Harry S. Robins
Harry S. Robins (born November 28, 1950), known as "Hal", is an American voice actor and screenwriter. Robins is best known for his vocal work in the "Half-Life" series of computer games and as the voice of Tinker in "Dota 2". He is also a prominent member of the Church of the SubGenius as Dr. Howland Owll. In that persona he voiced the narrator in "Arise! The SubGenius Video" and made brief appearances in "Grass". His official title within the church is "Master of Church Secrets". Radio. He can be heard on KPFA on a show  called 'Puzzling Evidence' that started back in 1982. His description of the radio show: Film and television. Robins co-wrote the film "Kamillions" with director Mike B. Anderson, in addition to playing Nathan, the Wingate family patriarch and benevolent mad scientist. He appeared on a television show, "The Conspiracy Zone," for two seasons in 2002, on now-defunct TNN, in which he was the announcer and made several on-camera appearances. He also appeared as one of several underground comic experts in the documentary film, "God's Cartoonist: The Comic Crusade of Jack Chick." Literature and comic books. Robins has  been a comic book artist and cartoonist, appearing in R. Crumb's "Weirdo" magazine and various comic books, including "Legal Action Comics II" and "Alien Apocalypse 2006". Many of his horror comics were anthologized in "Grave Yarns". He also wrote and illustrated "The Meaning of Lost and Mismatched Socks" published by Frog, Ltd. (a division of North Atlantic Books), which also published his book "Dinosaur Alphabet." His work also appears in popular trading card sets, including "Dinosaurs Attack" by Topps, and "Tune In For Terror" from Monsterwax Trading Cards. The Church of the SubGenius. As Dr. Howland Owll, Robins contributed  to "The Book of the SubGenius" and "Revelation X: the "Bob" Apocryphon." His short story "The Smoker from the Shadows" appears in the anthology "Three-Fisted Tales of "Bob"." He also contributed to the SubGenius comic book, ""Bob's" Favorite Comics" (a rarity, of which most copies were burned in a warehouse fire). In addition, Robins' work appears in the 2006 SubGenius book, "Psychlopaedia of Slack: The Bobliographon".