Who was the guy....

Who did voice overs for commercials like the old G.I. Joe action figure and some political ads. He had a deep, recognizable voice. I think he appeared briefly in the Richard Gere movie “power”. What is his name. I haven’t heard ads with his voice for a long time. Is he dead?

http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Beck,+Jackson

Jackson Beck?

His main claim to fame is for doing the voiceover for the old Superman TV show.

According to the imdb at least, he is still alive.