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Keith Scott (born 28 October 1953, in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian voice actor, comedian, impressionist and animation historian. He is best known for voicing Bullwinkle and the Narrator from "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" and the narrator for the "George of the Jungle" films.

He was originally hired to voice Diesel 10 in Thomas and the Magic Railroad, but US test audiences thought he made the character sound too frightening for the film's target audience so he was replaced by Neil Crone.

In the leaked workprint from 2020, Diesel 10's lines are performed by either Scott in most lines and an unknown temp actor (most likely the editor) who speaks in an American accent (who also dubs over P.T. Boomer's lines whenever Doug Lennox is not onscreen) of the rest.

Additionally, in a 35mm teaser trailer for Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Diesel 10 says (to Thomas), "Things are gonna change around here, puffball", while speaking in an Australian accent.[1] The trailer was narrated by Jim Cummings and was released in 1999, and is the only known time Scott (an Australian himself) uses an Australian accent for Diesel 10.[2]

In addition to some of the trailers, Scott also did the voiceover for adverts for Bluebird Toys in Australia.

Other credits include "The Adventures of Blinky Bill" and "Popeye's Bilgerat Barges".

Voices

Filmography

Film

  • Dot and the Koala (1985)
  • Dot and Keeto (1986)
  • Dot and the Whale (1986)
  • Dot Goes to Hollywood (1987)
  • Dot and the Smugglers (1987)
  • Frenchman's Farm (1987)
  • Peter Pan (1988)
  • Hiawatha (1988)
  • Around the World in 80 Days (1988)
  • Alice in Wonderland (1988)
  • Black Tulip (1988)
  • The Magic Riddle (1988)
  • Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala (1988)
  • The Adventures of Blinky Bill (1993)
  • Dot in Space (1994)
  • George of the Jungle (1997)
  • Paws (1997)
  • Go to Hell!! (1997)
  • Fractured Fairy Tales: The Phox, the Box, & the Lox (1999)
  • The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)
  • The Magic Pudding (2000)
  • George of the Jungle 2 (2003)
  • Day of Miracles (2004)
  • The Adventures of Roman Pilgrim (2005)

TV

  • Kum Kum (1975)
  • The Adventures of Candy Claus (1987)
  • The Adventures of Blinky Bill (1993)
  • Tabaluga (1994)
  • Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Excursion (1995)
  • Flipper & Lopaka (1999)
  • Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown (1997-1998)
  • Fairy Tale Police Department (2001)
  • Old Tom (2002)
  • Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Balloon Adventure (2004)
  • Blinky Bill's White Christmas (2005)
  • Staines Down Drains (2006)
  • Gumnutz: A Juicy Tale (2007)
  • Dennis & Gnasher (2009)
  • Sally Bollywood (2009)
  • Legend of Enyo (2010)

Trivia

  • While he was in Hollywood doing the voices for The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, casting directors of Thomas and the Magic Railroad Karen Margiotta and Mary Margiotta recommended Scott to voice Diesel 10 to Britt Allcroft, as she was in Hollywood at the time looking for a voice for Diesel 10 and such.
    • When Scott auditioned for the role, with Allcroft mentioning to him how she wanted a 'distinctive villain voice', so Scott tried a couple of voices, before going back to Sydney.
    • Within a week of his return, a flight for him to go to Toronto was arranged for him to voice Diesel 10, which took about "four of five days." He met both Michael Angelis and John Bellis, whom he had lunch with and saw the models with.
    • After that, Scott flew to Los Angeles for a couple of days and by the time he had got home in Sydney, a man named Don Pitts rang from Los Angeles telling him that they wanted to change the Diesel 10 voice.[3]

Gallery

External links

  1. Thomas and the Magic Railroad - 35mm Teaser Trailer (HD) YouTube. UnknownThomasFan1. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023.
  2. Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000) Teaser Trailer (Jim Cummings narrated version). YouTube. ABC Productions. 25 April 2016. Accessed 14 July 2024. "Taken from the 1999 VHS of Bear in the Big Blue House: Potty Time with Bear."
  3. In Conversation with ATF - Keith Scott
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