# Philip Proctor

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, Mr. Konishi in Toy Story 2, Blinko 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.
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

| 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) | |
| 1998 | The Rugrats Movie | Howard DeVille, Igor (voice) | |
| 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) | |
| 2000 | Recess: School's Out | Golfer, Scientist (voice) | |
| 2001 | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Drunken Monkey (voice) | |
| 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) | |
| 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 |
| 2006 | Hollywood Dreams | Theater Director | |
| 2006 | Dr. Dolittle 3 | Drunken Monkey, Stray Dog (voice) | |
| 2007 | Happily N'Ever After | Amigo #1 (voice) | |
| 2007 | Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief | Drunken Monkey (voice) | |
| 2008 | Fly Me to the Moon | Senior Official (voice) | |
| 2009 | Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts | Drunken Monkey (voice) | |
| 2012 | Koala Kid | Lug (voice) | English dub |
| 2012 | The Reef 2: High Tide | Moe (voice) | English dub |
| 2018 | The Last Prince of Atlantis | Police Chief (voice) | |

### Television

| 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 |
| 1994–1996 | The Tick | Charles' Father, Cordoroy Cordoba, additional voices | 9 episodes |
| 1997 | Spider-Man | Rheinholdt Kragov / Electro (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 1999 | Big Brother | Announcer (voice) | Seasons 3-5 |
| 2000 | The Wild Thornberrys | Game Host, Bodybuilder (voice) | Episode: "A Tiger by the Tail" |
| 2001 | Power Rangers Time Force | Miracon (voice) | Episode: "Reflections of Evil" |
| 2002 | Justice League | First Humanoid (voice) | Episode: "War World" |
| 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" |

### Video games

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