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Thurl Ravenscroft (1914–2005)

Born in 1914, raised in Norfolk, Nebraska, Thurl Ravenscroft served as a navigator in the US Army Air Transport Command in World War II before settling in Hollywood. An accomplished singer, he performed with The Sportsmen Quartet, The Mellomen, The Johnny Mann Singers, and many major stars, including Jim Nabors and Elvis Presley... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1996 Superior Duck (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1989 Splash Mountain (Video Game)
Bullfrogs (voice)
 
1978 The Small One (short)
Potter (voice) (uncredited)
 
1977 The Hobbit (TV movie)
Goblin (voice) (uncredited)
 
1977 Halloween Is Grinch Night (TV short)
Bass Singer (uncredited)
 
1977 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Singer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1973 The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (TV series)
Waldo
 
1972 The Lorax (TV short)
Bass Singer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1971 Stand Up and Cheer (TV series)
 
1971 The Cat in the Hat (TV short)
Thing 1 (voice)
 
1970 The AristoCats
Russian Cat (voice)
 
1970 Horton Hears a Who! (TV short)
Wickersham Brother (voice) (uncredited)
 
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (singing voice - uncredited)
 
1969 The Love God?
Choir Singer (uncredited)
 
1968 The Night Before Christmas (TV movie)
Soloist
 
1966 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV short)
Singer 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch' (voice) (uncredited)
 
1965 The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series)
Humphrey
Jed and the Countess (1965) … Humphrey (voice) (uncredited)
 
1965 The Man from Button Willow
Reverend/Saloon Man#2 (voice) (uncredited)
 
1964 Mary Poppins
Hog/Andrew's Whimper (voice) (uncredited)
 
1963 The Sword in the Stone
Black Bart (voice) (uncredited)
 
1963 It Happened at the World's Fair
The Mellomen (uncredited)
 
1962 Gay Purr-ee
Singer "The Money Cat" (voice) (uncredited)
 
1961 Donald and the Wheel (short)
Spirit of Progress, Senior (voice) (as The Mellomen)
 
1961 101 Dalmatians
Captain (voice)
 
1960 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Enrico Scortachini
Christmas Show (1960) … Enrico Scortachini (uncredited)
 
1960 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Nebuchadnezzar
 
1959 Noah's Ark (short)
Shem (voice) (uncredited) / Ham (voice) (uncredited) / Japeth (voice) (uncredited)
 
1959 Sleeping Beauty
Singer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1958 Paul Bunyan (short)
Paul Bunyan (voice) (as The Mellomen) / Chorus (voice) (as The Mellomen)
 
1958 South Pacific
Stewpot (singing voice) (uncredited)
 
1957 The Story of Anyburg U.S.A. (short)
Cyrus P. Sliderule (voice) (uncredited)
 
1956 You Can't Run Away from It
Reporter (uncredited)
 
1956 Design for Dreaming (short) (voice)
 
1955 It's Always Fair Weather
Harry Wilson (voice) (uncredited)
 
1955 Love Me or Leave Me
Singer (uncredited)
 
1955 Shower of Stars (TV series)
Opera singer
High Pitch (1955) … Opera singer (uncredited)
 
1954 Pigs Is Pigs (short)
Singer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1954 Rose Marie
Indian Medicine Man (uncredited)
 
1954 The Glenn Miller Story
The Mellomen (uncredited)
 
1953 Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom (short)
The Mellomen, singing group (voice) (uncredited)
 
1953 Peter Pan
Chorus Singer (singing voice) (uncredited)
 
1952 Trick or Treat (short)
The Mellomen, singing group (voice) (uncredited)
 
1952 Because You're Mine
Singer in Radio Commercial (uncredited)
 
1951 Alice in Wonderland
One of The Mellomen (uncredited)
 
1951 Rooty Toot Toot (short)
Jonathan Bailey, Honest John the Crook (voice)
 
1950 Cinderella
Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
 
1950 Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy (TV movie)
Tall Bass Singer (uncredited)
 
1949 Arson, Inc.
Singer at Party (uncredited)
 
1946 Make Mine Music
Singer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1944 Springtime for Pluto (short)
Singing Caterpillar (voice) (uncredited) / Dancing Butterfly Woman (voice) (uncredited)
 
1942 Lost Canyon
Tall Bass-Singing Ranch Hand (as The Sportsmen Quartette)
 
1941 Jingle Belles (short)
Singer (as The Sportsmen)
 
1941 Puddin' Head
Member of The Sportsmen Quartet (as The Sportsman Quartette)
 
1941 The Nifty Nineties (short)
Singer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1940 Prehistoric Porky (short)
Lizard Singer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1940 Little Blabbermouse (short)
Chew Tobacco (voice) (uncredited)
 
1940 Pilgrim Porky (short)
Singer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1940 Pinocchio
Monstro (voice) (uncredited)
 
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2011 Kinect Disneyland Adventures (Video Game) (performer: "Grim Grinning Ghosts" 1969)
 
2011 Gnomeo & Juliet (performer: "The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room")
 
2010 Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews (TV series)
Scary Godmother 1 & 2 (2010) (performer: "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch")
 
1997 MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun (video short) (performer: "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch")
 
1990 Home Alone (performer: "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch")
 
1990 Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Disneyland Fun (video) (performer: "Grim Grinning Ghosts")
 
1987 The Brave Little Toaster (performer: "City of Light", "B-Movie Show")
 
1977 The Hobbit (TV movie) (performer: "The Goblin Song", "Fifteen Birds in Five Fir Trees")
 
1972 Snoopy Come Home (performer: "No Dogs Allowed!")
 
1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks (performer: "Portobello Road")
 
1971 The Cat in the Hat (TV short) (performer: "Anything Under The Sun", "Cat, Hat")
 
1970 The AristoCats (performer: "Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat")
 
1966 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV short) (performer: "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch")
 
1960 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Christmas Show (1960) (performer: "That's How Santa Claus Will Look This Year")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1972 Snoopy Come Home (featured vocalist)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1999 The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
2000 Songs in the Key of Grinch (video documentary short)
Interview
 
1994 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition (TV documentary short)
Interview
 
1955 Dateline: Disneyland (TV special documentary)
Announcer at Fantasyland Castle Opening (voice) (uncredited)
 
1955 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Himself
Cavalcade of Songs (1955) … Himself
 
1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.19 (1952) … Himself (as The Mellomen)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2011 Kinect Disneyland Adventures (Video Game)
Singing Bust (archive sound) (uncredited)
 
1993 Hey Folks, It's Intermission Time (video documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
1992 The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (video documentary)
Russian Cat (voice)
 
1984 Walt Disney World EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program (video documentary)
Announcer at Fantasyland castle opening (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(????) Performed for many Disney attractions including: Fritz the German parrot in "Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room"; lead singer in the "Haunted Mansion"'s graveyard singing "Grim Grinning Ghosts" with "The Mellow Men"; narrator on Disneyland's Monorail;... See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

The Mellomen | Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft | The Sportsman Quartette | The Sportsmen Quartette | The Sportsmen

Height:

6' 5" (1.96 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I'm the only man in the world that has made a career with one word: Grrrrreeeat! See more »

Trivia:

Was inadvertently omitted from the credits of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, after which producers Chuck Jones and Dr. Seuss took out a full-page ad in "Variety" to correct the oversight. See more »

Trademark:

Deep voice See more »

Nickname:

Pappy See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius