# Narrators and Voice-over Specialists of note **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrators-and-voice-over-specialists-of-note/621076 "2012-05-06T17:30:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrators-and-voice-over-specialists-of-note/621076/21 "2012-05-07T12:22:08Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Opening up the posthumous category full throttle: > > \<\< snip \>\> > > Another ubiquitous classy voice-over from then; I can’t remember his name, but he played Woody Allen’s lawyer in “The Front” (not Stephen Boyd, but his voice was similar). Would the cast list at [The Front (1976)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074554/) help with the name? I’d lean toward Herschel Bernardi since I think I remember his voice-over work a little. Some great ones have been mentioned, y’all! Thanks for the help. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrators-and-voice-over-specialists-of-note/621076/22 "2012-05-07T12:45:00Z")
Don Pardo started doing voice over in radio. Wiliam Conrad did much voice over and acting starting in radio. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrators-and-voice-over-specialists-of-note/621076/23 "2012-05-07T12:49:11Z")
It wasn’t Herschel Bernardi, whom I remember from his sitcom “Barney.” Another one was Joe Sirolla, who voiced-over all over the place back then. He can be heard in the old Wendy’s spots. Speaking of Barneys, Hal Linden did a lot of voice work. As a TV addict but ignorant of Broadway, when he first appeared as Barney Miller, my reaction was “so that’s what he looks like.” And of course, there was Orson Welles. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrators-and-voice-over-specialists-of-note/621076/24 "2012-05-07T13:58:48Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > And of course, there was Orson Welles. Commercials for green peas haven’t been the same without him. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrators-and-voice-over-specialists-of-note/621076/25 "2012-05-07T14:38:23Z")
Probably the most famous voiceover artist (as well as radio and TV host) in Spain is Constantino Romero. His natural speaking voice is so deep that for most of his work he pitches it higher. Some of his dubbees include Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clint Eastwood, Anthony Hopkins, James Earl Jones and Roger Moore. There was a PhD thesis years ago which showed that, for actors which have been dubbed by him and by someone else, movies where they got dubbed by him did much better. What’s not clear is whether this is only because of his voice, or because anybody who can’t be bothered pay for him will also be scrounging in other production items. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrators-and-voice-over-specialists-of-note/621076/26 "2012-05-07T15:06:51Z")
Here is a useful list. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_voice\_actors](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_voice_actors) Personally my favorite voice over was Barbara Feldon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrators-and-voice-over-specialists-of-note/621076.md?page=1)