--- description: You may not recognize his name or face, but you definitely know his voice title: Hal Douglas, Legendary Movie Trailer Narrator, Dies at 89 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hal Douglas, Legendary Movie Trailer Narrator, Dies at 89 by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 14, 2014 9:29 AM CUT by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 14, 2014 9:29 AM CUT Hal Douglas, one of the top voice-over artists of his generation, passed away last week with his family at his side. He was 89 and had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2010. While the fewest people would recognize his face, his voice has starred in trailers for thousands of movies, documentaries, television series and commercials, including _Forest Gump_, _Meet the Parents_ and _Philadelphia_. Hal Douglas began working as voice-over artist in 1972 and was active in the industry until 2012\. He leaves behind his wife, a daughter and two sons. \[[New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/movies/hal-douglas-89-superstar-of-movie-trailer-narrators-dies.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/24553/hal-douglas-narrator-dies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/24553/hal-douglas-narrator-dies/"},"headline":"Hal Douglas, Legendary Movie Trailer Narrator, Dies at 89","datePublished":"2014-03-14T09:29:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:46:10.143Z","description":"You may not recognize his name or face, but you definitely know his voice","url":"https://time.com/24553/hal-douglas-narrator-dies/","keywords":["Hollywood","obituary"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michelle Arrouas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michelle-arrouas/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/24553/hal-douglas-narrator-dies/","name":"Hal Douglas, Legendary Movie Trailer Narrator, Dies at 89"}}]}] ```