Rowell Gormon

Reflections on Presidents Day – or – The Perils of Possessing a Working Mind

February 18, 2025 by Rowell Gormon

I’ve been doing some thinking over the past months (yeah, i know, “uh oh, we’re in trouble now”). Where is the line between (A) paying attention to local and world events – not merely others’ opinions of them, cheering on or pushing back – and (B) disengaging, letting others carry on the mental and moral […]

“Oh, Bother.”

June 6, 2024 by Rowell Gormon

It’s such a common feeling, as I’ve come to find out: not wanting to”bother” somebody. A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh would express this annoyance with a simple, “Oh, bother!” That silly old Pooh (so wonderfully voiced in Disney cartoons by Sterling Holloway, and later by Jim Cummings) perfectly captures that dreaded reaction I wanted to […]

A.I. Voiceovers May Yet Start Eating Their Own

May 29, 2024 by Rowell Gormon

The Voiceover community is still abuzz over the emergence of so-called “Artificial Intelligence” and the impact it will have on VO jobs. In my experience (so far at least) voice actors who don’t mind doing more work for less money will be the hardest hit. I’m not out to bash “low-ballers” and “newbies” here. Rather, […]

Does The World Really Need Another VO Coach?

February 28, 2024 by Rowell Gormon

…I wouldn’t have thought so. There are already many qualified people doing this. I’ve studied with some of them myself. Still do. So why now, after 40-plus years as a working voice actor, have I finally started saying “yes” when someone asks? Mainly it’s because people keep asking. And repeatedly, when I’ve asked those I […]

Everyone Should Have an “Uncle Willie” (part two)

March 28, 2019 by Rowell Gormon

click here for part one One of the biggest reasons I hit it off so well in the studio with producers and directors is my Imagination. I’ve even had writers create something with one of my voice characters in mind. I sometimes wonder why that sense of imagination isn’t commonplace. And then I wonder where […]

Everybody Should Have an “Uncle Willie” (part one)

March 19, 2019 by Rowell Gormon

The Man of Multiple Names Could Hear My Multiple Voices To his wife Joyce, his co-workers and other friends he was “Bill”. His mom, my grandma, always referred to him as William Thomas (I always wondered who that “William Thomas” guy she kept talking about was). But to me and my younger brother Lee (pictured […]

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