This biographical dictionary is devoted to the actors who provided voices for all the Disney animated theatrical shorts and features from the 1928 Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie to the 2010 feature film Tangled. More than 900 men, women, and child actors from more than 300 films are covered, with biographical information, individual career summaries, and descriptions of the animated characters they have performed.
Among those listed are Adriana Caselotti, of Snow White fame; Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck; Sterling Holloway, best known for his vocal portrayal of Winnie the Pooh; and such show business luminaries as Bing Crosby, Bob Newhart, George Sanders, Dinah Shore, Jennifer Tilly and James Woods. In addition, a complete directory of animated Disney films enables the reader to cross-reference the actors with their characters.

Award winner Thomas S. Hischak is a professor of theatre arts at the State University of New York College at Cortland. The author of more than 20 books on theatre, film and Tin Pan Alley, he has published several plays.

Thomas S. Hischak
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 290
Bibliographic Info: bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2011
pISBN: 978-0-7864-6271-1
eISBN: 978-0-7864-8694-6
Imprint: McFarland

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi
Preface 1
Voice Actors 3
Voice Guide to Disney Animated Films and Characters 235
Voice Guide to Favorite Disney Characters 266
Bibliography 274
Index 275

“A highly useful guide…an important reference tool for the study of film animation…wealth…hard-to-find information”—Reference Reviews; “this interesting biographical dictionary explores detailed histories of the lives and work of actors who have provided the voices for important characters throughout history of Disney films and cartoons”—Reference & Research Book News.