Vance DeBar "Pinto" Colvig Sr. was a vaudeville American actor, voice actor, newspaper cartoonist, circus performer, screenwriter, and animator, who was the story man at Walt Disney Productions, perhaps better known for his voice work. His most famous for his Disney role was as the original voice of Goofy from 1932 to 1938, and again from 1941 until his death in 1967.
He also provided the voices of Pluto from 1931 to 1961, Grumpy and Sleepy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Practical Pig in The Three Little Pigs, and other classic characters.
Disney Roles
Sleepy
(Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
(Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
Dopey (hiccups)
(Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
(Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
Cleo
(Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party)
(Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party)
Cannibal Chieftain
(Trader Mickey)
(Trader Mickey)
Potion
(The Worm Turns)
(The Worm Turns)
Col. Rolf Rolfe
(The Steeple Chase)
(The Steeple Chase)
Grasshopper
(Mickey's Garden)
(Mickey's Garden)
Joe Giraffe
(Elmer Elephant)
(Elmer Elephant)
Pygmy Cannibals
(Spare the Rod)
(Spare the Rod)
W.C. Fields Doll
(Broken Toys)
(Broken Toys)
Tall Thin Mouseketeer
(Three Blind Mouseketeers)
(Three Blind Mouseketeers)
Hortense Ostrich (hiccups)
(Donald's Ostrich)
(Donald's Ostrich)
Prosecutor
(Who Killed Cock Robin?)
(Who Killed Cock Robin?)
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Trivia
- Colvig was the original Bozo the Clown. He played the role of Bozo from 1946 to 1949.
- He posthumously became a Disney Legend in 1993 and was put in the Clown Hall of Fame in 2004.
Gallery
Colvig with Clarence Nash recording some dialogue at the Disney Studios.
Pinto Colvig with Jack Kinney.
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- People
- Disney Legends
- Deceased
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- American people
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
- Goofy
- Voice actors
- Actors
- Disney Package Film Era
- Singers
- Comedians
- Animators
- Screenwriters
- Radio actors
- People from Oregon
- Musicians
- Pluto
- Silly Symphonies
- 1800s births
- Mickey Mouse
- The Three Little Pigs
- 1960s deaths
- Saludos Amigos
- Fun and Fancy Free
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
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