Editing Jim Dale (section)

===Voice work===
In the United States, Dale is known as the voice of the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' audiobooks, narrating the U.S. versions of all seven novels in the series.<ref>Rich, Motoko. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/books/17dale.html "The Voice of ''Harry Potter'' Can Keep a Secret"] ''The New York Times'', 17 July 2007</ref> Dale's ''Harry Potter'' narrations are universally acclaimed. He won two [[Grammy Awards]] (in 2001 and 2008) and received seven Grammy nominations<ref>[http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/best-spoken-word-album-262.html "Best Spoken Word Album"] awardsandshows.com. Retrieved 17 June 2014</ref> and a record ten [[Audie Awards]]<ref name=allmusic/> including "Audio Book of the Year 2004" for ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', "Best Children's Narrator 2001/2005/2007/2008," "Best Children's Audio Book 2005," two Benjamin Franklin Awards from the [[Independent Book Publishers Association]]<ref name=master/> (one of these was in 2001 for ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'')<ref>[http://www.ibpa-online.org/pubresources/benfrank2001_win.aspx Benjamin Franklin Award Winners & Finalists 2001] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090127055442/http://www.ibpa-online.org/pubresources/benfrank2001_win.aspx |date=27 January 2009 }}, Independent Book Publishers Association (accessed 1 August 2009)</ref> and 23 [[AudioFile (magazine)|''AudioFile'']] Earphone Awards. The audio short series ''[[Dirty Potter]]'' uses sound editing of Dale's past voice work to narrate the series. The series is a parody narrated by a "re-imagined" version of Dale, and its content was created without Dale's input.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dirtypotter.com/fack | title=FAQ }}</ref>

Dale narrates the ''Harry Potter'' video games and many of the interactive "extras" on the ''Harry Potter'' DVD releases. He also holds one current and two former [[Guinness World Record]]s. He holds one current record for occupying the first six places in the Top Ten Audio Books of America and Canada 2005.<ref name="Macmillan Publishers">{{cite web|last=Macmillan Publishers|title=Jim Dale|work=Macmillan Publishers|url=http://us.macmillan.com/author/jimdale|access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref> Previously, he held records for creating the most character voices for an audiobook (134 for ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' in 2003, followed by 146 voices for ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' in 2007),<ref name="EveningWithJimDale">{{cite web|author=New York Historical Society|title=An Evening with Jim Dale|url=http://harrypotter.nyhistory.org/event/an-evening-with-jim-dale/|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref> though the record was later awarded to [[Roy Dotrice]] for his 2004 recording of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]''.<ref name=GRRM-Dotrice>{{cite web|last1=Martin|first1=George R. R.|url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/200399.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140908160906/http://grrm.livejournal.com/200399.html |url-status=live |archive-date=8 September 2014 |title=Not A Blog – Roy Sets a Record |work=livejournal.com|date=11 March 2011|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref> Dale opened every episode of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] drama ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' as the [[Narrator (Pushing Daisies)|unseen narrator]].<ref name=master/><ref name=daisies/>

In the mid-1960s, Dale presented ''[[Children's Favourites]]'' on [[BBC Radio]] for a year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jim Dale presenting Children's Favourites on the BBC Light Programme 1965/6 | website=[[YouTube]] | date=12 February 2021 |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS5uCEFgyrw&t=132s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/zS5uCEFgyrw| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Dale narrated the ''[[Peter and the Starcatchers]]'' (2004) audio book,<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59355-978-6 "Review. ''Peter And The Starcatchers''"] ''Publishers Weekly'', 13 September 2004</ref> and its three sequels. In 2018, Dale narrated ''SPIN: The Rumpelstiltskin Musical'' by [[Edelman and Fishman]], noted as being the first audiobook musical of its kind. ''SPIN'' was released by [[Harper Audio]] on 9 January 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jim-Dale-Narrates-New-Rumpelstiltskin-Audiobook-Musical-SPIN-Out-This-Winter-20171212|title=Jim Dale Narrates New Rumpelstiltskin Audiobook Musical 'SPIN', Out This Winter|website=Broadwayworld.com|access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref> The following year, Dale narrated ''Puss In Boots a Musical'' by [[Edelman and Fishman]], adapted for the audiobook by Edelman, Fishman, and Khristine Hvam. It was released by [[Harper Audio]] on 27 August 2019.