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Peter Thomas

Peter Thomas

Actor, Cinematographer, Other Crew

Born June 28, 1924 in Pensacola, Florida, USA

Died April 30, 2016

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Peter Addenbrooke Thomas was an American announcer and narrator of television programs with a career spanning more than 70 years, most well known for narrating the long-running true-crime series Forensic Files.

Thomas performed voice-overs for hundreds of television commercials including Coca-Cola, IBM, Valvoline, NBC, United Technologies, Burger King, Beaumont Health and ESPN Monday Night Football commercials, as well as spots for social organizations including the YWCA and The Episcopal Church. He was in high demand for political advertisements and did several films for the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs. He also narrated the orientation video for the National World War I Museum at The Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

He narrated the Readers Digest video series The Crucial Turning Points of World War II. He also narrated the NCAA's official highlight film of the 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. Thomas was heard in Paul Hardcastle's 1985 hit song "19," which Hardcastle composed after being inspired by a 1984 ABC documentary on the Vietnam War, titled Vietnam Requiem, which Thomas narrated.

He narrated the Troll Associates series of audiobooks for children, including "Amazing World of Dinosaurs." He narrated the CD version of Tuck Everlasting, a novel by Natalie Babbitt.

Thomas provided the digitized voice for Philips' HeartStart series of automated external defibrillator (AED) units used by emergency services nationwide. Thomas' voice prompts and instructs emergency personnel on when to perform tasks.

Thomas was the announcer of the underwriting credits on the Nature TV series on PBS from the early 1980s through 2015. He also was the announcer of the underwriting credits for the NOVA TV series on PBS from 1988 through 1996.

Thomas died on April 30, 2016, at the age of 91. He was memorialized at the end of the first episode of Forensic Files II which aired on February 23, 2020.

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One Survivor Remembers [Trailer] [Content Warning: Graphic]

Children of Darkness

Filmography

Actor

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Type

Year

D-Day in HD Poster

D-Day in HD Mini-Series2014Self - PFC,1st Infantry

We Testify: Film One Testimony to Truth Documentary2014Self

Box 23, the Myra Janco Daniels Story Documentary2012Narrator

Changing Seas Poster

Changing Seas TV Series2009Narrator

Echoes of the Holocaust Documentary2009Narrator

Hallowed Grounds Poster

Hallowed Grounds Documentary2009Narrator

Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice Poster

Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice Documentary2009Narrator

The Jewel of Pelican Bay Video2009Narrator

Mobsters Poster

Mobsters TV Series2007Narrator

Transformed by Flame: the Glass Art of Frabel Poster

Transformed by Flame: the Glass Art of Frabel Documentary2007Narrator

Time of Fear Poster

Time of Fear Documentary2005Narrator

Alaska: Big America Documentary2004Narrator

In Our Own Hands Poster

In Our Own Hands Documentary2000Narrator

Naked Planet Poster

Naked Planet TV Series1999Narrator

Ultimate Dogfighting Documentary1998Narrator

When Trumpets Fade Poster

When Trumpets Fade TV Movie1998News Footage Narrator

Empires of Industry Poster

Empires of Industry TV Series1997Narrator

Forensic Files Poster

Forensic Files TV Series1996Narrator

Modern Marvels Poster

Modern Marvels TV Series1995Narrator

One Survivor Remembers Poster

One Survivor Remembers Short Film1995Narrator

How the West Was Lost Poster

How the West Was Lost TV Series1993Narrator

SR-71 Blackbird: The Secret Vigil Poster

SR-71 Blackbird: The Secret Vigil Documentary1990Narrator

Richard Nixon Reflects: A Revealing Video Memoir Documentary1989Narrator

American Experience Poster

American Experience Mini-Series1988Narrator

The Greatest Film on Earth: Volume 2 - Planet Mars Documentary1988Self

Biography Poster

Biography TV Series1987Narrator

The Imagemaker Poster

The Imagemaker Feature Film1986Commercial Voice

Children of Darkness Poster

Children of Darkness Documentary1983Narrator

Vietnam Requiem Poster

Vietnam Requiem Documentary1982Narrator

Who's Out There? Poster

Who's Out There? Documentary1975Narrator

Nova TV Series1974Narrator

Your Chance to Live: Nuclear Disaster Short Film1972Narrator

Your Chance to Live: Technological Failures Poster

Your Chance to Live: Technological Failures Short Film1972Narrator

American Sexual Revolution Feature Film1971Narrator

The Godfather: Behind the Scenes Poster

The Godfather: Behind the Scenes Documentary1971Narrator

A Wish and Ticino Short Film1963Narrator

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How the West Was Lost Poster

How the West Was Lost TV Series1993

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Sputnik Fever Poster

Sputnik Fever Documentary2007

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