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John James "Jimmy" MacDonald was a British-born American foley artist, voice actor, musician, conductor, and the original head of Walt Disney Productions' sound effects department. He was also the voice of Mickey Mouse from 1947 to 1976.^[1]

In addition to directing sounds for animated shorts as aurally complicated as Mickey's Trailer, MacDonald 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 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.

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 and Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party, the Dormouse 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 also played drums for the Firehouse Five Plus Two jazz band on and off from its inception until it was disbanded in the early 1970s.

In 1993, he was posthumously inducted as a Disney Legend.

Disney Roles

Gallery

References

External Links

Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist) on Wikipedia

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 |image = Jimmy MacDonald.jpg
-|born = John James MacDonald<br>[[May 19]], [[1906]]<br>Dundee, [[Scotland]], [[United Kingdom|U.K.]]
+|born = John James MacDonald<br>[[May 19]], [[Pre-1922#1906|1906]]<br>Crewe, Cheshire, [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
-|died = [[February 1]], [[1991]] (aged 84)<br>Glendale, [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
+|died = [[February 1]], [[1991]] (aged 84)<br>Glendale, [[California]], [[United States]]
 |cause of death = Heart failure
-|nationality = [[File:Flag of Scotland.svg.png|20px]] Scottish<br>[[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American
+|nationality = [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.png|20px]] British<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
+|occupation(s) = Foley artist, voice actor, musician, conductor
-|years active = [[1934]]-[[1977]]
+|years active = [[1934]]-[[1989]]
-|spouse = Roberta Cullen (?-[[1991]]; his death)<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/08/obituaries/james-macdonald-84-mickey-mouse-s-voice.html</ref>}}'''Jimmy MacDonald''' was a Scottish-born American foley artist, animator, voice actor, musician, and the original head of the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] sound effects department. He was also the voice of [[Mickey Mouse]] from [[1947]] to [[1977]].
+|spouse = Roberta Cullen ([[1936]]-1991; his death)<ref name=nytimes>http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/08/obituaries/james-macdonald-84-mickey-mouse-s-voice.html</ref>}}
+'''John James "Jimmy" MacDonald''' was a British-born American foley artist, voice actor, musician, conductor, and the original head of [[Walt Disney Productions]]' sound effects department. He was also the voice of [[Mickey Mouse]] from [[1947]] to [[1976]].<ref name=nytimes/>
-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.
+In addition to directing sounds for animated shorts as aurally complicated as ''[[Mickey's Trailer]]'', MacDonald 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 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]]''.
+MacDonald also added voice effects, like on-screen humming for [[Kirk Douglas]] in ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]''.
-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 retirment 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]]''.
+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 (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 provided the voice for [[Jaq and Gus]] and [[Bruno (Cinderella)|Bruno]] the dog in ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'' and ''[[Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party]]'', the [[Dormouse]] 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 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.
+MacDonald also played drums for the Firehouse Five Plus Two jazz band on and off from its inception until it was disbanded in the early 1970s.
+In 1993, he was posthumously inducted as a [[Disney Legends|Disney Legend]].
-His chimney lamp growls would later be reused for the 1987 Tri-Star live action feature, ''The Monster Squad'', as the stock growling for the Wolfman.
 ==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]] (1947–1977)
+Kit-imprimible-candy-bar-varios-personajes-a-eleccion-5714-MLA4995949056 092013-F.jpg|'''[[Mickey Mouse]]'''<br>([[1947]]–[[1977]])
-Pluto8.jpg|[[Pluto]] (briefly)
+Pluto8.jpg|'''[[Pluto]]'''<br>(1941-1953)
-Apr189.gif|[[Goofy]] (1960)<ref>http://voicechasers.com/database/showprod.php?prodid=3929</ref>
+Apr189.gif|'''[[Goofy]]'''<br>(''[[Lion Down]]'' and ''Donald Duck and His Friends'')<ref>http://voicechasers.com/database/showprod.php?prodid=3929</ref>
+File:Donald-duck-disney-photo-450x400-dcp-cpna013154.jpg|'''[[Donald Duck]]''' (mule kick sounds) (''[[Trick or Treat]]'')
