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Can someone help me with this question

posted 17 years ago by mag7_1
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For years while watching this program.....I thought the narrator was someone completely different than Paul Winfield. I thought it was an older gentleman....whom I had seen on something else. I am going to give a description and see if anyone can help me figure out who I am talking about. The guy I thought it was is a very old white gentleman.....creepy looking guy with white hair and sagging jowls.....I know this person narrated something and until just recently i thought it was this program...until i was corrected and told it was winfield......does anyone recognize this description???? If so please enlighten me.

[–] cheezyspam 17 years ago

Okay, I don't know if you're talking about him, but I always thought the narrator sounded a lot like Vincent Price. He kind of had the creepy but humorous sound that the narrator does a lot of.

[–] mag7_1 17 years ago

Thanks for trying...but....its not Vincent Price...I'm thinking of.....this is a different guy. My guy is shorter....and heavier....than Price....thanks again though.

[–] heythatsmybike73 17 years ago

Paul Sorvino?

[–] cheezyspam 17 years ago

Wasn't "Paul Sorvino" the name of Kevin's friend in the Wonder Years?

Okay, I haven't slept in four days, I know just how stupid I sound right now.

[–] mag7_1 17 years ago

thanks again....but...not paul sorvino.

[–] the_jester_86 17 years ago

Bill Curtis from American Justice? Older and white.

[–] mag7_1 17 years ago

Nope...thanks again...this guy...was old and very creepy looking....sagging jowls.....scrunched shoulders.

[–] ej936 17 years ago

sounds like Michael Constantine in Thinner, but the voice is wrong (and Michael Constantine doesn't really look like that or sound like that), if he has to have the voice it makes me think of one of the old dwarves in The Hobbit cartoon or maybe Gandalf.... Maybe you are thinking of John Huston at the end of his life or somebody like that http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001379/ I mean it's worth a shot.... there a lot of luminous hollywood talents with that kind of Paul Winfield voice that would have looked like you are thinking at the end and a lot of those guys worked right up till they died....just a thought......

[–] mag7_1 17 years ago

The guy is very similar to Huston in looks.....But.....is shorter and more stooped.

[–] screamflickchick-1 17 years ago

John Houseman???

[–] dwallach-2 17 years ago

David Keith was the new voice of CC

[–] a19j59s 17 years ago

sounds like you are describing Boris Karloff...(he was not just "The Mummy" and Frankestein's monster) He he hosted a mystery theater type TV scary show, the name escapes me for the moment.

[–] johnwwwatson 16 years ago

Your description made mee think of William Hickey.

http://tv.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=310994

[–] chipbray 16 years ago

how about Peter Lorre?

[–] SilentOne92 16 years ago

Wilfred Bremley

[–] goddessvenom 16 years ago

Hi mag7_1, could it be Jay Robinson who hosted "Beyond Bizarre"?

...love, peace and chicken grease!

[–] steve_miller_5 16 years ago

It is Keith David, who replaced Paul Winfield after he died.

[–] ryfoste 16 years ago

Was it maybe Dominick Dunne ??

[–] retrogames 14 years ago

I know this question was posted a few years ago, but hopefully you stop by again at some point. I am almost certain you are thinking of William Hickey.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382676/

[–] AtheistRevolution 15 years ago

Michael Jackson?

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

[–] ShooShooFontana 9 years ago

It's Barry Manilow!

[–] puff1079 16 years ago

Maybe, Peter Thomas he has the kind of voice you are describing and he is the narrator of "Forensic Files."

[–] jeldobar 16 years ago

Actually sounds like he is talking about Andy Rooney from 60 minutes ... because that description fits him to a t

[–] hbgvirgo 16 years ago

Wilford Brimley? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000979/

Don't sweat the small stuff

[–] destinync2002 15 years ago

what about dominick dunne
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3969161984/nm0242839

[–] parkermj 15 years ago

Tony Jay? That's who Winfield reminded me of. He qualifies as old and white. Unfortunately he also passed away around the same time as Winfield. Both had fantastic, creepy voices.

[–] olblueeyes40 15 years ago

It kinda sounds like you may be referring to Jay Robinson...he was scary-looking, with jowls and huge bags under his eyes. He narrated/hosted some type of scary "Believe It Or Not" TYPE TV show a few years ago, and he has also done various other narrations over the years due to his distinctive, eerie voice.

[–] Severus2000 14 years ago

It's Jay Robinson

[–] jeffreyrknapp-553-518787 13 years ago

Ed Begley from "Hang 'em High"?