Later Years
When Disney shut down their shorts department in 1962, Nash continued to voice Donald in various projects over the next two decades, notably performing the song "Macho Duck" on the Mickey Mouse Disco album in the 1970s. (Contrary to popular belief, however, Nash did not perform the duck voice for Rick Dees' "Disco Duck")
Nash's performance as Donald in Mickey's Christmas Carol made Donald the only character in the film to be voiced by his original actor. Scrooge McDuck is voiced by his most famous voice actor Alan Young, although voice actor Bill Thompson was in charge of the voice in the 1967 cartoon Scrooge McDuck and Money.
In the late 1970s, Nash was known for often taking walks in the neighborhood around Fremont Elementary School in Glendale, California, entertaining children with his Donald Duck voice.
Nash appeared as an on-screen actor in the 1941 movie The Reluctant Dragon. He was also a contestant on a 1954 episode of What's My Line and was a guest on a 1976 episode of The Mike Douglas Show. He was in a cameo in 1984 for the special Donald Duck's 50th Birthday.
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