Information
Full name: Sneezy
Age: unknown
Designers: Albert Hurter, Ferdinand Horvath, Gustaf Tenggren, Fred Moore, Dot Smith (colors)
Animators: Vladimir Tytla, Fred Moore, Fred Spencer, Bill Roberts, Marvin Woodward, Shamus Culhane, Dick Lundy, Bob Wickersham, Arthur Babbitt, Les Clark, Frank Thomas.
Voice actor: Billy Gilbert
Models: Wilfred Jackson, Oliver Wallace
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Inspiration
Sneezy is plagued by chronic hay fever, causing him to sneeze uncontrollably. His constant sniffles and sneezes make him a perpetual source of comedic relief. His voice, provided by Billy Gilbert, is nasally and congested, perfectly capturing his perpetually stuffy state.
Design
Animators Fred Moore and Vladimir Tytla, and concept artists Albert Hurter and Ferdinand Horvath, among others, were responsible for bringing Sneezy to life on the screen, infusing him with both humor and sympathy.
Sneezy’s fame
Sneezy originally had a verse to sing in The Silly Song, as can be heard in the original soundtrack or found on the sheet music, but probably because it was eventually considered inappropriate, it was discarded. The line went: “A minute after I was born, I didn’t have a nightie. So, I tied my whiskers ’round my legs and I used them for a didie”.
His moment of glory, so to speak, is in sequence 4D, where a lot of the humor of the situation depends on his sneeze, when the dwarfs come home at night to find their house has been cleaned.
In 1952, one of the records that Dennis Day narrates is called “Snow White and Sneezy”, and there is a Portugese book called “O Espirro Salvador” (“Sneezy the savior”).
Other Productions
Appears in the following productions:
Standard Parade for 1939 (1939)
7 Wise Dwarfs (1941)
All Together (1942)
The Winged Scourge (1943)
This is Your Life Donald Duck (1960)
Wish Upon a Coin (2015)
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Once Upon a Studio (2023)
Snow White (2025)
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