If the voice sounded naggingly familiar, it was Paul Frees, who used to do the voices of damn near everybody, from the Pillsbury Doughboy, Boris Badenov and Inspector Fenwick to the host in Disney's Haunted Mansion.
Ken,
Thank you, thank you, thank you! That voice bugs me every time I watch that movie, and I could never place it. I still can't place the specific character I associate with that voice, but it's a start.
Of course, now I'm going to have a very disturbing image of the Pillsbury Doughboy commanding the Japanese fleet, but I can deal with that. I think.