Philip George Proctor (born July 28, 1940) is an American actor and a member of the Firesign Theatre. He has performed voice-over work for video games, films and television series.

Early life

Proctor was born in

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, on July 28, 1940. His great-uncle was

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writer Joseph Yoder. Four years later after his family moved to New York City, he was a child actor working in television. He later earned a drama degree at

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Career

Proctor won a Theatre World Award for his 1964 performance in '' The Amorous Flea''. Proctor also appeared occasionally on television in small roles, including episodes of ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He also provided the voices of Pizza Planet Announcer in ''

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'', English Captain in ''

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'', Mr. Konishi in ''

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'', Blinko in ''

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'', Guard #1 in ''

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'' and Drunk Monkey in the '' Dr. Dolittle'' remake series. He has also provided uncredited ADR overdubs for numerous movies over the years. More recently, he has done voices for several cartoons and video games, including the voice of Howard DeVille in ''

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'' and '' All Grown Up!'' on

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, "background" voices for

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features, and voice work on ''

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''. He also did two voices in the

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'' Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem''. He is the voice of The Professor and White Monkey in the ''

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'' series. Recently, his voice was featured in the video game '' Dead Rising'' as Russell Barnaby, in the ''

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'' series as Dr. Warren Vidic, and on ''

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'' as Leonard Meltsner and Detective Don Polehaus. In the 2007 live audio production of the Angie Award-winning screenplay ''Albatross'' (original screenplay written by Lance Rucker and Timothy Perrin) at the International Mystery Writers Festival, he played seven characters requiring four different accents:

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agent Stefan Linnik,

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Communist Party

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Kurt Mueller; a

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owner; an armed forces radio announcer; the

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; a

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guard; and Gerhard Derstman, the East German Cultural Attache/

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member. He also lent his voice to the game '' Battlezone''. He was the announcer on '' Big Brother'' in seasons 3 through 6. Proctor also lent his voice in the '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' series as the voices of Edwin Jarvis and

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in the first game, and the Tinkerer in the sequel, '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2''. He currently serves among the repertory cast of featured voices in recent and current Disney animated films. Stage versions of the records '' Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers''; ''The Further Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye''; and '' Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him'' and ''Temporarily Humboldt County'' are published Broadway Play Publishing Inc. In 2017, Proctor published an autobiography entitled ''Where's My Fortune Cookie?'' coauthored with Brad Schreiber. In recent years Proctor has performed on the radio program American Parlor Songbook in sketches called "Boomers on a Bench".

Personal life

Proctor was married to actress Sheilah Wells and Norwegian television producer Barbro Semmingsen. He was married to Melinda Peterson from 1992 until her death in 2023. His daughter with Semmingsen, Kristin, is also an actress.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

Planet Proctor
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KCRW "Bob Claster's Funny Stuff" interview about the early days of Firesign Theater, and a separate show in which Proctor discusses Bob & Ray
{{DEFAULTSORT:Proctor, Philip 1940 births Living people People from Goshen, Indiana American male voice actors American male stage actors American male radio actors American male video game actors Male actors from Indiana The Yale Record alumni The Firesign Theatre Comedians from Indiana Theatre World Award winners