1940- founder and member of the
improvisational comedy troupe, the
Firesign Theatre,
voice actor
Along with co-founders and members
Phil Austin,
Peter Bergman, and
David Ossman -- wrote and performed some of the most original and surrealistic comedy/theater ever preserved on vinyl and film.
In his later career, he began doing
voice acting. He provided the voice of
The Tick in the animated movie of the same name.
Releases he appears on include:
- Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him - 1968
- How Can You Be In Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All? - 1969
- Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers - 1970
- I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus - 1971
- Dear Friends - 1972
- Not Insane or Anything You Want to - 1972
- TV or Not TV - 1973
- Everything You Know Is Wrong - 1974
- The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra - 1974
- Roller Maiden from Outer Space - 1974
- Giant Rat of Sumatra - 1974
- Firesign World - 1974
- In the Next World You're on Your Own - 1975
- Forward into the Past - 1976
- Just Folks...A Firesign Chat - 1977
- Nick Danger: The Case of the Missing Shoe - 1979
- Fighting Clowns - 1980
- Lawyer's Hospital - 1982
- Shakespeare's Lost Comedies - 1980
- Nick Danger: The Three Faces of Al - 1984
- Eat or Be Eaten - 1985
- Anythynge You Want To (Shakespeare's Lost Comedie) - 1993
- Back from the Shadows - 1994
- Give Me Immortality Or Give Me Death - 1998 (Nominated for a Grammy)
- The Firesign Theatre's Pink Hotel Burns Down - 1998
- Boom Dot Bust - 1999
- The Bride of Firesign - 2001 (Nominated for a Grammy)
- Weirdly Cool - 2001
- Radio Now Live - 2001
- All Things Firesign - 2003 (many short pieces aired on NPRs ATC)
Procter and Bergman:
- TV or Not TV - 1973
- J Men Forever - 1979
- Power Life on the Edge - 1990
- Clark Wintergreen
Solo Work:
Sources:
http://www.planetproctor.com/
http://www.firezine.net
http://www.doctechnical.com/fst/fz/fz-audio.htm
http://www.ziplink.net/~lwalker/FSTDiscography.html
http://www.intrepid.net/~firezine/radionow/blurb15.htm
Last Updated 04.07.04