[nopardons]

Me too...I've adored him since I was a tiny child! And yes, he was a Conservative. If you want to know how I know, ask me in Freepmail. :-)

[RightWingAtheist]

Boris Karloff also narrated a version of Peter and the Wolf; like Rathbone, he was a great horror villain, but also a had a soft and cultured side that he often let the world show.

Here's a list of other actors who recorded versions of the Profkiev classic (cut-and-pasted from another site). ANY of them is preferable to Klintoon's: Sir John Gielgud, Andre Previn, David Bowie, Jack Lemmon, Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo), Dom DeLuise, Dudley Moore, Patrick Stewart, Sean Connery and Melissa Joan Hart.