Dr. Strangelove, voice of crewman = William Daniels?

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Steve M (remove wax for reply)

2003-10-06 05:22:54 UTC

I watched "Dr. Strangelove" on cable TV the other night, and it's as
great as I remember. Actually, the more I think about it I think
agree with some critics that the Dr. Strangelove character is actually
redundant, but anyway ...

There is a crewman on the B-52 with Major Kong (Slim Pickens) and Lt.
Zogg (James Earl Jones). I'm talking about the one who gives most of
the onboard announcements. Maybe he's the navigator, or radio or
radar operator, I'm not sure. There are several lieutenants in the
credits but I don't know which one if any is the one I'm curious
about. Nor do I recognize any of those actors.

So who played this guy? His voice is a dead ringer for William
Daniels, but I can't find any connection at Imdb.com or anywhere else
on the web.

If Daniels' name doesn't ring a bell, maybe this will:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0200122/
"Boy Meets World" (1993) TV Series .... George Feeny
"Knight Rider" (1982) TV Series (voice) .... K.I.T.T.
"St. Elsewhere" (1982) TV Series .... Dr. Mark Craig
1776 (1972) .... John Adams (MA)
Graduate, The (1967) .... Mr. Braddock

His first credit at IMDB is given in 1963, so he is old enough to have
been in Dr. Strangelove.

Thanks for any help.

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Dutch

2003-10-06 12:18:17 UTC

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Are you referring to the co-pilot?.....or the nav officer who's voice
distorts when the missile that he has been reporting as tracking the 52
detonates? Two different people there....

Post by Steve M (remove wax for reply)
I watched "Dr. Strangelove" on cable TV the other night, and it's as
great as I remember. Actually, the more I think about it I think
agree with some critics that the Dr. Strangelove character is actually
redundant, but anyway ...
There is a crewman on the B-52 with Major Kong (Slim Pickens) and Lt.
Zogg (James Earl Jones). I'm talking about the one who gives most of
the onboard announcements. Maybe he's the navigator, or radio or
radar operator, I'm not sure. There are several lieutenants in the
credits but I don't know which one if any is the one I'm curious
about. Nor do I recognize any of those actors.
So who played this guy? His voice is a dead ringer for William
Daniels, but I can't find any connection at Imdb.com or anywhere else
on the web.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0200122/
"Boy Meets World" (1993) TV Series .... George Feeny
"Knight Rider" (1982) TV Series (voice) .... K.I.T.T.
"St. Elsewhere" (1982) TV Series .... Dr. Mark Craig
1776 (1972) .... John Adams (MA)
Graduate, The (1967) .... Mr. Braddock
His first credit at IMDB is given in 1963, so he is old enough to have
been in Dr. Strangelove.
Thanks for any help.
--
"Amici e maccheroni: se non son caldi, non son buoni"
(Friends and macaroni are no good unless they're warm.)

Alexander DeLarge

2003-10-06 14:35:06 UTC

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It might very well have been the voice of William Daniels ... he did a lot of
uncredited voice over work back then (and he has a very distinctive and unique
voice). For instance, in the documentary GIMME SHELTER (1970), when attorney
Melvin Belli is talking on the phone to a landowner about possibly using his
property for the ill-fated free concert, in the new Criterion DVD release, you
can hear the actual voice of the person. But in the OLDER print (the 80s
video release), a voice obviously belonging to William Daniels dubs the man's
words (probably due to some threat of legal action at the time). Ive seen
other films of the sixties where you can hear Daniels doing a voice-only thing,
so its possible he might have dubbed it. He really only became known as an
actor for The Graduate and 1776.

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Vince Macek

2003-10-06 22:57:16 UTC

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Ive seen

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other films of the sixties where you can hear Daniels doing a voice-only thing,
so its possible he might have dubbed it. He really only became known as an
actor for The Graduate and 1776.
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Between those two films (and St. Elsewhere of course) is where he's
best known, but I really like him in Theodore Flicker's 1967 "The
President's Analyst", as a 'typical American' who prides himself on
his liberalism, adding "I don't mean left-wingers or anything. I mean,
*you* know...we're for civil rights!"

Vince "Total Sound" Macek

Bill Reid

2003-10-06 13:23:31 UTC

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Post by Steve M (remove wax for reply)
There is a crewman on the B-52 with Major Kong (Slim Pickens) and Lt.
Zogg (James Earl Jones). I'm talking about the one who gives most of
the onboard announcements. Maybe he's the navigator, or radio or
radar operator, I'm not sure. There are several lieutenants in the
credits but I don't know which one if any is the one I'm curious
about. Nor do I recognize any of those actors.
So who played this guy?

