David Holt (voice actor)

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David Holt
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • writer
Years active1993–present
Website www.david-holt.co.uk

David Holt is an English voice actor and writer. He has contributed his voice to a wide variety of children's cartoons.

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Career

Voice acting

Holt is noted for his role as Vervain in Watership Down 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 in A Town Called Panic , Dad in Angry Kid and Pinky in The Pinky and Perky Show . 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? and Burger King. [1] He had provided the voice to the UK version of Face from Nick Jr. 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 . [2]

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 . [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993Zit: The VideoAll voicesUncredited
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Additional voices
1996AchillesAdditional voices
1997Annabelle's WishNarratorUK dub
1998Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very ModelsRichard D'Oyly Carte
1999 Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar CacofonixEnglish version
Uncredited
2008 A Fox's Tale Doofus – KnucklesEnglish version
2009 Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva Marco Brock
2010 Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island Jack Frost
2011Isle of SpaggInger
Doctor Beez
Short
2012The Happy WandererMaitre D
2013 The Jungle Book: Return 2 the Jungle Shere KhanDirect-to-video
2019 A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Mugg-1N5

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Hymen, SilviusEpisode: "As You Like It"
1995 Oakie Doke Oakie Doke, Male voicesAll Episodes
1996 Testament: The Bible in Animation CaptainEpisode: "Creation and the Flood"
The Adventures of the Garden FairiesAll voices
1996–1999 Percy the Park Keeper Male animals
1997 Brambly Hedge Teasel Toadflax, Additional voicesEpisode: "Spring Story"
Soul Music Mr. Clete, Additional voices
Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree Angry Pixie, Additional voices
1998 Wyrd Sisters Additional voices
1999 Little Monsters Fathers, Additional male characters
Lavender Castle Captain Thrice, Sproggle, Additional voices
1999-2000 Pablo the Little Red Fox PabloMain role
1999–2001 Watership Down Vervain, Bluesky, Boxwood, Darkling
2000 A Town Called Panic Cowboy, Policeman, Farm animals, Robin Hood, Additional voices
Sheeep Hubert, Gotcha, Spike, Captain Bleat, P.C. Butt, Duncan Shears
The Magic Key Floppy
Fetch the Vet George Moffat, Violet Blush, Lionel Froggatt
2000–2003 Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Hamilton Hocks, The Ferocious Beast, RudyUK dub
2001–2003 Oswald Henry, LeoUK dub
2001The Wheels on the BusBeep and male characters
2002–2004 Engie Benjy Farmer Fred, Fisherman Finn
2003 The Day Britain Stopped Dominic Steel (Safety Compliance Manager, Heathrow)Mockumentary
2004 Who Do You Think You Are DadTV movie
2004–2008 Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends Holley, Gus, Stinky, Additional voicesUK dub
2005 Muffin the Mule Muffin, Willie, MorrisAll episodes
Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs SteggyUK dub
2005-2013 Moose and Zee MooseUK dub
2006Rudi and TrudiRudiEnglish version
Pulling Bingo CallerEpisode #1.1
The Likeaballs Laughaball
2006–2007 The Magic Roundabout Dougal, BrianMain role
2008–2009 The Pinky and Perky Show Pinky, Additional voices
2010 The Jungle Book Shere Khan
2010–present Alphablocks Various male characters
2011Quiff and BootGene
The Hundred
TV movie
2011–2015 Team Umizoomi BotUK dub
2015–2017 Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave Hatty the HamsterUK dub
Main role
2015 Bob the Builder Alfred (Season 1 only), Tread (UK dub only), Young Bob2015 reboot (Uncredited)
2016 Tree Fu Tom Zigzoo, Chezz, and MuruSeason 5
2017–present Numberblocks Seven, Nine, Fourteen, Seventeen, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Six, Thirty-One, Thirty-Five, Thirty-Six, Seventy, Ninety, Nine Hundred, Seven Thousand and Ninety Thousand
2019Yes We Can Sam McBratney book - Narrator
2019–2020 YooHoo to the Rescue LemmeeUK dub
2020The Hundred Decker BusMike Smith book - Narrator
Toot-Toot Cory Carson Pappy, Old CarUK dub (Netflix)

Video games

YearTitleRole
1996 Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars Additional voices
1998 Creatures 2 Narrator [4]
2000 Sheep Additional voices
2004 Fable
Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King
2006Thomas & Friends: Special DeliveryNarrator
2010 Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails
2011 Ni no Kuni Additional voices
2013 Puppeteer General Snake
General Sheep
2019 Total War: Warhammer III Eshin Sorcerer
2023 Disney Illusion Island Mazzy/Grayzar [5]

References

  1. "David Holt :: Voices :: London-based Voiceover Artist, Actor and Writer". Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  2. "David Holt," Behind the Voice Actors, www.behindthevoiceactors.com/
  3. "David Holt :: Writing :: London-based Voiceover Artist, Actor and Writer". Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  4. "Holt hosted at ImgBB". ImgBB. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. https://twitter.com/davidholtactor/status/1795203738887459327 [ bare URL ]