Mark Elliot (voice-over artist)

Mark Elliot
Born John Harrison Frick, Jr.[1][2]
September 24, 1939
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.[3]
Other names Mark Elliott
Occupation Voice-over artist
Years active 1957-present
Known for voice over artist for Walt Disney Entertainment

Mark Elliot (born 1939) was the primary voice-over artist for Walt Disney Entertainment from 1983 to 2007. He also provided voice overs for trailers of non-Disney films, logos, feature presentations and commercials. He's well known for his voice overs in theatrical and home video trailers for films produced by The Walt Disney Studios from the 1980s to the 2000s. He was also the voice of CBS[4] and FOX[5] throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and various theatrical trailers for such non-Disney animated movies as All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Seventh Brother, Rover Dangerfield, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, The Magic Voyage, Once Upon a Forest, The Princess And The Goblin, Asterix Conquers America, The Swan Princess, The Pagemaster, The Pebble and the Penguin, Balto, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, The Seventh Brother 2: Tiny Heroes, The Prince of Egypt, The Adventures of Brer Rabbit, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie. In addition to his behind-the-scenes work, Elliott starred with four other notable voice artists in the 1997 short film 5 Men and a Limo. One of his most well-known voice-overs for Disney is the catchphrase "And now, our feature presentation," which he says at the start of most animated Disney films on video on a "Feature Presentation" bumper.[6]

Previously, Elliot was a radio disc jockey, having deejayed for KIOA in Des Moines, Iowa (as Sandy Shore), WKYC in Cleveland, Ohio (as Buddy Harrison), and RKO General radio stations CKLW in Windsor/Detroit (as Ed Mitchell), KFRC in San Francisco and KHJ in Los Angeles. Later, Elliot guest-hosted for Casey Kasem on American Top 40 several times between 1977 and 1982, and again when Casey hosted Casey's Top 40, he was the regular guest host from 1989 to 1993. He also briefly had his own music countdown show for Drake-Chenault, The Weekly Top 30, which aired between 1979 and 1982.

References

  1. ↑ Hogan, Dick (June 21, 1985). "It's all in a name for this disc jockey". Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Rock Radio Scrapbook: The CKLW Years, Pt. 1". Rockradioscrapbook.ca. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  3. ↑ "Sandy Shore - Iowa Rock n Roll Music Association - Inductee List". Iowarocknroll.com. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  4. ↑ Levine, Ken (January 13, 2011). "How to break into voice overs without holding up a sign". Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  5. ↑ "April 5, 1987 FOX premiere commercials" on YouTube; retrieved March 31, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Disney Feature Presentation Logo (1992)" on YouTube; retrieved March 31, 2015.

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