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List of video games that support cross-platform play
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Cross-platform play (cross-play) is the ability to allow different gaming platforms to share the same online servers in a game, allowing players to join together regardless of the platform they own. Since the Dreamcast and Playstation 2 there have been online video games that support cross-play. Listed here is an incomplete list (which misses some mobile games and Xbox One backwards compatible games) of games that support cross-play with their consoles, computers, mobile and handheld game consoles:
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Title
360
3DS
Linux
Mac
Windows PC
Mobile
PS3
PS4
Switch
Vita
Wii U
XBO
Ref.
GOG
Steam
W10
Other
iOS
Android
WP
#IDARB W10 XBO
99Vidas PS3 PS4 [1]
A-Men PS3 Vita [2]
Alien Breed PS3 Vita [3]
Aragami GOG Steam Switch XBO [4]
GOG Steam PS4
Ark: Survival Evolved Mac W10 XBO
Astroneer W10 XBO [5]
Atomic Ninjas PS3 Vita [6]
Atom Universe Steam PS4 [7]
Backgammon Blitz PS3 PS4 Vita [8]
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma PS3 PS4 [9]
BlobCat Steam Switch [10]
Boundless Steam PS4 [11]
Brawlhalla Mac Steam PS4 [12]
Crackdown 3 W10 XBO
Crazy Justice Steam Switch XBO
Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure Mac Steam [13]
Chess Ultra Steam Switch XBO [14]
Steam PS4
Cubemen 2 Linux Mac Steam iOS Android Wii U [15]
Curses 'N Chaos PS4 Vita [16]
DC Universe Online Steam PS4 [17]
Dead or Alive 5 Plus PS3 Vita [18]
Deathmatch Village PS3 Vita [19]
Deception IV: Blood Ties PS3 Vita
Deformers Steam PS4 [20]
Steam XBO
Deep Rock Galactic W10 XBO [21]
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth PS4 Vita
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory PS4 Vita [22]
Disc Jam Steam PS4 [23]
Steam Switch [24]
Divekick PS3 PS4 Vita [25]
Dragon Quest Heroes II PS3 PS4 Vita [26]
Dragon Quest X 3DS Other iOS Android PS4 Switch Wii U [27]
Dragon's Crown PS3 PS4 Vita [28]
Dragon's Dogma Online Other PS3 PS4 [29]
Dreii PS4 Vita [30]
Linux Mac Steam Wii U [31]
Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition PS3 Vita [32]
Dynasty Warriors 8 PS3 PS4 Vita [33]
Eagle Flight Steam PS4 [34]
Eve Online Mac Steam Other
Eve: Valkyrie Steam PS4 [35]
Everybody's Golf 6 PS3 Vita [36]
Fable Fortune W10 XBO
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Mac Steam Other PS3 PS4 [37]
Final Fantasy XV W10 XBO [38]
Foosball 2012 PS3 Vita [39]
Fortnite Mac Other iOS Android PS4 [40]
Mac Other iOS Android Switch XBO [41]
Forza Horizon 3 W10 XBO
Forza Horizon 4 W10 XBO [42]
Forza Motorsport 7 W10 XBO
Frozen Synapse Linux Mac GOG Steam Other iOS Android [43]
Full Metal Furies W10 XBO [44]
Games of Glory Steam PS4 [45]
Garou: Mark of the Wolves PS4 Vita [46]
Gears of War 4 W10 XBO
God Eater Resurrection PS4 Vita [47]
God Eater 2 Rage Burst PS4 Vita [47]
Grand Kingdom PS4 Vita [48]
Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator PS3 PS4 [49]
Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign PS3 PS4 [50]
Gundam Breaker PS3 Vita [51]
Guns of Icarus: Alliance Linux Mac Steam PS4 [52]
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game GOG PS4 [53]
W10 XBO
Halo Wars 2 W10 XBO [54]
Happy Wars W10 XBO [55]
Hearthstone Mac Other iOS Android
Hex Steam PS4 [56]
Helldivers PS3 PS4 Vita [57]
Hover Steam Switch XBO [58]
Steam PS4
Hustle Kings PS3 Vita [59]
Invizimals: The Alliance PS3 Vita [60]
Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom PS3 Vita [60]
Invokers Tournament PS3 PS4 Vita [61]
Jet Car Stunts PS3 Vita [62]
Kabounce Steam PS4 [63]
Killer Instinct Steam W10 XBO
Killer Queen Black Mac Steam Switch [64]
The King of Fighters '97 Global Match PS4 Vita [65]
The Last Blade 2 PS4 Vita [66]
LevelHead Steam iOS Android Switch
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition 360 Other [67]
Lucadian Chronicles Steam Wii U [68]
Mantis Burn Racing Steam PS4 [69]
Steam Switch XBO
Metal Slug 3 PS3 PS4 Vita [70]
Minecraft W10 iOS Android WP Switch XBO [71]
Mobius Final Fantasy Steam iOS Android
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 3DS Wii U [72]
Monster Hunter XX 3DS Switch [73]
Mushroom Wars 2 Mac Steam iOS Android Switch [74]
Natural Doctrine PS3 PS4 Vita [75]
Nidhogg PS4 Vita [76]
Next Up Hero Mac Steam Switch XBO
Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel PS3 PS4 [77]
Overload Linux Mac GOG Steam XBO [78]
Linux Mac GOG Steam PS4
Paladins Switch XBO [79]
Phantasy Star Online 2 Other PS4 Vita [80]
Phantom Dust W10 XBO [81]
Pinball FX 3 Steam PS4 [82]
Steam W10 Switch XBO [83][84]
PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate PS4 Vita [85]
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale PS3 Vita [86]
Portal 2 Linux Mac Steam PS3 [87]
Pox Nora Mac Steam PS4 [88]
Pure Chess 3DS Steam Wii U
Ragnarok Odyssey Ace PS3 Vita [89]
Raiders of the Broken Planet Steam PS4 [90]
W10 XBO
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault PS3 Vita [91]