--dopey large.jpg|[[Dopey]] (some vocal effects)
+Tumblr n52o8fu16h1r3jmn6o1 1280.png|'''[[Bear (Mickey Mouse)|Bear]]'''<br>(''[[Good Scouts]]'', ''[[Donald's Vacation]]'' and ''[[Dumb Bell of the Yukon]]'')
-Sneezy transparent.png|[[Sneezy]] (additional vocal work)
+-dopey large.jpg|'''[[Dopey]]''' (some vocal effects)<br>(''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'')
-Bigbadwolf.png|[[Big Bad Wolf]] (1958)
+Sneezy transparent.png|'''[[Sneezy]]''' (additional sounds)<br>(''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'')
-Chip.png|[[Chip and Dale|Chip]] (1947–1960)
+Bigbadwolf.png|'''[[Big Bad Wolf]]'''<br>([[1958]])
-Jaq and Gus.jpg|[[Jaq and Gus]] (1950, 1954)
+Hop the Grasshopper.jpg|'''[[Hop the Grasshopper]]'''<br>(1960 record)
-darrel.jpg|[[Dormouse]]
+Donald Duck and the Gorilla 1249571376 1 1944.jpg|'''Ajax the Gorilla'''<br>(''[[Donald Duck and the Gorilla]]'')
-Aw4.png|[[Flamingos]]
+Badwolf.jpg|'''[[Wolf (Make Mine Music)|Wolf]]'''<br>(''[[Make Mine Music]]'', ''[[Lambert the Sheepish Lion]]'')
-humphrey bear.jpg|[[Humphrey the Bear]]
+Lambert2.png|'''[[Lambert Lion|Lambert]]'''<br>(''[[Lambert the Sheepish Lion]]'')<br>(roars and only one line of dialogue)
-PPDE tattoos FI-008 (1).png|[[Tick-Tock the Crocodile]] (snapping)
+Fun-disneyscreencaps com-1076.jpg|'''[[Bongo the Bear]]'''<br>(''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'')
-Louiethelion.PNG|[[Louie the Mountain Lion]] (1951-1952)
+Fun-disneyscreencaps com-2887.jpg|'''[[Lumpjaw]]'''<br>(''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'')
-Donald Duck and the Gorilla 1249571376 1 1944.jpg|[[Ajax the Gorilla]] (''[[Donald Duck and the Gorilla]]'')
-Dolores-elephant.jpg|[[Dolores the Elephant]] (1948-1953)
+Dolores-elephant.jpg|'''[[Dolores the Elephant]]'''<br>(''[[The Big Wash]]'' and ''[[Working for Peanuts]]'')
+Orville.jpg|'''[[Orville the Baby Bird]]'''<br>(''[[Pluto's Fledgling]]'')
-Fun-disneyscreencaps com-1076.jpg|[[Bongo the Bear]]
+Louiethelion.PNG|'''[[Louie the Mountain Lion]]'''<br>(1950s, ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'')
-Fun-disneyscreencaps com-2887.jpg|[[Lumpjaw]]
+Humphrey bear.jpg|'''[[Humphrey the Bear]]'''<br>([[1950]]-[[1956]], ''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'')
-The Wolf (The Sword in the Stone).png|[[Wolf (The Sword in the Stone)|Wolf]]
+Rhinocerous.jpg|'''[[Rhinoceros]]'''<br>(''[[African Diary]]'')
-Badwolf.jpg|[[Wolf (Make Mine Music)|Wolf]]
+Spike the Bee.jpg|'''[[Spike the Bee]]'''<br>([[1940]]-[[1966]])
-Winnie-the-pooh-disneyscreencaps.com-1300.jpg|[[The Bees]]
-Willie the Giant.jpg|[[Willie the Giant]] ([[1963]])
+Morris the Midget Moose 1247589272 2 1950.jpg|[[Morris the Midget Moose]]
+Jaq and Gus.jpg|'''[[Jaq and Gus]]'''<br>(original film and ''[[Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party]]'')
--35.jpg|[[Ned Land]] (humming vocal only)
-Bagheera depromo.png|[[Bagheera]] (original film; vocal effects)
+Bruno2.png|'''[[Bruno (Cinderella)|Bruno]]'''<br>(original film)
+Darrel.jpg|'''[[Dormouse]]'''<br>(''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'')
-Shere Khan.png|[[Shere Khan]] (original film; vocal effects)
+Profile - Hedgehog.jpg|'''[[Hedgehogs]]'''<br>(''Alice in Wonderland'')
-Tumblr nande2VPgs1r3jmn6o1 1280.png|[[Evinrude]]
-Herbie.png|[[Herbie]] (''[[The Love Bug]]'')
+Profile - Captain Hook.jpeg|'''[[Captain Hook]]'''<br>(''[[Peter Pan's Flight]]'')
+PPDE tattoos FI-008 (1).png|'''[[Tick-Tock the Crocodile]]'''<br>(snapping)
+-neighbor-4.jpg|'''[[Muncey]]'''<br>(''[[The New Neighbor]]'')
+Sleeping-beauty-disneyscreencaps com-8043.jpg|'''[[Maleficent|Dragon Maleficent]]'''<br>(growl/jaw snapping sound effects)
+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>(''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]]'')
+Willie the Giant.jpg|'''[[Willie the Giant]]'''<br>([[1963]])
+Ned Land profile.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]]'')
+Rescuers-disneyscreencaps.com-4915.jpg|'''[[Brutus and Nero]]'''<br>(''[[The Rescuers]]'')
+Pete's Dragon Animation Color Model Cel - Elliott.jpg|'''[[Elliott]]''' (growls)<br>(original film)
+Foxandthehound648.jpg|'''[[The Bear]]''' (growls)<br>(''[[The Fox and the Hound]]'')
+File:Beelzebub.jpg|'''Beelzebub'''<br>(''[[Trick or Treat]]'')
 </gallery>
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" widths="150">
-NF F WayneAllwine Foley Feat2.jpg|McDonald with [[Wayne Allwine]].
+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
+vlcsnap-2012-05-18-19h09m11s79.png|MacDonald performing his famous chimney lamp growls.
 JimMcD.jpg
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+Jimmy macdonald interview.JPG
 </gallery>
 ==References==
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+==External Links==
+*{{WP|Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)}}
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