Don Rickles’ Daughter Desires Pixar to Use Dad’s Voice in ‘Toy Story 5’

Don Rickles cannot file new strains for “Toy Story 5” — however his daughter’s hoping Disney has extra archived audio to make use of, ‘trigger she needs her dad within the flick … TMZ has realized.

ICYMI … the fifth installment of the beloved animated franchise acquired a 2026 launch date, introduced Wednesday. We do not have forged particulars but, however Rickles — who performed Mr. Potato Head within the first 4 installments of the franchise — passed away in 2017.

We spoke to Mindy Rickles — the daughter of the late nice actor and comic — and she or he tells us … Disney or Pixar has not but reached out a few plan to make use of Don’s voice, which is fascinating contemplating Potato Head is a large character within the franchise.

Actually — MR was so in the dead of night, she says, that she did not even know “Toy Story 5” was introduced … and does not have a clue in the event that they plan on utilizing his voice, or recasting MPH.

With that stated … Mindy tells us she’s giving the franchise two thumbs up to make use of her dad’s vocals by way of footage they may have left over and stashed away within the vault through the years — but it surely’s gotta actually be him … as a result of she says AI’s a no-go for her.

This is not a brand new idea … “Toy Story 4” got here out in 2019 — about two years after Don handed away and he hadn’t recorded a single line of dialogue for the film on the time.

The ‘TS4’ group acquired inventive and cherry-picked unused strains he recorded for the primary three films, theme parks, related video video games, and even the ‘Disney On Ice: Toy Story’ present to piece collectively his half. That is precisely what Mindy tells us she needs to occur now.

It is unclear precisely how rather more dialogue Disney might need from Don … however with Mrs. Potato Head actress Estelle Harris‘ death in 2022, the creatives behind ‘Toy Story’ would possibly simply say the couple’s moved on to a different household — like Wheezy the singing penguin and Bo Peep between the second and third films. After all, they may simply get new voice actors too.