Norman Rose (June 23 1917 – November 12 2004) was an American actor, film narrator and radio announcer whose velvety baritone was often called "the Voice of God" by colleagues. He was best known as the voice of fictitious coffee grower Juan Valdez in the Colombian coffee television commercials and the announcer-narrator of NBC's Dimension X.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rose started acting while a student at George Washington University in Washington, DC.