Peter thomas forensic files narrator

Iconic narrator and voice-over artist Peter Thomas has died at the age of 91. Best known for narrating TLC‘s The Forensic Files, he most recently worked on the Changing Seas TV show (2009 – 2014), from WPBT2 in Miami, Florida.

Hist other TV series work includes Nova, Mobsters, Biography, Empires of Industry, Modern Marvels, Naked Planet, and How the West Was Lost. He also served as cinematographer on one 1993 episode of that series, “A Good Day to Die.”

Here is more from Naples Daily News:

Peter Thomas, 91, a voice-over icon and World War II veteran, died Saturday, nearly two years after he lost his wife and high school sweetheart, Stella Barrineau Thomas.

His distinctive vocal cords made him a part of Americana, but locally Peter Thomas became famous for his humanitarian heart.

“He was loved by so many people,” said Peter Thomas Jr., the 65-year-old son who was by his father’s side in Naples when he passed, along with Peter Thomas’s two o

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'Forensic Files' Voice Peter Thomas Dropped Nazis Across Europe with ‘the Big Red One’

There are many people out there who may not know what Peter Thomas looks like, but they definitely know what he sounds like.

Thomas was widely called "the greatest voice in the history of American broadcasting" by his peers, and there's a good reason for it. He was a renowned voice actor whose credits included news, documentaries and commercials for everything from Coca-Cola to "Monday Night Football," from "Nova" to the History Channel.

Most famously, however, Thomas was the voice of the long-running, true-crime show, "Forensic Files." If you're watching an old show about a husband who once ran a rubber-glove factory and enjoyed gardening before his wife mysteriously disappeared, chances are good the voice telling the story belonged to Thomas.

Few voices could bring a sense of impending doom like Thomas', but what many "Forensic Files" viewers may not know is that the narrator of the show dropped more bodies than any perp who ever appeared on it. He also spent the rest of his l

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Peter Thomas

Peter Thomas
Born	June 28, 1924 Pensacola, Florida, United States
Died	April 30, 2016[1] (aged 91) Naples, Florida, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Narrator
Known for	Documentary and advertisement voice-over work
Spouse(s)	Stella (Barrineau) Thomas (m. 1946–2014, her death)
Children	3
Parent(s)	Dr. John D. Thomas Sibyl (Addenbrooke) Thomas

Peter Thomas (June 28, 1924 – April 30, 2016) was an American announcer and narrator of television programs, including Nova, Forensic Files and Medical Detectives.

Early life

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Thomas was born in Pensacola, Florida,^[2] to Dr. John D. Thomas and Sibyl Addenbrooke. He had two younger brothers, John and David.

Thomas began his career at fourteen as an announcer on a local radio show.^[3] The station could not pay him due to his age, so they arranged for the sponsor, Piper Aircraft, to give him flying lessons in a Piper Cub.

After World War II started, Thomas left The Stony Brook School and vol