Many Voices of Thurl Ravenscroft (Animated Tribute - Tony the Tiger - Disneyland) 

Ah, Thurl Ravenscroft... Here's a voice that commands respect; deep, booming, and shows just how masterful the first generation of voice actors were in their prime.

Thurl Ravenscroft is a beautiful name, as well.

One of the first professional voice actors and truly one of the greatest ** he has the deepest and mainliest voice I have ever heard. He was not just good, he was GRRRRRRREAT

He didn't really have that many voices, it was more like a variation of his own spectacular real voice....he had the biggest voice of all time and there was nobody like him.

R.I.P. Thurl Ravenscroft. He was an awesome American voice actor. Plus, he was so funny. And another thing, he had a deep powerful voice.

One of the most iconic old school voices.

Thurl Ravenscroft was super underrated and was considered a secret weapon of voice acting.

The Brave Little Toaster is hands down the most underrated animated movies of all time. I knew Jon Lovitz was Radio and Phil Hartman was The Air Conditioner but I never realized Thurl was the voice of Kirby!

Just found out he was 6’5” tall (a little under 196 cm). Not all tall men have deep voices, not all deep-voiced men are tall, but it seems a good match.

Wow. I had no idea how big a part this man’s voice played in my childhood entertainment. Salute to him and Mel Blanc

From Tony the Tiger to the original singer of You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch, Thurl Ravenscroft was a legend!

Even as a child, I could definately recognize his deep voice; it is absolutely iconic.

My favorite voice roles of Ravenscorft are the voices in ‘How the Grinch stole Christmas’ and ‘Snoopy come home’.

Thurl Ravenscroft: the only person (other than Morgan Freeman) whose voice I'd kill to have as my default voice, since I have a wide range of voices.

He was GRRRRRRRRRRREAT as Tony the Tiger and Kirby the Vaccum from "The Brave Little Toaster". And of course he had a wonderful singing voice.

He's more than good, he's grrreat!

NO DOGS ALLLLOWEEED!!! I remember that one. Memories :)

Singing bust from the Haunted Mansion. And singing vocal you're mean one Mr Grinch

You're mean one, Mr. Grinch 2:36

Always loved his baritone singing voice!

He had a wonderful voice-over career. I totally remember him as Tony The Tiger.

It’s a little terrifying realizing he could sound so high and had such a good range. When he sang that pajama song I could believe the same man who sang you’re a mean one mr grinch could sing so high as well. What a spectacular man.

He was also heard in “Dumbo” for Disney in 1941 with The Sportsmen singing “Pink Elephants on Parade”. Later in 1962 for UPA in “Gay Purr-ee” he sang as a member of The Mellomen, accompanying Paul Frees in “The Money Cat”. Millions heard Thurl in the 1980’s as the narrator of the Magnificent Christmas Spectacular show at Radio City Music Hall.

Was so glad to be shown this video. I knew Thurl in his final years and he is sorely missed. Thank you for uploading this! Quick note: Thurl didn't voice the train announcements at the depots at Disneyland; that's mostly been credited to Jack Wagner (and even also Peter Renaday). Thurl did the onboard narrations.

One of those people who just did EVERYTHING. There were certain people who were heard all the time in various things, we'll miss all of them. He was certainly one of the best!

The GRRRREAT Thurl Ravenscroft of everything like Tony the Tiger & Disney movies and theme parks! (Forgot including Dumbo in which he’s heard from Pink Elephants in Parade)

It's amazing to see how much of one's childhood a single person can be without one even knowing it.

A great video except that’s Jack Wagner doing the Disneyland Railroad announcement. Thurl was the narration once you’re on the train for a while though. He was the best of all the train narrators.

In the beginning when he switched from the buffalo to Fritz from the Tiki Room, my smile was so big it hurt my face.

Thurl is always an amazing actor to bring joy and passion behind his wonderous voice! To me, I'll always enjoy him as The Goblins singing voice in the Hobbit. I almost thought he was gonna offer me some cereal!

I knew I knew that voice from more places than just haunted mansion! He did a bunch of dr suess and old Disney, plus all those rides and shows at the parks.

RIP to a legendary voice actor!

Heck yeah thanks for acknowledging my request! What a powerful, commanding voice.

Man it seems like he was every deep voice in the 20th century

this guy and candy candido are the kings of low character voices. fantastic pitch and tone as well when he sings which is crazy considering he could go all the way down to E1 in chest

Tony the Tiger is my favorite! He’s not just good, he’s grrreat!

Another golden voice of the voice acting world up there along with the fabulous Tony Jay. Thurl Ravenscroft had quite the voice that one could never ever forget. He rocks my socks!

He had a powerful voice and a name like an RPG character. He rocked

Great singer! I really liked that old black&white Tony the Tiger commercial!

You've made my day now that I imagine Tony the Tiger singing 'You're a Mean One, Mister Grinch'!

Always will be Kirby the Vacuum cleaner and the Grinch song singer to me. Never realized how involved in Disney he was

Cool I love The Brave Little Toaster

For many years, he was also the narrator for the 'Pageant of the Masters' in Laguna Beach, which always added much to the experience. RIP, Thurl!

Tony the Tiger is the first one that came to mind, though I also like him singing "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and "No Dogs Allowed".

Brilliant just Brilliant!!!!!

Great singer of animations and voice.

My favorite voice roles of Thurl Ravenscroft is thing 1 and 2, 🐅, Kirby, Paul Bunyan, how the grinch stole 🎄, 🐴, Black 🍯 pot, Horton hears a who!, the hobbit, the aristocats, the haunted mansions, monstro the 🐳, and 🧔🏻 Knight from the 🗡 in the stone.

