Voice Evolution of PETE, Disney's Oldest Character - 94 Years Compared & Explained

EXPLAINING DISNEY #13.5
Created as a companion video to my series of DISNEY EVOLUTION videos (specifically 'Evolution of PETE, Disney's Oldest Character, Over 94 Years (1925-2019) Explained'), I take a look at the vocal evolution of the character as I compare the voices of all of Goofy's official voice actors over time, including Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig, Billy Bletcher, John McLeish, Will Ryan, Arthur Burghardt and Jim Cummings.
Here's my look at Pete's Voice Through the Years!
Other instalments in this series include; Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, Pluto, Pete, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Shorts discussed and featured -
Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Willie
Mickey Mouse: The Mad Dog
Mickey Mouse: The Klondike Kid
Mickey Mouse: Building a Building
Mickey Mouse: Mickey’s Amateurs
Mickey Mouse: Shanghaied
Mickey Mouse: Two Gun Mickey
Mickey Mouse: The Moving Day
Mickey Mouse: The Worm Turns
Mickey Mouse: Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
Donald Duck: Bellboy Donald
Donald Duck: Officer Duck (WWII Propaganda)
Donald Duck: Donald Gets Drafted (WWII Propaganda)
Donald Duck: Trombone Trouble
Donald Duck: The New Neighbour
Goofy: How to Be a Detective
Chip An Dale (Chip N Dale): Lone Chipmunks
Mickey’s Christmas Carol
Ducktales
The Prince and the Pauper
Goof Troop
A Goofy Movie
An Extremely Goofy Movie
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
Disney’s House of Mouse
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Power Pants Pete
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Donald the Surfer
Mickey Mouse (2013): A Pete Scorned
Mickey and the Roadster Racers
Kingdom Hearts III (Kingdom Hearts 3)
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[@thisdudehere6450]

It's so cool to see Billy bletcher and Walt Disney physically voice acting together, it helps the scene feel more natural

[@evy9439]

And something else,Walt Disney is taller than Billy Bletcher,but Pete is taller than Mickey

[@LL-bl8hd]

I've never seen footage of Walt Disney voice acting before! That was really cool and you could see how he put his personality into Mickey.

[@sholabolaji2975]

Billy blecther did he also voiced the big bad wolf?

[@cyrusshan3]

@@sholabolaji2975 yes he did. Also Pinto Colvig the voice of Goofy voiced him in the short “Fuller Brush Man” as well as Will Ryan, and current Pete voice actor Jim Cummings. Jimmy Macdonald the second voice actor for Mickey voiced Big bad wolf in a redubed version of “Fuller Brush Man” and Clancy Brown the voice of Mr Krabs voices him the Paul Rudish Mickey shorts.

[@coyotemontana4558]

For me I think that Billy Bletcher and Jim Cummings would be the top voices of Pete.

[@GoldStorm07]

Jim Cummings is so iconic as Pete, it's hard for me to connect to the earlier voices.

[@Srcsqwrn]

Same. Arthur was pretty good, but Jim just makes the character/voice his.

[@mightyfilm]

I feel the same way about his performance as Taz. There's something he brought to the role that made it extra special, and that's saying something since it was a Mel Blanc character.

[@Crystal_959]

same with Bill Farmer and Goofy

[@mightyfilm]

Bill's my personal favorite Goofy as well. The performance he gave in A Goofy Movie was absolute perfection.

[@shoknifeman2mikado135]

Jim Cummings is terrible! His voice is totally non-threatening.

[@Interfaune]

I'm so glad you picked the jacuzzi scene to represent A Goofy Movie. One of my absolute favourite Pete/Goofy moments. Both Jim Cummings and Bill Farmer as well as the character animation are acting so well. They feel so subtle and real and not just like funny toons, without losing the roots to the essence of the characters. You can really hear that in Cummings' voice here.

[@EChacon]

All actors do their part and do a great job voicing big bad Pete, but personally my favorite voice actors for him are Jim Cummings and Billy Bletcher, particularly the former.

[@keeyanlyon1892]

👍

[@ericavila-0252]

Jim Cummings' been voicing Pete for 30 years now, such a legend

[@eman2863]

It's freakish seeing Mickey and Pete compared to Walt and Bletcher with the height being reversed between the two

[@NightViper91]

Walt Disney was 5ft 10 and Billy Bletcher was 5ft 2

[@keeyanlyon1892]

Definitely 2:50

[@colossus112785]

I always thought Billy Blecther was tall muscular dude but now I see he's a small guy lol

[@mechajay3358]

While I say Cummings his voice of Pete is very well done, I feel Billy's voice really brings out the intimidation of him.

