Actor

Peter Thomas

June 28, 1924 · Pensacola, Florida, USA

Peter Addenbrooke Thomas was an American announcer and narrator of television programs with a career spanning more than 70 years, most well known for narrating the long-running true-crime series Forensic Files.

Thomas performed voice-overs for hundreds of television commercials including Coca-Cola, IBM, Valvoline, NBC, United Technologies, Burger King, Beaumont Health and ESPN Monday Night Football commercials, as well as spots for social organizations including the YWCA and The Episcopal Church. He was in high demand for political advertisements and did several films for the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs. He also narrated the orientation video for the National World War I Museum at The Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

Often works with

Craig Sechler
2 titles together
NOVA, Changing Seas
Stacy Keach
2 titles together
NOVA, Mysterious Places

Full filmography · 16

Doctor Who: The Savages
as Captain Edal (voice)
2025
Monsters and Mysteries in Alaska
as Narrator (voice)
2010
Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice
as Narrator (voice)
2009
Speedway Junky
as TV Narrator (voice)
19995.4
The Case of the Flying Dinosaur
as Narrator (voice)
1997
Legends in Love
as Narrator (voice)
1989
Children of Darkness
as Narrator (voice)
1983
Vietnam Requiem
as Narrator (voice)
1982
A Time For Peace
as Narrator
1973
Fear Woman
as Narrator (voice)
1971