- Elwood Edwards
Elwood Edwards is an American
voice over actor. He is best known as the voice of theInternet service provider America Online , which he first recorded in 1989. His greetings include "Welcome," "You've got mail," "You've got pictures," "File's done," and "Goodbye." In 1989, Edwards's wife overheard online serviceQ-Link CEOSteve Case describe how he wanted to add a voice to its user interface. In October Edwards's voice premiered on AOL's new program.His voice has also appeared in an episode of "
The Simpsons " (where he provided the voice of a virtual doctor, saying "You've got leprosy" and "Goodbye"), and in advertising for the movie "You've Got Mail ."He started in radio while in high school, also working at a local French restaurant famous for its escargot. After high school he continued into television, working as a live booth announcer. Despite some on-air work, doing a car commercial, reporting news or sports and even a short stint as a weatherman (once proclaiming to New Bern NC that "You've got hail."), El focused mainly on off-camera work.
Behind the Scenes jobs held by El Edwards;
News Graphics Supervisor WKYC-TV Ch. 3 / NBC CLEVELAND, OH General Manager KVVV-TV Ch. 57 / Ind. HOUSTON,TX Operations Manager WAKC-TV Ch. 23 / ABC AKRON, OH Ops Supervisor / Senior Director WFTY-TV Ch. 50 / Ind. WASHINGTON, DC Production Mgr / Senior Director WCTI-TV Ch. 12 / ABC NEW BERN, NC Senior Director WITN-TV Ch. 7 / NBC WASHINGTON, NC Announcer / Director WNBE-TV Ch. 12 / ABC NEW BERN, NC Announcer / DJ WHIT-AM NEW BERN, NC In July 1998, he turned down an offer from a Houston TV station to move to Orrville, OH. Semi-retired, he sells personalized .wav file through his website.
External links
* [http://www.makinwavs.com/ Edwards's Homepage]
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