Increasingly, cartoon voice artists are finding it advantageous to establish personal websites upon which one can hear their demo reels and, sometimes, view other fun stuff — like photos, résumés, advice to beginners, etc. In case you're a casting director — or just a fan of folks who make silly sounds for a living — here are some sites I've encountered…
- Corey Burton — A fine announcer and character voice who is more or less ubiquitous on the airwaves. His site also contains some wonderful nuggets of advice for those entering the trade.
- Scott Innes — When Don Messick passed away, Scott (a disc jockey by trade) turned up with the most dead-on Scooby Doo simulation imaginable. And he now does Shaggy, as well.
- Dan Gilvezan — Another good announcer/character guy. Once upon a time, he was the voice of Spider-Man and Dennis the Menace's father, among zillions of other roles.
- Hal Rayle & Maggie Roswell — He's a terrific mimic and cartoon voice thespian; she's a fine comedienne, heard often on The Simpsons. Together, they're a top writing/performing team of, among other things, wonderfully inventive commercials.
- Beau Weaver — One of the workingest "promo" announcers around, but he also dabbles occasionally in cartoon voices. (He was Superman on the Ruby-Spears series, for instance.)
- E.G. Daily — One of the three-or-so most popular voice actresses, most often heard as little kids. She's also a terrific singer.
- Townsend Coleman — He was one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and he's also has one of those voices you hear on eight jillion commercials.
- Nancy Cartwright — aka Bart Simpson, though she's done a lot more than that. I met her when she was one of Daws Butler's prize students and he'd be very proud to see what's become of her.
- Thurl Ravenscroft — Here's a man who's had an incredible career as a singer and cartoon voice actor, including many decades as Tony the Tiger. And just try and spend a day at Disneyland without hearing him half-a-dozen times.
- Keith Scott — The top voice guy in Australia, the new voice of Bullwinkle, the replicator of many other classic voices and a fine historian of animation and animation voices.
I have about 50 more of these, so maybe I'll post more or even compile a big, permanent list here. And then again, I may not. There's no telling what I'll do.