Rec Room Steam PS4 [92]
Riptide GP Renegade Steam Switch [93]
W10 XBO [94]
Risk of Rain PS4 Vita [95]
Roblox Mac W10 iOS Android XBO [96]
Rocket League Linux Mac Steam PS4
Linux Mac Steam Switch XBO
RPG Maker MV Switch XBO [97]
Samurai Shodown V Special PS4 Vita [98]
Sea of Thieves W10 XBO [99]
Sid Meier's Civilization V Linux Mac Steam W10 Other
Skullgirls: 2nd Encore PS3 PS4 Vita [100]
Skull Pirates PS4 Vita [101]
Sparc Steam PS4 [102]
Spelunky PS3 PS4 Vita [103]
Sports Bar VR Steam PS4 [104]
Star Trek: Bridge Crew Steam PS4 [34]
Street Fighter V Steam PS4 [105]
Street Fighter X Tekken PS3 Vita [106]
Square Heroes Steam PS4 [107]
Super Dungeon Bros Mac Steam PS4 [108]
W10 XBO
Super Exploding Zoo PS4 Vita [109]
Surviv.io Linux Mac W10 iOS Android
Switch Galaxy Ultra PS4 Vita [110]
Terraria Linux Mac GOG Steam
PS3 PS4 Vita [111]
iOS Android
Trailblazers Linux Mac GOG Steam PS4
Linux Mac GOG Steam Switch XBO [112]
Treasure Stack Steam Switch XBO [113]
Tooth and Tail Linux Mac GOG Steam PS4 [114]
Toukiden 2 PS3 PS4 Vita [115]
Toukiden: Kiwami PS4 Vita [116]
Ultimate Chicken Horse Steam PS4 [117]
Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late[st] PS3 PS4 [118]
Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate PS3 PS4 Vita [119]
War Thunder Linux Mac Steam PS4 [120]
Linux Mac Steam XBO [121]
Weapons of Mythology: New Age Steam PS4 [122]
Werewolves Within Steam PS4 [34]
When Vikings Attack! PS3 Vita [123]
Wipeout 2048 PS3 Vita [59]
Wipeout HD PS3 Vita [59]
World of Tanks 360 XBO
Yakuza: Ishin PS3 PS4 Vita [124]
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Steam iOS Android
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection W10 XBO [125]
Zombie Tycoon 2 PS3 Vita [126]
Discontinued[edit]
Title
360
Dreamcast
Linux
Mac
PC
PS2
PS3
PS4
PSP
Vita
XBO
Ref.
4x4 Evolution Dreamcast PC
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger 360 PC [127]
Dead Star PC PS4 [128]
Dust 514 PC PS3 [129]
Eve Online PC PS3 [129]
Final Fantasy XI 360 PC PS2 [130]
Gigantic PC XBO
Little Battlers eXperience W PSP Vita [131]
Need for Speed: Underground PC PS2 [132]
Paragon PC PS4 [133]
Phantasy Star Online Dreamcast Mac PC
Phantasy Star Universe PC PS2 [134]
Portal 2 Linux Mac PC PS3 [135]
Quake III Arena Dreamcast PC [136]
Shadowrun 360 PC [137]
Universe at War: Earth Assault 360 PC [138]
Uno 360 PC [139]
Way of Redemption PC PS4 [140]
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Jump up ^ Alex Newhouse. Old PlayStation Home Social Space Re-Released On PS4 and PC, GameSpot, July 14, 2017.
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Jump up ^ Sal Romano. Dragon's Crown Pro announced for PS4, Gematsu, September 19, 2017.
Jump up ^ Eddie Makuch. Dragon's Dogma Online PS4 is 1080p/60fps, Cross-Platform Play Revealed, GameSpot, April 6, 2015.
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Jump up ^ Brian Sharon. Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition to Boast Cross-platform Multiplayer via PSN, thevitalounge.net, January 29, 2014.
Jump up ^ Sal Romano. Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires PS Vita features detailed Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires PS Vita features detailed, Gematsu, October 27, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c Giancarlo Varanini. Ubisoft’s VR Lineup to Support Cross-Platform Play, blog.ubi.com, November 28, 2016.
Jump up ^ Robert Purchese. Non-VR Eve: Valkyrie launching September with cross-reality play, Eurogamer, August 15, 2017.
Jump up ^ Spencer Yip. Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational's PS3 Port Has Extra Characters And Courses, Siliconera, August 23, 2012.
Jump up ^ Chris Carter. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn plays like a dream on the PS4, Destructoid, May 4, 2014.
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Jump up ^ Jakub Mikyska. Foosball 2012 Coming to PS3 and PS Vita, with PS Move Support and Cross Play, blog.us.playstation.com, March 22, 2012.
Jump up ^ Fortnite Team. Announcing Fortnite Battle Royale for Mobile, epicgames.com, March 8, 2018.
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Jump up ^ Collin MacGregor [8], Heavy.com June 10, 2018.
Jump up ^ PCGamesN [9], pcgamesn.com May 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Chris Pereira. [10], Cellar Door Games, 2018.
Jump up ^ Chris Pereira. PS4/PC Open Beta Begins For Cross-Play Shooter Games Of Glory, GameSpot, April 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ Wesley Yin-Poole. Garou: Mark of the Wolves confirmed for PS4 and Vita , Eurogamer, July 18, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b Cross play for God Eater games and cross-buy for GE Resurrection, god-eater.com, August 26, 2016.
Jump up ^ Sal Romano. Grand Kingdom debut trailer, website opened, Gematsu, June 15, 2015.
Jump up ^ Chris Carter. Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator is being localized next year, Destructoid, November 19, 2015.
