About
Training/Education
Smith has been a student of verbal and written expression and communication since he was a wee lad. He fast became fascinated with entertainment and broadcasting history, listening to his short-wave, imitating voices from TV and radio, amassing all manner of recordings and rummaging through his father's comedy collections to find Stan Freberg, Bob & Ray and Nichols & May.
While working at his college radio station, Smith also managed to graduate with a B.A. in English and mass communication. He has formally studied drama, speech and religion. After years in radio and the printing industry, he now performs and markets his voice-overs full-time, while continuing to take workshops whenever possible.
Smith has studied voice acting with — and learned from — some of the best in the business, including:
- Carol Bacall
- Stuart Culpepper
- Huck Liggett
- James Mandell
- Paul Armbruster
- Julie Amato
- Ed Grover
Other vocal influences include:
- Ken Nordine
- Bill St. James
- Gary Owens
- Don Pardo
- David McCullough
- Orson Welles
- Harlan Saperstein
- John O'Hurley
- Brian Blessed
- Jim Sloyan
- John Leader
- Corey Burton
- George Lowe
- Tom Baker
- Edward Everett Horton
- Will Lyman
- Don LaFontaine
- Hal Douglas
- Andy Geller
- Harry Shearer
- Firesign Theatre
- his parents
(who met at WSB)
