Here are a selection of the folks who were the voices behind so many of the Disney Characters – Some of these folks provided many, many voices – Just picked out my favorites here!

The Stars Behind the Disney Voices

Oswald the Rabbit (where it all began)

This is the little guy who started it all back in 1927 when Universal Studios contracted with Walt Disney to produce Oswald. Things did not go really well for Oswald and Disney – but that was the event that led to the creation of an entertainment mega corporation and the most famous cartoon character in the history of the world Mickey Mouse!

Under Disney, Oswald did not have a voice, appearing only in silent films. A bit later, with Universal, many would provide the voice over starting with Bill Nolan, the Pinto Colvig, followed by Mickey Rooney and then many more.

Ironically, in the mid 1990s, Disney would once again acquire Oswald back into the Disney stable.

Walt Disney (1928-1947; 1955-1962) – Carl Stalling (1929) – Jimmy MacDonald (1947-1978) – Wayne Allwine (1977-2009) – Bret Iwan (2009 to 2023) – Chris Diamantopoulos (2013 to 2023)

Stan Alexander – Voice of Flower in Bambi

Elvia Allman – Voice of Clarabelle Clown

Pinto Colvig – the Wizard of Oz apple chucking tree also voiced for Clarabelle in 1933

Heather Angel – Voice of Mary Darling in Peter Pan

Roy Atwell & Billy Gilbert – Voices of Doc and Sneezy – Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs

Eleanor Audley – Voice of Lady Tremaine – Sleeping Beauty & Voice of Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty

Carl Barks – Voice of Flintheart Glomgold the “2nd Richest Duck in the World”

(Uncle Scrooge is number 1)

James Baskett as Uncle Remus in Song of the South

Bill Baucom – Voice of Trusty in Lady and the Tramp

Kathryn Beaumont – Alice – Alice in Wonderland – Wendy – Peter Pan

She was 10 years old when she voiced for “Alice”

Kristen Bell – Voice of Anna in the Little Mermaid

Bea Benaderet & Jean Vander Play – Voices of Elephants Giddy, Prissy and Catty in Dumbo

Jodi Benson – Voice of Thumbelina and also Barbie in Toy Story & the Little Mermaid

Billy Bletcher – 2nd Voice of Horace Horsecollar

Gloria Blondell – Voice of Daisy Duck

Peter Behn – Voice of Bambi in Bambi

Mathew Broderick – Voice of Simba in the Lion King

Edward Brophy – Voice of Timothy B. Mouse – Dumbo

Steve Buscemi – Voice of Randall Boggs in Monsters Inc.

Candy Candido – Voice of the Chief in Peter Pan

Also, the role of the Apple Tree in The Wizard of Oz – a non-Disney film

Adrianna Caselotti – Voice of Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Adrianna was 18 years old at the time – Disney prevented her from making other singing appearances outside of Disney productions

Walter Catlett – Voice of Honest John in Pinocchio

Jerry Colonna – Voice of the March Hare – Alice in Wonderland

Pinto Colvig – Voice of Goofy

Original voice of Goofy from 1932 to 1967. Others included Danny Webb, Hal Smith, Tony Pop, Will Ryan & Bill Farmer – Original Goofy was “Dippy Dawg”. – He was also the voices of the Flamingo in Alice in Wonderland

Hans Conried – Voice of Captain Hook – Peter Pan

Norma Swank-Haviland & Dessie Flynn – Voices of Chip and Dale

Chip and Dale first appeared in the short “Private Pluto” in 1943 – Cannot located a photo of Dessie – Norma was also a Disney animator and provided many other voices including the Cinderella mice, as well as singing on “Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom”. Her first Disney artwork came in 1944 on the “Three Caballeros”.

Mary Costa – Voice of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty

Frankie Darro – Voice of Lampwick – Pinnochio

Ellen Degeneres – Voice of Dory – Finding Nemo

Donnie Doonigan – Voice of Bambi – Bambi

Bobby Driscoll – Voice of Max Goof

Also appeared in Song of the South, So Dear to My Heart, Treasure Island, voiced for Peter Pan and became the voice of Goofy’s son “Max Goof” in 1951

Cliff Edwards – Voice of Jiminy Cricket – Pinnochio

Also Dandy the Crow in Dumbo

Verna Felton – Voices of Mrs. Jumbo in Dumbo – The Fairy Godmother in Cinderella – Flora in Sleeping Beauty and Aunt Sara in Lady and the Tramp

Also the voice of the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland

June Foray – Voice of Lucifer the Cat in Cinderella

Also voiced the Mermaid in Peter Pan and Lambert’s mother in Lambert the Sheepish Lion

Stan Freberg – Voice of Beaver in Lady & the Tramp

Marcellite Garner – Voice of Minnie Mouse

Marcellite followed Marjorie Ralston as the 3rd Minni Mouse beginning in 1930 – The original voice of Minnie was Walt Disney from 1928 to 1929.

