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Philip Proctor
Proctor in 2012
Born
Philip George Proctor

(1940-07-28) July 28, 1940 (age 84)
Other namesPhil Proctor
Alma materYale University (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active1962–present
Known forThe Firesign Theatre (1966–present)
Spouses
Sheilah Wells
(divorced)
Barbro Semmingsen
(divorced)
Melinda Peterson
(m. 1992; died 2023)
ChildrenKristin Proctor
Websiteplanetproctor.com
Proctor and Peter Bergman (1976) often performed as a duo without the Firesign Theatre.

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

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Proctor was born in Goshen, Indiana, on July 28, 1940.[1] His great-uncle was Mennonite 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 Yale University.[2]

Career

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Proctor won a Theatre World Award for his 1964 performance in The Amorous Flea.[1]

Proctor also appeared occasionally on television in small roles, including episodes of Daniel Boone, All in the Family, and Night Court. He also provided the voices of Meltdown in Treasure Planet 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 Rugrats and All Grown Up! on Nickelodeon, "background" voices for Disney features, and voice work on Power Rangers Time Force. He also did two voices in the GameCube video game Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. He is the voice of The Professor and White Monkey in the Ape Escape series. Recently, his voice was featured in the video game Dead Rising as Russell Barnaby, in the Assassin's Creed series as Dr. Warren Vidic, and on Adventures in Odyssey 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: KGB agent Stefan Linnik, East German Communist Party apparatchik Kurt Mueller; a West Berlin gasthaus owner; an armed forces radio announcer; the Senate minority whip; a Secret Service guard; and Gerhard Derstman, the East German Cultural Attache/Stasi 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 Baron Mordo 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.[citation needed]

In 2017, Proctor published an autobiography entitled Where's My Fortune Cookie? coauthored with Brad Schreiber.[citation needed]

In recent years Proctor has performed on the radio program American Parlor Songbook in sketches called "Boomers on a Bench".

Personal life

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Proctor was married to actress Sheilah Wells and Norwegian television producer Barbro Semmingsen.[3][4] He was married to Melinda Peterson from 1992 until her death in 2023.[5][6] His daughter with Semmingsen, Kristin, is also an actress.[7]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1969 The Thousand Plane Raid Turret Gunner
1971 A Safe Place Fred
1976 Tunnel Vision Christian Broder
1977 Cracking Up Walter Concrete
1979 J-Men Forever Barton
1984 Sam's Son Art Fisher
1987 Amazon Women on the Moon Mike Segment: "Silly Pate"
1989 Lobster Man from Mars Lou
1989 Night Life Randolph Whitlock
1995 Toy Story Pizza Planet Guard, Pizza Planet Announcer (voice)
1997 Hercules Boat Captain (voice)
1998 Dr. Dolittle Drunken Monkey (voice) [8]
1998 The Rugrats Movie Howard DeVille, Igor (voice) [8]
1998 A Bug's Life Ant, Fly, Grasshopper (voice)
1999 Tarzan English Captain, Scared Elephant (voice)
1999 Toy Story 2 Mr. Konishi (voice)
2000 The Independent Rob's Father
2000 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle RBTV Floor Director
2000 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Howard DeVille (voice) [8]
2000 Recess: School's Out Golfer, Scientist (voice) [8]
2001 Dr. Dolittle 2 Drunken Monkey (voice) [8]
2001 Spirited Away Frog-like Chef (voice) English dub
2001 Monsters, Inc. Charlie (voice)
2002 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Getafix (voice) English dub
2002 Treasure Planet Blinko (voice)
2003 Rugrats Go Wild Howard DeVille (voice) [8]
2003 Brother Bear Inuit Tribesmen (voice)
2004 Home on the Range Man on Train (voice)
2004 The Incredibles Guard (voice)
2005 Thru the Moebius Strip Rebel (voice) English dub[8]
2006 Hollywood Dreams Theater Director
2006 Dr. Dolittle 3 Drunken Monkey, Stray Dog (voice) [8]
2007 Happily N'Ever After Amigo #1 (voice) [8]
2007 Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief Drunken Monkey (voice) [8]
2008 Fly Me to the Moon Senior Official (voice) [8]
2009 Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts Drunken Monkey (voice) [8]
2012 Koala Kid Lug (voice) English dub[8]
2012 The Reef 2: High Tide Moe (voice) English dub[8]
2018 The Last Prince of Atlantis Police Chief (voice) [8]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1987 Pound Puppies Rusty (voice) Episode: "Where Do Puppies Come From?"
1991–1993 Taz-Mania Chief Bushrat, additional voices 10 episodes
1991–2004 Rugrats Howard DeVille, additional voices 48 episodes[8]
1994–1996 The Tick Charles' Father, Cordoroy Cordoba, additional voices 9 episodes[8]
1997 Spider-Man Rheinholdt Kragov / Electro (voice) 3 episodes[8]
1999 Big Brother Announcer (voice) Seasons 3-5
2000 The Wild Thornberrys Game Host, Bodybuilder (voice) Episode: "A Tiger by the Tail"[8]
2001 Power Rangers Time Force Miracon (voice) Episode: "Reflections of Evil"[8]
2002 Justice League First Humanoid (voice) Episode: "War World"[8]
2003–2008 All Grown Up! Howard DeVille, additional voices 11 episodes
2005 Arrested Development Bob Patterson Episode: "Notapusy"
2007 Avatar: The Last Airbender Music Teacher (voice) Episode: "The Headband"[8]

