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James MacDonald

Actor / Animator / Audio Engineer / Musician / Announcer | * 05/19/1906 († 84, 02/01/1991) | Dundee, Scotland (United Kingdom (UK))
John James MacDonald (May 19, 1906 – February 1, 1991) was a Scottish-American foley artist, voice actor, musician and conductor. He was the original head of the Disney sound effects department, and was also the 2nd official voice of Mickey Mouse from 1947 to 1976 and again in 1978 and 1987 after Walt Disney stopped playing the character and before Wayne Allwine became the third voice of Mickey in 1977. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Kids & Family | Comedies

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Movies with James MacDonald as Actor(62)

as Jaq / Gus (voice) (archive footage)2023 Once Upon a Studio
as The Bear (voice) (archive footage)2007 The Pixar Story
as Chip (voice)2005 Disney's Christmas Favorites
as Mickey Mouse2001 Everybody Loves Mickey
as Humphrey / Lambert / Wolf / Bear / Orville / Tick-Tock (voice)1991 Disney’s Coyote Tales
as Bear (Growling) (voice)1981 The Fox and the Hound
as Evinrude (voice)1977 The Rescuers
as Mickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited)1968 The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show
as The Wolf / Pike / Tiger Mim (voice) (uncredited)1963 The Sword in the Stone
as himself1961 Back Stage Party
as Drummer (uncredited)1960 Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Mickey Mouse / Chip (voice)1960 This Is Your Life Donald Duck
as Chip (voice)1958 From All of Us to All of You
as Humphrey the Bear1956 Hooked Bear
as Chip (voice) (uncredited)1956 Chips Ahoy
as Humphrey the Bear (voice)1956 In the Bag
as Chip (voice) (uncredited)1955 Up a Tree
as Humphrey the Bear (voice) (uncredited)1955 Bearly Asleep
as Humphrey the Bear (voice) (uncredited)1955 Beezy Bear
as The Lion (roaring) (voice)1954 Social Lion
as Humphrey the Bear (voice) (uncredited)1954 Grin and Bear It
as Chip (voice) (uncredited)1954 Dragon Around
as Chip (voice)1954 The Lone Chipmunks
as Chip (voice) (uncredited)1953 Working for Peanuts
as Humphrey the Bear (voice) (uncredited)1953 Rugged Bear
as Mickey Mouse (voice)1953 The Simple Things
as Wolf / Lambert (roaring) (voice)1952 Lambert the Sheepish Lion
as Mickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited)1952 Pluto's Party
as Chip (voice) (uncredited)1952 Donald Applecore
as Mickey Mouse / Chip (voice) (uncredited)1952 Pluto's Christmas Tree
as Chip (voice) (uncredited)1952 Two Chips and a Miss
as Mickey Mouse1951 R'Coon Dawg
as Chip (voice)1951 Test Pilot Donald
as Dormouse (voice)1951 Alice in Wonderland
as Chip (voice) (uncredited)1951 Corn Chips
as Chip (voice) (uncredited)1951 Out of Scale
as Mickey Mouse1951 Plutopia
as Chip (voice) (uncredited)1951 Chicken in the Rough
as Gus / Jaq (voice)1950 Cinderella
as Chip (voice) (uncredited)1950 Trailer Horn
as Chip1950 Out on a Limb
as Chip1950 Food for Feudin'
as Chip1950 Crazy Over Daisy
as Chip (voice) (uncredited)1949 Winter Storage
as Chip (voice)1949 Toy Tinkers
as Mickey Mouse1949 Pueblo Pluto
as Chip (voice) (uncredited)1949 All in a Nutshell
as Mickey Mouse1948 Pluto's Purchase
as Mickey Mouse1948 Mickey and the Seal
as Mickey Mouse1948 Mickey Down Under
as Lumpjaw (voice) (uncredited)1947 Fun and Fancy Free
as Chip (voice) (uncredited)1947 Chip an' Dale
as Chip1946 Squatter's Rights
as Ajax the Gorilla (voice) (uncredited)1944 Donald Duck and the Gorilla
as Chip1943 Private Pluto
as Roaring Lion (voice)1941 Dumbo
as Spring (voice) (uncredited)1937 Clock Cleaners
as King of Hearts (voice) (uncredited)1936 Thru The Mirror

TV Shows/Series with James MacDonald as Actor(2)

Movies with James MacDonald as Crew(6)

Crew/Special Sound Effects1979 The Black Hole
Sound/Sound Editor1973 Robin Hood
Sound/Sound Effects1942 Bambi
Sound/Sound Effects1938 Mickey's Trailer
Sound/Sound Effects1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Full Name: John James MacDonald
Born: Saturday, 05/19 1906 (May) in Dundee, Scotland (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Friday, 02/01 1991 (February) in Glendale (aged: 84)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Employer: Walt Disney Pictures
Member of: Firehouse Five Plus Two
Other names for James MacDonald (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jimmy MacDonald"
"John James MacDonald"
"Jimmy" (Nickname)
"Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)"
James MacDonald frequently works together with these people:
Walt Disney (61x, Crew)
Clarence Nash (37x, Actor)
Oliver Wallace (37x, Crew)
Jack Hannah (33x, Crew)
Dessie Flynn (28x, Actor)
Yale Gracey (27x, Crew)
Bill Justice (25x, Crew)
Volus Jones (22x, Crew)
Bob Carlson (22x, Crew)
Dan MacManus (21x, Crew)
Pinto Colvig (20x, Actor)
Jim Cummings (18x, Actor)

Other people with this name: James MacDonald (US)

WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1310471, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 03/14/2024