Thurl Ravenscroft's memories! I love it! This is so cool!

What a legend he was! He was my idol and inspiration to try to get into voice acting!

I can't get enough of this guy's voice. It doesn't hurt that he looks and kinda sounds like my great uncle. :)

The man was amazing! I wish there were more interviews with him.

It's hard to imagine that the folk you have highlited wouldn't be hounoured by your efforts and sentiment to showcase their legacies. It really is a beautiful thing you have done bringing so much of their work together and putting a human face to all their characters, connecting our eyes to what our hearts find so dear. These videos are the creation people dreamed of to show at birthdays, or retirement parties or funerals, but no one had the ability until the digital era. The love and care you show for making these is the same love and care they did making their work, so the legacy is carried to the next generation and we, the audience, continue to be blessed by all involved. Leaving the final question, who will make the video of all your works???? God bless you for these compilations.

The Brave Little Toaster is such a great film and Thurl is great in it. I keep forgetting how not only emotional but SCARY he can be in that movie!

BTW Thurl also voiced Darth Vader in Donnie & Mary Star Wars spoof (whome he also narrated)

Wow I didn’t know he’s voice acted so many things for stuff, I mean I’ve only seen a compilation of some of his moments in a low note vocal range on RU-vid, he sounds great even in his older days

One of Best Voices I've ever Heard.... ;)

The Tennessee Ernie Ford of voice over actors. Baritone men we have heard before and loved for their abilities!

Such powerful and authoritative voice, yet the man behind the voice is so cool.

Kirby. From the brave little toaster movies.

This was so neat to find. We grew up on this guys voice. Pretty cool

3:30 -- Had NO idea he was singing in Pirates but man it's obvious. So talented.

One of my two favorite bass singers. The other was Ken Schoen, "Oil Can Harry" in Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse cartoons of the 40's and 50's.

Thurl lived a handful of miles from me (in Fullerton, Ca.) in the final years of his life. He was in the local phonebook, and yes, I spoke to him on the phone once, briefly. :)

A wonderful actor and a genuinely lovely man. He really did do a wide variety of different characters and that unique and distinctive voice is one we'll remember forever. He was a one-off and there'll never be another like him. Thanks for the memories Mr Ravenscroft ❤ 😊

One of the reasons I enjoy watching your Many Voices of videos is because they remind me of how much these voice actors and their performances inspire me 😊 I’ll admit that Thurl Ravenscroft in particular inspires me so much that I would love to draw a character inspired by him (or at the very least is named after him; I love rare names like his)

The voice of Leo the Tiger. Geoffrey the Toys R Us Giraffe and Mr Bubble

Not only does he have a bad-ass name, but his voice is intrinsic to my nostalgia for Disneyland.

Favorites are Tony the Tiger and Kirby the vacuum cleaner

I fell in love with his voice when I was but a scared little girl riding The Haunted Mansion for the first time 😂 Since then I've been obsessed!

love his voice on the aristocats

So much of my childhood there from the animated shows and commercials, to the Disney parks. The man was an amazing talent!

I always loved him as Tony the Tiger. And he did an excellent job in siging You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch.

He was one of the best voice actors along with paul frees

He was the true Tony the Tiger and thing 1 & 2 to this day may his legacy of a large dog still live on in 2022.

Here are a few actors for SMR: John Kassir Fred Willard (1939-2020) Patrick Warburton Dallas McKennon (1919-2009) Lennie Weinrib (1935-2006) Brian Doyle-Murray John Goodman Jason Marsden

One of the legendary voice overs for sure 😀

Awww Snoopy, that poor beagle that got kicked out of the train, hospital, apartment, wherever he went he saw the sign, "NO DOGS ALLOWED". Liked the way Mr. Ravenscrofts sang this!

Ah, the greatest voice actor in all of Norfolk.

Tony the Tiger definitely. #1, Cat in the Hat, Original Grinch Stole Christmas, Brave Little Toaster, Aristocats

His singing is under appreciated. It’s really good, R.I.P. “He’s greeeeeaaatt”

I always heard that Thurl Ravenscroft died in May 22nd, 2005 since I was 5 years old. And that was way before I was born in July 5th.

His voice is so satisfying🥰🥰 and man he was so many characters 🙌🏾

Thank you thurl for showing us how beautiful humans can be. Your contributions will never be forgotten.

2:29 "(evil laugh) You'll-a never get away from-a Stromboli now!"

He also sings the theme song for the Disney Hardy Boys intro!

Favorites Roles: Tony the Tiger, Kirby from Brave Little Toaster, and Monstero from Phinochio.

8:33 After he retired from Voice acting career in 1998, he continue voicing Tony the Tiger from Kellogg's Frosted Flakes commercials until 2004, before he died in 2005.

I remember Thurl Ravenscroft best as Tony the Tiger and Kirby from The Brave Little Toaster.

They're Grrrrrrrrreat 0:48

My favorite character is every single last one of them. I had no idea he was the voice of so many. Man is amazing.

How am I just hearing about this guy? Cool guy with a cool name.

Thanks for accepting my request.

I once knew someone's dog. Who when his dog laughed it sounded like the whale from Pinocchio Disney of course. But later heard the dog had asthma on top of that

Springtime for Pluto was my favorite of his. As a kid I loved the classical music and cartoon

And they say, Omar’s heart grew 3x that day, upon seeing this video.

I especially love his voice on the Disneyland Railroad.

His voice is Grrrreat!!

The legendary actor sure had a huge animation and commercial career for his monotone voice ☺

@Saturday Morning Rewind Could you do the many voices of Eric Stuart.

Don't Forget MONSTRO THE WHALE"