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Peter Thomas
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Peter Thomas
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-06-28,Pensacola, Florida, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice

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Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice
2009-10-13

American Sexual Revolution

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American Sexual Revolution
1971-06-11

The Case of the Flying Dinosaur

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The Case of the Flying Dinosaur
1997-12-04

Children of Darkness

6.9

Children of Darkness
1983-01-01

SR-71 Blackbird: The Secret Vigil

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SR-71 Blackbird: The Secret Vigil
1990-01-01

Legends in Love

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Legends in Love
1989-01-01

Vietnam Requiem

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Vietnam Requiem
1982-07-15

The Day The Derby Almost Died

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The Day The Derby Almost Died

Monsters and Mysteries in Alaska

8.5

Monsters and Mysteries in Alaska
2010-03-14

5.4

Speedway Junky
1999-02-11

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Fear Woman
1971-05-01

Doctor Who: The Savages

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Doctor Who: The Savages
2025-03-24

The Land is Ours

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The Land is Ours
1997-01-14

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Alaska at War
1986-10-18

6.9

NOVA
1974-03-03

7.9

Forensic Files
1996-04-21

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Changing Seas
2009-01-27

How the West Was Lost

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How the West Was Lost
1993-05-16

The Story of Florida's State Parks

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The Story of Florida's State Parks
2009-09-28