Bill Farmer (born November 14, 1952) is an American actor, voice
actor, comedian and impressionist. He has performed the voice of the
Disney character Goofy since 1987, and is also the current voice of
Pluto and Horace Horsecollar.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.
actor, comedian and impressionist. He has performed the voice of the
Disney character Goofy since 1987, and is also the current voice of
Pluto and Horace Horsecollar.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.
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