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The name of Peter Thomas is well known to those who have got involved in watching such television shows as “Mystery Detectives”, “Forensic Files” or “Nova”. It has recently been estimated that the overall amount of Peter Thomas’ net worth has reached the sum of $3 million. Peter has earned his net worth as an advertising and documentary voice-over artist. Thomas has been working and accumulating his net worth as a narrator his entire long career.

Peter Thomas Net Worth $3 Million

Peter Thomas was born on June 28, 1924 in Pensacola, Florida, United States. Currently, he resides in Naples, Florida. He was born to parents Sibyl Addenbrooke Thomas, who worked as a teacher, and Dr. John D. Thomas, who was a minister. He was the eldest child of three in the family. At the age of fourteen, Peter started his first job on a local radio program.

Unfortunately, World War II began just after he graduated from high school and Peter Thomas decided to serve as a volunteer in the army, serving in the First Infantry Division. As a solder, he received the following awards: Belgian Fourragere, the Unit French Croix de Guerre, the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.

Peter Thomas is called one of broadcasting’s pioneers, as he has been in the entertainment business for more than 50 years. Peter Thomas has added much to his net worth while voicing and narrating a great number of documentaries, shows and other programs. The most important works include voicing the program on television called Medical Detectives, narrating the audio book entitled ‘Truck Everlasting’ written by Natalie Babbitt, narrating the series entitled ‘The Crucial Turning Points of World War 2’, and narrating the documentary series’ entitled ‘Mystery Detectives’ and ‘Forensic Files’ created by Paul Dowling.

Moreover, Peter added much to his net worth voicing a number of well-known television commercials for Burger King, United Technologies, NBC, Valvoline, IBM, Coca-cola, Williams Beaumont Hospital and many others. Due to his popularity, he has also voiced political advertisements and narrated political films.

Thomas has increased his net worth through receiving lots of awards and nominations for his work. The most significant award is an Academy Award for narrating the documentary short film entitled ‘One Survivor Remembers’ directed by Kary Antholis. In addition to this, he is the first winner of The Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Television and Radio Association and the recipient of The Humanitarian Award from the International College.

Despite his respectable age, Peter Thomas is still working and increasing his total amount of net worth. The fans still have a chance to hear his voice in the national television program entitled ‘Cool Whip’. What is more, he is working as a board member for the National D-Day Memorial Foundation.

Peter Thomas married his wife Stella Barrineau Thomas in 1946. The couple lived together happily until the death of Stella Thomas in 2014. They have three children.



Net Worth $100,000
Date Of Birth June 28, 1924
Died April 30, 2016, Naples, Florida, United States
Place Of Birth Pensacola, Florida, United States
Profession Entrepreneur, American announcer narrator of television programs,
Nationality American
Spouse Stella Thomas (m. 1946–2014)
Children Peter Thomas Jr.
Parents Sibyl Addenbrooke, Dr. John D. Thomas
IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm0859354
Movies , Forensic Files, Vietnam Requiem
TV Shows Forensic Files
Fact
1 Is a mentor of Davin Stanley.
2 His voice is heard as the digitized voice for Philips’ HeartStart series of automated external defibrillator (AED) units used by emergency services nationwide.
3 He is a former New York anchor for CBS News.
4 On August 11, 2007, the annual reunion of the First Infantry Division, US Army, honored him for his contributions to the commemoration of the Allied Forces landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944.
5 Peter was a close friend of Arthur Godfrey.
6 He and his wife, Stella, live in Naples, Florida and works from his home.
7 His voice is the one that Paul Hardcastle sampled for his hit song “19”
8 A popular narrator and voice-over artist, with an instantly recognizable voice.
9 Served in World War II with the First Infantry Division in Europe, receiving five battle stars, the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, and the French Croix de Guerre.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Forensic Files 1996-2009 TV Series documentary Narrator
Mobsters 2007 TV Series Narrator
Biography 1998 TV Series documentary Narrator
When Trumpets Fade 1998 TV Movie News Footage Narrator (voice)
Empires of Industry 1998 TV Series Narrator
The Imagemaker 1986 Commercial Voice (voice)
Your Chance to Live: Technological Failures 1972 Short Narrator / Man in Car

Cinematographer

Title Year Status Character
How the West Was Lost 1993 TV Series documentary 1 episode

Miscellaneous

Title Year Status Character
Sputnik Fever 2007 Documentary voices

Self

Title Year Status Character
Richard Nixon Reflects: A Revealing Video Memoir 1989 Video documentary Himself – Narrator
Children of Darkness 1983 Documentary Narrator (voice)
Vietnam Requiem 1982 Documentary Narrator (voice)
American Sexual Revolution 1971 Documentary Narrator (voice, as Colin Beardsley)
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes 1971 Documentary short Narrator (voice)
A Wish and Ticino 1963 Documentary short Narrator voice
We Testify: Film One Testimony to Truth 2014 Video documentary Himself (voice)
Changing Seas 2009-2014 TV Series documentary Narrator
D-Day in HD 2014 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself – PFC,1st Infantry
Nova 2000-2014 TV Series documentary Narrator / Narrator – World War II Veteran
Box 23, the Myra Janco Daniels Story 2012 Documentary Narator (voice)
Forensic Files 1996-2011 TV Series documentary Himself – Narrator / Himself
Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice 2009 TV Movie documentary Narrator (voice)
Hallowed Grounds 2009 TV Movie documentary Narrator (voice)
Echoes of the Holocaust 2009 Documentary Narrator (voice)
The Jewel of Pelican Bay 2009 Video documentary Narator (voice)
Alaska: Big America 2004 TV Movie documentary Narrator (voice)
In Our Own Hands 2000 Documentary Narrator (voice)
Modern Marvels 2000 TV Series documentary Narrator
Naked Planet 1999 TV Series documentary Narrator
Ultimate Dogfighting 1998 Video documentary Narrator (voice)
One Survivor Remembers 1995 Documentary short Narrator (voice)
How the West Was Lost 1993 TV Series documentary Narrator
SR-71 Blackbird: The Secret Vigil 1989 Video documentary Narrator (voice)

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