Jump up ^ Ishaan Sahdev. Guilty Gear Xrd Sign To Allow Cross-Play Between PS3 And PS4, Siliconera, June 3, 2014.
Jump up ^ Spencer Yip. Gundam Breaker For Vita Supports Cross Save And Cross Play, Siliconera, August 29, 2013.
Jump up ^ Guns of Icarus Alliance - FAQ, gunsoficarus.com, 2018.
Jump up ^ Gwent: The Witcher Card Game - FAQ, playgwent.com, June 6, 2017.
Jump up ^ Matthew Bennett. [11], Egmnow, November, 06 2017.
Jump up ^ Toylogic. [12], Happy War NET,
Jump up ^ Sal Romano. HEX: Card Clash announced for PS4, Gematsu, August 23 2017.
Jump up ^ Xav de Matos. Helldivers coming to PS4, PS3 and Vita with Cross-Play, Engadget, August 21, 2013.
Jump up ^ Steam. [13], Kaldorei, March 17, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c Nathan Ingraham. Sony details different 'cross-play' promotions for PS Vita launch titles, The Verge, February 16, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b Nick Accordino. Invizimals: The Alliance, The Lost Kingdom Launch Next Week, blog.us.playstation.com, September 23, 2014.
Jump up ^ Antonio Gigato. Free-to-play MOBA Invokers Tournament arrives on PS4 and PS Vita today, blog.eu.playstation.com, December 3, 2014.
Jump up ^ Jakub Mikyska. Jet Car Stunts races onto PlayStation Store in July, blog.eu.playstation.com, May 20, 2014.
Jump up ^ Ross Miller. Kabounce PS4 Beta – Testers Wanted for Multiplayer Pinball Game, psu.com, March 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ Game Informer. [14], Youtube, July 19, 2018.
Jump up ^ News release. [https://www.snk-corp.co.jp/us/press/2018/020901/ The King of Fighters '97 Global Match comes to PS4, PS Vita and Steam in April 2018], SNK Corporation, February 9th, 2018.
Jump up ^ Keisuke Nishikawa. The Last Blade 2 Strikes PS4, PS Vita on May 24, blog.us.playstation.com, April 19, 2016.
Jump up ^ Frank Caron. Lost Planet Colonies Edition features cross-platform multiplayer, Ars Technica, March 13, 2008.
Jump up ^ Spencer Yip. How A PC Game Got Cross Platform Multiplayer With Wii U, Siliconera, April 29, 2015.
Jump up ^ Aernout van de Velde. Massive Mantis Burn Racing Update Adds Console/PC Crossplay But Not Between PS4/XO, wccftech.com, September 6, 2017.
Jump up ^ Adam Laatz. Metal Slug 3 Out Today on PS4, PS3, PS Vita, blog.us.playstation.com, March 24, 2015.
Jump up ^ Sato. [15], Nintendo Life, September 25, 2012.
Jump up ^ Stone. Capcom Explains Wii U and 3DS Cross-Play in Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Minecraft.net, June 11, 2017.
Jump up ^ Sato. Monster Hunter XX Releases August 25 For Switch In Japan, Supports Online Cross-Play With 3DS, Siliconera, May 26, 2017.
Jump up ^ Mushroom Men 2. [16], Steam community, July 8, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hamza Aziz. Natural Doctrine will have cross-play & cross-save on PS4, PS3, and Vita, Destructoid, May 16, 2014.
Jump up ^ Kristy Norindr. Nidhogg arrives on PS4 and PS Vita today, blog.eu.playstation.com, November 12, 2014.
Jump up ^ Jenni Lada. Nitroplus Blasterz Will Offer Free Senran Kagura And Arcana Heart DLC At Launch, Siliconera, December 10, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Multiplayer Update (March 14th) :: Overload General Discussions". March 15, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
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Jump up ^ Liam Martin. Phantasy Star Online 2 coming to PlayStation 4 in 2016, Digital Spy, August 17, 2015.
Jump up ^ Liam Martin. Phantom Dust is heading to PC and Xbox One tomorrow, and it’s free, BG 24/7, May 16, 2017.
Jump up ^ Akos Gyorkei. Pinball FX3 Table Roster Confirmed + Details on Cross-Platform Play, blog.zenstudios.com, August 17, 2017.
Jump up ^ Wesley Yin-Poole. Pinball FX3 hits Nintendo Switch later this month, Eurogamer, November 11, 2017.
Jump up ^ Zen Studios Pinball FX3 Now Available on Nintendo Switch!, pinballfx.com, December 12, 2017.
Jump up ^ Richard Snowdon. PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate Coming to PS4, PS Vita, playstation.com, March 5, 2015.
Jump up ^ Russ Frushtick. 'PlayStation All-Stars' coming to Vita, will support Cross Play with PS3, Polygon, June 4, 2012.
Jump up ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (January 18, 2011). "Portal 2 PS3, Steam cross-platform play". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
Jump up ^ Linsay Craten. Card-based strategy game Pox Nora hits PS4 on 23rd May, playstation.com, May 10, 2017.
Jump up ^ Ryan Graff. Ragnarok Odyssey ACE Coming to PS3 and Vita in 2014, blog.us.playstation.com, October 24, 2013.
Jump up ^ Alessio Palumbo. Raiders of the Broken Planet Supports CrossPlay, wccftech.com, September 18, 2017.
Jump up ^ James Stevenson. Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault Out 11/27 for $19.99, blog.us.playstation.com, October 26, 2012.
Jump up ^ Jamie Feltham. Rec Room Is Coming To PSVR With Cross-Platform Play, UploadVR, September 28, 2017.
Jump up ^ [18], Twitter Vector Unit, December 7, 2017.
Jump up ^ [19], Microsoft December 19, 2017.
Jump up ^ Jeffrey Matulef. Forecast calls for Risk of Rain on PS4 and Vita, Eurogamer, February 2, 2016.
