Don LaFontaine

Don LaFontaine was an American voiceover artist who provided the voiceover for seasons four through seven trailers of , including . LaFontaine replaced Ernie Anderson who was the trailer narrator for seasons one through three (). His first known Star Trek voice work, though, concerned the narration of the commercials on where the series aired from November 1985 to March 1990.
LaFontaine's first official trailer after "The Best of Both Worlds" was , and he provided voiceovers for the remaining episodes of the series, as well as providing all the trailer voiceovers for and . (; )
With the premiere of , LaFontaine was contracted to provide the trailer voiceovers as well, which he did so for the entire series. (UPN trailer credits, "The Final Five Episodes", April 2005)
==Career==
LaFontaine, sometimes credited as "Dave Maxwell", provided his very distinctive voice talents for over five thousand motion picture productions, earning him nicknames like "King of the Movie Trailers", "Thunder Throat", "The Voice of God", "The Godfather of Trailers", or simply "The Voice". He became particularly known for his rendition of the phrase "In a world...", which was used in so many film trailers that it, as the cliché it had become, was humorously parodied in countless comedic productions.
LaFontaine died on following complications from a pneumothorax.
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