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You may not recognize the name Clarence Nash, but you'd know his voice anywhere. For over 50 years, Nash was the one and only voice of Donald Duck, Walt Disney's lovable, but feisty, web-footed cartoon character. During his illustrious career, Donald Duck appeared in over 150 cartoons and six feature films (Nash's last theatrical cartoon was the featurette Mickey's Christmas Carol in 1983.) and few would argue that it was Nash's unique vocal characterization that helped make Donald the world's favorite fowl.

For most of Nash's career, many fans were unaware of his association with Donald Duck. But this relative obscurity really didn't bother him. "It was all right with me that people didn't know who I was," Nash admitted, "but I was happy when they eventually did find out. In the early days, Walt didn't want us voices to have any publicity. I went along with his wishes, but onetime my name got out in the newspapers. Walt and I had a big argument over it, but when I left his office I wasn't upset because Walt was a very fair man. A week later, I got a raise in pay!"
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