Jump up ^ Roblox. [20], Roblox, October 30, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Switch and Xbox One versions of RPG Maker MV will be compatible - Nintendo Everything". Nintendo Everything. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
Jump up ^ Joshua Weatherford. Samurai Shodown V Special Out Tomorrow on PS4, PS Vita, blog.eu.playstation.com, September 11, 2017.
Jump up ^ Alessio Palumbo. Rare Started Testing Crossplay In Sea of Thieves, wccftech.com, May 12, 2017.
Jump up ^ Tom Phillips. Skullgirls 2nd Encore gets new features on PS4, Vita, Eurogamer, April 30, 2015.
Jump up ^ Luc Bernard. Arcade Distillery Details Upcoming Titles, blog.us.playstation.com, November 27, 2017.
Jump up ^ Press Release. Sparc Launches November 15 on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, Develop, 2 November, 2017.
Jump up ^ Jeffrey Matulef. Spelunky on Vita will let you move freely in co-op, Eurogamer, August 9, 2013.
Jump up ^ Kevin Joyce. Sports Bar VR Adds PC/PlayStation 4 Cross-Play, New Mini-Games and More, VR Focus, September 6, 2017.
Jump up ^ Ross Miller. Street Fighter V will support cross-platform play between PC and PS4, The Verge, December 6, 2014.
Jump up ^ Russ Pitts. Street Fighter x Tekken Vita gets new characters and cross-platform matching, Polygon, April 10, 2012.
Jump up ^ Aranda Morrison. Multiplayer twin stick shooter Square Heroes hits PS4 next month, blog.eu.playstation.com, February 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ Kevin Dunsmore. Castle Crashers Meets Diablo in Super Dungeon Bros., Hardcore Gamer, March 13, 2015.
Jump up ^ Pat Ashe. A closer look at Super Exploding Zoo, blog.eu.playstation.com, September 19, 2014.
Jump up ^ Gary Nichols. Switch Galaxy Ultra races to PS4 and PS Vita soon, blog.eu.playstation.com, May 14, 2014.
Jump up ^ Richard Gittins. Terraria Comes to PS4 Tuesday: Bigger World, New Items, Cross-Play, playstation.com, November 6, 2014.
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Jump up ^ "Nintendo announces diverse lineup of Nindies coming to Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site". Nintendo.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
Jump up ^ Marco Brigato. Tooth And Tail will support cross-play between PC and PS4, Eurogamer, August 15, 2017.
Jump up ^ Sal Romano. Toukiden 2 announced for PS4, PS3, and PS Vita, Gematsu, September 15, 2015.
Jump up ^ Sal Romano. Toukiden: Kiwami coming to PS4 and PS Vita in March, Gematsu, January 15, 2015.
Jump up ^ Press Release. Ultimate Chicken Horse Lands on Xbox One Dec. 15, PlayStation 4 Europe Dec. 18, Gamasutra, December 12, 2017.
Jump up ^ Sal Romano. Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st announced for PS4, PS3, and PS Vita], Gematsu, April 18, 2017.
Jump up ^ Jenna Pitcher. Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate hits PS3, PS4, Vita, Xbox One this fall, Polygon, May 23, 2014.
Jump up ^ War Thunder is now available on Linux!, warthunder.com. Gaijin Entertainment. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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Jump up ^ Sal Romano. MMORPG Weapons of Mythology coming to PS4, Gematsu, May 4, 2014.
Jump up ^ Ludwig Kietzmann. When Vikings Attack brings cel-shaded crowd control to PS3 and Vita, Engadget, May 28, 2012.
Jump up ^ Cameron Ohara. Yakuza: Ishin: Another Life, Cross Play, and more revealed, Gematsu, September 20, 2013.
Jump up ^ Mike Nelson. [23], Xbox, October 20, 2017.
Jump up ^ Laurent Mercure. Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov’s Revenge invading PS3 and PS Vita soon, eu.playstation.com, March 5, 2013.
Jump up ^ Wesley Yin-Poole. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger PC dated, Eurogamer, August 8, 2010.
Jump up ^ Alessio Palumbo. Dead Star Features PC/PS4 Cross-Play, wccftech.com, December 11, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Emily Gera. Eve Online and Dust 514 merging servers tomorrow for a single cross-platform universe, Polygon, January 9, 2013.
Jump up ^ David Adams. Final Fantasy XI Hits Subscriber Milestone, IGN, January 7, 2004.
Jump up ^ Spencer Yip. The Little Battlers W Is The First Game To Support Vita Vs. PSP Multiplayer, Siliconera, August 9, 2012.
Jump up ^ EA announces new PS2 online titles, Eurogamer, September 15, 2003.
Jump up ^ Jeff Grubb. How Epic built a player base of nearly 1 million Paragon players, VentureBeat, April 13, 2017.
Jump up ^ James Orry. Xbox 360 Phantasy Star gets no cross platform play, VideoGamer, April 27, 2006.
Jump up ^ Wesley Yin-Poole. Portal 2 PS3, Steam cross-platform play, Eurogamer, January 18, 2011.
Jump up ^ Cribba. Quake III Arena, Giant Bombcast, February 15, 2013.
Jump up ^ Christopher Grant. Shadowrun lands on Xbox and Windows May 29th, Engadget, May 9, 2007.
Jump up ^ Press release. Universe at War: Earth Assault To Support Microsoft's Games For Windows – Live, gamesindustry.biz, June 27, 2007.
Jump up ^ Michel Marriott. Microsoft to Open Its Online Gaming Service, Once Just for Xbox, to Windows Users, New York Times, March 14, 2007.
Jump up ^ Way of Redemption on Twitter. Online Features and Support End Feb 10, 2018, Jan 23, 2018.
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The insignia used by US generals and admirals of OF-10 rank.
