Farmer, Bill 1952–

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Farmer, Bill 1952–

PERSONAL

Born November, 1952, in Pratt, KS; married Jennifer Wynne (a director and producer), 1985; children: one son.

Addresses: Agent— Cunningham, Escott & Dipene, 10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 130, Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Career: Actor and voice artist. Speaker at various venues, including schools. Some sources state that Farmer produced and wrote films for children.

Awards, Honors: Annie Award nomination, outstanding individual achievement for voice acting by a male performer in an animated feature production, International Animated Film Society, 2000, for An Extremely Goofy Movie.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Justin Ballard–Watkins, RoboCop (also known as Robocop), Orion, 1987.

Voice of Goofy, Goofy about Health (animated short film; edited from other films), Walt Disney Imagineering, 1989.

Voice of Goofy, Disney Sing–Along–Songs: Disneyland Fun, The Walt Disney Company, 1990.

Voices of Goofy, Pluto, Horace Horsecollar, and first weasel, The Prince and the Pauper (animated; also known as Mickey's the Prince and the Pauper), Walt Disney Productions, 1990.

Voice of farmer, Rover Dangerfield (animated; also known as Rover & Daisy), Warner Bros., 1991.

Voice of Goofy, Disney "Sing–Along–Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas" (also known as Sing–Along– Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas and The Twelve Days of Christmas), The Walt Disney Company, 1994.

Voice of Goofy Goof, A Goofy Movie (animated; also known as Goofy), Buena Vista, 1995.

Voice of Pluto, Runaway Brain (animated short film), Buena Vista, 1995.

Voice, Theodore Rex (also known as T. Rex), New Line Cinema, 1995.

Voices of Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, and Foghorn Leg-horn, Space Jam (live action and animated), Warner Bros., 1996.

Voice of Stinky, Casper: A Spirited Beginning (live action and animated; also known as Casper: The Beginning and Casper II: Ghost Central Station), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1997.

Father Goblin and Billy Bob, Sr., Pumpkin Man, (short film), Pumpkin Pictures, 1998.

Voice of announcer, Troops (short film), TBD Productions, 1998.

Voice of Goofy, Skating the Half Pipe (animated short film; also known as Goofy's Extreme Sports: Skating the Half Pipe), 1998.

Voice of Goofy, The Spirit of Mickey (animated; edited from other films), Walt Disney Home Video, 1998.

Voice of Stinky, Casper Meets Wendy (live action and animated), Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 1998.

Smiling Jack, Men in Scoring Position, Vagabond Pictures, 1999.

Voice of Pluto, Disney's "Mouseworks Spaceship" (animated short film), Buena Vista, 1999.

Voices of Goofy and Pluto, Mickey's Once upon a Christmas (animated), Walt Disney Home Video, 1999.

Second sports announcer, Speedway Junky (also known as Speedway Junkie), 1999, Regent Entertainment, 2001.

Sheriff Harmon, Bob's Video, Klaxon Films, 2000.

Voice of Goofy Goof, An Extremely Goofy Movie (animated; also known as Another Goofy Movie, An X–tremely Goofy Movie, and A Goofy Movie 2), Buena Vista, 2000.

Voices of Goofy, Pluto, and Practical Pig, Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (animated), Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2001.

Voice of Goofy, Mickey's House of Villains (animated), 2001, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2002.

(Uncredited) Voice of Goofy, Mickey's PhilharMagic (animated short film; also known as Mickey's Fantasyland PhilharMagic and Mickey's PhilharMagic Orchestra), Walt Disney Feature Animation/Walt Disney Imagineering, 2003.

Voice of Goofy, Very Merry Christmas Sing Along Songs (animated; also known as Disney's "Very Merry Christmas Sing Along Songs"), Walt Disney Home Video, 2003.

Voice of Goofy, The Lion King 1 1/2 (animated; also known as Hakuna Makata, The Lion King 1 1/2: Hakuna Matata, and The Lion King 3), Buena Vista, 2004.

Voice of Goofy, Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (animated), Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2004.

