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Continuing our former blog’s tradition of “Frivilous List Friday”… Thanks to youbentmywookie.com for the heads-up on this video from YouTube Channel mewlists ranking “The Top 15 Unseen Characters on TV.” After the jump, we’ve revealed the unnamed talents who voiced some of these unseen characters, and included commentary for ones who didn’t make the cut [...]
Voice Actors in the News would like to wish a very happy birthday to “The First Lady of Cartoon Voicing” — June Foray — born September 18th, 1917. For cartoon voice actor fans, June needs no introduction. With more than 300 credits listed on The Internet Movie Database, her most notable roles are… well, all [...]
For immediate release MARNI NIXON, “The Voice of Hollywood,” presents a cabaret show at Diana Wortham Theatre on August 29th, at 3:00 p.m. One of the most famous voices in Hollywood film history, Ms. Nixon is best known as the singing voice of Natalie Wood in West Side Story, Deborah Kerr in The King and [...]
My sessions with Daws were all one-on-one, which Daws decided after our first meeting. He was very impressed with the fact that I could do a lot of his cartoon voices before ever being trained by him, so his goal was to help me perfect them and to excel in reading cartoon and commercial “copy” for auditions and future voice jobs.
Have Mr. Peabody fire up the “WABAC Machine” and travel back to November 19th, 1959 and you’ll discover it’s been 50 years since Jay Ward’s “Rocky and His Friends” made its television debut — still one of the best animated comedies ever produced. The show’s excellent writing with rapid-fire gags and quips, combined with fun [...]
A press release from Shoot Online announces that a new original, comedy web series “Captain Alpha Male” (about the adventures of a “middle management superhero”) will feature the final on-camera appearance of the late Don LaFontaine. The premiere episode of the web-exclusive series includes Don’s performance and will air on on CaptainAlphaMale.com starting Thursday, July [...]
Friday marked 20 years since we lost the great Mel Blanc (“The Man of 1000 Voices”), who died July 10th, 1989 at the age of 81. This article marks the beginnings of a memorial tribute to Mel Blanc, and I will continue to update it over time. If you have a personal anecdote to share [...]
I’m very sorry to report that Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse for over 25 years and a certified Disney Legend, passed away Monday, May 18th at the age of 62 following complications from diabetes. Allwine was also a sound effects editor and foley artist for Walt Disney Studios. He was the third person [...]
