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Adriana Caselotti was only paid $970 ($15,913 today) to voice Snow White in the 1937 film. She was also contractually prevented from appearing in anything else, including radio shows, virtually ending her career. Her only other roles are uncredited.
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Boris Karloff does not sing, "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" in the famous Dr. Seuss film, How The Grinch Stole Christmas. It was performed instead by Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice of Tony the Tiger. Thurl's role went completely uncredited. Boris won a Grammy for his performance.
What does an uncredited role mean?
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The voice of Brain from "Animaniacs" has an uncredited role of providing Buddy's 12 second burp in "Elf".
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A 13-year old Phil Collins had an uncredited role in The Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night" as "a schoolboy watching the Beatles' TV performance"
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R. Lee Ermey had an uncredited role as one of the helicopter pilots in another iconic war movie: Apocalypse Now
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Kurt Russell had voiced the role of Elvis Presley in 'Forrest Gump'. However it was left uncredited. Kurt Russell previously played the role of Elvis in the TV movie 'Elvis'.
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Chris Rock's first role was an uncredited extra in Krush Groove, 1985 Movie about the start of Def Jam
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Rich Little has been an uncredited over-dubbed voice on occasions when the other talent were unable or ill like David Niven in The Pink Panther and Gene Kelly in a 1991 TV special. Once he covered for Stacy Keach's Mike Hammer role while Keach was arrested in London for cocaine.
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The actress who plays Monica Gallagher in Shameless, Chloe Webb, had a small uncredited role as a nutty psychic in Ghostbusters 2
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Rami Malek, known for his roles in Mr. Robot and Night of the Museum, also provided additional voices for Halo 2 characters but was uncredited.
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Donovan Patton, the second host on Blue's Clues, has an uncredited voice acting role in GTA V
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Julianne Hough's first acting role was an uncredited role as a 'Hogwarts schoolgirl' in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".
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Michael Dorn, the actor, who portrayed Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, made his acting debut in an uncredited role in Rocky as a bodyguard for Apollo Creed.
Felix Kjellberg (PewDiePie on Youtube) has an uncredited role in the movie Tomorrowland. - source
