David Holt is an English voice actor and writer. He has contributed his voice to a wide variety of children's cartoons.
Career
Voice acting
Holt is noted for his role as Vervain in ''
Watership Down
''Watership Down'' is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in Berkshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natural ...
'' as well as the voices for the male animals in ''
Percy the Park Keeper'', Oakie Doke and other voices in ''
Oakie Doke'', Cowboy, Policeman, farm animals, and
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archery, archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he ...
in ''
A Town Called Panic'', Dad in ''
Angry Kid'' and Pinky in ''
The Pinky and Perky Show
''The Pinky and Perky Show'' is a 2008 revival of Pinky and Perky. It stars the two anthropomorphic pigs. It is in full CGI and produced by method Films, Picture Production Company, Telegael and in association with Pinky and Perky Enterprises. ...
''. He has also done other voice work in animation, promos, documentaries, films, television, multi-media, computer games, children's toys, exhibition guides, announcements and audio books. He also has voiced commercials for
L'Oreal Kids,
Guess Who?
''Guess Who?'' is a two-player board game where players each guess the identity of the other's chosen character. The game was developed by Israeli game inventors Ora and Theo Coster, also known as Theora Design, and first manufactured by Milto ...
and
Burger King
Burger King (BK) is an American-based multinational chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based restaurant chain ...
.
He had provided the voice to the UK version of Face from
Nick Jr
Nick Jr. (known on-air as the Nick Jr. Channel) is an American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's long-running programming block of the same name. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Gr ...
from 1995 until September 2005, and
Moose A. Moose from 2006 to 2010 for Noggin on TMF/VIVA and 2010 to 2013 for Nick Jr.
He played the voice of Jack Frost in the film ''
Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island''.
Writing
In his writing career, he has been writing for various radio or television productions like ''In the Name of the Wee Man'', ''Cold Call'', ''Tales From The Tower'', ''Proof of the Pudding'', ''Medium Rare'' and ''
Beyond the Gravy''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
Official website*
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Living people
British male television writers
English male screenwriters
English male voice actors
English television writers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)