Haunted Mansion voice

[need2travel]

Hi All,
Just a quick totally random question....does anyone know who did the voice for the Haunted Mansion ride? You know, the "Is this room actually stretching" guy?
Thanks for any & all help!!

 

[yulilin3]

The Ghost Host is voiced by Paul Frees

 

[Robo]

The HM's NARRATOR ("your GHOST HOST") is the wonderful voice-over artist, Paul Frees.
He was also the voice of "Boris Badenoff" in the Rocky & Bullwinkle shows, and the original
"Professor Ludwig Von Drake" in the Disney cartoons.

But, he is ALSO remembered as the voice of "Poppin' Fresh" the Pillsbury Doughboy in years of TV commercials!!
(Hard to believe that deep bass of the HM narrator can create that high fragile "giggle" of the Doughboy!)

Mr. Frees is also many, many of the voices in the attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean.

He was used by Disney for other attractions as well, and his talents are heard in countless movies and TV shows.

He was able to create such wide VARIETY of voices, he was hired to "dub" many foriegn-language films (some where he played SEVERAL of the various film's voice roles entirely by himself!)

If you can find a copy of the CD that features various audio versions of the HM (it can be found at WDW, DLR and sometimes on Ebay) on it there are rare "out-takes" of Paul reading the "narrator lines" for the original HM. Some of these are hysterical when he flubs and/or tries "different ways" of reading the (now famous) lines.

Sadly, Paul Frees passed away in the mid 1980's.

Another prolific voice actor and singer who helped shape Disney classic attractions is Thurl Ravenscroft.
Thurl was well-known by countless millions as the voice of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal mascot, "Tony the Tiger."
He is also prominently featured as a voice in the HM.

He's the BASS vocalist in the singers of the HM song (Grim Grinning Ghosts).
His image can be seen as one of the "singing busts" in the graveyard scene.
Thurl is the singer with the mustache, the one who is often mistaken by some guests as "Walt Disney" (Walt does not appear in the attraction.)

Thurl has also been heard every Holiday season since 1966 singing, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Here's a "GRRRRRR-EAT" pic of Thurl and his buddy, Tony:

Thurl Ravenscroft passed away in 2005.

But, these actor's amazing talent can still be enjoyed by millions in the Disney attractions.

There is now a tribute to Paul Frees in the graveyard outside the attraction ... one of the monuments is engraved "Farewell Forever, Mister Frees. Your voice will carry on the breeze"

-Thanks to DIS memebers karly05 and SyracuseWolvrine for contributing to this info.

 

[mrsap]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

The HM's NARRATOR ("your GHOST HOST") is the wonderful voice-over artist, Paul Frees.
He was also the voice of "Boris Badenoff" in the Rocky & Bullwinkle shows, and the original
"Professor Ludwig Von Drake" in the Disney cartoons.

But, he is ALSO remembered as the voice of "Poppin' Fresh" the Pillsbury Doughboy in years of TV commercials!!
(Hard to believe that deep bass of the HM narrator can create that high fragile "giggle" of the Doughboy!)

Mr. Frees is also many, many of the voices in the attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean.

He was used by Disney for other attractions as well, and his talents are heard in countless movies and TV shows.

He was able to create such wide VARIETY of voices, he was hired to "dub" many foriegn-language films (some where he played SEVERAL of the various film's voice roles entirely by himself!)

If you can find a copy of the CD that features various audio versions of the HM (it can be found at WDW, DLR and sometimes on Ebay) on it there are rare "out-takes" of Paul reading the "narrator lines" for the original HM. Some of these are hysterical when he flubs and/or tries "different ways" of reading the (now famous) lines.

Sadly, Paul Frees passed away in the mid 1980's.

Another prolific voice actor and singer who helped shape Disney classic attractions is Thurl Ravenscroft.
Thurl was well-known by countless millions as the voice of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal mascot, "Tony the Tiger."
He is also prominently featured as a voice in the HM.

He's the BASS vocalist in the singers of the HM song (Grim Grinning Ghosts).
His image can be seen as one of the "singing busts" in the graveyard scene.
Thurl is the singer with the mustache, the one who is often mistaken by some guests as "Walt Disney" (Walt does not appear in the attraction.)

Thurl has also been heard every Holiday season since 1966 singing, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Here's a "GRRRRRR-EAT" pic of Thurl and his buddy, Tony:

Thurl Ravenscroft passed away in 2005.

But, these actor's amazing talent can still be enjoyed by millions in the Disney attractions.

There is now a tribute to Paul Frees in the graveyard outside the attraction ... one of the monuments is engraved "Farewell Forever, Mister Frees. Your voice will carry on the breeze"

-Thanks to DIS memebers karly05 and SyracuseWolvrine for contributing to this info.

Robo - you are a man of many talents!! That was a very interesting comment

 

[Micca]

Excellent post from Robo, Frees and Ravenscroft are both legends in their segment of the entertainment industry. Billions of people will have heard those voices!

 

[kimmar067]

....Paul frees is your "Ghost Host"....

...one of my FAVORITE soundtracks of all time.