Vic Perrin
Actor
Victor Herbert Perrin, known as Vic Perrin, was an actor, best remembered for having provided the "Control Voice" in the original version of the television series The Outer Limits (1963–1965).
In 1941, he became a staff announcer for NBC, staying there for several years before moving to ABC and becoming chief announcer at the Blue Network. He was a regular guest star on the radio version of Gunsmoke and indeed, he wrote at least one script for that show. Perrin was a series regular on the anthology radio drama Family Theatre, played Ross Farnsworth on One Man's Family and was Sergeant Gorse in Fort Laramie in 1956. Perrin, uncredited to the listeners, impersonated Clyde Beatty on The Clyde Beatty Show. He performed several characters in Escape, Pete Kelly's Blues, Dragnet (radio series), and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.
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MoreVictor Herbert Perrin, known as Vic Perrin, was an actor, best remembered for having provided the "Control Voice" in the original version of the television series The Outer Limits (1963–1965).
In 1941, he became a staff announcer for NBC, staying there for several years before moving to ABC and becoming chief announcer at the Blue Network. He was a regular guest star on the radio version of Gunsmoke and indeed, he wrote at least one script for that show. Perrin was a series regular on the anthology radio drama Family Theatre, played Ross Farnsworth on One Man's Family and was Sergeant Gorse in Fort Laramie in 1956. Perrin, uncredited to the listeners, impersonated Clyde Beatty on The Clyde Beatty Show. He performed several characters in Escape, Pete Kelly's Blues, Dragnet (radio series), and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.
One of Perrin's first television roles was in a 1953 episode of Adventures of Superman titled "The Golden Vulture," where he played a hapless sailor on board a freighter run by a self-styled pirate. He made 16 guest appearances on Dragnet. He played character roles in several other shows including Peter Gunn, Black Saddle, Gunsmoke, Mackenzie's Raiders, The Untouchables, Going My Way, Perry Mason, Adam-12, Mannix, and Mission: Impossible. Perrin guest-starred as several characters in both the radio and television versions of Have Gun – Will Travel. He later voiced the villain, The Gimmick, in an episode of Blue Falcon.
Perrin voiced multiple characters, including The Puppet Master, Karl the Stuntman, and others in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! He voiced many supporting characters and villains, as well as the main antagonist Dr. Zin, in Jonny Quest. He played a voyeuristic serial killer in the 1966 made-for-TV movie Dragnet, which served as a pilot episode for the color version of the television series, which premiered in 1967. He guest-starred on a 1981 episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century titled "The Guardians". Perrin appeared in two The Twilight Zone episodes: "People Are Alike All Over" and "Ring-a-Ding Girl".
He had voice and character roles in three classic Star Trek episodes. During the first season, he voiced the Metron in "Arena," where Kirk fought the Gorn. He appeared on camera as the head of the ruling council on Halka, a planet of pacifists who would not trade dilithium crystals, in "Mirror, Mirror", and provided the voice of the Nomad probe in "The Changeling", both second-season episodes. In the Super Friends series, Perrin's voiced the villain, Sinestro, the nemesis of the Green Lantern, a role he played on the first few episodes of Challenge of the Super Friends before being replaced by Don Messick for the rest of the episodes and by Jeff Winkless in Super Friends.
Subject ID: 26276
Subject ID: 26276
