Philip Proctor (born July 28, 1940) is an American actor, voice actor and a member of the Firesign Theatre. He has performed voice-over work for video games, films and television series.
Career[]
Of the four members of Firesign Theatre, Proctor has had the greatest amount of mainstream exposure as an actor. A talented boy soprano, he worked extensively in musical theatre in his youth, including numerous juvenile female roles in productions of Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, and 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 de Wilde, Peter Fonda and Karen Black.
In A Bug's Life, you can hear his masterful portrayal of a slug saying "Ow, ow! Hey, I said no salt!" which Pixar Wiki.
Proctor also appeared occasionally on television in small roles, including episodes of Daniel Boone, All in the Family, and Night Court; and Off Broadway in the 1964 musical The Amorous Flea. He also provided the voices of Meltdown 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 & 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.
Filmography[]
Feature films[]
Both animated and live action:
- Murder à la Mod (1968) – Soap Opera (voice)
- The Thousand Plane Raid (1969) – Turret Gunner
- A Safe Place (1971) – Fred
- Tunnel Vision (1976) – Christian A. Broder
- Cracking Up (1977) – Walter Concrete
- The Lord of the Rings (1978) – Male Bree #1 (voice)
- Human Experiments (1979) – Prosecutor (voice)
- J-Men Forever (1979) – J-Man Barton
- Below the Belt (1980) – (voice)
- Sam's Son (1984) – Art Fisher
- Stoogemania (1985) – (voice)
- Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) – Mike (segment "Silly Pate")
- Lobster Man From Mars (1989) – Lou
- Night Life (1989) – Randolph Whitlock
- Robochic (1990) – Police Chief Morton
- The Rescuers Down Under (1990) – French Mouse (voice)
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) – Dick (voice)
- Porco Rosso (1992) – (English version, voice)
- Aladdin (1992) – Guards (voice)
- The Lion King (1994) – Hyenas (voice)
- Toy Story (1995) – Pizza Planet Guard / Pizza Planet Announcer / Additional Voices (voice)
- Theodore Rex (1995) – (voice)
- Bio-Dome (1996) – Axl
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) – Frollo's Soldiers / Paris Citizens (voice)
- Menno's Mind (1997) – The Inspector
- Hercules (1997) – Boat Captain / Snowball the Cat / Additional Voices (voice)
- Dr. Dolittle (1998) – Drunk Monkey (voice)
- The Rugrats Movie (1998) – Howard Deville / Igor (voice)
- Mulan (1998) – China Citizens / Hun Army (voice)
- A Bug's Life (1998) – Slick the Slug / Male Ant #1 / Additional Voices (voice)
- Antz (1998) - Termites / The One Worker / General Mandible's Soldiers (voice)
- Tarzan (1999) – English Captain / Elephant #1 / Max / Additional Voices (voice)
- The Iron Giant (1999) – Male Soldier #2 (voice)
- Toy Story 2 (1999) – Airline Rep / Mr. Konishi / Sign-Off Voice / Additional Voices (voice)
- The Independent (2000) – Rob's Dad
- The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) – RBTV Floor Director
- Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) – Howard Deville (voice)
- Recess: School's Out (2000) – Golfer #2 / Scientist #2 (voice)
- Chicken Run (2000) – Chickens (voice)
- Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) – Drunk Monkey (voice)
- Spirited Away (2001) – Frog-like Chef (English version, voice)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) – Charlie / Additional Voices (voice)
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) – Male Atlantean #1 / Male Explorer #1 (voice)
- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) – Male Yokian (voice)
- Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) – Getafix (English version, voice)
- Treasure Planet (2002) – Blinko (John Silver's crew) / Pirates / Additional Voices (voice)
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) – Colonel's Soldiers (voice)
- Rugrats Go Wild (2003) – Howard Deville (voice)
- Brother Bear (2003) – Inuit Tribe Members (voice)
- Finding Nemo (2003) – Bob the Seahorse / Additional Voices (voice)
- My Name Is Modesty (2004) – (voice)
- Home on the Range (2004) – Man on Train (voice)
- The Incredibles (2004) – Guard #1 (voice)
- Racing Stripes (2005) – Trenton's Henchhorse #1
- Thru the Moebius Strip (2005) – Rebel (English version, voice)
- Asterix and the Vikings (2006) – Walla-Male (English version, voice)
- Hollywood Dreams (2006) – Theater Director
- Barnyard (2006) – Root's Disco Cows (voice)
- Happily N'Ever After (2006) – Amigo 1 (voice)
- I Build the Tower (2006, documentary) – Judge / Attorney (voice)
- Fly Me to the Moon (2007) – Senior Official (voice)
- Roadside Romeo (2008) – (voice)
- Nova Express (2009) – Narrator (voice)
- The Princess and the Frog (2009) – Cajun Firefly (voice)
- Queen of the Lot (2010) – Interviewer #5
- The Selling (2011) – George
- Outback (2012) – Lug (voice)
