse]]'''<br>(1951)
+Aw4.png|'''[[Flamingos]]'''<br>(1951)
+PPDE tattoos FI-008 (1).png|'''[[Tick-Tock the Crocodile]]'''<br>(snapping)
+Louiethelion.PNG|'''[[Louie the Mountain Lion]]'''<br>(''[[Lion Down]]'' and ''[[Father's Lion]]'')
+The Wolf (The Sword in the Stone).png|'''[[Wolf (The Sword in the Stone)|Wolf]]'''<br>(''[[The Sword in the Stone]]'')
+Winnie-the-pooh-disneyscreencaps.com-1300.jpg|'''[[The Bees]]'''<br>(1966)
+Willie the Giant.jpg|'''[[Willie the Giant]]'''<br>([[1963]])
+-35.jpg|'''[[Ned Land]]'''<br>(humming vocal only)
+Bagheera depromo.png|'''[[Bagheera]]'''<br>(original film; vocal effects)
+Shere Khan.png|'''[[Shere Khan]]'''<br>(original film; vocal effects)
+Tumblr nande2VPgs1r3jmn6o1 1280.png|'''[[Evinrude]]'''<br>(''[[The Rescuers]]'')
+Herbie.png|'''[[Herbie]]'''<br>(''[[The Love Bug]]'')
+Foxandthehound648.jpg|'''[[The Bear]]''' (growls)<br>(''[[The Fox and the Hound]]'')
+</gallery>
+==Gallery==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" widths="150">
+NF F WayneAllwine Foley Feat2.jpg|MacDonald with [[Wayne Allwine]].
+ Jim McD.jpg|Jimmy making sound effects for a Disney cartoon.
+vlcsnap-2012-05-18-19h09m11s79.png|MacDonald performing his famous chimney lamp growls.
+JimMcD.jpg
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+==References==
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