![]() Phil Harris, Donald O'Connor, Gordon Jump, Elvis Presley, Burt Reynolds, Jack Haley, Robert Keeshan, Milton Berle and Don Rickles were all considered to voice Orville.The death of Orville's voice, Jim Jordan, in 1988, is one of the reasons why Orville is replaced by Wilbur in the second film.This was Jim Jordan's first public performance since the death of his wife and comedy partner, Marian, who played Molly to Jordan's McGee on the radio program "Fibber McGee & Molly".The first is when he is sucked into Medusa's swampmobile, the second is when he "takes off" the other side of the building's roof at the end of the film. Orville uses the Goofy holler twice in the film.His brother Wilbur was named after the other brother. Orville is named after one of the Wright brothers who invented the first airplanes, Orville Wright.The Disney Wiki has a collection of images and media related to Orville (The Rescuers). He hasn't been seen since the late 1990's/the early 2000s.Īt Disneyland, he hosted a pre-show film called "All Because Man Wanted to Fly" in the former World Premiere Circle-Vision attraction in the 1980s. ![]() This version also appeared in Mickey's Fun Songs Campout at Walt Disney World. Orville appeared as a walk-around character, starting around the time of the film's release. Orville also appears in several episodes of House of Mouse, in which he is shown sitting on the same table with Bernard and Bianca after a cartoon. When the two mice introduce themselves to Wilbur, he replies that Orville often told him about them. In the sequel, Bernard and Bianca arrive at the Albatross Air Service to ask Orville to fly them to Australia, only to see a sign reading "Under New Management See Wilbur", showing that Orville no longer runs the Albatross Air Service, which is now run by his brother Wilbur. He regains control of himself with Evenrude's help and flies well again out towards the horizon. It was a snowy January 13 and the blizzard pushes his takeoff backward, causing him to "take off" the other side of the building's roof. After a wild trip through the engine, he is blown out the exhaust and ends up flying away back to New York, burnt, and coughing.Īt the end of the movie, he flies Bernard and Miss Bianca again and accompanied by Evinrude the dragonfly. ![]() Unfortunately, he can't outrun Medusa (who doesn't seem to know or care that he's there) and is sucked into the Swampmobile's jet intake. Suddenly, Medusa's Swampmobile appears barreling towards him and he turns around in horror and starts running for his life in the other direction. Instead of taking to the air, he falls off the low dock, splashing into the bayou where he starts running across the water, trying to pick up speed. Unfortunately, it turns out that Orville's takeoffs are only successful when starting from a high height. He then states he will not stay in "this creepy place any longer" and tells the swamp folks to "clear the runway!" and tries to take off of Luke and Ellie Mae's dock. ![]() Bernard and Miss Bianca float safely down with an umbrella and Orville make an emergency landing in the swamp, then comfortably douses his tail in the water. Snoops' flares and fireworks, one which burns Orville's tail. When they get close to the area, they get surrounded by Mr. He helps fly Bernard and Miss Bianca to Devil's Bayou in order to rescue Penny. He is one of the pilots and flights (#13) of the Albatross Air Service (his brother, Wilbur, is also #13). Orville makes his first appearance in The Rescuers. Compared to his brother Wilbur, he is a bit more serious, but can also be funny as well as a bit clumsy. Orville takes his job and flying with pride.
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