LaFontaine, Don 1940–

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LaFONTAINE, Don 1940

PERSONAL

Born August 26, 1940, in Duluth, MN; married Nita Whitaker (an actress); children: Skye, Elyse.

Addresses: Agent Tisherman Agency, 6767 Forest Lawn Dr., Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA 90068.

Career: Actor, producer, voiceover artist, and writer. Appeared in television commercial for Hollywood Video Stores, 1998; did voiceovers for commercials and over 4,000 movie trailers; previously worked as a recording engineer at National Recording Studios, New York, and as a vice president at Paramount.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Reporter, Time Walker (also known as Being from Another Planet ), Samuel Goldwyn, 1982.

(Uncredited) IBC promo announcer, Scrooged, Paramount, 1988.

Narrator, A Man Called Sarge, Cannon, 1990.

Voiceover, Plump Fiction, Legacy, 1997.

Five Men and a Limo, 1997.

Santa, Balladeer, Sandman, Black Lion Records, 1998.

"Wild horses" trailer voice, Claire Makes It Big, 1999.

Narrator, Santa vs. the Snowman 3D, IMAX, 2002.

Film Executive Producer:

Sandman, 1998.

Television Appearances; Series:

Announcer, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (also known as Beyond Belief ), Fox, 19972000.

Narrator, Boot Camp, Fox, 2001.

Announcer, Fillmore! (also known as Disney's Fillmore! ), ABC, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Narrator, Santa vs. the Snowman (animated), ABC, 1997.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Narrator, The Making of "Star Wars, " ABC, 1977.

Announcer, The World's Greatest Magic II, NBC, 1995.

Announcer, Screen Actors Guild Awards, NBC, 1995.

Announcer, The Magic of David Copperfield XVI: Unexplained Forces, CBS, 1995.

Announcer, The World's Greatest Magic III, NBC, 1996.

Announcer, The Second Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, NBC, 1996.

Announcer, Lance Burton, Master Magician: The Legend Begins, NBC, 1996.

Announcer, The World's Most Daring Rescues, ABC, 1997.

Announcer, The World's Greatest Magic V, NBC, 1998.

Announcer, The World's Deadliest Sea Creatures, ABC, 1998.

Announcer, World's Deadliest Storms, ABC, 1999.

Announcer, World's Deadliest Earthquakes, ABC, 1999.

Announcer, World's Scariest Ghosts: Caught on Tape, ABC, 2000.

Announcer, America's Most Wanted: TerroristsA Special Edition, Fox, 2001.

Announcer, Celebrity Daredevils, Fox, 2002.

Announcer, Second Chance: America's Most Talented Senior, NBC, 2003.

Announcer, Psychic Secrets Revealed, NBC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Announcer, America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back, Fox, 1996.

Announcer, World's Most Amazing Videos, NBC, 1999.

Announcer, America's Most Talented Kid, NBC, 2003.

Also appeared as Fox announcer, Family Guy, Fox.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Sandman, Black Lion Records, 1998.

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