New
York
(ANI):
Walt
Disney"s
cartoon
character
Mickey
Mouse
has
turned
82.
Mickey
Mouse
had
made
his
first
appearance
with
sound
in
'Steamboat
Willie",
which
was
the
first
of
his
films
to
be
distributed,
on
November
18,
1928,
the
New
York
Daily
News
reported.
He
had
appeared
in
'Plane
Crazy" six
months
prior
to
the
release
of
'Steamboat
Willie",
alongside
Minnie,
but
in
that
feature
he
had
been
silent.
Ub
Iwerks
was
the
main
animator
for
both
shorts
as
well
as
co-director
with
Walt
Disney,
who
also
provided
the
vocals
for
the
star
of
the
show.
The
popular
mouse
first
spoke
actual
words
in
'The
Karnival
Kid"
in
1929,
and
in
1978,
he
became
the
first
cartoon
to
have
a
star
on
the
Hollywood
Walk
of
Fame.
In
an
effort
to
bring
the
famous
mouse
back
into
the
spotlight,
last
year
the
Walt
Disney
Company
announced
they
would
be
rebranding
Mickey
Mouse
as
a
more
mischievous
rodent,
starting
with
the
upcoming
video
game
'Epic
Mickey",
which
is
set
for
release
on
November
30.