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Michael Wallis(I)

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Michael Wallis is a best-selling author, award-winning reporter, historian, and biographer of the American West. He is a popular speaker and in 2006 joined an all-star cast in Pixar Studio's animated feature film CARS as the voice of the Sheriff of Radiator Springs. The film was a celebration of Route 66 and the Sheriff has continued to direct traffic in CARS 2 and the upcoming CARS 3.

Michael has published 18 books and has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize three times. His book Route 66: The Mother Road is credited for sparking a resurgence of interest in the historic highway. Other titles by Michael include The Lincoln Highway: Coast to Coast from Times Square to the Golden Gate; Billy The Kid: The Endless Ride; David Crockett: The Lion of the West; and The Wild West 365
BornOctober 7, 1945
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Paul Newman, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, John Ratzenberger, Tony Shalhoub, Andrew Stanton, Mario Andretti, Jay Leno, Randy Newman, Owen Wilson, George Carlin, Lindsey Collins, Bob Costas, Paul Dooley, Richard Kind, Jenifer Lewis, Edie McClurg, Adrian Ochoa, Richard Petty, Guido Quaroni, Joe Ranft, Jonas Rivera, Lou Romano, Michael Wallis, Humpy Wheeler, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi, Larry the Cable Guy, Darrell Waltrip, E.J. Holowicki, Michael Schumacher, Mike Nelson, Lynda Petty, Elissa Knight, Larry Benton, Douglas Keever, and Sarah Clark in Cars (2006)
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Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, and Armie Hammer in Cars 3 (2017)
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Michael Caine, Owen Wilson, Emily Mortimer, and Larry the Cable Guy in Cars 2 (2011)
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  • Pixar Short Films Collection 3 (2018)
    Pixar Short Films Collection 3
    • (voice)
  • The Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl VR Story Experience (2018)
    The Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl VR Story Experience
    • (voice)
  • Tales from Radiator Springs (2013)
    Tales from Radiator Springs
    • (voice)
  • Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, and Armie Hammer in Cars 3 (2017)
    Cars 3
    • (voice)
  • Voices of History (2014)
    Voices of History
    • (voice)
  • Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure (2012)
    Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure
    • (voice)
  • Martin Jarvis, Emily Mortimer, and Larry the Cable Guy in Cars 2: The Video Game (2011)
    Cars 2: The Video Game
    • (voice)
  • Michael Caine, Owen Wilson, Emily Mortimer, and Larry the Cable Guy in Cars 2 (2011)
    Cars 2
    • (voice)
  • Cars Race-O-Rama (2009)
    Cars Race-O-Rama
    • (voice)
  • Mater's Tall Tales (2008)
    Mater's Tall Tales
    • (voice)
  • Cars Mater-National (2007)
    Cars Mater-National
    • (voice)
  • Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 (2007)
    Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1
    • (voice)
  • Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
    Mater and the Ghostlight
    • (voice)
  • Cars (2006)
    Cars
    • (voice)
  • Paul Newman, Michael Keaton, Katherine Helmond, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, John Ratzenberger, Tony Shalhoub, Andrew Stanton, Mario Andretti, Jay Leno, Randy Newman, Owen Wilson, George Carlin, Lindsey Collins, Bob Costas, Paul Dooley, Richard Kind, Jenifer Lewis, Edie McClurg, Adrian Ochoa, Richard Petty, Guido Quaroni, Joe Ranft, Jonas Rivera, Lou Romano, Michael Wallis, Humpy Wheeler, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi, Larry the Cable Guy, Darrell Waltrip, E.J. Holowicki, Michael Schumacher, Mike Nelson, Lynda Petty, Elissa Knight, Larry Benton, Douglas Keever, and Sarah Clark in Cars (2006)
    Cars
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    • Michael Wallis' Virtual Campfire
    • October 7, 1945
    • St. Louis, Missouri, USA
    • ? - present
  • Historian specializing in the American West, and Writer of such books as "Oil Man: The Story of Frank Phillips and the Birth of Phillips Petrolium"(1988), but more famous for "Route 66: The Mother Road"(1990).

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