John O'Hurley

**John George O'Hurley Jr.** (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor, voice actor, singer, comedian, author and television personality. He is known for the role of J. Peterman on the NBC sitcom *Seinfeld*, and was the fifth host of the game show *Family Feud* from 2006 to 2010. He was a contestant on the first season of the television show *Dancing with the Stars* which aired during the summer of 2005. O'Hurley and his dance partner Charlotte Jørgensen made it to the final competition, which he lost to ABC soap opera star Kelly Monaco.

After fans alleged that Monaco's victory was a set-up, the network announced that O'Hurley, Monaco and their professional dancing partners would face off in a special "grudge match" episode broadcast September 20, 2005. Unlike the first episode, viewer vote solely determined the outcome as opposed to a combination between the three professional judges and the viewer votes.

O'Hurley and Jørgensen emerged as the winners. The rematch earned $126,000 for Golfers Against Cancer charity. Afterward the duo produced a dance instruction video called, "Learn to Dance with John and Charlotte".

O'Hurley made two guest appearances on *Baywatch* in 1992 and 1994, in two different roles. The first was as villainous yacht club president Fred Adler in "Masquerade," and again as a grieving father named Bill in "Red Wind."

O'Hurley returned to the Baywatch universe in a 1995 *Baywatch Nights* episode "Bad Blades," playing the villainous Kemp, in a roller hockey themed episode.

In 1995, he had a role as Ralph Stafford on the *Murder She Wrote* episode "Nailed".

In 1995, O'Hurley co-starred on the short-lived sitcom *A Whole New Ballgame*.

From 2000–2004 he announced for Cartoon Network sister channel, Boomerang.

O'Hurley has been the host of Purina's annual National Dog Show every Thanksgiving since 2002.

In 2003, he played the role of Roger Heidecker on the UPN television series *The Mullets*.

In October 2005, he guest-starred in an episode of *Drake & Josh*.

In March 2007, he took the lead role in the Wynn Las Vegas's production of *Spamalot*, in which he plays King Arthur. In July 2008, he reprised his role as King Arthur in the Los Angeles production of *Spamalot* at the Ahmanson Theatre. In June 2013, he once again reprised the role of King Arthur in Spamalot at The Muny Theater in St. Louis, Missouri. He starred on Broadway and on National Tour as Billy Flynn in *Chicago*. He has hosted the Mrs. America and Mrs. World Pageants.

He is one of the guest speakers in the Candlelight Processional at Epcot in Walt Disney World. O'Hurley is the voice of the owner of the Cow and Corset bar in the *Fable II* videogame for the Xbox 360. He also replaced Frank Welker as the "Phantom Blot" for *Mickey Mouse Works* and *Disney's House of Mouse*.[6] He has also provided the voice of King Neptune XIV on *SpongeBob SquarePants* and done voice-over work for radio stations, including WBEN-FM in Philadelphia, KPKX in Phoenix (as "Jim Peakerman"), KMAX in San Francisco (as "J.J. Maxwell"), and WARH in St. Louis (as "Simon Archer"). He is also the voice of Coors Light commercials for more than 10 years.

O'Hurley guest-starred in an episode of *The Emperor's New School* called "Malina's Big Break", and in 2010, guest-starred on *Wizards of Waverly Place* as Captain Jim-Bob Sherwood.

From 2008-2015 he voiced Roger Doofenshmirtz, Heinz Doofenshmirtz's brother, in *Phineas and Ferb*. He also played in the award-winning *2000x* dramatic series produced by the Hollywood Theater of the Ear for National Public Radio.

O'Hurley was a guest star on multiple episodes of the soap opera *All My Children* during its last month on ABC, in September 2011, playing Kit Sterling, a producer who approaches Erica Kane to make a movie based on the new book she has just written.[7][8] He also acted in the soap opera *Loving* as Keith Lane-Jonathan Matalaine.

In 2015, he had a recurring role as Dr. Christopher Neff on *Devious Maids*.

He also provided the voice for Victor the Villain on the children's animated TV series *Wallykazam!*.