[@ziggehzigzig1238]

oh, definitely. i feel cummings' version of pete is much more goofy and childish, while bletcher's is a lot more intimating and villainous

[@mythos2490]

@@ziggehzigzig1238 yeah. It is very iconic his modern voice but it doesn’t help with the fact they had to tone him down for things like Mickey Mouse clubhouse because they can’t have any real steaks in the kids show, so he has to be more of an annoying bully rather than an actual threat

[@tails230]

Pete in A Christmas Carol is the most intimidating thing I ever seen the character in. The lighting, the laughing, it scared me when I was little.

[@oluhamilton2121]

That's the whole point.....

[@vincentfichtler7758]

Imagine if Jim Cummings voiced him in the movie he would have given him one hell of an evil laugh as well.

[@sheedokdeedok]

ngl Arthur Burghardt was an amazing voice during the Prince and the Pauper movie! this is like the deepest voice Pete ever had tbh

[@vincentfichtler7758]

Threatening like darkseid.

[@christopheredwards788]

Jim Cummings accepted my Facebook invite earlier this week!😁👍

[@christopheredwards788]

@Alexis Duke Yup!

[@disneygirl224]

Dialogue of Billy Bletcher put in the Disney short "Get a horse" "Too Late!" 2:45 "Ha Ha I knew I'd get ya!" (Laughs) 2:57 "It's You" 3:46 "All alone without your" 3:51 "I used to have a little cat once" 4:00 "Company Dismissed!" 4:36

[@LowellLucasJr.]

So glad to revisit Pete! You really know how to brighten my day! Also- lets face it, Jim Cummings really knows how to liven Pete's performance with disgust( when scheming) & humor at the same time!

[@mraaronhd]

I had no idea that Jim Cummings didn’t voice Pete in The Prince and the Pauper?! Also, at 10:00, Pete is wearing Mega Man’s helmet!

[@vincentfichtler7758]

That is so unfair.

[@slapshot68]

That guy is a close second behind Jim

[@marktrigg467]

Yeah, as a kid I always thought Jim voiced him in The Prince and The Pauper

[@AC-gb7do]

These character vids are great, the research shows!

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thank you!

[@thatrandomredengine9430]

3:49 oh my gosh, seeing Walt Disney actually doing the voice of Mickey is so funny and amazing to look at.

[@Ranuyasha]

It feels really cool to voice your own created characters with such convincing fashion. Walt was amazing

[@TylerChou230]

As someone who was born in 1994, I grew up with Jim Cummings’s Pete and always associate him as the true voice of Pete.

[@vincentfichtler7758]

Me too but when I heard that Pete is even older than Mickey and there's older voices of Pete than Jim Cummings put my full interest on that character.

[@ruthiehenshallfan99]

Great video! I'll go back and give my thoughts on the other voices you've done, but I'll start with Pete. Walt Disney: Nowhere near as memorable as his Mickey. Still a decent first effort for this notable villain. Pinto Colvig: The Beginnings of the Pete I've come to love (or love to hate). He still lacks that certain quality that makes Pete "Pete" Billy Bletcher: The first truly great Pete voice. I've seen several of the classic cartoons with him and he is such a perfect fit for him, especially for the more antagonistic Pete of that era. John McLeish: Just can't hear Pete. Not horrible, but not good either. Will Ryan: Was a great fit for Mickey's Christmas Carol, but not entirely suitable afterwards. Arthur Burghardt: Has a certain quality that reminds me of Bletcher, but not perfectly fitting either. Jim Cummings: The Perfect fit for the modern Pete, who I always thought as a lovable and goofy villain for the present day. He is a major part of my childhood, so it's hard to pick between him and Bletcher. Final Ranking: 1. Bletcher/Cummings 3. Colvig 4. Burghardt 5. Ryan 6. Disney 7. McLeish

[@SaiyanGamer95]

Billy, his Pete sounds like a straight-up bad guy. Completely evil with little to no redeeming qualities. Which I think kinda works for a good amount of Pete's roles back in the day. Will Ryan? To me, his Pete (combined with the character design in Ducktales) seems like an almost completely different character who just happens to also be named Pete. And Jim, Woo boy! I won't lie, that's the Pete I grew up with, so there's a bit of bias there. His Pete, while still antagonistic for the most part, is less malicious and evil and more of just a plain jerk. Like the kind of guy who would invite himself over to a "friend's" house, eat the good food, and leave, as opposed to the other Pete, who sounds like he would just barge in, take your stuff, and just bully his neighbor into submission. Jim's Pete is also a bit more goofy (funny, since Jim debuted as Pete in Goof Troop).

