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