Voice of Goofy, Mickey's Twice upon a Christmas (animated), Buena Vista, 2004.

Voice of Mask Otis, Son of the Mask (also known as Mask 2, The Mask 2, Untitled Mask Project, andMaske 2—Die naechste Generation), New Line Cinema, 2005.

Voice of Tyler the candlestick maker, Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm (animated), Yankee Films, 2006.

Voices of Goofy and Pluto, Mickey Saves Santa and Other Mouseketales (animated), Walt Disney Home Video, 2006.

Voice of Goofy, How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (animated short film), Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2007.

Voices of Goofy and Pluto, Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt (animated), Walt Disney Home Video, 2007.

Voices of Goofy and Pluto, Mickey's Treat (animated; also known as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse—Mickey's Treat), Walt Disney Home Video, 2007.

Voice of Willie Bear, Horton Hears a Who! (animated; also known as Dr. Seuss' "Horton Hears a Who," Dr. Seuss' "Horton Hears a Who!," and Horton),Twentieth Century–Fox, 2008.

Film Additional Voices; Animated Films:

Beauty and the Beast (also known as A bela e a fera, A Szepseg es a szoernyeteg, Belle en het beest, Bijou to yaju, Die Schoene und das Biest, I pentamorfi kai to teras, Kaunotar ja hirvioe, La bella e la bestia, La bella y la bestia, La belle et la bete, Lepotica in zver, Piekna i bestia, Skjonnheten og udyret, Skoenheten och odjuret), Buena Vista, 1991, longer version released as Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition

Kurenai no buta (anime; also known as Crimson Pig, Porco rosso, Porco rosso—O ultimo heroi roman-tico, and Punainen sika), Studio Ghibli/Tokuma Shoten, 1992, Manga Films, 1994, dubbed version released by Buena Vista Home Video.

Toy Story (also known as Toy Story in 3–D), Buena Vista, 1995.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (also known as The Bells of Notre Dame), Buena Vista, 1996.

Hercules, Buena Vista, 1997.

A Bug's Life (also known as Bugs and Bug's Life), Buena Vista, 1998.

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (also known as Disney's "Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World" and Pocahontas: Journey to a New World), Buena Vista Home Video, 1998.

The Iron Giant, Warner Bros., 1999.

Toy Story 2 (also known as Toy Story 2: Collector's Item and Toy Story 2 in 3–D), Buena Vista, 1999.

Monsters, Inc. (also known as Hidden City and Monsters, Incorporated), Buena Vista, 2001.

Brother Bear (also known as Bears and Tierra de osos), Buena Vista, 2003.

Home on the Range (also known as Sweating Bullets), Buena Vista, 2004.

Cars (also known as The Cars and Route 66), Buena Vista, 2006.

Ice Age: The Meltdown (also known as Ice Age 2 and Ice Age 2: The Meltdown), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2006.

Happily N'Ever After (also known as Es war k'einmal im Maerchenland), Lions Gate Films, 2007.

Surf's Up, Columbia, 2007.

Horton Hears a Who! (also known as Dr. Seuss' "Horton Hears a Who," Dr. Seuss' "Horton Hears a Who!,"and Horton), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2008.

Worked on other films as a member of automated dialogue replacement loop groups, including Shrek 2 (animated), DreamWorks, 2004.

Film Editor:

Boomerang (short film), Pumpkin Pictures, 2004.

Television Appearances; Animated Series:

Voice of Goofy Goof, Goof Troop (also known as Disney's "Goof Troop"), ABC and syndicated, 1992–93.

Voices of Goofy and Pluto, Mickey Mouse Works (also known as Disney's "Mickey Mouseworks" and Mickey Mania), ABC, 1999–2000.

Voices of Goofy, Pluto, Horace Horsecollar, Practical Pig, and others, House of Mouse (also known as Disney's "House of Mouse," Mickey's Club, and Musehus), ABC, 2001–2002.

Voice of Detective Tawashi for English version, Astro Boy (anime; also known as Astro Boy tetsuwan atomu and Tetsuwan Atom), Cartoon Network, beginning 2004, series originally broadcast in Japan by Fuji Television and Animax, beginning 2003.

