Don Morrow | Voice over actor

About Don

Member sinceAug 22, 2008

In the Broadway Show "Little Shop of Horrors'" Don Morrow's contract reads: "A voice not unlike that of God" From Clint Eastwood's "A Fist Full of Dollars" to James Cameron's "Titanic" and beyond, from the beginning of Crest and Zest to IBM, Ford Motor, Shell Oil and Sun Microsystems, DON MORROW has been the spokesman and on camera for over 20,000 national and international commercials and motion picture campaigns. He has been the narrator for hundreds of documentaries: A&E Biography, The E! True Hollywood Story, The History Channel, NBC, PBS and more. Through many decades, Morrow's voice has had many adjectives attached by his clients in the Fortune 500, Motion Picture Studios, Trailer Houses and Adinfinitum(all trailers, commercials, promos and narrations are the real McCoy:) Adjectives: Godlike, Gravitas, friendly, robust, folksy,old-timely,contemporary, sexy, rugged, suspenseful, sensual,tear jerking, clean, clear, mysterious, authoritative, edgy, crisp, manly,warm, comedic,deep,fresh,silly,light, smart,gritty,young, southern, hard sell,funny,deep, light, sophisticated, powerful, direct, elegant, compelling, commanding, high energy, relaxed, macho, raspy, scary, compassionate.

Skills and services offered

- Language
  English - Other
  English - USA and Canada
- Voice gender & age
  Male senior
  Male adult
- Creative services offeredNone
- Jobs for these unions signatories
  SAG-AFTRA(US)
- Recording and delivery options
  Digital delivery
  ISDN
  Source Connect
  On-site recording
  Phone patch
  Location
  N/A
- Additional vocal abilities
  British, Irish, Scottish, Manly, Rugged, New Yorker, Mafia boss, Long Island, Italian, German, Farmer, Mountain Man, Older, Old Man, Gay, Butch, Animated, Good Old American, Proper, Distinguished, Old Money, Slick, Sassy, Sam Elliot like, Mexican American, North American straight, Southern, Western, Cowboy, Regular, Non-colloquial, Neutral you name it I can probably do it.
- Experience, training, and equipment
  From Clint Eastwood's "A Fist Full of Dollars" to James Cameron's "Titanic" and beyond, from the beginning of Crest and Zest to IBM, Ford Motor, Shell Oil and Sun Microsystems, Don Morrow has been the spokesman for over 20,000 national and international commercials and motion picture campaigns. Don Morrow has been the narrator for hundreds of documentaries: A&E Biography, The E! True Hollywood Story, The History Channel, NBC, PBS and more. AFTRA / SAG - Broadcast Highlights CBS TV and Radio, NY & LA The Sunday News Special with Walter Cronkite Announcer Lowell Thomas and the News - Announcer Face the Nation - Announcer Colgate Comedy Hour - Announcer Gunsmoke - Announcer The Jackie Gleason Show - Announcer The GE College Bowl - Announcer Now You See It - Announcer KCBS - Substitute Staff Announcer NBC TV, NY & LA Let's Play Post Office - Host - Griffin Productions Bell Telephone Hour Documentaries - Narrator (2 Emmy Awards) Sale of the Century - Announcer ABC TV, NY & LA Camouflage - Host - Gil Cates Productions Science all Stars - Host - Steve Carlin Productions Rin Tin Tin - Announcer Ozzie and Harriet - Announcer 45-85 with Koppel and Jennings -Announcer and Intro Writer Liberty Weekend with Lee Iacoca -Announcer and Intro Writer Our World with Linda Elerbee -Announcer and Intro Writer PBS TV and Radio, NY NASA Documentaries - Narrator FOX TV, LA Personalities with Charlie Rose - Announcer The Secret Files of J. Edgar Hoover - Narrator BBC & Midlands TV, Great Britain European Odyssey - Host Narrator, Director, Writer Syndication, LA The Challengers with Dick Clark - Announcer The Honeymooners - Announcer - Viacom Gleason - The Great One - Announcer - Viacom I Love Lucy - Announcer - Viacom We Love Lucy - Announcer - ViacomBeastmaster - Promos & Announcer - Tribune Trailers & Promos, NY & LA Over 1,000 for CBS News and major motion picture companies: Clint Eastwood's Spaghetti Westerns: A Fist Full of Dollars, A Few Dollars More, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Hang 'em High Don was THE voice on: James Cameron's: Titanic Steven Spielberg's: Saving Private Ryan other campaigns include: Far From the Madding Crowd Blue Water, White Death The Dirty Dozen Rosebud Omegaman Snow Falling On Cedars The Ciderhouse Rules The Prince of Egypt What Dreams May Come Double Jeopardy Waking Ned Devine The Talented Mr. Ripley Dark City Enemy at the Gates The Devil's Advocate And Hundreds More. Commercials, NY, LA and Location Over 20,000 Radio and Network Television Commercials, both voiceover and on-camera for at least a third of the Fortune 500 companies including: The Shell Answer Man - 7 Years IBM - 12 Years Ford Motor - 18 Years Nabisco - 11 Years Dristan - 4 Years Cover Girl - 6 Years Maglight Flashlight - 12 Years Recent bookings for websites: photoarchivalcompany Don Morrow started his broadcast career while a student at Syracuse University on the GI Bill shortly after World War II. His first job was with Syracuse's first TV station "WHEN" as newscaster and announcer. Don heard of greener fields in Texas and in the late summer of '49 signed Dallas's 2nd TV station on the air as KBTV. While at the station, Don graduated from Southern Methodist University. By the Spring of 1951, Don was working in a freelance syndicated show with baseball Hall of Fame's Dizzy Dean who got him to quit WFAA and come to New York where Dizzy broadcasted a play-by-play for the Yankees. When owner Del Webb had other plans, Diz got Don a job on The Liberty Broadcasting System, a Dallas based outfit with 536 radio stations across the country. During Don Morrow's career he has competed successfully with Richard Burton, Orson Wells, Vincent Price, Henry Fonda, James Earl Jones, among other major actors. The late Don La Fontaine said of his early mentor Don Morrow, a few years ago: "In the Beginning, if Don Morrow hadn't been there, I wouldn't be here..." Isolated sound studio Auralex acoustic tiles Microphones including Neuman's Sennheiser, Audio Technica & SE Electronics SE sound guards Macintosh IMAC Digi-Design Pro-Tools M Powered 8.0 M audio Interface Eureka pre-sonus pre-amp & compressor Multiple Glyph external drives Secure FTP for AIFF or WAV files Telos-zephyr ISDN available Studio was used for the trailers and on air promos for Titanic

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