Hal Douglas (born 1924) is an American voice actor best known for his work on movie trailers and television commercials. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced
Biography
Douglas was born in Connecticut, served in World War II, and attended the University of Miami, Florida as a drama major. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida, UM, or just The U) is a private non-sectarian University founded in 1925 Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the He began a career in radio in the 1950s. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive By the 1960s he had become a producer for several prominent advertising agencies in New York City. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The City of New York He finally moved into doing voiceovers for commercials, promos and trailers by the early 1970s, and has continued in that line of work ever since. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.
Douglas is known in the film industry as the "In a world . . . " guy because many of his trailers have begun with these words, and his voice has immortalized them (although Don LaFontaine claims to have actually created the catchphrase). Donald LaFontaine ( August 26, 1940 &ndash September 1, 2008) was an American voiceover artist famous for recording In addition, Douglas has been the promotional voice for the former WB, A&E and The History Channel. A&E is a cable and Satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, History, formerly known as The History Channel, is a Satellite and Cable TV channel, with shows on historical events and persons&mdashoften As of 2007, Douglas records promotional narrations for ABC along with theatrical trailers, but since the WB and UPN merger, he has not done voiceovers for their successor network, the CW. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. His voice can also be heard as the "trailer announcer" in the 2006 movie, The Holiday. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [1]
Because he has recorded so many trailers through the years, he has sometimes been mistaken for Don LaFontaine, although they sound considerably different. Donald LaFontaine ( August 26, 1940 &ndash September 1, 2008) was an American voiceover artist famous for recording Douglas specializes in a more lighthearted and warm delivery and LaFontaine has more attitude. Douglas also has a more gravelly voice. Unlike most movie trailer announcers, Douglas lives in Northern Virginia and his agent is based in New York City instead of Los Angeles. Northern Virginia (colloquially referred to as "NOVA" or "NoVA" consists of several The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state The City of New York Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
He can be seen parodying himself in the trailer for Jerry Seinfeld's film Comedian. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld (born on April 29 1954 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian actor and writer Comedian is a 2002 documentary focusing on Jerry Seinfeld that explores the other side of Stand-up comedy; that is the preparation
Hal Douglas has been described by a Miramax publicist as "perhaps the most recognizable trailer voice in the business. " audio clip (MP3)
Radio
Hal also does voice imaging for I95. 5 FM in Trinidad and Tobago.
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