Bill Farmer

William Farmer (born November 14, 1952) is an American voice actor and comedian. He has performed the voice of the Disney character Goofy since 1987, and is also the current voice of Pluto and Horace Horsecollar.
==Early life==
Farmer was born on November 14, 1952, in Pratt, Kansas, as the second child in his family. His parents were of English and Welsh descent.
Farmer's first job, at the age of 15, involved doing voices, especially those of Western stars like John Wayne or Walter Brennan. He and his friends would sometimes go through fast food drive-thrus and order foods in his character voices. Bill graduated from the University of Kansas in 1975 and is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. In college, he found work in radio and TV and then moved on to stand-up comedy as an impressionist until he moved out to Hollywood, where he began voicing Goofy in January 1987. In 1982, while he was still doing stand-up comedy, Farmer worked at a comedy club called the Comedy Corner in Dallas, Texas. He continued to work there until his move to Hollywood in 1986.
His decision to move to California came from a Dallas commercial agent who suggested that, given his talent for voices, he should try his luck in California. He was recently married, but he and his wife talked it over and came to an arrangement. She stayed back in Dallas while he commuted for a year after he got an apartment. Then four months after his moving out to Hollywood, his agent asked him if he could do any Disney characters.
He asserts that voice acting is not about funny voices, but about acting. His mentor was the versatile voice actor Daws Butler, the man behind many of Hanna-Barbera's characters. He taught Farmer that when doing cartoon voices, you're not merely doing a funny voice, you're an actor and the acting is premier and you have to think like the character you're doing.
==Career==
In 1987, Farmer had a small part as reporter Justin Ballard-Watkins in the film RoboCop.
His very first voice over audition was for Goofy. When he auditioned for the voice, he studied the way the original actor Pinto Colvig performed as Goofy in the classic cartoons. He studied the hilarious laugh and the distinctive "gawrsh". He inherited the voice of Goofy (and also Pluto) around the same time Tony Anselmo inherited Donald Duck and Russi Taylor inherited Minnie Mouse.
He originated the voice of Horace Horsecollar in Disney's version of The Prince and the Pauper and has played him ever since as well. Farmer also performed additional voices on The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse (1987) and Astro Boy (2004).
Other significant characters he has played include Yosemite Sam, Sylvester and Foghorn Leghorn in the movie Space Jam (1996). He has also done several guest voices, both on TV, including The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and in video games, including the Destroy All Humans! series, Namco's Tales of Symphonia, where he voiced Governor-General Dorr, in Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts series reprising the role of Goofy, Detective Date in the SEGA game Yakuza, Captain Wedgewood and Frill Lizard in Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, many voices on EverQuest II, Cletus Samson, Floyd Sanders, Jeff Meyers and Ryan LaRosa in the video game Dead Rising and Sam and others in the cult classic adventure game Sam & Max Hit the Road.
Farmer has also played Secret Squirrel on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law in both the animated series and its spin-off video game, Stinkie in Casper: A Spirited Beginning and Casper Meets Wendy, Willie Bear in Horton Hears a Who!, and Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in Robot Chicken.
From 2014 to 2016, he played Doc, the leader of the title characters in Disney's animated television series The 7D.
He also voiced Blackhoof Boar Clan Leader in the 2008 video game Kung Fu Panda.
Bill Farmer still regularly performs comedy routines at the Laugh Factory.
He has been voicing the character “Hop-Pop” on Disney's Amphibia.
==Recognition==
In September 2009, Farmer was named a Disney Legend. In 2011, the International Family Film Festival awarded Bill Farmer the 'Friz Award' for Animation.
He won the Annie Award for Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production for his work as Goofy and Grandma Goofy in Mickey Mouse.
==Personal life==
Farmer has been married to his wife Jennifer Farmer since 1985; together they have a son.
==Filmography==
===Film===
List of voice roles in feature films
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit 	Additional voices 	
1991	Rover Dangerfield 	Farm voices 	 
1991	Beauty and the Beast 	Stanley 	 
1995	Theodore Rex 	Additional voices 	 
1995	A Goofy Movie 	Goofy 	Nominated - Annie Award for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production
1995	Toy Story 	Monotone Announcer 	 
1996	Space Jam 	Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam 	 
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame 	Frollo's Soldiers 	 
1997	Cats Don't Dance 	Reporter 	 
1997	Hercules 	Builder #1 	 
1998	Antz 	Soldier Ants, Worker Ants 	 
1998	A Bug's Life 	Male Ants 	 
1999	The Iron Giant 	Robert The Army Diver Sub 	 
1999	The Adventures of Max Goof in Grouchland	&nbsap; 	
1999	Toy Story 2 	Man #1 	 
2001	Monsters, Inc. 	CDA, Photographer 	 
2003	Porco Rosso 	Additional voices 	English dub
2003	Brother Bear 	Edgar 	 
2004	Home on the Range 	Donkey, Junior (yelling) 	 
2005	Yours, Mine & Ours (2005) 	Pig Vocals (uncredited) 	
2006	Ice Age: The Meltdown 	Various Mammoths 	
2006	Cars 	Winford Bradford Rutherford, Lee Revkins, Ryan Shields	
2007	Happily N'Ever After 	Additional voices 	
2008	Horton Hears a Who 	Willie Bear 	 
2010	I Want Your Money 	George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush 	 
2012	The Lorax 	Street sweeper 	
2013	Monsters University 	Jason Chiang 	
2015	Minions 	Additional voices 	
2016	The Secret Life of Pets 	Additional voices 	
2016	Sing 	Bob the News Reporter Dog 	
2017	Despicable Me 3 	Additional voices 	
2018	The Grinch 	Sam the Bus Driver 	
List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1990	The Prince and the Pauper 	Goofy, Pluto, Horace Horsecollar, Weasels #1	 
1990	
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Disneyland Fun 	Goofy, Pluto 	 
1993	Disney Sing-Along-Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas 	Goofy 	 
1995	Runaway Brain 	Pluto 	 
1997	Casper: A Spirited Beginning 	Stinkie 	 
1998	Casper Meets Wendy 	Stinkie 	 
1998	The Spirit of Mickey 	Goofy 	 
1999	Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas 	Goofy, Pluto 	 
2000	An Extremely Goofy Movie 	Goofy 	 
2001	Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse	Goofy, Pluto, Practical Pig 	 
2001	The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald 	Knight #2, Mob Leader 	Episode 5
2002	Mickey's House of Villains 	Goofy 	 
2003	Mickeypalooza 	Goofy, Pluto 	 
2004	The Lion King 1½ 	Goofy, Sleepy 	
 
