VOICE ACTOR OF GOOFY REVEALS THE BELOVED CHARACTER IS NOT THE ANIMAL WE ALL THOUGHT
We assumed that Mickey is a mouse, Donald is a duck, and Goofy is a dog, if there's anything we know about Mickey Mouse and his pals. Goofy's 37-year voice actor, Bill Farmer, claims that Goofy is not a dog in real life. Farmer asserted with confidence in a 2020 Yahoo Entertainment interview that Goofy is just goofy. "He's not a dog," Farmer declared to the news organisation.
Pluto is a dog, but Goofy appears to belong to the same family as dogs, even though wolves are not dogs. I believe that the technical Latin term for Goofy is Canis Goofus. He's just foolish.
When Farmer was younger, his favourite Disney animated short, such as Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, was Goofy. But Farmer never imagined that one day he would be the voice of the beloved animated character. The actor, who had a brief career in stand-up comedy, moved to Los Angeles because he was passionate about voice impressions. Farmer went to Disney for an audition, and his childhood impression of Mickey Mouse was polished to perfection.
"I'm not very good at playing Donald Duck. However, Goofy was operating perfectly," Farmer remarked.
Farmer made his television debut as Goofy's official voice in the 1987 special Doggone Valentine. Farmer claims that the 1992 television series Goof Troop was crucial in helping him grow as a person and become Goofy. Goofy is portrayed in Goof Troop as a wise, single father of a boy named Max. Farmer clarified that he investigated his own relationship with his young son through his acting.
The voice actor said, "My son was about 5 years old at the time, so I was substituting in my mind my son so I could have that father-son relationship and it became real."
Farmer was inducted as a Disney Legend in 2009. He is still the voice of Goofy as of 2024. His most recent credits include playing Goofy in the video game Disney Speedstorm and providing lines for both Pluto and Goofy in the short film Once Upon a Studio.