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Proctor in 2012
Born	Philip George Proctor (1940-07-28) July 28, 1940 (age 84) Goshen, Indiana, U.S.
Other names	Phil Proctor
Alma mater	Yale University (BA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1962–present
Known for	The Firesign Theatre (1966–present)
Spouse(s)	Sheilah Wells ​ (divorced)​ Barbro Semmingsen ​ (divorced)​ Melinda Peterson ​ ​ (m. 1992; died 2023)​
Children	Kristin Proctor

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

Proctor was born in Goshen, Indiana, on July 28, 1940. 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.

Career

Of the four members of Firesign Theatre, Proctor has had the greatest amount of mainstream exposure as an actor. A boy soprano in his youth, he worked extensively in musical theatre, including numerous juvenile female roles in productions of Gilbert & Sullivan operettas. In his early adult career, he worked in musical theatre on Broadway, the West Coast and in touring productions. During this period Proctor worked with many famous names, including composer Richard Rodgers, and forged important social connections, becoming close friends with notable figures including Henry Jaglom, Brandon deWilde, Peter Fonda and Karen Black. He 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 Daniel Boone, All in the Family, and Night Court. ..... 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.

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 previously 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

Feature films

Both animated and live action:

Television

Animation

• Pound Puppies (1987) – Rusty the Plott Hound
• Taz-Mania (1991–1993) – Chief Bushrat / Willie Wombat
• Rugrats (1991–2004) – Howard DeVille / Announcer / Bob / Circus Ringmaster / Clown, Dance Announcer / Policeman / Man / Band Leader / Oarsman / Commander / Germ / French Voice / Car Alarm / Workman / Paul / Paul Gatsby / Mover / Bernie / Allen Murphy / Driver #1 / Tour Guide / DJ / Brinks Guard / Richter / Mr. Loew / Earl / Golfer #2 / Intern / Dr. Lecter / Thorg / Mr. Steele
• The Town Santa Forgot (1993) – Mr. Creek
• The Tick (1994–1996) – Courderoy Cordova / Fortissimo Brothers / Charles' Father
• Spider-Man The Animated Series (1997) – Electro / Rhienholdt Kragov
• The Wild Thornberrys (2000) – Game Host / Body Builder
• Justice League (2002) – First Humanoid
• All Grown Up! (2003–2008) – Howard DeVille / Mr. Jacobi / Priest / Italian Shopper / Football Coach / Plastic Soccer Player
• Grim & Evil (2004) – Dr. Cornea / Ogre
• Ben & Izzy (2006) – Mark Twain
• Famous 5: On the Case (2008) – Ralph Campbell

Live action

• Big Brother (1999) – Announcer (seasons 3–5)
• Power Rangers Time Force (2001) – Miracon (voice)
• Arrested Development (2015) – Rev. Bob Patterson

Video games