Thurl Ravenscroft

Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (February 6, 1914 – May 22, 2005) was an American voice actor and singer with a deep, booming voice. For over 50 years, he was best known as the voice of Tony the Tiger in Kellogg's Frosted Flakes televi

Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (February 6, 1914 – May 22, 2005) was an American voice actor and singer with a deep, booming voice. For over 50 years, he was best known as the voice of Tony the Tiger in Kellogg's Frosted Flakes television commercials (also known as Frosties). Ravenscroft was also the singer of the song "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" in the Christmas television special based on the Dr. Seuss classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, although his name was accidentally left off of the credits, leading many to believe, erroneously, that the cartoon's narrator, Boris Karloff, sang the song.

His voice is also heard in many Disneyland attractions. He is the voices of 'Buff'- the buffalo head on the Country Bear Jamboree, lead vocalist on the theme song "Grim Grinning Ghosts" in the Haunted Mansion (the bust that many people have mistaken for Walt Disney), "Fritz" the German accent parrot in the Tiki Room, Narrator on the Disneyland Railroad (not the voice that announces the train boarding or departing), the original voice of the First Mate on the Mark Twain Steamship and one of the bass voices in the chorus of "It's a Small World". He is sometimes mistaken for Paul Frees who provides the opening narration for The Haunted Mansion ride, this due to the fact that the Haunted Mansion disney vinyl record had him doing the narration. He also provided narration on the original Pirates of the Caribbean vinyl recording, as well as singing several Pirate themed songs.