A five-star rank is a very senior military rank, first established in the United States in 1944, with a five-star insignia,[1] and corresponding ranks in other countries. The rank is that of the most senior operational military commanders, and within NATO's "standard rank scale" it is designated by the code OF-10.
Not all armed forces have such a rank, and in those that do the actual insignia of the "five-star ranks" may not contain five stars. For example: the insignia for the French OF-10 rank maréchal de France contains 7 stars; the insignia for the Portuguese marechal contains four gold stars; and many of the insignia of the ranks in Commonwealth of Nations contain no stars at all.
Typically, five-star officers hold the rank of general of the army, admiral of the fleet, field marshal, marshal of the air force, general of the air force, and several other similarly named ranks. Five-star ranks are extremely senior—usually the highest ranks. As an active rank, the position exists only in a minority of countries and is usually held by only a very few officers during wartime. In times of peace, it is usually held only as an honorary rank.
Despite the rarity and seniority of five-star officers, even more senior ranks have been adopted in the United States, namely, admiral of the navy and general of the armies. Other names for highly senior ranks from the twentieth century include généralissime (France), generalisimo (Spain) and generalissimus (USSR).
Contents
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1 Australian five-star ranks
2 Brazilian five-star ranks
3 Croatian five-star ranks
4 Indian five-star ranks
5 Indonesian five-star ranks
6 Italian five-star ranks
7 Pakistani five-star ranks
8 Polish five-star ranks
9 Spanish five-star ranks
10 Thai five-star ranks
11 UK five-star ranks
12 U.S. five-star ranks
13 See also
14 Notes
15 References
Australian five-star ranks[edit]
Admiral of the fleet[nb 1]
Field marshal[nb 1]
Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force[nb 1]
Only one Australian born officer (Sir Thomas Blamey) has held a substantive Australian five-star rank (field marshal).[nb 2] HM King George VI and HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh have held all three Australian five-star ranks in an honorary capacity, and have been the only holders of the Australian ranks of admiral of the fleet and marshal of the RAAF.
Australian Army Field Marshal
shoulder board
RAN Admiral of the Fleet
shoulder board
Marshal of the RAAF
sleeve/shoulder insignia
Brazilian five-star ranks[edit]
Five-star ranks in Brazil are only used in wartime.
Marshal (Brazil) (Marechal)
Grand Admiral (Almirante)
Marshal of the Air (Marechal-do-Ar)
Almirante
Marechal
Marechal-do-Ar
Croatian five-star ranks[edit]
Stožerni general (lit. "staff general", usually translated as general of the army) awarded to six men, none of whom are in active duty.
Admiral flote (admiral of the fleet). The rank was called stožerni admiral (lit. "staff admiral") until 1999; only Sveto Letica was awarded this rank – in March 1996, three months before his retirement.
Croatian Armed Forces
(stožerni general) insignia
Croatian Navy
(admiral flote) insignia
Indian five-star ranks[edit]
Flag used on the official car of Marshal of the Air Force in India. It has five stars on it.
Admiral of the fleet, never been held
Field marshal, held by K. M. Cariappa and Sam Manekshaw
Marshal of the Air Force, held by Arjan Singh
Field marshal epaulette
Marshal of the Indian Air Force shoulder insignia
Marshal of the Indian Air Force sleeve insignia
Around 1998, the Indian Air Force introduced gorget patches (or collar tabs) for its air officers. For marshals of the Indian Air Force, the patches display five stars.[2]
Indonesian five-star ranks[edit]
The Indonesian five star ranks are:
Jenderal besar (grand general) - only held by three people: Jenderal Besar Soedirman, Jenderal Besar Abdul Haris Nasution, Jenderal Besar Soeharto (2nd President of Indonesia)
Laksamana besar (grand admiral) - never awarded
Marsekal besar (grand marshal) - never awarded
Jenderal besar rank insignia
Laksamana besar rank insignia
Marsekal besar rank insignia
Italian five-star ranks[edit]
General of the Italian Army - shoulder board
Admiral of the Italian Navy - sleeve
General of the Italian Air Force - sleeve
Pakistani five-star ranks[edit]
Field marshal (Pakistan Army five-star rank), Ayub Khan
The following ranks have never been awarded:
Admiral of the fleet
Marshal of the Pakistan Air Force
Polish five-star ranks[edit]
Marshal of Poland (Marszałek Polski) is a Polish Army five-star rank. There are today no living marshals of Poland, since this rank is bestowed only on military commanders who have achieved victory in war.
Marshal of Poland cap insignia
Marshal of Poland shoulder-strap insignia
Spanish five-star ranks[edit]
Captain general (Army)
Captain general of the Navy
Air captain general (Air Force)
These ranks have been reserved for the reigning monarch.
Capitán general ("Captain general")
shoulder board
Capitán general de la Armada ("Captain general of the Navy")
shoulder board and sleeve
Capitán general del Aire ("Air captain general")
shoulder board and sleeve
Thai five-star ranks[edit]
Chom Phon (Thai: จอมพล), Royal Thai Army
Chom Phon Ruea (Thai: จอมพลเรือ), Royal Thai Navy
Chom Phon Akat (Thai: จอมพลอากาศ), Royal Thai Air Force
Chom Phon (Field Marshal)
Chom Phon Ruea (Admiral of the Fleet)
Chom Phon Akat (Marshal of the Royal Thai Air Force)
The monarch of Thailand is appointed to the three ranks automatically upon accession as he is the constitutional Head of the Royal Thai Armed Forces. Since 1973 the three ranks have been reserved for members of the royal family.