2004	Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas 	Goofy, Pluto 	 
2005	Son of the Mask 	Masked Otis 	 
 List of acting performances in feature films
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes 	Source
1987	RoboCop 	Justin Ballard-Watkins 	  	
1998	
Pumpkin Man 	Father Goblin / Billy Bob Sr.	
  	
2000	Bob's Video 	Sheriff Harmon 	 	
2013	
I Know That Voice	Himself 	Documentary 	
 
2017	Generational Sins	Sheriff Randall 	 	 
TBA 	Desert Shadows 	Detective Jerry McElroy 	Upcoming film	
 
===Television ===
List of voice performances in television shows
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1987 	D-TV Doggone Valantine 	Goofy 	 
1987 	D-TV Monster Hits 	Goofy 	 
1989 	Goofy About Health 	Goofy 	 
1989 	Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery 	Fergie Furbelow 	 
1992 	Raw Toonage 	Goofy 	 
1992–93 	Goof Troop 	Goofy 	 
1992 	Goof Troop Christmas 	Goofy 	 
1993 	Bonkers 	Goofy 	 
1995 	What-a-Mess 	Additional Voices 	 
1996 	Quack Pack 	Pluto 	 
1998–present	The Magical World of Walt Disney 	Goofy, Pluto 	 
1998 	Paracycling 	Goofy 	 
1999 	Disney's Mouseworks Spaceship 	Pluto 	 
1999–2000 	Mickey Mouse Works 	Goofy, Pluto, Horace Horsecollar 	 
2000 	Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law 	Secret Squirrel 	 
2003–04 	Totally Spies 	President (uncredited) 	Episodes: "First Brat", "Totally Switched"
2003–06 	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Stank Williams, Blort Sportscaster 	 
2004 	Astro Boy 	Tawashi 	 
2004 	Game Over 	Race Announcer 	 
2005 	Loonatics Unleashed 	Mr. Leghorn 	 
2006–16 	Robot Chicken 	Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Pubertis 	 
2006 	Ergo Proxy 	Al (English dub) 	1 episode
2007 	Higglytown Heroes 	Janitor Jay 	 
2008 	The Banana Splits 	Fleegle, Bingo 	 
2012–2016 	Minnie's Bow-Toons 	Goofy, Pluto, Additional voices 	 
2014–16 	The 7D 	Doc, Sir Yips-A-Lot 	 
2014 	Max & Ruby 	Additional voices 	1 episode
2015 	Jake and the Never Land Pirates 	Ghostly Bob 	 
2017–present	Mickey and the Roadster Racers 	Goofy, Pluto, Horace Horsecoller, Mayor McBeagle, Mr. Bigby, Additional voices	 
2019–present	Amphibia 	Hopadiah "Hop Pop" Plantar 	 
2019 	Vampirina 	Larry Moss 	 
List of acting performances in television shows
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes 	Source
2010	'Til Death 	George Bush, Minister (voices)	Episode: "The Wedding"	 
2017	The UnPop Podshow 	Phil Gardender 	Episode: "Podfellas" 	 
2020	It's a Dog's Life with Bill Farmer	Himself (host) 	  	
===Video games===
List of voice performances in video games
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1993	Sam and Max Hit the Road 	Sam, Psychic, Flambe 	 
1994	Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness 	Leshy 	 
1995	Full Throttle 	Horrace, Corley Motors Merchandise Salesman, Gas Guard Pilot, News Anchorman 	 
1996	Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion 	Bald Eagle, Coyote, Gila Monster, Additional voices 	 
1998	Disney's Hades Challenge 	Goofy 	 
1998	King's Quest VIII: Mask of Eternity 	King Gryph, Weirdling Tradesman 	 
1998	Baldur's Gate 	Brunos, Irlentree, Yeslick Orothiar 	 
2000	Mickey's Speedway USA 	Goofy 	 
2000	Looney Tunes Racing 	Foghorn Leghorn 	 
2000	Looney Tunes: Space Race 	Foghorn Leghorn 	 
2000	Mickey Mouse Kindergarten 	Goofy, Pluto, Bellhop #1, Bellhop #2 	 
2000	Mickey Mouse Preschool 	Goofy, Pluto, Gas Attendant 	 
2000	The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling 	Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Dino Bridge 	 
2000	The Emperor's New Groove 	Villager 	 
2001	Disney Learning: Phonics Quest 	Goofy, Horace Horsecollar 	 
2001	Goofy's Fun House 	Goofy 	 
2002	Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 	Wedgwood the Pirate, The Frill Necked Lizard 	 
2002	Kingdom Hearts 	Goofy, Pluto 	 
2002	Disney Golf 	Goofy 	 
2002	Disney Sports Soccer 	Goofy 	 
2002	Disney Sports Skateboarding 	Goofy 	 
2002	Disney Sports Football 	Goofy 	 
2002	Disney Sports Basketball 	Goofy 	 
2003	Disney's Party 	Goofy 	 
2003	Toontown Online 	Goofy 	 
2003	Tales of Symphonia 	Governor-General Dorr 	 
