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Clarence Nash has 24 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Mickey's Christmas Carol.

Gertie the Dinosaur
1914
Animation · Comedy

as Donald - Nephew Fred (voice) · Voice
Ebenezer Scrooge is far too greedy to understand that Christmas is a time for kindness and generosity. But with the guidance of some new found friends, Scrooge learns to embrace the spirit of the season. A retelling of the classic Dickens tale with Disney's classic characters.
Dir. Burny Mattinson · With Alan Young, Wayne Allwine, Clarence Nash

as Ichabod's horse (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
Washington Irving's tale of Ichabod Crane and the headless horseman is brought to life, narrated by Bing Crosby.
Dir. Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney · With Bing Crosby, Pinto Colvig, Billy Bletcher

as Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
Goofy's in the driver's seat, Mickey's in the kitchen, and Donald's in bed in Mickey's high-tech house trailer. When Goofy comes back to eat breakfast, leaving the car on autopilot, it takes them onto a dangerous closed mountain road. When Goofy realizes this, he accidentally unhooks the trailer, sending it on a perilous route. They come very close to disaster several times, while the oblivious Goofy drives on and hooks back up to them.
Dir. Ben Sharpsteen · With Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig

as Frogs (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
Night in an old mill is dramatically depicted in this Oscar-winning short in which the frightened occupants, including birds, timid mice, owls, and other creatures try to stay safe and dry as a storm approaches. As the thunderstorm worsens, the mill wheel begins to turn and the whole mill threatens to blow apart until at last the storm subsides.
Dir. Wilfred Jackson, Graham Heid · With Marie Arbuckle, Jean MacMurray, Louise Myers

as Donald Duck (voice) · Voice
Disney used animation here to explain through this wonderful adventure of Donald how mathematics can be useful in our real life. Through this journey Donald shows us how mathematics are not just numbers and charts, but magical living things.
Dir. Les Clark, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske, Joshua Meador · With Clarence Nash, Paul Frees

as Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
Mickey is trying to lead a concert of The William Tell Overture, but he's continually disrupted by ice cream vendor Donald, who uses a seemingly endless supply of flutes to play Turkey in the Straw instead. After Donald gives up, a bee comes along and causes his own havoc. The band then reaches the Storm sequence, and the weather also starts to pick up; a tornado comes along, but they keep playing.
Dir. Wilfred Jackson · With Clarence Nash

as Nutcracker Tool (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
Mickey has been reading Alice in Wonderland, and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive.
Dir. David Hand · With Walt Disney, Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig

as Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
Pluto comes bounding outside to help Mickey get a Christmas tree. Chip 'n Dale see him and make fun of him, but the tree they take refuge in is the one Mickey chops down. They like the decorations, especially the candy canes and Mickey's bowl of mixed nuts. But Pluto spots them and goes after them long before Mickey spots them. Minnie, Donald, and Goofy drop by to sing carols.
Dir. Jack Hannah · With James MacDonald, Dessie Flynn, Clarence Nash

as Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
It's time to laugh like crazy as Mickey, Goofy and Donald fight against raging gears, twisted springs, deafening bells and a sleeping stork. Watch them reach new heights of humor as their valiant efforts to clean a bell tower turn into a real circus!
Dir. Ben Sharpsteen · With Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash

as Donald Duck / Huey / Dewey / Louie (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
When the nephews come to Donald's house in their Halloween costumes he dumps water on them and laughs at his trick. A witch sees this and decides to help the kids. By magic she gives Donald a bad time and the kids finally get their treats.
Dir. Jack Hannah · With Clarence Nash, June Foray, Thurl Ravenscroft

as Ducks (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
An outcast duckling's search for a family to accept him leads to constant rejection before learning his true identity as a swan.
Dir. Hamilton Luske, Jack Cutting, Clyde Geronimi · With Clarence Nash

as Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
Donald decides to try cooking along with a radio show.
Dir. Jack King · With Clarence Nash

as Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
A marching band of Germans, Italians, and Japanese march through the streets of swastika-motif Nutziland, serenading "Der Fuehrer's Face." Donald Duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting Nazi food rations and then with his day of toil at a Nazi artillery factory. After a nervous breakdown, Donald awakens to find that his experience was in fact a nightmare.
Dir. Jack Kinney · With Clarence Nash, Billy Bletcher

as Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
On a dark and stormy night, four bored ghosts decide to have some fun by calling the Ajax Ghost Exterminators.
Dir. Burt Gillett · With Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Billy Bletcher

as Birds (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
A jealous stump threatens two trees that are in love by starting a forest fire. When the rain comes and puts out the fire the forest revives and celebrates the wedding.
Dir. Burt Gillett · With Clarence Nash, Esther Campbell, Marion Darlington

as Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
Mickey shows off his ice-skating skills to Minnie; Goofy does some unconventional ice fishing; Donald straps skates to Pluto and laughs at his attempts to skate. Donald gets strapped to a kite and is about to be swept over a waterfall when Mickey pulls off an heroic rescue.
Dir. Ben Sharpsteen · With Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

as Donald Duck (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto experience all that Hawaii has to offer. Donald tries hula dancing, Pluto explores the beach and Goofy takes up surfing!
Dir. Ben Sharpsteen · With Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

as Donald Duck (voice) · Voice
A mysterious thief has stolen the prosperous Happy Valley's most prized possession: the musical Singing Harp. Can Mickey, Donald, and Goofy find the answer in the irritable Willie the Giant's magnificent castle up in the blue sky?
Dir. Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts · With Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig

as Donald Duck (voice) / Clarence Nash · Voice
Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.
Dir. Alfred L. Werker, Hamilton Luske · With Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Buddy Pepper

as Donald Duck / Peter Pig (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
Join Donald Duck in his debut in the classic animated short The Wise Little Hen. The Little Hen is planting corn and would like to have help from Peter Pig and Donald Duck, but they refuse stating they each have a "tummy ache." When it comes time to harvest the corn, Peter Pig and Donald still refuse to help the Hen, so she and her chicks do the harvest by themselves. Finally, the hen cooks the corn and offers some to Donald and Peter Pig, but when they look more carefully they discover a surprise.
Dir. Wilfred Jackson · With Florence Gill, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen

as Grim Reaper (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
King Midas is visited by an elf; the elf turns his cat to gold, then claps his hands and it changes back. Midas begs for the golden touch, but the elf warns him it would be a curse to him. Midas insists. He dances about joyfully at first, but discovers the drawbacks when he sits down to dinner. Fearing death by starvation, he summons the elf and agrees to surrender everything he owns to have the curse lifted.
Dir. Walt Disney · With Billy Bletcher, Mary Moder, Clarence Nash

Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fairy tale.
Dir. Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, William Morgan · With Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore, Luana Patten

For Donald's birthday he receives a box with three gifts inside. The gifts, a movie projector, a pop-up book, and a pinata, each take Donald on wild adventures through Mexico and South America.
Dir. Norman Ferguson, Bill Roberts, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Harold Young · With Clarence Nash, Sterling Holloway, Joaquin Garay
A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba beat. From high Andes peaks and Argentina's pampas to the sights and sounds of Rio de Janeiro, your international traveling companions are none other than those famous funny friends, Donald Duck and Goofy. They keep things lively as Donald encounters a stubborn llama and "El Gaucho" Goofy tries on the cowboy way of life....South American-style.
Dir. Wilfred Jackson, Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, Norman Ferguson · With Fred Shields, Zé Carioca, Pinto Colvig
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