Born in Pomona, California, USA — Dec 07 1949

Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during the 1970s, but his music since the 1980s has reflected greater influence from blues, rock, vaudeville, and experimental genres. Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in Whittier, California. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk music circuit…
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Lloyd (voice)

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Crew


R.M. Renfield

Engineer

Father

Buck Merrill

Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")

The Narrator (voice)

Zachariah Rigby

Rex Blau

Hermit Bob

Wanderer

Disabled Vet (uncredited)

Doc Heller

Earl Piggot

Devil

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Narrator (voice)

Zack

Benny

Rudy


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Waller

Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited)

Singer in Bar

Hunley

Radio DJ (voice)

News Stand Owner (uncredited)

Kneller

Trumpet player (uncredited)

Irving Stark

Mumbles

Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)

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Kenny

Tom (segment "Somewhere in California")

Monte

Wolf

Petrified man at carnival (uncredited)

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Self / Sè stesso

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Al Silk

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Narrator

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Self - Organ/Guitar

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The Caller

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Silva

Captain Millipede (voice)

Tom

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Narrator (voice)

Narrator "Laughing Heart" (archive footage)

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Virgil (Voice)

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Zack (Archive footage)

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Himself

Writing

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