2004	Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest 	Additional voices 	 
2004	Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2 	Parrotbeard, Squeaver, Johno 	 
2004	EverQuest II 	Various characters 	 
2005	Destroy All Humans! 	Narrator, Rural Male 	 
2005	Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan	Parrotbeard 	 
2006	Over the Hedge 	Lou, Rottweiler 	 
2006	Cars 	Rustbucket Cars 	 
2006	Dead Rising 	Cletus Samson, Floyd Sanders, Jeff Meyers, Ryan LaRosa 	 
2006	Kingdom Hearts II 	Goofy, Pluto 	 
2006	Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who? 	Ghost of Elias Kingston, Sylvester Sweetsugar, Farmer Burt Harrison, Captain Quint	 
2006	Yakuza 	Date (English version) 	 
2006	Flushed Away 	Spike 	 
2006	Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island 	Old Hermit Crab, Plant King, Crab Refugee #4, Plant Guard 	 
2007	Meet the Robinsons 	Ice Cream Vendor 	 
2008	Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law 	Secret Squirrel, Cameraman, Prison Guard #2 	 
2008	Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed 	Colonel Kluckin 	 
2008	Kung Fu Panda 	Blackhoof Boar Clan Leader 	 
2008	Disney Think Fast 	Goofy, Horace Horsecollar 	 
2008	Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon 	Legg Tallman, Deep Navel 	 
2008	Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor 	Foghorn Leghorn 	
2008	Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories 	Goofy 	 
2009	Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days 	Goofy 	 
2010	Epic Mickey 	Goofy, Horace Horsecollar 	 
2010	Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep 	Goofy, Horace Horsecollar, Sleepy 	 
2011	Kinect Disneyland Adventures 	Goofy, Pluto 	 
2012	Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two 	Goofy, Horace Horsecollar, Practical Pig 	 
2012	Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion 	Goofy 	 
2012	Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance 	Goofy 	 
2013	Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix 	Goofy, Pluto 	Archive audio
2014	Disney Magical World 	Goofy, Pluto, Sleepy 	 
2014	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix 	Goofy, Horace Horsecollar, Sleepy 	Archive audio
2017	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue 	Goofy 	Archive audio
2019	Kingdom Hearts III 	Goofy 	 
===Theme park attractions===
Year	Title 	Role
2003	Mickey's PhilharMagic 	Goofy
2020	Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway	Goofy
===Production credits===
Year	Title 	Position
1992	Death Becomes Her 	ADR loop group
2004	Shrek 2 	ADR group
2004	Boomerang 	Editor
2015	With Lee in Virginia	Cinematographer
==Awards and nominations==
Awards and nominations
Year	Award 	Category 	Title 	Result
2000	Annie Awards 	Outstanding Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production	An Extremely Goofy Movie 	
2009	Disney Legend Award 	Animation - Voice 	 	
2011	Daytime Emmy Award 	Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program 	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 	
2012	Behind the Voice Actors Video Game Voice Acting Award	Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game 	Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two	
2014	Annie Awards 	Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance 	Mickey Mouse 	
2015	Behind the Voice Actors Television Voice Acting Award	Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series 	The 7D 	
2015	Behind the Voice Actors Television Voice Acting Award	Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series - Children's/Educational 	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 	
2015	Annie Awards 	Outstanding Achievement in Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production	Mickey Mouse 	
2016	Behind the Voice Actors Television Voice Acting Award	Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series 	The 7D 	
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Category:Male actors from Kansas
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Category:University of Kansas alumni
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