- A Belly Full of Anger (2012) – William Chung (voice)
- Montana Amazon (2012) – Narrator (voice)
- The Reef 2: High Tide (2012) – Moe (voice)
- Monsters University (2013) – (voice, uncredited)
- Khumba (2013) – Zebra Group (voice)
- Inside Out (2015) – (voice)
- Window of Opportunity (2015) – Carl
- Love Addict (2016) – Louis Davenport
- Sammy-Gate (2020) – Richard Nixon
Television[]
Animation[]
- The Smurfs (1981-1987) – King Gerard
- Richie Rich (1982)
- Pound Puppies (1987) – Rusty the Plott Hound
- Taz-Mania (1991-1993) – Chief Bushrat
- Rugrats (1991-2005) – 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
- Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (1994)
- 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
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (2007) – Music Teacher
- Famous 5: On the Case (2008) – Ralph Campbell
Live action[]
- Big Brother (1999) – Announcer (seasons 3–5)
- Power Rangers Time Force (2001) – Miracon (voice)
Video games[]
- Toy Story: Buzz Lightyear's Blast Up Together (1995) – Hamm
- Lighthouse: The Dark Being (1996) – Dr. Jeremiah Krick
- Battlezone (1998) – General George Collins / Russian tank pilot
- Star Wars: Force Commander (2000) – Attack Tank Driver / Rebel Trooper #2 / Stormtrooper Sergeant
- Star Trek: Klingon Academy (2000) – Civil War Helm Officer / Tako / Commander Roq
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2000) - Soviet Voices
- Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge (2001) - Soviet Voices
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (2001) – Empire Cruiser Captain / Jedi Master / Viceroy Nute Gunray
- La Pucelle: Tactics (2002) – Father Salade
- Blood Omen II: Legacy of Kain (2002) – Faustus
- Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002) – Roberto Bianchi / Bishop
- Dark Chronicle (2002) – Flotsam
- Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002)
- Final Fantasy X-2 (2003) – Bayra / Donga
- Lionheart (2003)
- SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault (2003)
- Secret Weapons Over Normandy (2003) – Soviet Voices #2
- Armed & Dangerous (2003) – Captain 3 / Monk 1 / Old Man Peasant
- Legacy of Kain: Defiance (2003)
- Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest (2003)
- Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (2004) – Proust / ALA B / Pulikovsky / CDP Soldier B / Samaev
- Doom 3 (2004)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth (2004) – Orcs
- Ape Escape Academy (2004) – Monkey White (US version)
- Area 51 (2005) – Mr. White
- Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard (2005)
- 007: From Russia with Love (2005) – Q / Bartender / Party Guests
- Call of Duty 2 (2005)
- Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (2005)
- Gun (2005) – Patrick Denton
- Metal Gear Ac!d2 (2005) – Chaigidiel
- Ape Escape: On the Loose (2005) – Professor / Clown
- Ape Escape 3 (2005) – Monkey White / Professor (US version)
- Night Watch (2005)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown (2005)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (2006) – Orcs
- Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (2006) – Viktor Yavlinsky
- Final Fantasy XII (2006)
- Dead Rising (2006) – Russell Barnaby
- Company of Heroes (2006)
- Gothic 3 (2006)
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006) – Edwin Jarvis / Baron Mordo
- SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals (2006) – Arjan Manjani
- SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 (2006)
- Blue Dragon (2006) – Fushira
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (2006)
- Supreme Commander (2007)
- Titan Quest: Immortal Throne (2007)
- Lair (2007) – Guardian #3
- World in Conflict (2007)
- Assassin's Creed (2007) – Warren Vidic
- Prototype (2009)
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009) – Tinkerer
- Assassin's Creed II (2009) – Warren Vidic / Florentine Guardsman / San Gimignano Guardsman / Venetian Guardsman / Templar Lair Guardsman / Romagna Guardsman / Tailors / Florentine Citizen / San Gimignano Citizen
- The Saboteur (2009) – Kessler
- Final Fantasy XIII (2009) – Cocoon Inhabitants
- Crackdown 2 (2010)
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010) – Warren Vidic
- The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (2011) – Radagast the Brown
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011) – Warren Vidic
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011) – Devar Gann / Doctor Vernan / Gon-Sa / Master Nimi / Master Orbis Keln / Maverse Pontilo / Officer Vempor / Orin-Va / Tarkos Sund / Vanel / Zoo Official
- Darksiders II (2012) – The Lord of Bones
- Assassin's Creed III (2012) – Warren Vidic
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013) – Seedy's Owner
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue (2014) – Warren Vidic / Gang Members
- Batman: Arkham Knight (2015) – Simon Stagg