Mark Elliott (voice-over artist)
American actor (1939–2021)
John Harrison Frick Jr., also known as Mark Elliott (September 24, 1939 – April 3, 2021), was an American voice-over artist who performed numerous voice-overs for The Walt Disney Company from 1977 to 2010. He was also the voice of CBS and FOX throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and various theatrical trailers for other animated films.
Early life
Elliott was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. After graduating from high school in 1957, Frick's first job was as a radio disc jockey under the name "John Harrison" at the small Cedar Rapids-based station KPIG. For two years, he worked six nights a week from 11pm to 7am, bringing home $67.50 per week. In 1959, as rock and roll was on the rise, he was offered a job at KCRG, where he would work as "Sandy Shore". At one point, he was invited to Philadelphia to fill in for Dick Clark on American Bandstand. In 1964, he moved to KIOA in Des Moines, and in 1968 he went to WKYC in Cleveland, Ohio as "Buddy Harrison". Two months later, he moved to CKLW in Ontario as "Ed Mitchell".
Career
Upon arriving at San Francisco's KFRC in early 1970, Frick wished to re-use the name "Sandy Shore", whereas the management proposed the name "Johnny Baron", which Frick felt sounded shady. They settled on "Mark Anthony", but felt the name was too close to Mark Antony.
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