Jim Macdonald retired in 1976, after 42 years on the Disney Studio's staff; he continues to work on special assignments for the Studio. He was hired in 1934 as one of two men who formed the newly established sound effects department, after working for Disney as a musician during the recording of cartoon soundtracks. He invented many of the Disney sound effects himself building the necessary contraptions in his home workshop. He was asked repeatedly to provide voices as well as sound effects for the Disney cartoons (and for Disney's live-action features, too), and he has now been Mickey Mouse's voice for more than twice as many years as Walt Disney himself was. […]
Reprinted from Funnyworld No. 18 (1978)
