30 Facts About Vic Perrin

Victor Herbert Perrin was an American radio, film, and television actor, perhaps best remembered for providing the "Control Voice" in the original version of the television series The Outer Limits.

Vic Perrin was a radio scriptwriter as well as a narrator in feature films and for special entertainment and educational projects, such as the original Spaceship Earth and Universe of Energy rides at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

Vic Perrin's first credited role came in 1943, when he served as the announcer for "The Last Will and Testament Of Tom Smith", a radio episode of Free World Theatre, which was produced and directed by Arch Oboler.

Vic Perrin narrated too "A Star With Two Names", part of the segment "Behind The Scenes Hollywood Story" of The Hollywood Music Hall radio program.

Vic Perrin was a regular guest star on the radio version of Gunsmoke, and he wrote or co-wrote five scripts for that popular Western series between 1959 and 1961.

Vic Perrin was a series regular as well on the anthology radio drama Family Theatre, played Ross Farnsworth on One Man's Family, and was featured as cavalry trooper Sergeant Gorse in Fort Laramie in 1956.

Vic Perrin would go on to appear in 16 installments of Dragnet, as well as the pilot for the 1967 revival of the series.

Vic Perrin appeared in episodes of Gunsmoke, Maverick, The Big Valley, and Mission: Impossible.

Vic Perrin served as the Control Voice, the narrator of The Outer Limits, and provided voices for characters in episodes of Star Trek, as well as appearing in one episode.

Vic Perrin appeared in two episodes of The Twilight Zone.

Vic Perrin guest-starred in "The Guardians", a 1981 episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Vic Perrin was the voices of The Phantom Racer, Junkyard Watchman, Ken Rogers, Anthos and John Thomas on The Scooby-Doo Show.

Vic Perrin was the voices of Mr McDabble, Mr Kronos and the Minotaur on The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show.

Vic Perrin provided the voice of Dr Zin, the main antagonist on Jonny Quest along with voicing Roberts, Search Plane Pilot, Junior, Frogman Leader, Miguel, Kronick, Professor Ericson and others on the series.

Vic Perrin voiced Mekkor and the Captain of the Sky Pirates on The Herculoids.

Vic Perrin voiced Number One, the Ruthless Ringmaster and others on Birdman and the Galaxy Trio.

Vic Perrin voiced Red Ghost, Silver Surfer, Professor Gamma and The Demon on Fantastic Four.

Vic Perrin voiced Sinestro, who is the nemesis of the Green Lantern, along with voicing Dr Starns, Turkish Engineer, Brain Creature, Professor Reed and Frankenstein's Monster on Challenge of the Superfriends.

Vic Perrin voiced Namor and Caesar Cicero on Spider-Man.

Vic Perrin voiced Thor, Zerona's Soldier and Black Knight on Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.

Vic Perrin provided additional voices on The New Fantastic Four, Spider-Woman and The Incredible Hulk.

Vic Perrin voiced Ming the Merciless on the 1982 television film Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All produced by Filmation.

Vic Perrin voiced Teetor on the 1984 animated musical film Gallavants produced by Marvel Productions.

In 1986, Vic Perrin reprised his voice role as Dr Zin on The New Adventures of Jonny Quest.

For many years Vic Perrin narrated dozens of science and educational short films for educational filmmaking pioneer Sy Wexler and continued to do voice-overs and to play character roles until a short time before his death.

Vic Perrin narrated two movies in the original Epcot Center Universe of Energy pavilion: "Kinetic Energy" and "Energy Creation Story".

Vic Perrin was first married to Evelyn Held on March 10,1963.

Vic Perrin married for a second time to Rita Singer in 1977 and had a son, George.

Vic Perrin had a stepson, Steven, from Rita's previous marriage.

Vic Perrin died of cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, July 4,1989, aged 73.