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
1982 Bomb Squad Frank [8]
1982 B-17 Bomber Pilot [8]
1996 Lighthouse: The Dark Being Jeremiah Krick [8]
1998 Battlezone George Collins, Russian Pilot
1999 Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance Tomaas Azzameen, Imperial Officers, Rebel Pilot [8]
1999 Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine Soviet Soldiers [8]
2000 Star Trek: Klingon Academy Civil War Helm Officer, Tako, Commander Roq
2001 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Viceroy Nute Gunray [8]
2002 La Pucelle: Tactics Father Salade [9]
2002 Blood Omen 2 Faustus [8]
2002 Eternal Darkness Roberto Bianchi, Bishop [8]
2003 Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb Russian Ivory Hunter [8]
2003 SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs Arjan Manjani
2003 Final Fantasy X-2 Donga
2004 Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain Proust, ALA B, Pulikovsky, CDP Soldier, Samaev
2005 Ape Escape: On the Loose Professor [8]
2005 Area 51 Mr. White [8]
2005 From Russia with Love Q [8]
2005 Ape Escape 3 Professor, Ukki White [8]
2006 Metal Gear Acid 2 Chaigidiel [8]
2006 Dead Rising Russell Barnaby [8]
2006 Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror Viktor Yavlinsky
2006 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Edwin Jarvis, Baron Mordo [8]
2006 Blue Dragon Fushira [8]
2007 Assassin's Creed Warren Vidic [8]
2009 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 Tinkerer, Magneto
2009 The Saboteur Kessler [8]
2011 The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Radagast [8]
2012 Darksiders II Lord of Bones [8]
2015 Batman: Arkham Knight Simon Stagg

References

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  1. ^ a b Willis, John A., ed. (1964). Theatre World: Volume 20. Crown. p. 249. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  2. ^ Weisser, Scott (March 7, 2013). "Goshen native Philip Proctor to perform at GC with Los Angles Guitar Quartet". The Goshen News. Retrieved December 18, 2023.(European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU 451: Unavailable for legal reasons)
  3. ^ Films in Review: Volume 23. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 1972. p. 90.
  4. ^ Proctor, Philip. "Comedy Influential: The Start of The Firesign Theatre". yale1962.org. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "A visit to Planet Proctor". Firezine.net. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  6. ^ "In memory of Melinda Peterson, a rebroadcast featuring Phil Proctor, David Ossman, David Koff, Sam Mowry, and Jonathan Stark". KBOO. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  7. ^ "Kristin Proctor Bio". Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq "Phil Proctor (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  9. ^ Nippon Ichi Software. La Pucelle: Tactics. Nippon Ichi Software, Mastiff. Scene: Closing credits, 44:53 in, English Voice Talent.
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