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Thurl Ravenscroft

Thurl Ravenscroft

Born: 1914-02-06 • Norfolk, Nebraska, USA

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Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (February 6, 1914 – May 22, 2005) was an American voice actor and bass singer known as the booming voice behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger for more than five decades. He was also the uncredited vocalist for the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from the classic Christmas television special Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! His voice acting career began in 1940 and lasted until his death in 2005 at age 91.

Filmography
Extinct Attractions Club Presents: The Haunted Mansion Story poster
Extinct Attractions Club Presents: The Haunted Mansion Story
2005 • Himself
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars poster
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
1998 • Kirby (voice)
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue poster
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997 • Kirby (voice)
Superior Duck poster
Superior Duck
1996 • Narrator (voice)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition poster
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
1994 • Self
Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers poster
Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers
1992 • The Black Hole (voice) (uncredited)
The Brave Little Toaster poster
The Brave Little Toaster
1987 • Kirby (voice)
EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program poster
EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program
1983 • Announcer at Fantasyland castle opening (voice) (archive sound)
The Hobbit poster
The Hobbit
1977 • Goblin (voice)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh poster
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977 • Bass Vocals / Black Pot (voice) (uncredited)
Snoopy, Come Home poster
Snoopy, Come Home
1972 • "No Dogs Allowed" (voice) (uncredited)
The Lorax poster
The Lorax
1972 • Singer
The Cat in the Hat poster
The Cat in the Hat
1971 • Thing 1 (voice)
The Aristocats poster
The Aristocats
1970 • Russian Cat (voice)
Horton Hears a Who! poster
Horton Hears a Who!
1970 • Wickersham Brother (voice) (uncredited)
The Night Before Christmas poster
The Night Before Christmas
1968 • Soloist (voice)
Pacifically Peeking poster
Pacifically Peeking
1968 • The Mellomen (uncredited)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! poster
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966 • Singer of You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch (voice) (uncredited)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum poster
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 • Voice (uncredited)
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! poster
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
1964 • Policeman (voice, uncredited)
The Sword in the Stone poster
The Sword in the Stone
1963 • Black Bart (voice) (uncredited)
It Happened at the World's Fair poster
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963 • The Mellomen (uncredited)
Gay Purr-ee poster
Gay Purr-ee
1962 • Singing Hench Cat (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland poster
Babes in Toyland
1961 • Trees (singing voice)
Donald and the Wheel poster
Donald and the Wheel
1961 • Senior Spirit of Progress (voice)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians poster
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961 • Captain (voice)
No Image
Jack Benny Christmas Show
1960 • Enrico Scortachini (uncredited)
Noah's Ark poster
Noah's Ark
1959 • Shem / Ham / Japeth, Noah's sons
Paul Bunyan poster
Paul Bunyan
1958 • Paul Bunyan / Chorus (voice) (as The Mellomen)
The Story of Anyburg U.S.A. poster
The Story of Anyburg U.S.A.
1957 • Cyrus P. Sliderule
No Image
Be Quiet, Kind and Gentle
1957
It's Always Fair Weather poster
It's Always Fair Weather
1955 • Harry Wilson (voice) (uncredited)
Lady and the Tramp poster
Lady and the Tramp
1955 • Al the Gator (voice)
Pigs Is Pigs poster
Pigs Is Pigs
1954 • Singer (voice)
Rose Marie poster
Rose Marie
1954 • Indian medicine man
The Glenn Miller Story poster
The Glenn Miller Story
1954 • The Mellowmen (uncredited)
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom poster
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
1953 • The Mellomen
Trick or Treat poster
Trick or Treat
1952 • The Mellomen (voice) (uncredited)
Rooty Toot Toot poster
Rooty Toot Toot
1951 • Johnny / Honest John the Crook
Alice in Wonderland poster
Alice in Wonderland
1951 • Card Painter (voice)
Cinderella poster
Cinderella
1950 • (voice)
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy poster
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950 • Tall Bass Singer (uncredited)
Springtime for Pluto poster
Springtime for Pluto
1944 • Singing Caterpillar
Lost Canyon poster
Lost Canyon
1942 • Singing Ranch Hand
No Image
We'll Slap the Japs (Right into the Laps of the Nazis)
1942
Jingle Belles poster
Jingle Belles
1941
Prehistoric Porky poster
Prehistoric Porky
1940 • Lizard Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Little Blabbermouse poster
Little Blabbermouse
1940 • Chew Tobacco (voice)
Pilgrim Porky poster
Pilgrim Porky
1940 • Singer
Isle Of Destiny poster
Isle Of Destiny
1940 • Sportsman Quartet Member
Pinocchio poster
Pinocchio
1940 • Monstro the Whale (uncredited)
Sioux Me poster
Sioux Me
1939 • Indian Bass Singer (voice)