Master Gracey

"When hinges creak in doorless chambers, and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls; Whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still - that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight! Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion. I am your host, your... ghost host. Kindly step all the way in please and make room for everyone. There's no turning back now. Our tour begins here in this gallery where you see paintings of some of our guests as they appeared in their corruptible, mortal state. Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of foreboding, almost as though you sense a disquieting metamorphosis. Is this haunted room actually stretching? Or is it your imagination, hmm? And consider this dismaying observation: This chamber has no windows and no doors, which offers you this chilling challenge: to find a way out! Of course, there's always my way!"

- Gracey, a.k.a. the Ghost Host, leading guests through the Stretching Room and revealing his hanging corpse. "There are several prominent ghosts who have retired here from creepy old crypts from all over the world. Actually, we have 999 happy haunts here, but there's room for a thousand. Any volunteers?"

- The Ghost Host

Master William Gracey, also known as the Ghost Host, is one of the main antagonists in the popular Disney Parks ride, The Haunted Mansion, which appears in Disneyland in California, Walt Disney World in Florida, and Tokyo Disneyland. He is the host of the attraction and one of the most prominent characters in its history.

In the ride, he was voiced by the late voice actor Paul Frees, who also voiced several of the pirates on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and popular Mickey Mouse character Professor Ludwig von Drake. In the 2003 live-action film adaptation, he was played by Nathaniel Parker.