UK five-star ranks[edit]
The worn insignia of British five-star commanders do not contain stars; the vehicle star plate, mounted on the front of a staff car, does display five stars.[3]
Admiral of the fleet (awarded to 121 men to date)
Field marshal (awarded to 140 men to date)
Marshal of the Royal Air Force (awarded to 27 men to date)
Captain General Royal Marines (awarded to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
Royal Navy admiral of the fleet
shoulder board
Royal Navy admiral of the fleet
sleeve lace
Field marshal and captain general Royal Marines epaulette
Marshal of the RAF
shoulder board
Marshal of the RAF
sleeve insignia
Promotion to the ranks of admiral of the fleet and marshal of the Royal Air Force is now generally held in abeyance in peacetime with exceptions for special circumstances. Promotion to the rank of field marshal was generally stopped in 1995 as a cost-cutting measure but is still made in some cases.[4][5] The most recent appointments to five-star ranks are the promotions in 2012 of The Prince of Wales to honorary five-star rank in all three services, and of former Chief of the Defence Staff Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank to the honorary rank of field marshal.[5][6] In 2014 the former Chief of the Defence Staff Lord Stirrup was promoted to the honorary rank of marshal of the RAF.[7]
During World War II and (later) serving NATO, a small number of British five-star commanders have held the additional title Supreme Allied Commander, given operational control over all air, land, and sea units led by the four-star commanders of multi-national forces.
U.S. five-star ranks[edit]
Fleet admiral (held by four officers)
General of the Army (held by five officers)
General of the Air Force (held by one officer)
Before the five-star ranks were established in 1944, two officers had previously been promoted from their four-star ranks to the superior and unique ranks of Admiral of the Navy and General of the Armies: Admiral George Dewey (appointment 1903 retroactive to 1899, died 1917) and General John J. Pershing (appointed 1919, died 1948). In 1944 the Navy and Army specified that these officers were considered senior to any officers promoted to the five-star ranks within their services (but it was not clear if they were senior by rank or by seniority due to an earlier date of rank).
Five-star ranks were created in the US military during World War II because of the awkward situation created when some American senior commanders were placed in positions commanding allied officers of higher rank.[8] US officers holding five-star rank never retire; they draw full active duty pay for life.[9] The five-star ranks were retired in 1981 on the death of General of the Army Omar Bradley.[8]
Nine Americans have been promoted to five-star rank, one of them, Henry H. Arnold, in two services (US Army then later in the US Air Force). As part of the bicentennial celebration, George Washington was, 177 years after his death, permanently made senior to all other US generals/admirals, with the title General of the Armies, effective on 4 July 1976. The appointment stated he was to have "rank and precedence over all other grades of the Army, past or present".[nb 3]
During World War II and (later) serving NATO, a small number of American five-star commanders have also held the additional title of Supreme Allied Commander, given operational control over all air, land, and sea units led by the four-star commanders of multi-national forces.
Fleet admiral collar device, sleeve stripes and shoulder board
General of the Army shoulder strap
General of the Army shoulder epaulet
General of the Air Force shoulder epaulet
See also[edit]
Ranks and insignia of NATO
List of fleet and grand admirals
List of field marshals
List of marshals of the Air Force
Design of US army insignia
Heraldic origin of the use of five-pointed star
Six-star rank
Notes[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c The Australian insignia for admiral of the fleet, field marshal and marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force, depending on the era, are either identical to, or very similar to, the British insignia. Currently, Prince Philip is the only holder of these Australian ranks. Note that although the highest active New Zealand rank is three-star, (there are no New Zealand four-star rank holders), Prince Philip holds five-star ranks in the New Zealand Armed Forces.
Jump up ^ With the exception of Thomas Blamey and the Englishman William Birdwood, who both held the rank of field marshal, all other holders of Australian five-star ranks have been ceremonial.
Jump up ^ The following Americans have been promoted to five-star rank:
• Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy 15 December 1944
• General of the Army George Marshall 16 December 1944
• Fleet Admiral Ernest King 17 December 1944
• General of the Army Douglas MacArthur 18 December 1944
• Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz 19 December 1944
• General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower 20 December 1944
• General of the Army & Air Force Henry H. Arnold 21 December 1944 & 7 May 1949
• Fleet Admiral William Halsey, Jr. 11 December 1945
• General of the Army Omar Bradley 20 September 1950
• General of the Armies George Washington 4 July 1976, with an effective appointment date of 4 July 1776a
The timing of the first seven appointments was to establish both a clear order of seniority and a near-equivalence between the Army and Navy services. In 1949, Arnold was honored by being made the first, and to date only, general of the air force. He is the only American to serve in a five-star rank in two of its military services. By a Congressional Act of 24 March 1903, Admiral George Dewey's rank was established as admiral of the navy, a rank which was specified to be senior to the four-star rank of admiral and was equal to admiral of the fleet in the British Royal Navy. Admiral Dewey was the only individual ever appointed to this rank, which lapsed with his death on 16 January 1917. Admiral of the navy was considered superior to fleet admiral during World War II. On 3 September 1919, John Pershing was promoted to the rank of general of the armies (officially general of the armies of the United States) in recognition of his service during World War I. He is the only person promoted to this rank during their lifetime.
^a During the United States Bicentennial year, George Washington was posthumously appointed to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States by the congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 passed on 19 January 1976, with an effective appointment date of 4 July 1976 but having rank and precedence over all other grades of the Army, past or present. This restored Washington's position as the most senior US military officer. Between the joint resolution concerning Washington's rank, the fact that Omar Bradley was still alive, and thus still considered to be on active duty, and statements made and actions taken during and after World War II about the relationship between General of the Armies and General of the Army, it appears General of the Armies is superior in rank to General of the Army.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Oxford English Dictionary (OED), 2nd Edition, 1989. "five" ... "five-star adj., ... (b) U.S., applied to a general or admiral whose badge of rank includes five stars;"
Jump up ^ Indian Air Force :: Collar Tabs
Jump up ^ Dictionary of Vexillology, Rank Plate
Jump up ^ Heathcote, Tony (1999). The British Field Marshals, 1736–1997: A Biographical Dictionary. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books. ISBN 978-0-85052-696-7.
