Several out celebrities and artists have contributed to the legacy of Disney animated feature films (both theatrical and direct-to-video) over the years, including:
Voice Actors:
- Brian Bedford as Robin Hood in Robin Hood.
- Simon Callow as Mr. Grasshopper in James and the Giant Peach.
- Cam Clarke as Simba (singing) in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and Flounder in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.
- Ellen DeGeneres as Dory in Finding Nemo.
- Andy Dick as Nuka in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.
- Harvey Fierstein as Yao in Mulan*.
- Nigel Hawthorne as Fflewddur Fflam in The Black Cauldron and Professor Porter in Tarzan.
- Sean Hayes as Brain Pod #13 in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
- Edward Hibbert as Zazu in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride*.
- Tom Hulce as Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame*.
- Linda Hunt as Grandmother Willow in Pocahontas*.
- Nathan Lane as Timon in The Lion King* and Spot Helperman in Teacher's Pet.
- Miriam Margolyes as the Glowworm in James and the Giant Peach and the Matchmaker in Mulan.
- Roddy McDowall as Mr. Soil in A Bug's Life.
- Megan Mullally as Adele in Teacher's Pet.
- Rosie O'Donnell as Terk in Tarzan.
- David Hyde Pierce as Slim in A Bug's Life and Dr. Doppler in Treasure Planet.
- Roger Rees as Edward in Return to Never Land.
- Paul Reubens as Lock in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Fife in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and Dennis in Teacher's Pet.
- Glenn Shadix as the Mayor in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.
- David Ogden Stiers as the Narrator and Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast*, Governor Ratcliffe and Wiggins in Pocahontas*, the Archdeacon in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Fenton Q. Harcourt in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Jumba in Lilo & Stitch* and Mr. Jolly in Teacher's Pet.
- Wanda Sykes as Innoko in Brother Bear 2.
- George Takei as the First Ancestor in Mulan*.
- Rip Taylor as Genie in DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp.
- Paul Vogt as Gator Guard in Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch.
- Gedde Watanabe as Ling in Mulan*.
- B.D. Wong as Captain Li Shang in Mulan*.
* = And sequel(s).
Music:
- Howard Ashman, songwriter for Oliver and Company, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.
- Maurice Chevalier, vocalist for The Aristocats.
- Melissa Etheridge, songwriter for Brother Bear 2.
- Elton John, songwriter for The Lion King.
- k.d. lang, vocalist for Home on the Range.
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer of "The Nutcracker Suite" in Fantasia.
Creators/Crew:
- Howard Ashman, writer and producer on The Little Mermaid, executive producer on Beauty and the Beast.
- Dean DeBlois, writer on Mulan, co-writer and co-director of Lilo & Stitch.
- Andreas Deja, supervising animator on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Hercules, Lilo & Stitch and The Princess and the Frog.
- Thomas Schumacher, producer of The Rescuers Down Under and The Lion King.
Other:
- John Canemaker, animation historian featured in the DVD bonus materials of several Disney animated features.
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