Was that Peter Fonda? I was always under the impression
Peter Fonda was one of the crew members playing a
flight engineer who relays some information on fuel loss and
stuff like that, but I don't think his name is in the actual
credits of the movie.

Tim McIntyre played "Goldie Goldberg", who was on the intercom
a lot, is the same guy who did the voice of the dog in
"A Boy and His Dog, at least in the IMDB of my mind...

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Dan Kimmel

2003-10-07 02:15:38 UTC

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Post by Bill Reid

Peter Fonda is NOT in "Dr. Strangelove."

Bill Reid

2003-10-07 05:53:17 UTC

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Post by Dan Kimmel

Post by Bill Reid

Peter Fonda is NOT in "Dr. Strangelove."

Well, I said it was in "the IMDB of my mind", and the
dude REALLY looks like him; all I have to do now is
put the entry in IMDB and it will be "official". I also
think Jack Nicholson was an extra in the air base scenes...

In any event, all the actors heard on the intercom are
shown speaking as well; there was no unseen voice-over.
Probably the guy this thread is about is the Peter Fonda-looking
dude, but it's a little tough to figure out who the actor is
from the credits I have in the Alexander Walker book,
probably either "Frank Berry" or "Glenn Beck", though
there is no mention of the character name of "Sweet"
said in the movie, or "Alvarez" for that matter.

So we'll just have to conclude it was Dennis Hopper using
a pseudonym.

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Gregg Cattanach

2003-10-06 18:49:05 UTC

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We were discussing this ourselves last night and we both agreed it had to be
William Daniels, (though he isn't credited at IMDB.) That character never
had any screen time as far as I could tell, always just the voice over the
intercom.

Gregg C.

Steve M (remove wax for reply)

2003-10-06 18:57:06 UTC

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On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 18:49:05 GMT, "Gregg Cattanach"

Post by Gregg Cattanach

I'm not sure. They showed it twice on cable this weekend, and I
watched long portions of it both times. The second time I'm pretty
sure that the Daniels-sound-alike (or Daniels) was actually onscreen
for some of his dialog. And Major Kong mentions his name at least
once, but I couldn't remember it by the time I got back online.

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Dan Kimmel

2003-10-07 02:15:39 UTC

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Post by Gregg Cattanach

Nonetheless, you are incorrect. William Daniels has nothing to do with "Dr.
Strangelove."

Brian Siano

2003-10-07 18:35:40 UTC

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Post by Gregg Cattanach
We were discussing this ourselves last night and we both agreed it had to be
William Daniels, (though he isn't credited at IMDB.) That character never
had any screen time as far as I could tell, always just the voice over the
intercom.

I doubt it's Daniels. the guy who reads the first CRM message to Major
Kong sounds a bit like Daniels, so it's probably that actor.

Matthew Kirkcaldie

2003-10-08 00:47:57 UTC

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Post by Brian Siano
I doubt it's Daniels. the guy who reads the first CRM message to Major
Kong sounds a bit like Daniels, so it's probably that actor.

I think that's Shane Rimmer - freaked me out a little because he's also
the voice of Scott Tracy from Thunderbirds (UK television series) which
was familiar to me from childhood. Weirdly the IMDB lists him as having
an uncredited role in Star Wars as well!

Matthew.

Dan Kimmel

2003-10-07 02:15:37 UTC

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I don't know who you're talking about but I've seen the film a dozen or more
times, and teach it regularly in my film classes. William Daniels is
*definitely* NOT in the film.

Gregg Cattanach

2003-10-07 15:50:21 UTC

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Post by Steve M (remove wax for reply)
So who played this guy? His voice is a dead ringer for William
Daniels, but I can't find any connection at Imdb.com or anywhere else
on the web.

I don't know who you're talking about but I've seen the film a dozen or more
times, and teach it regularly in my film classes. William Daniels is
*definitely* NOT in the film.

OK, you're probably right. So who IS the guy that sounds just like William
Daniels ??

Gregg C.

Dan Kimmel

2003-10-08 02:14:37 UTC

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Post by Gregg Cattanach

Post by Dan Kimmel

Post by Steve M (remove wax for reply)
So who played this guy? His voice is a dead ringer for William
Daniels, but I can't find any connection at Imdb.com or anywhere else
on the web.

I don't know who you're talking about but I've seen the film a dozen or

Post by Dan Kimmel
times, and teach it regularly in my film classes. William Daniels is
*definitely* NOT in the film.

OK, you're probably right. So who IS the guy that sounds just like William
Daniels ??

Beats me. I've followed Williams Daniels' career since "Captain Nice" and
even saw him on Broadway (in "A Little Night Music," not -- alas -- "1776")
but I've never been struck with ANYONE's voice in that movie as sounding
like his.