The voice sure sounds familiar!

[Robo]

So much of the great feeing we get in a WDW attraction
comes from the specific mood created by the
wonderful actors who voice the various narrations and characters
during the course of the show or ride.

Many of the principal voices starring in Pirates,
Country Bears, HM, and Tiki Room are, sadly, passed
away.

Tex Ritter voices Big ("Blood on the Saddle") Al in
Country Bears.
Tex was the father of the late John Ritter (Three'a
Company, et al) and Tex actually wrote and recorded
(even before the Country Bears were created) the song
"Blood on the Saddle." Tex died many years ago.

Thurl Ravenscroft voices Buff the Buffalo on the wall
in Country Bears.
Mr. Ravenscroft is best-remembered as the voice of
Tony the Tiger of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
commercials.

Paul Frees, Thurl Ravenscroft, Eleanor Audley, are the
main voices in HM.
Mr. Frees, the "Ghost Host" in HM also voiced Ludwig
on Drake (amoung others) for Disney and was the
long-time voice of the Pillsbury Dough Boy.

Ms. Audley was also the voice of Cinderella's
Stepmother and the voice of the evil Maleficent in
"Sleeping Beauty". She is the voice of the "head"
inside the crystal ball (Madame Leota) in the Haunted
Mansion attraction.

Paul Frees, and Thurl Ravenscroft are the main voices
in Pirates.

Thurl Ravenscroft voices Fritz, the German-accented
macaw in Tiki Room.
Mr. Frees, Mr.Ravenscroft and Ms. Audley are no longer
with us.

Wally Boag who voiced Jose, the Spanish-accented
"MC" macaw in the Tiki Room, passed away in May 2011.
Ernie Newton voices Pierre, the French-accented macaw
in Tiki Room.
Fulton Burley voices Micheal, the Irish-accented macaw
in Tiki Room.
But, I don't have any information about these two
fellows.
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Do you have any particular favorite voices in the attractions?

 

[DWillowBay]

Mr. Ravenscroft is such an icon who brought such joy that the parks would not be the same without him. My personal favorite is Jiminy Cricket, especially during Wishes. He makes me cry every time. 'Gotta love that "Ghost Host"! and ….Sterling Holoway's Winnie the Pooh makes me smile every time.

 

[fbb]

Jeremy Irons in SSE.


...shakes fist at SSE....

 

[BillSears]

Speaking of Paul Frees one of the cool things about the game Wildstar are the death/resurrection lines by someone who probably intentionally sounds like our HM host.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8JOoPuPcKk

 

[Music City Mama]

Jean Shepherd in the Carousel of Progress. I'm so glad my kids love that attraction as much as I did (and still do).

 

[siskaren]

Other than the ones you mentioned, John Anderson as Mark Twain in The American Adventure.