Who will voice them now? Don LaFontaine, commonly known as the “King of Voiceovers,” died Monday in Los Angeles.
Aside from being the preeminent voice in the movie trailer industry, Don also worked as the voice of Entertainment Tonight and The Insider, as well as for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox and UPN, in addition to TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network. By conservative estimates, he voiced hundreds of thousands of television and radio spots, including commercials for Chevrolet, Pontiac, Ford, Budweiser, McDonalds, Coke, and many other corporate sponsors.
Underneath the cut, a video on LaFontaine and his work. Continue reading “In a world where one man voices all the movie trailers…”
