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Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (/ ˈ θ ɜːr l ˈ r eɪ v ən z k r ɒ f t /; February 6, 1914 – May 22, 2005) was an American actor and bass singer. He was well known as one of the booming voices behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger for more than five decades.
The longtime voice of Tony, Thurl Ravenscroft, died in 2005. In North America, he was replaced from 2005 onwards by announcer Lee Marshall, who maintained the role until his death from cancer in 2014. In the United Kingdom, Tony is voiced by Californian-born British actor, Tom Clarke Hill. [11]
In the mid-1960s, he enjoyed a late-career surge in the United States when he narrated the made-for-television animated film of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and also provided the voice of the Grinch, although the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" was sung by the American voice actor Thurl Ravenscroft.
“The character is Thurl Ravenscroft, which is the real name of the guy who did the voice of Tony the Tiger. And so I imagined a frustrated Shakespearean actor who has to play this embarrassing ...
Died about 30 years later at the age of 94. His official cause of death is listed to be due to prostate cancer, dementia, and heart failure) [103] [104] Richard M. Powell: 1916 – 1996 American screenwriter [105] D. Ramanaidu: 1936 – 2015 Indian film producer [106] Thurl Ravenscroft: 1914 – 2005 American actor and bass singer [107] Corin ...
Mary Costa (born April 5, 1930) [1] is an American retired actress and singer. Her most notable film credit is providing the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney animated film Sleeping Beauty.
Grant’s character, Thurl Ravenscroft, has the name as the actual voice actor for Tony the Tiger, one of the tiny sprinkles of factual details in the movie. ... Summations set in trial of veteran ...
The lyrics were written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. Because Ravenscroft was not credited in the closing credits of the special, it is often mistakenly attributed to Boris Karloff, who served as narrator and the voice of the Grinch in the special but was not a trained singer.