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My personal favourite voice talents use in Disney animated features are as follows : -

Adriana Caselotti Snow White
Lucille La Verne The Queen/ Witch from Snow White
Sterling Holloway The Stork in Dumbo, and the original Winnie The Pooh
Eleanor Audley, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty /Lady Tremaine from Cinderella,
Phil Harris as Baloo from The Jungle Book
Verna Felton as The Fairy Godmother from Cinderella/Flora in Sleeping Beauty,
Clarence Nash as Donald Duck,
Walt Disney as Mickey Mouse,
Pinto Colvig as many many characters!!

These voices are not in any particular order by the way - I like them all equally, and they and countless others have lent an immense amount of enjoyment to many Disney classics, jut try watching any Disney movie with the sound switched off and see the difference!!


A good voice helps to create a memorable character, and lends credibility to that character.

Who is/are your favourite/s??

I'll have to say Robin Williams as the Genie!

Tress Macneille- Various (my favourite)
Corey Burton - Various
Jim Cummings - Various
Sterling Holloway - Various
April Winchell - Clarabelle Cow
Robin Williams - Genie
Eddie Murphy - Mushu
Rosie O'Donne' - Terk
David Spade - Kuzco
Eartha Kitt - Yzma
Patrick Warburton - kronk the horse ffrom HOTR
Roseanne -Maggie
Judi Dench - Mrs. Caloway
Rowan Atkinson - Zazu
Phil Harris - Thomas O'Malley, Baloo. Little John
Minnie Driver - Jane
Pat Buttram - Various

Jason Marsden (various, mainly known as the teenage Max)
Don Novello (Vinnie)
David Ogden Stiers (various, mainly known as Cogsworth)
Nathan Lane (Timon, Spot/Scott - I love Teacher's Pet)
Chris Sanders (Stitch)
Alan Young (Scrooge McDuck)
James Woods (Hades)
Vincent Price (Prof. Ratigan)
Rob Paulsen (various minor Disney roles. I just like Rob in general, a true star)

Bill Thompson, Hans Conried, Sterling Holloway, Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash & James MacDonald.

- Jodi Benson (voice of Ariel)
- Samuel E. Wright (voice of Sebastian)
- Pat Carroll (voice of Ursula)
- Eleanor Aubrey (voice of Maleficent)
- Tony Jay (voice of Frollo)
- Eddie Murphy (voice of Mushu)
- Robin Williams (voice of Genie)
- Chris Sanders (voice of Stitch)
- Ellen DeGeneres (voice of Dory)
- Linda Larkin (voice of Jasmine)
- Lea Salonga (singing voice of Jasmine and Mulan)

I think Pixar often gets great matches for their voices. Unlike DreamWorks, Pixar doesn't pick their voice cast to promote the film, but rather to serve it. Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, John Goodman, Billy Crystal (actually those were mentioned for <i>Toy Story 2</i> and <i>Monsters, Inc.</i> but not to the degree where they were shown in previews, or anything). I thought <i>The Incredibles</i> was well cast as well.

Looking back through Disney films, Phil Harris makes an awesome Baloo (and a not-too-bad Thomas O'Malley either). Robin Williams, Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella made for good comic sidekicks. (<i>The Lion King</i> and its sequels had particularly inspired casting, that worked seamlessly, even transcening ethnicities). James Woods makes a great villain, too.

jodi bensen
paige o hara
robin williams
david spade
elenor audley
sterling holloway
jerry orbach

Sterling Holloway is probably my favorite of all the Disney voice artists. He has a very unique voice, which he used for a great variety of characters. Of course, the highlight is Winnie the Pooh. His work as the silly old bear is really taken for granted these days, but he performance really defined the character so well. Honestly, I don't think Pooh's character would be nearly as popular today if it weren't for Mr. Holloway adding that special quality to him.

Walt Disney, who was the origional voice for Mickey Mouse, when Walt was Mickey's voice he was so awesome, now Mickey Mouse sounds like some looser.

Nobody has mentioned Ilene Woods for Cinderella or Mary Costa for Sleeping Beauty. Two personal favorites of mine.

I loved the guy that did Dopey, lol

My vote for favorite voice talentwould naturally go to Ellen Degeneres as Dory.

I also get a kick out of recognizing Tress MacNeille's voice everywhere, probably because I never heard Daisy's voice until Mickey Mouse Works/House of Mouse and it easily made her one of my favorite characters.

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i like the donald duck guy, clarence nash. i actually admire anyone who can make a great donald voice...probably because i can't

azul017 wrote:- Jodi Benson (voice of Ariel)
- Samuel E. Wright (voice of Sebastian)
- Pat Carroll (voice of Ursula)
- Eleanor Aubrey (voice of Maleficent)
- Tony Jay (voice of Frollo)
- Eddie Murphy (voice of Mushu)
- Robin Williams (voice of Genie)
- Chris Sanders (voice of Stitch)
- Ellen DeGeneres (voice of Dory)
- Linda Larkin (voice of Jasmine)
- Lea Salonga (singing voice of Jasmine and Mulan)

I'm pleasantly surprised to see someone mention Tony Jay, since he is often overlooked. I loved his performance in Hunchback, especially on "Hellfire".

I like whoever speaks for animals. Especially horses! They're so good at it and its so realistic. Dogs and Monkeys are somewhat easy to do, so I don't applaud them as much, but still I applaud them for doing a voice for an animal (I mean not an animal animorphic humanoid, but a real animal that barks and neighs and ooh-ooh-ahh-ahhs). I myself can do a Monkey. It's so much fun but I get so out of breathe from it. Now I'm rambling so I"ll STOP.

I also like Eleanor Audley, Mary Costa, Ilene Woods, Ming-Na, BD Wong, Pat Morisomething (the Emperor and Mr. Miyagi), Tom Hulce, Katherine Beaumont, Russi Taylor, Wayne Allwine, Clarence Nash, Tress Macneille, Jim Cummings, Corey Burton, and

whoever does Goofy and Donald today, Yakko Warner and 625, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Merryweather and Lady....

I'm sure there is more, but I can't remember all of them.

I liked Jeremy Iron's performance as Scar in The Lion King.

I was going to post this in an older topic...this one to be exact. But I am posting here since it is a more recent topic.

Anyhow, I was searching on IMDB for Mulan because I thought the voice of Grandma Fa (June Foray) sounded a lot like Granny on Looney Tunes and I was right! But I kept scrolling and I learned that she not only did Granny but also a slew of other animated characters. I was pleasantly surprised to see that she was also:

~Witch Hazel ("Trick or Treat" Donald short and in various Looney Tunes shorts)
~Lucifer (Cinderella)
~Mermaid and Squaw ("Squaw get'm firewood!" from Peter Pan)
~Mrs. Featherby/Ma Beagle/Magica De Spell (Ducktales)
~Grammi (Gummi Bears)

BD Wong cos hes so gorgeous in real life

I agre jeremy irons is so slick and smooth in the lion king, and judge claude frollo is wonderfully voiced.

ursula of course, and pocahontas- she is so sincere in her performance, IMO pulls of that movie by herself!

My all time favorite for sure is Eddie Murphy and his role in Mulan as Mushu and Robin Williams as the genie.

Jim Cummings all the way!!!

He is such a great voice actor. He can imitate a lot of different characters such as Pete, Winnie the Pooh, Kaa and Tigger without sounding too similar. He also voices countless miscellaneous characters. There are even rumors that he did the last stenza of Be Prepared to replace Jeremy Irons in The Lion King! He is sooo amazing.