I remember liking this show and its special effects. One thing always puzzled me, though. Who was the actual voice of The Invisible Man? He was trying very hard to imitate an American accent, and did a fairly good job. Unfortuantely, the "voice" was a terrible actor.
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The voice of the Invisible Man sounds American, but I don't remember anything in the series stating the character was American ... The "Johnny Scripps" on the IMDB credits - was he the actor in the Invisible Man's clothes or ? Can anyone clarify ?
shareI think that Dr. Peter Brady's voice was deliberately made to sound American so the show would sell on the American market.
British filmmakers frequently used American actors -- usually ones past their prime -- in British films. Remember "The Creeping Unknown" (AKA "The Quatermass Experiment") with Brian Donlevy, or "X, the Unknown" with Dean Jagger? There was also a gangster film (I can't recall the name) which starred none other than Jayne Mansfield as the leader of the gang!
What is really obvious is when British actors portray Americans. Most of them speak in a flat twang which sounds as if they come from either Missouri or Kansas. Examples: Cec Lindner and Martin Benson in "Goldfinger," Roger Moore in several episodes of "The Saint" TV series (actually, he really wasn't that bad,) Lee Evans in "Mouse Hunt," and "There's Something About Mary," Valerie French in the "Living in Harmony" episode of "The Prisoner" TV series.
There was also a gangster film (I can't recall the name) which starred none other than Jayne Mansfield as the leader of the gang!
Thank you for that most enlightening piece of information. I had always wondered whether or not Armstrong's voice was dubbed. Several times his mouth was a bit out of sync with what he was saying.
shareTim Turner provided the voice. Who was under the bandages has never been revealed.
Tim Turner also appeared in one episode as a villain.
"Make me a baby!
Make me a star!
Leave my coffin slightly ajar!"
- Lesley Gore
.........Actually the invisible man's (Dr. Brady) voice was provided by two actors: the aforementioned Tim Turner (15 episodes) and Johnny Scrippe (12 episodes)..........In the first episode, currently available on the Internet Archives site, Dr. Brady is briefly visible in the lab before the inadvisability inducing radioactive gas escapes.
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I never saw this series as a kid only a picture in the Book " Fantastic Televison " METV plays it sundays 8.30 ct . It had Edward
Judd in one Episode and some familer Doctor Who stars in it to.
Its better than some of the shows they make now .
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