Edmund Francis Giesbert, known professionally as Ed Gilbert, was an American actor and voice actor with extensive credits in both live-action roles and voice work in animation, although he was better known for the latter.
For Disney, he voiced Baloo, Khan's Pilot, Austin Featheridge, Pirate Guard, and Khan's Navigator in TaleSpin, Le Grand Fromage in the Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "Once More, the Crimson Avenger", the Warden in DuckTales, the Judge in the Goof Troop episode "Bringin' on the Rain", the Captain of the Guard and Bodhe in Gargoyles, Fasir in the Aladdin TV series, and the Pirate's Captain in The Little Mermaid TV series. He also voiced Francois in The Rescuers Down Under and Male Merman in The Little Mermaid. Additionally, he voiced Tigger on albums and reading cassettes in the early 1990s.
Outside of Disney, Gilbert's other voice roles included Bossa Nova and Fishstix in the American dub of Asterix and the Big Fight, George Merry in The Pagemaster, Puggsy and Mr. Michael Starling in Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Blitzwing in the Transformers franchise, and General Hawk in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.
Roles[]
(The Rescuers Down Under)
(Gargoyles)
Trivia[]
- As well as being a prolific voice artist, he also pursued entomology under his birth name "Edmund Giesbert".
- In order to perfect his voice for Baloo in TaleSpin, Gilbert listened to old recordings of Phil Harris.