Brad Garrett – Voice of Chef Gusteau in Ratatouille

Also Dim the Beatle in A Bug’s Life

Betty Lou Gerson – Voice of Cruella De Vil – 101 Dalmatians

Florence Gill – Voice of Clara Cluck and The Wise Little Hen

She voiced for a couple dozen animations as a chicken voice of one sort or the other

John Goodman – James P. Sulley Sullivan – Monster’s Inc.

Tom Hanks – Voice of Woody in Toy Story

Phil Harris – Voice of Baloo in the Jungle Book & Little John in Robin Hood

Richard Haydn – Voice of the Caterpillar in Alice and Wonderland

Sterling Holloway – Voice of the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland

Also the voice of Winnie the Pooh, and Kaa in the Jungle Book – Mr. Stork in Jumbo as well as the narrator for many Disney animations

Jeremy Irons – Voice of Uncle Scar – The Lion King

Samuel L. Jackson – Voice of Frozone in Frozone

Not my favorite animation but I could not possibly exclude Jackson!

Dickie Jones – Voice of Pinnochio – Pinocchio

Charles Judels – Voice of Stromboli in Pinocchio

Joseph Kearns – Voice of the Doorknob in Alice in Wonderland

Kearns portrayed Mr. Wilson in Dennis the Menace

Wayne Knight – Voice of Al in Toy Story

Lucille La Verne – Voice of the Queen in Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs

She also voiced as the Witch in Disney’s “Babes in the Woods” in 1932

Angela Lansbury – Voice of Mrs. Potts – Beauty & the Beast

Peggy Lee – Singing Voice of Darling in Lady & the Tramp – Also Si, Am and Peg

Barbara Luddy – Voice of Lady in Lady (Darling) & the Tramp

Also voice of Fairy Merryweather in Sleeping Beauty – & Rover the Dog in 101 Dalmatians

Jimmy MacDonald – Voices of Chip

MacDonald was a sound effect and voice specialist for Walt Disney for many years. He took over as the voice of Chip in 1948 from Nora Corcoran – MacDonald was also the voice of Gus the Mouse in Cinderella and also Dormouse in Alice in Wonderland – Also Humphrey the Bear

Dallas McKennon – Voice of Scrooge McDuck

Dallas made a big living out of animation characters including Toughy, Pedr, the Professor and the Hyena in Lady and the Tramp – The Owl in Sleeping Beauty

The Mellomen – Voices of the Dogs in the Pound (the Dog Chorus) in Lady and the Tramp

Also the voices of the Card Painters in Alice in Wonderland – They also took the place of the Jordanaires with Elvis in “It Happened at the World’s Fair” when the Jordanaires weren’t available. Other Elvis partnerships included “Roustabout”, “Paradise, Hawaiian Style” and “The Trouble with Girls”.

Billy Murray – Voice of Baloo in the Jungle Book

Clarence Nash – Voice of Donald Duck

Early years

J. Pat O’Malley – Voices of Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Alice in Wonderland

Jerry Orbach – Voice of Lumiere – Beauty and the Beast

Williams Phipps – Voice of Prince Charming

Christopher Plummer – Voice of Charles Muntz

Louis Prima – Voice of King Louie in the Jungle Book

John Ratzenberger – Voice of PT Flea – A Bug’s Life

Thurl Ravenscroft – Voice of the Alligator in Lady and the Tramp

Thurl was a member of the Mellomen singing group

Alan Reed – Voice of Boris in Lady and the Tramp

Larry Roberts – Voice of Tramp in Lady and the Tramp

Christian Rub – Voice of Geppetto in Pinocchio

George Sanders – Voice of Shere Khan – The Jungle Book

William Shirley – Voice of Prince Phillip (speaking and singing) in Sleeping Beauty

Nick Stewart – Voice of Br’er Rabbit & Br’er Bear in Song of the South

Rod Taylor – Voice of Pongo – One Hundred & One Dalmatians

Bill Thompson – Voice of the White Rabbit – Alice in Wonderland

Also Dodo in Alice in Wonderland

Francis “Dink” Trout – Voice of the King of Hearts – Alice in Wonderland

Kathleen Turner – Voice of Jessica Rabbit – Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Peter Ustinov – Voice of Prince John and King Richard in Robin Hood

Louis van Rooten – Voice of The Grand Duke in Cinderella

Evelyn Venable – Voice of the Blue Fairy in Pinnochio

Robin Williams – Voice of the Genie in Aladdin

Williams went to battle with Disney based on their ignoring an agreement not to use his voice in after-film commercial promotions whereby he refused to participate in the sequel – Later the Disney studios apologized and he provided voice for the second sequel.