^ Jump up to: a b "Prince Charles awarded highest military ranks by Queen". BBC News. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
Jump up ^ "Honorary Five Star Rank appointment". The British Monarchy. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
Jump up ^ "2014 Birthday Honours for service personnel and defence civilians". Ministry of Defence. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b E. Kelly Taylor (2009). America's Army and the Language of Grunts: Understanding the Army Lingo Legacy. AuthorHouse. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-4389-6249-8.
Jump up ^ Spencer C. Tucker (2011). The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. pp. 1685. ISBN 978-1-85109-961-0.
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Thurl Ravenscroft
Ravenscroft in 1967
Born
Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft
(1914-02-06)February 6, 1914
Norfolk, Nebraska, U.S.
Died
May 22, 2005(2005-05-22) (aged 91)
Fullerton, California, U.S.
Cause of death
Prostate cancer
Resting place
Crystal Cathedral Memorial Gardens, Garden Grove, California
Alma mater
Otis College of Art and Design
Occupation
Voice actor, singer
Years active
1940–1998
Spouse(s)
June Seamans (m. 1946; d. 1999)
Children
2
Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (/ˈθɜːrl ˈreɪvənzkrɒft/; February 6, 1914 – May 22, 2005) was an American voice actor and bass singer known as the booming voice behind Tony the Tiger's "They're grrreat!" in Kellogg's Frosted Flakes television commercials for more than five decades. He was also the uncredited vocalist for the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from the classic Christmas television special, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas![1]
Ravenscroft did some voice-over work and singing for Disney in both the films and the attractions at Disneyland (which were later featured at Walt Disney World). The best known of these attractions are Haunted Mansion as a singing bust, Country Bear Jamboree, Mark Twain Riverboat, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disneyland Railroad, and Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room as "Fritz". His voice acting career began in 1940 and lasted until his death in 2005 at age 91.[2]
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1 Early life and career
2 Later career
3 Later life and death
4 Filmography
5 Partial solo discography
6 References
7 External links
Early life and career[edit]
Ravenscroft left his native Norfolk, Nebraska, in 1933 for California, where he studied at Otis Art Institute. He achieved early success as part of a singing group called The Mellomen. The Mellomen can be heard on many popular recordings of the Big Band Era, including backup for Bing Crosby, Frankie Laine, Spike Jones, Jo Stafford, and Rosemary Clooney. Their earliest contribution to a Disney film was for Pinocchio (1940), to which they contributed the song "Honest John." This was deleted from the film but can still be heard in the supplements on the 2009 DVD. Despite the song being cut off, Ravenscroft lent his voice to Monstro the whale in the film. They also contributed to other Disney films, such as Alice in Wonderland and Lady and the Tramp. The group appeared on camera in a few episodes of the Disney anthology television series; in one instance recording a canine chorus for Lady and the Tramp and in another as a barbershop quartet that reminds Walt Disney of the name of the young newspaper reporter Gallegher. Ravenscroft is also heard with the quartet on some of the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes with Mel Blanc at Warner Bros. as well as on radio "driving Jack Benny crazy" on The Jack Benny Program. During World War II, Ravenscroft served as a civilian navigator contracted to the U.S. Air Transport Command, spending five years flying courier missions across the north and south Atlantic. Among the notables carried on board his flights were Winston Churchill and Bob Hope. As he told an interviewer: "I flew Winston Churchill to a conference in Algiers and flew Bob Hope to the troops a couple of times. So it was fun."[3]
Ravenscroft sang bass on Rosemary Clooney's "This Ole House", which went to No. 1 in both the United States and Britain in 1954, as well as Stuart Hamblen's original version of that same song. He sang on the soundtrack for Ken Clark as "Stewpot" in South Pacific, one of the top-selling albums of the 1950s. Singing with the Johnny Mann Singers,[4] his distinctive bass can also be heard as part of the chorus on 28 of their albums that were released during the 1960s and 1970s. He was also the bass singer on Bobby Vee's 1960 Liberty hit record "Devil or Angel". Andy Williams' recording of "The 12 Days of Christmas" features him as well. In the 1980s and 1990s, Ravenscroft was narrator for the annual Pageant of the Masters art show at the Laguna Beach, California, Festival of the Arts.
He sang the opening songs for the two Disney serials used on The Mickey Mouse Club, Boys of the Western Sea and The Hardy Boys: Mystery of the Applegate Treasure.
He sang the "Twitterpatter Song" and "Thumper's Song" on the Disneyland record Peter Cottontail and other Funny Bunnies.
On the Disneyland record All About Dragons, he both provided the narration and sang the songs "The Reluctant Dragon" and "The Loch Ness Monster".[5]
His voice was heard during the Pirates of the Caribbean ride as well as the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland as Uncle Theodore, the lead vocalist of the singing busts in the cemetery near the end of the ride.[6] He also played the Narrator in The Story and Song From the Haunted Mansion. Ravenscroft is also heard in the Enchanted Tiki Room as the voice of Fritz the Animatronics parrot. He was also the voice of the Disneyland Railroad in the 1990s. Further roles include that of The First Mate on The Mark Twain Riverboat and of the American bison head named Buff at The Country Bear Jamboree.[7]
Later career[edit]
One of Ravenscroft's best-known uncredited works is as the vocalist for the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch." His name was accidentally left out of the credits, leading many to believe (erroneously) that the cartoon's narrator, Boris Karloff, sang the song, while others cited Tennessee Ernie Ford as the song's signature voice.[1]
Ravenscroft also sang "No Dogs Allowed" in the Peanuts animated motion picture Snoopy, Come Home and I Was a Teenaged Brain Surgeon for Spike Jones.
