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Peter Thomas

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Known For

91 Years Old

Peter Addenbrooke Thomas was an American announcer and narrator of television programs with a career spanning more than 70 years, most well known for narrating the long-running true-crime series Forensic Files. Thomas performed voice-overs for hundreds of television commercials including Coca-Cola, IBM, Valvoline, NBC, United Technologies, Burger King, Beaumont Health and ESPN Monday Night Football commercials, as well as spots for social organizations including the YWCA and The Episcopal Church. He was in high demand for political advertisements and did several films for the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs. He also narrated the orientation video for the National World War I Museum at The Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. He narrated the Readers Digest video series The Crucial Turning Points of World War II. He also narrated the NCAA's official highlight film of the 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. Thomas was heard in Paul Hardcastle's 1985 hit song "19," which Hardcastle composed after being inspired by a 1984 ABC documentary on the Vietnam War, titled Vietnam Requiem, which Thomas narrated. He narrated the Troll Associates series of audiobooks for children, including "Amazing World of Dinosaurs." He narrated the CD version of Tuck Everlasting, a novel by Natalie Babbitt. Thomas provided the digitized voice for Philips' HeartStart series of automated external defibrillator (AED) units used by emergency services nationwide. Thomas' voice prompts and instructs emergency personnel on when to perform tasks. Thomas was the announcer of the underwriting credits on the Nature TV series on PBS from the early 1980s through 2015. He also was the announcer of the underwriting credits for the NOVA TV series on PBS from 1988 through 1996. Thomas died on April 30, 2016, at the age of 91. He was memorialized at the end of the first episode of Forensic Files II which aired on February 23, 2020.

Born

Pensacola, Florida, USA on 28th June 1924

Died

30th April 2016

All Credits

NOVA Image
NOVA
Narrator
Forensic Files Image
Forensic Files
Self - Narrator (voice)
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King of the River
Tally Clerk
Changing Seas Image
Changing Seas
Narrator (voice)
How the West Was Lost Image
How the West Was Lost
Narrator (voice)
Mysterious Places Image
Mysterious Places
Narrator
The Story of Florida's State Parks Image
The Story of Florida's State Parks
Narrator
Children of Darkness Image
Children of Darkness
Narrator (voice)
Speedway Junky Image
Speedway Junky
TV Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who: The Savages Image
Doctor Who: The Savages
Captain Edal (voice)
SR-71 Blackbird: The Secret Vigil Image
SR-71 Blackbird: The Secret Vigil
Self - Narrator (voice)
Vietnam Requiem Image
Vietnam Requiem
Narrator (voice)
Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice Image
Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice
Narrator (voice)
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Monsters and Mysteries in Alaska
Narrator (voice)
The Land is Ours Image
The Land is Ours
Self - Narrator (voice)
Legends in Love Image
Legends in Love
Narrator (voice)
Fear Woman Image
Fear Woman
Narrator (voice)
The Case of the Flying Dinosaur Image
The Case of the Flying Dinosaur
Narrator (voice)
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The Day The Derby Almost Died
Narrator
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Alaska at War
Self - Narrator
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American Sexual Revolution
Narrator (voice)