Harold "Hal" Douglas was born Harold Cone in Stamford, Connecticut, on September 1,1924, the son of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, Samuel and Miriam Levenson Cone.
12 Facts About Hal Douglas
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Hal Douglas served in World War II, and attended the University of Miami in Florida as a drama major.
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Hal Douglas finally moved into doing voice-overs for commercials, promos, and trailers by the early 1970s, and would continue doing so until his retirement in 2010.
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Hal Douglas did the voiceover narration for the 1997 Detroit Red Wings, the 1994 and 1995 Houston Rockets and the 1992,1993,1996 and 1997 Chicago Bulls championship documentaries.
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Hal Douglas did voiceover narrations of other NBA documentaries of the 1990s.
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Hal Douglas can be seen parodying himself in the trailer for Comedian, a documentary that features Jerry Seinfeld.
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Hal Douglas provided narration for the trailer for the novel All the Talk Is Dead by Michael Ebner.
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Unlike most movie trailer announcers, Hal Douglas lived in Northern Virginia and his agent was based in New York City instead of Los Angeles.
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Hal Douglas was described by a Miramax publicist as "perhaps the most recognizable trailer voice in the business".
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In 1988 Hal Douglas moved from Pawling, New York, to a 40-acre farm in Lovettsville, Virginia, where he pursued organic gardening and his wife took up competitive horse riding.
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Hal Douglas had a small recording studio built there that allowed him to do his work at home, sometimes in pajamas.
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Hal Douglas died at his home on March 7,2014, of pancreatic cancer, at the age of 89.