[@LegoReader12345hello]

Jim Cummings is the best! Pete has been my favorite character!

[@PandaJohn71]

I am really enjoying your series on the Mickey Mouse gang and their animated evolutions and vocal evolutions.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thank you!

[@PandaJohn71]

@@DaveLeeDownUnder You are most welcome.

[@K3Z9001]

I love how Walt smiles as soon as he starts Mickey's lines.

[@priscilabrave5918]

I always love Pete. Jim Cummings´s amazing as Bill Farmer since Goof Troop.

[@vegetafan9922]

I love Bletcher because his voice has so much bass to it that you can almost hear the feedback from the microphone in the shorts!

[@hobomike6935]

Bletcher and Arthur were the best "intimidating" Petes, while Jim Cummings is the best "Mickey's nemesis" Pete.

[@beckykitwood8701]

I agree especially in the cartoon named moving day

[@Davey647Returns]

Dude, you’re absolutely killing it with these videos. Keep up the great work!

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thanks so much -- appreciate it!

[@GodlyNib]

I'm shocked I didn't notice it wasn't Jim Cummings in the Christmas Carol special and the Prince and the Pauper. Somehow I just filled those blanks in when I thought back on them.

[@vincentfichtler7758]

you and me both.

[@gabrieltowery624]

Absolutely loved this entire video! For me you really can't beat Pete in the 2 goofy movies

[@LITTLE1994]

Billy Bletcher and especially Jim Cummings are THE Pete. You can never forget their voices, including when Pete laughs.

[@brianmuhlingBUM]

Billy Bletcher and Walt Disney working together! It doesn't get any better than that.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

One of the GREAT pieces of footage!

[@keeyanlyon1892]

Really rare to see them voiceing the characters

[@SuperBowserFan2005]

My favorite Pete voice is Jim Cummings.

[@WastelanderLucky]

Oooh, you know what'd be really cool for you to do? Comparing the lines in Get a Horse! to their origins! You're great at this, clearly, and some of the lines in it are already shown in your voice series, so it'd be really cool!

[@jacoblakins6628]

Jim is the master, as usual. He's just the right amount of comical and menacing. After him would be Arthur, Will (for Mickey's Christmas Carol) and Billy.

[@ToonyKid]

Would any of Pete’s old voice actors have worked for Tigger?

[@jrl3432]

@@ToonyKid Probably, yes.

[@batman369able]

I remember seeing the clip from Mr. Mouse Takes A Trip in one of those behind the scenes things. It takes me back

[@noahm.contreras8357]

8:41 I heard Pooh Bear. Maybe that was a bit of a blooper.

[@vincentfichtler7758]

Number 1 : Jim Cummings Number 2 : Billy Bletcher

[@Jac-Man]

I just noticed that Will Ryan’s Pete in DuckTales sounds remarkably like Bowser in Super Mario Sunshine.

[@palmerkidz01]

2:11 Minnie Mouse: The First Disney Heroine To Fight Back

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Jim Cummings Pete was why I watched Goof Troop, A Goofy Movie, etc. Max, PJ,and Roxanne were all just bonus'!

[@JustinPlayzOfficial]

Pete is iconic

[@ArynWellspring]

Once again It’s the modern voice that takes the role and expands upon it to the point where their voice is the most iconic. All the little idiosyncrasies I associate with Pete were established will Jim Cummings, an absolute legend in the voice acting industry. So, it really isn’t a fair comparison.

[@vicentemancilla]

I love your videos, Dave

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thank you!

[@vicentemancilla]

@@DaveLeeDownUnder Your welcome

[@Angie2343]

Brian Hull's impression of Pete is spot on.

[@EmmaCRBsnewstuff]

I grew up with both Jim Cummings and Arthur Burghardt, I like them both Will Ryan was good in Mickey's Christmas Carol but I'm not sure about DuckTales

[@thatoneguy9399]

Everyone does super well, and Cummings I think is the best one, but Arthur Burghardt doesn't get enough credit for how good he did for Prince & The Pauper

[@icecreamhero2375]

7:47 Pete is supposed to be a thug but Authur Burghardt makes him sound more like Darth Vader than Pete he needs more rasp. It also lacks the goofiness.