Voices of Goofy and Pluto, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (also known as Mickey Mouse's Friends Club), Disney Channel, 2006—.

Voice of a demon–eating goblin, a recurring role, Tactics (anime), Sci–Fi Channel, beginning c. 2008, originally broadcast in Japan by TV Tokyo, 2004–2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Voice of Goofy, Disney's "DTV Monster Hits" (collection of Disney music videos), NBC, 1987.

Voice of Goofy, Funny, You Don't Look 200 (also known as Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville), ABC, 1987.

DTV "Doggone" Valentine (collection of Disney music videos; also known as DTV's "Doggone" Hits and Disney's "DTV 'Doggone' Valentine"), NBC, 1987.

Voice of Goofy, A Goof Troop Christmas (animated; also known as Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas and Reindeer Rumba), c. 1992.

Voice, A Merry Mickey Celebration, ABC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Voice of George Bush, "Hoarse Play," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1991.

Voice of Goofy, "Ski Patrol/Poultrygeist/Romancing the Clone/Goofy's Guide to the Olympics," Raw Toonage (animated), CBS, 1992.

Voice of Bill Clinton, "Citizen Butt–head," Beavis and Butt–Head (animated; also known as The Bad Boys and Beavis and Butt–head), MTV, 1993.

Voice of Goofy, "Cartoon Cornered," Bonkers (animated; also known as Disney's "Bonkers"), syndicated, 1993.

Voice of monkey soldier, "The Celestial Fleet Cruises Out," Monkey Magic (anime), syndicated, 1998, also broadcast in Japan by TV Tokyo.

Voice of man, "Haircut/Neighbourly Bean," Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (animated; also known as Mr Bean and Mr. Bean), Independent Television (England), 2002.

Voice of Secret Squirrel, "Blackwatch Plaid," Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (animated), Cartoon Network, 2004.

Voices of Rupert, third man, and vendor, "Chocolate Sailor/The Good, the Bad, and the Toothless," Grim & Evil (animated; also known as The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy), Cartoon Network, 2004.

Voice of Mr. Leghorn, "Stop the World I Want to Get Off," Loonatics Unleashed (animated; also known as Super Looney Tunes), The WB, 2005.

Voice of Piggy, "Scaredy Cat/Requiem for a Cat," Cats-cratch (animated), Nickelodeon, 2005.

Voice of Secret Squirrel, "Bird Girl of Guantanamole," Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (animated), Cartoon Network, 2005.

Voices of Blort sportscaster and first man, "Zip Your Fly/Puddle Jumping," Grim & Evil (animated; also known as The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy), Cartoon Network, 2005.

Voices of pharmacy alien and young Darph Bobo, "Honey, I Shrunk the Crew," Tripping the Rift (animated), Sci–Fi Channel, 2005.

Voice, "The Onslaught of War," Basilisk (anime; also known as Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls), Independent Film Channel, 2006, originally broadcast in Japan as Basilisk—Koga ninpou chou.

Voice of Stank Williams, "Dad Day Afternoon/Scary Poppins," Grim & Evil (animated; also known as The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy), Cartoon Network, 2006.

Voice of tour person, "Y Tu Chico Tambien," The Adventures of Chico and Guapo (animated), MTV2, 2006.

Voice of Warden Buford Lee Stormstrucker, "Who framed Jimmy/Flippy," The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (animated), Nickelodeon, 2006.

Voices of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, "Rodigitti," Robot Chicken (animated), Cartoon Network, 2006.

Voices of Pubertis, Lots of Laughs Bear, and referee, "Password: Swordfish," Robot Chicken (animated), Cartoon Network, 2006.

(English version) Voice of Al, "Shojo sumairu," Ergo Proxy (anime), Fuse, c. 2007, originally broadcast in Japan by WoWow, 2006.

Voice of Janitor Jay Hero, "The Big Pink Elephant Sale/Higglies on Horseback," Higglytown Heroes (animated), Disney Channel, 2007.

