Frank Graham

Frank Lee Graham (November 22, 1914 – September 2, 1950) was an American radio announcer and voice actor, best remembered for his many voice roles during the Golden Age of American Animation. He started his career as a voice actor and writer for radio in the 1930s, being described as the "man of a thousand voices". His most famous of these was Prof. Cosmo Jones, whom he played in the live action film adaptation The Crime Smasher (1943). He provided voices for MGM, Warner Bros, Screen Gems, Disney, and WWII propaganda shorts, primarily as a narrator. His more notable roles include the Big Bad Wolf in six Tex Avery shorts, including the acclaimed Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), the narrator of the Walt Disney Classics film The Three Caballeros (1944), and The Fox and the Crow in eighteen shorts from 1942-1946. He appeared in six Tom and Jerry shorts, including two as Butch and as the Lion in Jerry and the Lion (1950), which was his last role released before his death from suicide that same year..