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I Know That Voice!
Mar. 25th, 2003 04:12 pmI am one of those people who hears voices. Cartoon voices. It probably when I realized that the voice of Carlton the Doorman from "Rhoda" was the same voice as that of the TV version of Peter Venkman from "Ghostbusters" that I became fascinated by it. So whenever I watch a cartoon, I pay attention. I can tell you which parts may have been played by Frank Welker or Jeff Bennett, and I will make you stop the tape sometimes if you're watching "Animaniacs."
This interest carries over to anything involving voiceovers. My ears will perk up any time I hear Keith David doing an ad. The man who was "Gargoyles"'s Goliath now sells BMWs and UPS, and is one of most employed narrators for PBS documentaries. And I pay attention to him, and Liev Schrieber on "Nova" and James Garner selling cars.
So the last two weeks, I've wondering who a voice belongs to. A body-less voice on "Angel." If you've been watching, you know about it, and I won't say anything more in case you haven't seen this yet. I heard the voice and know I recognized it, but from where? It wasn't someone hugely important in the land of cartoon voices, but I was sure I would be glad to find an answer. After two weeks, I finally tracked down the name of the actor, Pete Reneday, and plugged it in to a couple of websites, including IMDb.
Who was Pete Reneday? Umpteen years ago, he was Master Splinter on the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. And slightly more recently, he was the ghost of a sea captain seeking to win the heart of Rebecca Cunningham in a derivative but still charming episode of TaleSpin. The part this time was quite different, but the echoes of a talking rat and a romantic ghost still bounce through my mind.
Odd, ain't it?
This interest carries over to anything involving voiceovers. My ears will perk up any time I hear Keith David doing an ad. The man who was "Gargoyles"'s Goliath now sells BMWs and UPS, and is one of most employed narrators for PBS documentaries. And I pay attention to him, and Liev Schrieber on "Nova" and James Garner selling cars.
So the last two weeks, I've wondering who a voice belongs to. A body-less voice on "Angel." If you've been watching, you know about it, and I won't say anything more in case you haven't seen this yet. I heard the voice and know I recognized it, but from where? It wasn't someone hugely important in the land of cartoon voices, but I was sure I would be glad to find an answer. After two weeks, I finally tracked down the name of the actor, Pete Reneday, and plugged it in to a couple of websites, including IMDb.
Who was Pete Reneday? Umpteen years ago, he was Master Splinter on the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. And slightly more recently, he was the ghost of a sea captain seeking to win the heart of Rebecca Cunningham in a derivative but still charming episode of TaleSpin. The part this time was quite different, but the echoes of a talking rat and a romantic ghost still bounce through my mind.
Odd, ain't it?
