Peter Thomas

Peter Thomas

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.

  • Title: Peter Thomas
  • Popularity: 5.173
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1924-06-28
  • Place of Birth: Pensacola, Florida, USA
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Peter Thomas Movies

  • 2009
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    Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice

    Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice

    1 2009 HD

    A behind-the-scenes look at the Phoenix Mars Mission to land a space probe on the north polar plains of the Red Planet, to investigate the chemistry...

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  • 1971
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    American Sexual Revolution

    American Sexual Revolution

    1 1971 HD

    A look at the sexual revolution then occurring in the U.S., focusing on the explosion in X-rated films and magazines. Highlighted is the production...

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  • 1997
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    The Case of the Flying Dinosaur

    The Case of the Flying Dinosaur

    1 1997 HD

    The long running, often bitter scientific debate over the origin of birds and the evolution of flight.

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  • 1983
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    Children of Darkness

    Children of Darkness

    6.9 1983 HD

    A significant number of American children and teenagers - from all social backgrounds - suffer from mental disorders, schizophrenia, autism and...

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  • 1990
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    SR-71 Blackbird: The Secret Vigil

    SR-71 Blackbird: The Secret Vigil

    1 1990 HD

    Few aircraft have attracted more attention than the ominous black supersonic jet that for years has ranged the world on reconnaissance missions. This...

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  • 1989
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    Legends in Love

    Legends in Love

    1 1989 HD

    Take your seat on the aisle for weddings the world will never forget: the stunningly beautiful Jacqueline Bouvier to the strikingly charismatic John...

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  • 1982
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    Vietnam Requiem

    Vietnam Requiem

    1 1982 HD

    This documentary film comprises of interviews with five Vietnam War veterans in 1982 in prison for violent crimes committed after leaving the...

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  • 1970
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    The Day The Derby Almost Died

    The Day The Derby Almost Died

    1 1970 HD

    24 minute short from 1973 regarding a cheating scandal in soap box derby racing.

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  • 2010
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    Monsters and Mysteries in Alaska

    Monsters and Mysteries in Alaska

    8.5 2010 HD

    Alaska – 90,000 square miles of wilderness. Could its uninhabited frontier be hiding monsters and mysteries?

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  • 1999
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    Speedway Junky

    Speedway Junky

    5.4 1999 HD

    A naive drifter runs away from his army father in hopes of making it on the car racing circuit. In Las Vegas, he meets a young scam artist, who...

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  • 1971
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    Fear Woman

    Fear Woman

    1 1971 HD

    The women of Ghana have a reputation for independence. They, rather than the men, sit enthroned at the market stalls and run a large proportion of...

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  • 2025
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    Doctor Who: The Savages

    Doctor Who: The Savages

    1 2025 HD

    The Doctor, Steven and Dodo land on an alien world in this animated reconstruction of a lost 1966 Doctor Who adventure. There, they meet two peoples;...

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  • 1974
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    NOVA

    NOVA

    6.9 1974 HD

    PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and...

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  • 1996
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    Forensic Files

    Forensic Files

    7.9 1996 HD

    Real crimes, disease outbreaks and accidents around the world are solved by experts using scientific laboratory analysis which helps them find...

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  • 2009
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    Changing Seas

    Changing Seas

    1 2009 HD

    Produced by South Florida PBS in Miami, Florida, Changing Seas gives viewers a fish-eye view of life in the deep blue. Join scientists as they study...

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  • 1993
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    How the West Was Lost

    How the West Was Lost

    1 1993 HD

    The history of 19th-century America is the story of struggles between settlers moving west and Native Americans trying to hold on to their ancestral...

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  • 2009
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    The Story of Florida's State Parks

    The Story of Florida's State Parks

    10 2009 HD

    Florida has one of the most diverse landscapes in America, from white sand beaches and spring-fed rivers to mossy swamps and pine forests. And much...

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