[@Nasir3623]

Funfact: Pete has been a nazi and a communist spy in the comics

[@usefulduncanfan]

We all know

[@kiarrapyefinch8571]

Could you eventually do the evolutions of Pete Jr and Max Goof in the future??

[@thepodgelist05productions94]

I want to see more of your evolution videos, Dave

[@somegem6344]

Billy Bletcher gives Pete's voice extreme power.

[@faze1charming472]

Good job keep it up Dave

[@Ryan-bm8lc]

Great video! Really interesting again! And Pete is just a decent villain, so I like this! To be honest I think it would be interesting if you did a video on the designs of ScroogeMcDuck in comics since his design didn't change much on screen, just a suggestion! I've love this channel and your work you've done on Mickey Mouse! You deserve way more subscribers!

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thank you! Scrooge is one I'll have to do a little extra digging into, as the comics side of the Disney universe isn't something I'm incredibly well versed in. But it's certainly something I'm considering going forward!

[@-RIWIS-]

3:20 The pictures match

[@lgstylo4589]

4:09 the good meow from billy bletcher

[@Jeannette.81]

The amazing Jim Cummings

[@Crystal_959]

How come there’s some moments when they just stop sounding like Pete?

[@DomJane]

4:08 You can see Disney almost crack up at Billy's voice

[@jaythebillz9543]

I really like Arthur Burghardt's voice of Pete. It makes him really menacing.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

It worked for Prince and The Pauper.

[@TheSocklessMonkey]

Will Ryan also voiced him again on the "Get a Horse!" Short back in 2013

[@wittyag]

Billy Bletcher does the best job. Definitely sounds the most menacing.

[@paulineburlington6726]

Fun fact: In the Alice shorts, Pete actually talks like this, "Hey! Give me that puzzle!"

[@milestinker2178]

What about Jim MacGeorge as the Genghis Khan version of Pete in the DuckTales episode "Lost Crown of Genghis Khan"? You included that Pete in your other Pete evolution video.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

As I say with all of these videos, this is not about showing every single episode or short the character has been in, but to offer a 'snapshot' of him over the years. To cut down on time, I cannot include everything - or this video would be too long. I did not include every short, every series, every film that Pete has ever appeared in. I included snippets from a couple of DuckTales episodes - which is more than I offered for some of the other series.

[@milestinker2178]

@@DaveLeeDownUnder Makes sense. Still a great video. Keep up the good work.

[@keeyanlyon1892]

Billy bletchers voice is top notch 😊

[@didiakroush4730]

1925: Pete’s First Look In Alice 1927: Different In Oswald 1928: In Mickey Mouse To Be Continued

[@JDG2764]

Hands down BEST part 3:38

[@bryanmelo9878]

Rank: 1st Jim Cummings (congratulations) 2nd Billy Bletcher (excellent) 3rd Arther Burghardt (great) 4th Pinto Colvig (ok) 5th Will Ryan (not so well) 6th John McLeish (nice try) 7th Walt Disney (BOO)

[@fioravanti675]

Until now Pete was voiced by Jim Cummings

[@chinga_gang_fo_life_5411]

Billy Bletcher and Jim Cummings are definitely the most popular and my personal favs

[@SpongeBobSquarePants-jf8gv]

1:39 Walt Disney 1:53 Pinto Colvig 2:24 Billy Bletcher 4:14 John McLeish

[@stephenholloway6893]

Billy and Jim are the best Pete. Though Will's take in Mickey's Christmas Carol and Arthur is also good.

[@usefulduncanfan]

I didn’t know in Mickey’s once upon a christmas there were two petes

[@trentsgangreturns2nddontgi385]

“Immertating Mr incredible” YEAH BABY!!!!!!!

[@surprisedwoody1025]

Bletcher's voice is my favorite.

[@officialanneboonchuy180]

I’m still waiting for Horace and clarabelle.

[@formerastronaut]

I got the opportunity to ask Jim Cummings what accent Pete spoke with since it was something that bothered me all my life. He shrugged and said "It's just Pete".

[@oluhamilton2121]

I believe Bletcher also did work for Warner's, playing mad doctor types.

[@stephenholloway6893]

He also was the Father Bear in most of The Three Bears shorts.

[@oluhamilton2121]

@@stephenholloway6893 amazing in that a person with a voice so big was of small stature.

[@keeyanlyon1892]

He did Ballon land on in iwerks and did spike on tom and jerry

[@greyhounddog9]

7:45 Mickey Says how fuck for of you captain

[@aertnadle2466]

Which source states that Pinto Colvig voiced Pete from 1932-33?

[@SpongeBobSquarePants-jf8gv]

6:22 Will Ryan 7:32 Arthur Burghardt 8:04 Jim Cummings

[@unorthodeux]

I grew up with Billy and Jim's voices. I kinda like Burghardt's though!

[@pferreira1983]

Billy Bletcher was a good Pete but Jim Cummings perfected it.

[@Offinelife]

PETE: ween. Is this a good time to go home? Me:at 6: o’clock in my house!

[@christopherbrady3514]

You forgot to use Corey burton as Pete

[@LDFE2002]

My favorites would have to be Billy Bletcher and Arthur Burghardt.

[@christopherbrady3514]

Are you going to do more voice evolutions

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Yes. I do one for almost every single Cartoon Evolution I do.

[@zoilohernandez9945]

I'm from Latin America,and i think Francisco Colmenero is the best Spanish voice of Pete in my opinion.

[@donttrollonme2583]

Pete in Speedos Nightmare fuel lol

[@n19ntendods]

Damn! Much like Winnie the Pooh, Jim Cummings has just made Pete such a lovable character, albeit in the opposite way. Evil and menacing, but goofy (no pun intended) and bumbling, at the same time. My only real issue with Jim Cummings’ voice for Pete is that I feel like it started the trend of most of his voices (as brilliant as they are) becoming variations of Pete, i.e., Tigger = lispy Pete, Razoul = less gruff Pete, Taz = demented Pete, Yosemite Sam = Southern American Pete, Monterey Jack = Australian Pete, Ray = Cajun Pete, etc. Absolutely no disrespect to Jim Cummings, tho! He’s still amazing! 🤩🤩🤩

[@redranger2716]

Make a video about Mortimer House.

[@willrobinson3662]

To be completely honest- my very favorite voices of Pete are Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig, Billy Bletcher and Arthur Burghardt because those guys had the right attitude to do the voices of that black cat while John McLeish, Jim Cummings and Will Ryan had the wrong attitude to do the voices of him.

[@animeHEAT]

Hearing how many roles that Jim Cummings could do and sound so different in each one, would it be fair to say he's this generation's Mel Blanc? *gets bricked*

[@raiknightshade3442]

What happened to John Mcleish's voice? It just goes silent during that part

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

It’s fine for me

[@raiknightshade3442]

No matter how many times I refresh it I still can't hear anything, is it under copyright claim?

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Nope, not copyright claim. It plays ok on desktops and televisions, but apparently not on mobile. Has something to do with the sound on that clip I believe

[@raiknightshade3442]

@@DaveLeeDownUnder weird flex KZbin mobile but ok

[@milahancock6405]

I never realized that they reused a lot of some of the old audios to make “Get a Horse!”

[@vflower6338]

Pete's first words as appeared came in 1932 pillow Baptist gummies Goofy's voice actor when voice Pete in 1930 to 1933 1937 Billy black shark with voice pee in 1933 for 27 years I told he until he stop Waze app it in 1960 was the character 1960 to 1983 and then in 1992 after Jim Cummings voice Pete's voice. I told night 1992 to 2019 that's the voice evolution of Pete

[@mjmcgahee420]

1. Jim Cummings 2. Billy Bletcher 3. Arthur Berghardt 4. Will Ryan 5. John Mcleish 6. Pinto Colvig 7. Walt Disney

[@animeHEAT]

Not sure how people will react to this, but we lost Will Ryan last month.

[@voiceofreason2691]

Disney reaIIy needs to do something speciaI for Pete in 2025!

[@hibbiea8841]

Uk Mickey - Aidan Cook Uk Minnie/Daisy - Lizzie Waterworth Uk Goofy/Pluto - Rob Rackstraw Uk Donald - Keith Wickham Uk Pete - Mark Mander

[@allymazur6196]

I like older Pete, he sounds like one of the birds from the tiki room or pirates of the Caribbean

[@xchemicalXladybugx]

Billy Bletcher was great but Arthur Burghardt was the best imo. I always thought Jim Cummings sounded to much like tigger most of the time but sometimes he does sound like Arthur (yes I know he does voice tigger)

[@supermariofalls6056]

Please do minnie next