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name: "Jimmy MacDonald"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-macdonald-137461"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 May 1906"
died: "1 February 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 80
updated: "2026-09-17T06:04:33.715685+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jimmy MacDonald

Actor. Born 19 May 1906 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. Died 1 February 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 May 1906, Dundee, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 1 February 1991
- **Active:** 1938–1967
- **Also known as:** James MacDonald, John James MacDonald 
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 85 (1), 1940s 86 (2), 1950s 72 (2), 1960s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2739967, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531763/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137461

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Cinderella*](https://film.one/film/cinderella-1950.md) (72)

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## Biography

Jimmy MacDonald (also credited as James MacDonald and John James MacDonald) was a voice actor and sound effects artist. He joined Walt Disney Productions in the 1930s as a musician and became head of the studio’s sound effects department.

MacDonald provided voices for numerous Disney animated films and shorts. His credits include Jaq and Gus in *Cinderella* (1950), the Dormouse in *Alice in Wonderland* (1951), Lumpjaw in *Fun and Fancy Free* (1947), and roles in *The Jungle Book* (1967), *The Sword in the Stone* (1963) and *The Rescuers* (1977). He was the official voice of Mickey Mouse from 1947 until 1977.

He also created thousands of sound effects for Disney productions and appeared in a small number of live-action credits, including work on *Mary Poppins* (1964).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, behindthevoiceactors.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Jungle Book* (1967), Fi1m 80, as Shere Khan & Bagheera’s Roars (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jungle-book.md)
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1951), Fi1m 71, as Dormouse (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/alice-in-wonderland.md)
- *Cinderella* (1950), Fi1m 72, as Gus / Jaq (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/cinderella-1950.md)
- *Bambi* (1942), Fi1m 86, Sound Effects — [page](https://film.one/film/bambi.md)
- *Dumbo* (1941), Fi1m 87, as Roaring Lion (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/dumbo.md)
- *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1938), Fi1m 85, Songs, Sound Effects — [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs.md)

## Also known for

- *The Sword in the Stone* (1963), The Wolf / Pike / Tiger Mim (voice) (uncredited)
- *The Fox and the Hound* (1981), Bear (Growling) (voice) (uncredited)
- *The Rescuers* (1977), Evinrude / Brutus / Nero (voice)
- *Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers* (1989), Humphrey the Bear (voice)
- *Fun and Fancy Free* (1947), Lumpjaw (voice) (uncredited)
- *Once Upon a Studio* (2023), Jaq / Gus (voice) (archive sound)
- *The Pixar Story* (2007), The Bear (voice) (archive footage)
- *Thru the Mirror* (1936), King of Hearts (voice) (uncredited)

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