Friday, March 14, 2014

Stamford native son Hal Douglas, voice over star of movie trailers, dies

Hal Douglas (1924-2014)
from abcnewsradioonline.com

He was born in Stamford, CT on September 1, 1924, the son of Samuel and Miriam Levenson Cohen.

After his mom died when he was nine, both he and his brother were raised by their grandparents, Tevya and Sarah Levenson. His father, who remarried, worked in the Cohen family haberdashery in Stamford.

Hal Cone spent three years in the Navy during World War II where he was trained as a pilot.

In his spare time he wrote fiction and  then studied acting at the University of Miami under the GI Bill.

He was considered one of the top voice over artists of his generation along with Don LaFontaine, the most prolific with over 5,000 film trailers (1940-2008)  and Don Morrow (1927-)

His credits include "Forrest Gump," "Philadelphia," and "Meet the Parents."

Click here to see a movie clip from the documentary Comedian where Douglas parodies himslelf. The movie also features Jerry Seinfeld

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