For more than 50 years, he was the uncredited voice of Tony the Tiger for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes. His booming bass gave the cereal's tiger mascot a voice with the catchphrase "They're g-r-r-r-eat!!!!".[8]
Various record companies, such as Abbott, Coral, Brunswick, and "X" (a division of RCA) also released singles by Ravenscroft, often in duets with little-known female vocalists, in an attempt to turn the bass-voiced veteran into a pop singer. These efforts were commercially unsuccessful, if often quite interesting. He was also teamed up with The Andrews Sisters (on the Dot Records album The Andrews Sisters Present) on the cover of Johnny Cymbal's "Mr. Bass Man". The Mellomen released some doo-wop records under the name Big John & the Buzzards, a name apparently given to them by the rock-and-roll-hating Mitch Miller. His lifelong dream, which he shared in an interview in 1999 with Peter Anthony Holder, was to record the entire Bible on tape, but a big name actor "beat him out". However, being a devoted Christian, he appeared on many religious television shows such as The Hour of Power. In 1970, he recorded an album called "Great Hymns in Story and Song", which featured him singing 10 hymns, each prefaced with the stories of how each hymn came to be, with the background vocals and instrumentals arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael.
Later life and death[edit]
Ravenscroft married June Seamans in 1946, and they had two children. June died in 1999 from unknown causes. Ravenscroft semi-retired and did not work at any other studio anymore, but he continued to voice Tony The Tiger through 2004 (with limo transportation by Kellogg's) and also submitted to an interview that year by the Disney "Extinct Attractions Club" website. He died in his home on May 22, 2005, from prostate cancer. He was survived by his two children, Ron Ravenscroft (who died in 2008 at age 54) and Nancy Ravenscroft. He was buried at the Memorial Gardens at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.[2]
In the June 6, 2005, issue of the advertising industry journal Advertising Age, Kellogg's ran an ad commemorating Ravenscroft. The headline read: "Behind every great character is an even greater man." After his death, Lee Marshall replaced him as the voice of Tony the Tiger in the Kellogg's commercials, but some commercials still recycle clips of Ravenscroft.
Filmography[edit]
Isle of Destiny (1940) - Sportsman Quartet Member
Dumbo (1941) – Singer of "Look Out For Mr. Stork" and "Pink Elephants on Parade"
The Nifty Nineties (1941) - Singer
Saludos Amigos (1942) - Singer of "Saludos Amigos Theme Song"
Melody Time (1948) - Singer
Alice in Wonderland (1951) – Card Painter
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) – Singing voices of two villagers
Peter Pan (1953) – Singer, Pirates
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953) - Singer
Rose Marie (1954) – Medicine Man
Lady and the Tramp (1955) – Al the Alligator, Singing Pound Dogs
Paul Bunyan (1958) - Paul Bunyan
Sleeping Beauty (1959) – Singer
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) – Captain the Horse
Gay Purr-ee (1962) – Hench Cat
The Sword in the Stone (1963) – Black Bart
Mary Poppins (1964) – Someone's voice of banker, pig, animal sounds
The Man from Button Willow (1965) - Singer, Reverend, Saloon Man
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) – Singer of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
The Jungle Book (1967) - Colonel Hathi's crew
The War Wagon (1967) - Backup singer on main theme
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day/The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1968/1977) - Singer, Black Honeypot
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - (singing voice)
The Trouble with Girls (1969) Bass singer with the Bible Singers Quartet (The Mellomen)
Horton Hears a Who! (1970) – Wickersham Brother
The Phantom Tollbooth (1970) – Lethargians
The Aristocats (1970) – Russian Cat (voice)
The Cat in the Hat (1971) – Thing One
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) – Singing voice of Russian vendor, various cartoon animal voices
Snoopy, Come Home (1972) – Singer of "No Dogs Allowed"
The Lorax (1972) – Singer
The Hobbit (1977) – Goblins, chorus
Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977) – Singer, Monsters
Donny & Marie (1977) - Darth Vader/Narrator (Star Wars Segment)
The Small One (1978) – Potter
The Return of the King (1980) – Goblins, chorus (voices, uncredited)
The Brave Little Toaster (1987) – Kirby (voice)
Disney Sing Along Songs: Disneyland Fun - It's a Small World (1990) - Singer of "Grim Grinning Ghosts"
Superior Duck (1996) – The Narrator
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997) – Kirby (voice)
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998) – Kirby (voice)
Partial solo discography[edit]
Mad, Baby, Mad – 1955 (Fabor)
I Ain't Afraid – 1956 (Bally)
Big Paul Bunyan – 1962 (Globe)
Gold Dubloons and Pieces of Eight – 1962 (The Hardy Boys: Mystery of the Applegate Treasure)
The Headless Horseman – 1965 (Disney)
Great Hymns In Story And Song – 1970 (Light)
Nathaniel the Grublet (In Direwood) – 1979 (Birdwing)
Psalms and Selahs – 2002
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b McCracken, Elizabeth (December 25, 2005). "Our Cereal Hero". The New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
^ Jump up to: a b "Thurl Ravenscroft, Voice of Tony the Tiger, Dies at 91". The New York Times. May 25, 2005. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
Jump up ^ "He’s Grrrrreat! The Thurl Ravenscroft Interview," Hogan's Alley #12, 2005
Jump up ^ http://bayarearadio.org/audio/ksfo/ksfo_sound-of-the-city.shtml
Jump up ^ Disneyland Record "All About Dragons", DQ-1301.
Jump up ^ 365 Days of Magic blog Archived August 4, 2013, at Archive.is
Jump up ^ Disney Insider Ravenscroft biography
Jump up ^ Breton, Marcos (May 3, 1987). "He's 'G-r-r-r-eat!!!' : Tony the Tiger Voices Pleasure". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
External links[edit]
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Thurl Ravenscroft on IMDb
Thurl Ravenscroft at the TCM Movie Database
Thurl Ravenscroft at Find a Grave
THURL'S GRRRRRRR-EAT! A Conversation With Thurl Ravenscroft
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