“The Aristocats” Final Design
The animals in “The Aristocats” all had a classic Disney design and most of their characters were inspired by the actors who were hired to voice the characters. Phil Harris was hired to voice Thomas O’Malley because producers thought that he had an attitude similar to classic film actor Clark Gable. And Eva Gabor was cast as Duchess because director Wolfgang Reitherman said that she had “the freshest femme voice we’ve ever had.”