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Friday, September 1, 2017

Corey Burton - my 155th pick as a Disney Legend

Voice actor Corey Burton is my 155th pick to be named a Disney Legend.

Corey Burton (born Corey Gregg Weinberg) is an American voice actor best known as the current voice of Ludwig Von Drake, Captain Hook and many other characters for numerous Disney projects, as well as characters from Star Wars: The Clone Wars (including Count Dooku, Cad Bane and Ziro the Hutt) and other cartoons. He has a wide vocal range from voicing high characters, raspy characters and baritone voices. His baritone voice is the reason he took over Tony Jay's roles after his death in 2006.
He has also done a lot of narration work. In 2000, he was called in to dub over Deems Taylor's narration in Fantasia. This was done as when the restoration team was preparing Fantasia, some of Deems' narration was missing or in too bad of condition to be publicly released. So, Corey redubbed all of the film's dialogue to give it a consistent flow. He has also narrated several Disney documentaries and bonus features such as The Story Behind Fun and Fancy Free, Bambi: The Magic Behind the Masterpiece and The Jungle Book: The Making of a Musical Masterpiece. He also provided voice work in several attractions at Disney theme parks, most notably as the monorail tram narration at Disneyland and the Walt Disney World Resort.

He received an Annie Award for his work as Ludwig Von Drake in House of Mouse, and an Annie nomination for his voice work as Captain Hook in Return to Never Land and Jake and the Never Land Pirates. He also voices the Narrator in Future-Worm! He provides the "Feature Presentation" voice on numerous Disney home video releases. Burton has voiced sound-alikes and original characters for over 50 Disney Storyteller records.
He has voiced Professor Owl, Bertie Birdbrain, Jiminy Cricket, White Rabbit, Dale, and others in the Disney Sing-along specials. Her voiced Prince Achmed, Necklace Merchant in Aladdin. He was the Brutish Guard in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He voiced Titans, Burnt Man, End-of-the-World Man, Tour Bus Guide in Hercules. He provided the voice for an ancestor in Mulan and Zeus in Hercules: From Zero to Hero. He was Dale in Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas and the announcer in Toy Story 2. He was Gaëtan "Mole" Molière in Atlantis the Lost Empire. He played Gus in several Cinderella sequels and was Onus in Treasure Planet.

He has provided voices for the series Gravity Falls, Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Mickey and the Roadster Racers, Duck Tales, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Disney's House of Mouse, Goof Troop, The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears and The Magical World of Disney.





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