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 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 Daniel Boone, All in the Family, and Night Court. He also provided the voices of Pizza Planet Announcer in Toy Story, English Captain in Tarzan, Mr. Konishi in Toy Story 2, Blinko in Treasure Planet, Guard #1 in The Incredibles 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 (Marvel Comics)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. Proctor is a company member of the Antaeus Theatre Company in Los Angeles.
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 YearTitleRoleNotes1969The Thousand Plane RaidTurret Gunner1971A Safe PlaceFred1976Tunnel VisionChristian Broder1977Cracking UpWalter Concrete1979J-Men ForeverBarton1984Sam's SonArt Fisher1987Amazon Women on the MoonMikeSegment: "Silly Pate"1989Lobster Man from MarsLou1989Night LifeRandolph Whitlock1991Beauty and the BeastDick (voice)1995Toy StoryPizza Planet Guard, Pizza Planet Announcer (voice)1997HerculesBoat Captain (voice)1998Dr. DolittleDrunken Monkey (voice)1998The Rugrats MovieHoward DeVille, Igor (voice)1998A Bug's LifeSlick, Fly in Circus, Grasshopper Lying Down (voice)1999TarzanEnglish Captain, Scared Elephant (voice)1999Toy Story 2Airline Rep, Sign-Off Announcer, Mr. Konishi (voice)2000The IndependentRob's Father2000The Adventures of Rocky and BullwinkleRBTV Floor Director2000Rugrats in Paris: The MovieHoward DeVille (voice)2000Recess: School's OutGolfer, Scientist (voice)2001Dr. Dolittle 2Drunken Monkey (voice)2001Spirited AwayFrog-like Chef (voice)English dub2001Monsters, Inc.Charlie (voice)2002Asterix & Obelix: Mission CleopatraGetafix (voice)English dub2002Treasure PlanetBlinko (voice)2003Rugrats Go WildHoward DeVille (voice)2003Brother BearInuit Tribesmen (voice)2004Home on the RangeMan on Train (voice)2004The IncrediblesGuard (voice)2005Thru the Moebius StripRebel (voice)English dub2006Hollywood DreamsTheater Director2006Dr. Dolittle 3Drunken Monkey, Stray Dog (voice)2007Happily N'Ever AfterAmigo #1 (voice)2007Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the ChiefDrunken Monkey (voice)2008Fly Me to the MoonSenior Official (voice)2009Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar MuttsDrunken Monkey (voice)2012Koala KidLug (voice)English dub2012The Reef 2: High TideMoe (voice)English dub2018The Last Prince of AtlantisPolice Chief (voice)
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1987Pound PuppiesRusty (voice)Episode: "Where Do Puppies Come From?"1991–93Taz-ManiaChief Bushrat, additional voices10 episodes1991–2004RugratsHoward DeVille, additional voices48 episodes1992The Golden GirlsRonEpisode: Goodbye, Mr. Gordon1992The Golden PalaceVincent ValeEpisode: Just a Gigolo1994–96The TickCharles' Father, Cordoroy Cordoba, additional voices9 episodes1997Spider-Man: The Animated SeriesRheinholdt Kragov / Electro (voice)3 episodes1999Big BrotherAnnouncer (voice)Seasons 3–52000The Wild ThornberrysGame Host, Bodybuilder (voice)Episode: "A Tiger by the Tail"2001Power Rangers Time ForceMiracon (voice)Episode: "Reflections of Evil"2002Justice LeagueFirst Humanoid (voice)Episode: "War World"2003–08All Grown Up!Howard DeVille, additional voices11 episodes2005Arrested DevelopmentBob PattersonEpisode: "Notapusy"2007Avatar: The Last AirbenderMusic Teacher (voice)Episode: "The Headband"
Video games YearTitleRoleNotes1982Bomb SquadFrank1982B-17 BomberPilot1996Lighthouse: The Dark BeingJeremiah Krick1998BattlezoneGeorge Collins, Russian Pilot1999Star Wars: X-Wing AllianceTomaas Azzameen, Imperial Officers, Rebel Pilot1999Indiana Jones and the Infernal MachineSoviet Soldiers2000Star Trek: Klingon AcademyCivil War Helm Officer, Tako, Commander Roq2001Star Wars: Galactic BattlegroundsViceroy Nute Gunray2002La Pucelle: TacticsFather Salade2002Blood Omen 2Faustus2002Eternal DarknessRoberto Bianchi, Bishop2003Indiana Jones and the Emperor's TombRussian Ivory Hunter2003SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALsArjan Manjani2003Final Fantasy X-2Donga2004Syphon Filter: The Omega StrainProust, ALA B, Pulikovsky, CDP Soldier, Samaev2005Ape Escape: On the LooseProfessor2005Area 51Mr. White2005From Russia with LoveQ2005Ape Escape 3Professor, Ukki White2006Metal Gear Acid 2Chaigidiel2006Dead RisingRussell Barnaby2006Syphon Filter: Dark MirrorViktor Yavlinsky2006Marvel: Ultimate AllianceEdwin Jarvis, Baron Mordo2006Blue DragonFushira2007Assassin's CreedWarren Vidic2009Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2Tinkerer, Magneto2009The SaboteurKessler2011The Lord of the Rings: War in the NorthRadagast2012Darksiders IILord of Bones2015Batman: Arkham KnightSimon Stagg
References
External links Planet Proctor
KCRW "Bob Claster's Funny Stuff" interview about the early days of Firesign Theater, and a separate show in which Proctor discusses Bob & Ray