A Beloved Frasier Actor Originally Voiced The Gecko In Geico's Commercials

The Geico Gecko has been charming audiences for over 20 years, but you may not realize that another TV icon was the original ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Trivia: `Frasier' once was the voice of the Geico gecko

Answer: English actor Jake Wood, 33, supplies the Cockney accent in eight new commercials airing for the auto-insurance company. He's known primarily for his TV work in Great Britain and for his role ...
The Village Voice

The Voice of Geico, D.C. Douglas, Calls Tea Partiers Mentally Retarded, Gets Canned, Makes YouTube Video

You may have heard that the Geico voiceover guy’s melodious baritone will be heard no more… at least not alongside that adorable Aussie gecko. D.C. Douglas, the now ex-employee of the national car ...
WBAL

GEICO's gecko gets the full documentary treatment

The insurance company GEICO is doing something a little different to advertise: It has turned documentary cameras on the life of its spokes-gecko. Legend of the Lizard: The Full Never-Before-Seen ...
Houston Chronicle

Hoffman: So where is that pesky Geico gecko from?

I liked your article on presidential first pitches. Question, though. Kennedy was left-handed, but the picture showed him throwing right-handed. Did his left arm hurt? Of course, Obama and Clinton are ...