Tony Jay

"You are making your bid for immortality. You are in a movie by Disney."

- Tony Jay

Tony Jay was an English actor, voice actor, and singer who was a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and was also best known for his very low distinctive Baritone voice.

For Disney, he voiced Monsieur D'Arque the asylum owner in Beauty and the Beast, Shere Khan in TaleSpin and The Jungle Book 2, Judge Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Magic Mirror in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs from 1992 to 2006, the cameo Narrator in both Treasure Planet and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Dr. Rosenthal in Recess: School's Out, Khartoum (a dark sorcerer and narrator) in the Aladdin TV series, a German Poacher in The Legend of Tarzan TV series, Wraith in the Mighty Ducks TV series, the Grim Reaper in Darkwing Duck, Anubis in Gargoyles, Dr. Animus in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Dr. Werner Von Brain in Lloyd in Space, and the Jungle Inspector in Timon & Pumbaa. He also played Laszlo in The Golden Girls.

Songs he sang in Disney films

 * "The Bells of Notre Dame"
 * "Out There"
 * "Hellfire"