Voice of Janitor Jay Hero, "Happy Campers/All Washed Out," Higglytown Heroes (animated), Disney Channel, 2007.

Voice of Jasper, "Hats All Folks/Hop–Hop Hooray," Higglytown Heroes (animated), Disney Channel, 2007.

Provided the voice of Goddawin for "A Grand Invitation/A Running Battle," an episode of Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (animated; also known as Mr Bean and Mr. Bean), Independent Television (England); appeared in other programs and provided a voice forWhat–A–Mess (animated; also known as What a Mess), ABC.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Voice of announcer, "Meet the Smashenburns," Game Over (animated; also known as Meet the Break-necks and Smashenburns), UPN, 2004.

Television Additional Voices; Series:

Mighty Mouse, the New Adventures (animated), CBS, 1987–89.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Voice, Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs": Still the Fairest of Them All (short documentary released on a DVD edition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2001.

Himself, A Conversation with Bill Farmer (short documentary), Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2002.

Video Games:

Voices of Sam, psychic, Flambe, and Vanuatoo, Sam and Max Hit the Road (also known as Sam & Max), LucasArts Entertainment Company, 1993.

Voice of Leshy, Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness, Sierra Entertainment, 1994.

Voices of Horrace, Corley Motors merchandise salesperson, gas guard pilot, and news anchorman, Full Throttle, LucasArts Entertainment Company, 1995.

Voices of bald eagle, coyote, gila monster, horned lizard, rattlesnake, rhinoceros, gray wolf, and desert gate, Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion, LucasArts Entertainment Company, 1996.

Voices of Brunos, Irlentree, and Yeslick, Baldur's Gate, Interplay Productions, 1998.

Voices of King Gryph and Weirdling tradesperson, King's Quest: Mask of Eternity (also known as King's Quest 8: Mask of Eternity and King's Quest VIII: Mask of Eternity), Sierra Studios, 1998.

Voice of Foghorn Leghorn, Looney Tunes Racing, Infogrames Entertainment, 2000.

Voice of Foghorn Leghorn, Looney Tunes: Space Race, Infogrames Entertainment, 2000.

Voice of Goofy, Mickey's Speedway USA, Rareware, 2000.

Voices of Garren Windspear, Demson, and Dermin, Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate II—Shadow of Amn, Bioware/Black Isle Studios/Interplay Productions, 2000.

Voice, Invictus (also known as Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus), Interplay Productions/Quicksilver Software, 2000.

Voice, Sacrifice, Interplay Productions, 2000.

Voice of Luigi for U.S. version, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Nintendo, 2001, released in Japan as Dai–Ranto Smash Brothers Deluxe, 2001.

Voice, Emperor's New Groove, Disney Interactive, 2001.

Voice, Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, Interplay Productions, 2001.

Voice of Goofy, Disney Golf, Ingram Entertainment, 2002.

(English version) Voice of Goofy Goof, Kingdom Hearts (also known as Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix and Kingudamu hatsu), Square Electronic Arts, 2002.

Voices of Captain Wedgewood and frill lizard, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Krome Studios, 2002.

Voice, Command & Conquer: Generals, Electronic Arts, 2003.

Voice, Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour, Electronic Arts, 2003.

Voice, Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick (also known as Evil Dead V, Evil Dead Sequel Game, and Evil Dead 2), THQ, 2003.

Voice, The Haunted Mansion, Electronic Arts, 2003.

Voice of Goofy, Disney's "Toontown Online" (also known as Toontown and Toontown Online), c. 2003.

(English version) Voices of Dorr and others, Tales of Symphonia, Namco Hometek, 2004, originally released in Japan, 2003.

Voice of Goofy Goof, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Square Enix Company, 2004.

Voices of Parrotbeard, Squeaver, and Johno, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2, Krome Studios, 2004.

Voice, Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest, Sony Online Entertainment, 2004.

Multiple voices, EverQuest II, Sony Online Entertainment, 2004.

(English version) Voice of Detective Date, Yakuza (also known as Ryu go gotoku), Sega of America, 2005.