Ted Cassidy also did some unusual voices for Hanna-Barbera cartoons like 'Space Ghost', 'The Herculoids' and 'Birdman'.
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Johnnybear, is there any chance you saw a UK version of the Hulk, with a different narrator? Did your narrator have an English accent?
Also, remember Michael Dorn on TNG? His Worf voice is a lot deeper than his natural speaking voice. That's probably what's throwing you off in this case.
That reminds me of a third possibility. I've heard that TNG voices were not as deep in the UK because the translation to PAL raised the pitch. And later when the show came out on DVD, UK viewers were surprised by Worf's ridiculously deep voice. Maybe UK-Hulk is pitch-shifted as well, so you'd never know the narrator was Cassidy.
Also, remember Michael Dorn on TNG? His Worf voice is a lot deeper than his natural speaking voice. That's probably what's throwing you off in this case.
That reminds me of a third possibility. I've heard that TNG voices were not as deep in the UK because the translation to PAL raised the pitch. And later when the show came out on DVD, UK viewers were surprised by Worf's ridiculously deep voice. Maybe UK-Hulk is pitch-shifted as well, so you'd never know the narrator was Cassidy.
Just Googled Ted Cassidy and found a video of an old interview from the early 70s. His voice sounds just like Lee Marvin but with a lot more bass in it. At the end he gets up and shakes hands with the interviewer and he towers over the guy.
Zap, usually, entire dialogue tracks are rarely substituted unless the show is distributed to countries with a different language, or if there was something about the script that did not meet some national or regional standard. The Incredible Hulk was distributed to many non-English speaking countries, but in the UK, there would have been no reason for Ted Cassidy's narration to be substituted.
^This.
Sorry for the text slapped right in the middle of the image, but the real point of this clip is Ted's voice. He simply "speaks" the lines for most of this country/western styled song, but right at the end, he starts singing a few bars. And you know what? He's actually rather good! Someone in the comments claims Ted almost went for a singing career, but finally opted for acting, thinking it would be more fruitful.
I know that. I was joking in that first paragraph. Hulk replacement narrator with an English accent? Come on.
I went on to a serious theory in paragraph 3:
That's not paper - it's Holographic staticWell, how about these high tech viewscreens....black, wrinkled paper from 'Tomorrow is Yesterday'.
Yes but he has such a distinctive voice is what I'm saying! It is slightly similar to Ted's but not enough for me to be convinced! There is some differences in it's quality but if any of you guys are friends with Kenny Johnson, he'd be the guy to know for sure right?
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It's possible that the UK speed effect was responsible for the voice seeming different and it's a good theory! But Mike Road also had a deep voice similar to Ted's as well and it sure ain't him either! Ted has a sort of rattle to his deep voice where as the Hulk guy has a more husky quality!
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I know that. I was joking in that first paragraph. Hulk replacement narrator with an English accent? Come on.
I went on to a serious theory in paragraph 3:
As opposed to the Hulk with an English accent?
"I say, it seems like a bit of smashing may be in order."
"Hulk leave European Union NOW!!!!!"
While obviously done for humor, the Hulk has often been depicted as refined gentleman, wearing a smoking jacket and sipping tea beside a Victorian fireplace. These were advertisements printed within various Marvel comics. It promoted a subscription for the Hulk comic.
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I can imagine him speaking in Ted Cassidy' "refined" voice with a touch of a New England or upper crust British accent.
^ As is Proper British Solomon Grundy. 
(which actually exists, IIRC, in the Earth-Three universe, where Grundy - along with a lot of other characters we know as villains, like Luthor and Riddler and all that - is a hero)
(which actually exists, IIRC, in the Earth-Three universe, where Grundy - along with a lot of other characters we know as villains, like Luthor and Riddler and all that - is a hero)
The way Kirk is holding that mic makes me think he's going to start singing lounge tunes.
Could this scene be the inspiration for Shatner's singing "career"?
I've just read on two different pages that Ted did provide the narration on The Incredible Hulk and even though I still cannot accept it until I find evidence to the contrary I must apologize to the guys who have also read the pages and posted it on here! 
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I've just read on two different pages that Ted did provide the narration on The Incredible Hulk and even though I still cannot accept it until I find evidence to the contrary I must apologize to the guys who have also read the pages and posted it on here!
JB
It's so strange that you can't accept it. I'm hearing the Hulk narration on MeTV every Saturday night, and it sounds exactly like Ted Cassidy. Exactly.
You simply must had heard a presentation of the show with pitch-shifted sound, whether through PAL conversion or whatever else could go wrong in the UK.
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