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| california tumbles into the sea |
an excellent thread. it's like target shooting or chess - you can't fake it and you recognize brilliance immediately (or the lack thereof). | |||
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| St. Vitus Dance Instructor  |
I enjoyed Paul Winfield when he was alive, and also James Earl Jones. | |||
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I loved listening to Leonard Graves narrate the Victory at Sea series. s. _______________________________________________________________________ Don't Ask The Tyrants Why They Commit Tyranny, Ask The Slaves Why They Kneel | |||
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paradox in a box |
When I was growing up the PBS show Nature was narrated by George Page (if I recall his name correctly). I loved his voice for that show. Agree with Attenborough more recently. These go to eleven. | |||
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| A teetotaling beer aficionado  |
He's only done limited work narrating but I've like the efforts of Jon Hamm. He has a great voice and you almost don't realize someone is assisting the story. Just seems to flow. Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. -D.H. Lawrence | |||
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How about Stacy Keach on American Greed. | |||
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Sir Laurence Olivier did a great job on 'World at War'. | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
Would love to see Sam Elliot narrate something as his voice is classic!  Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
I don't know about documentaries, but Keith David has lent his voice to many a cartoon character and commercial as well as his live-action work. He has the voice for it. | |||
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| Never miss an opportunity to STFU |
All the above are excellent, but I gotta say the absolute most annoying schmuck to whine into the microphone is that joker who narrates “The Curse of Oak Island”. Every sentence ends with a question. His false drama and inflections are the absolute worse. And if it wasn’t bad enough, he narrates other shows too. Never be more than one step away from your sword-Old Greek Wisdom | |||
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I also like Liev Schreiber's narration work. | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
Well, while not a documentary, he does in The Big Lebowski.  I agree, though. Would be a natural fit for him. I thought for sure he had done some narrating of some western documentaries, but I can’t find anything about it online. ______________________________________________ Carthago delenda est | |||
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Unhyphenated American |
Edward Hermann was pretty good. __________________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. Richard M Nixon It's nice to be important, it's more important to be nice. Billy Joe Shaver NRA Life Member | |||
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Some great names already mentioned. I cast another vote for Mike Rowe. It also helps that I like his well-grounded principles and how he is so willing to share them. | |||
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It's probably a good thing nobody is addressing the "worst" narrator as the title asks. Michael Moore, slam dunk. Dripping with smugness, condescension and smartassery, imparting information is last on the agenda. By any documentary narration metric, he's as bad as it gets. But he does have an Oscar, I could be wrong. (I'm not  )Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. | |||
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Now in Florida |
Morgan Freeman seems to have crafted a pretty good side gig doing narrations. Good voice for it. | |||
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| Crusty old curmudgeon  |
James Earl Jones comes to mind. I remember him doing a documentary on the battle of Antietam. A very distinctive voice indeed. JimThis message has been edited. Last edited by: Jimbo54, ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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| Speling Champ |
Another vote for mike Rowe as one of the best. Mike Rowe as one of the worst when he narrated that season of ghost hunters. Hey hat was just weird. He only lasted for ne or two seasons as I recall | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Ah, yes, the Molecular War. | |||
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Still finding my way |
Mike Rowe. How the Universe Works James Hetfield. The Hunt | |||
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