Terence McGovern (May 11, 1942) is an American actor, television broadcaster, radio personality and acting instructor who appeared as Marty the Purple Grotto's Club Manager in Season 2's Mork Learns to See.
Biography[]
Born Terence Sean McGovern on May 11, 1942 in Berkeley, California, USA, McGovern attended Duquesne University in Pittsburgh studying journalism and English, and later studied acting with Stella Adler and Milton Katselas.
He has been married to Molly Blaisdell since January 7, 2012, they have two sons, have two sons, Brendan and Anthony, and they live in Marin County, California.[1] [2]
He has been teaching voice and acting for several years and has acquired a large following of beginners and professionals. Terry’s main focus as a teacher is as artistic director of The Marin Actors’ Workshop, which he founded five years ago in San Rafael, California. He is also affiliated with Voice One in San Francisco, where he teaches character voice and on-camera technique. He has also instructed at the University of San Francisco (Script Writing and History of Broadcast Announcing) and is currently a contributing teacher in voice acting at the College of Marin.
Career[]
McGovern worked at KDKA radio and KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh from 1965 to 1969, leaving for KSFO in San Francisco during the summer of 1969. At age 30, McGovern traveled to Los Angeles, California, to seek out a career as an actor.
There he met a young film student who was working on his ambitious student film THX1138. McGovern worked with George Lucas providing the narrator's voice for the film, and going on to work with him on screen in Lucas's break through movie American Graffiti, as well as providing voice over work for the movie that took Lucas's career stratospheric (and brought about Mork & Mindy), Star Wars. A neighbour of Lucas in Marin County, McGovern has continued to provide voice over work for dozens of Lucasfilm / Star Wars inspired Video Games ever since. He is also responsible for the creation of the word 'Wookie' a nonsense word he made up while out driving with George while they were working on THX. Lucas so amused by the word that he incorporated it into his Star Wars screenplay. It's also his voice uttering the words 'These are not the droids we're looking for'.
McGovern has hundreds of episodes and games as a voice over artist, but has made plenty of onscreen appearances over the course of his career as well. After being the Announcer off screen in THX, he appeared as himself in his capacity as DJ at KSFO in the Robert Redford movie The Candidate (1972) before playing his first on screen 'character' in American Grafitti, as one of the teachers at the protagonists High School, starting his on screen acting career in earnest:
Filmography[]
| Year | Movie | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | THX 1138 | Announcer | |
| 1972 | The Candidate | Terry McGovern (KSFO) | |
| 1973 | American Graffiti | Mr. Wolfe | |
| 1973 | Magnum Force | Demonstrator | |
| 1975 | Smile | Judge #2 | |
| 1976 | Northville Cemetery Massacre | Teddy | |
| 1976 | The Enforcer | Disc Jockey | |
| 1977 | Star Wars | (Several Voices) | |
| 1979 | J-Men Forever | ||
| 1979 | Americathon | Danny Olson | |
| 1979 | Cardiac Arrest | Brewer | |
| 1981 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman | Cheese Demonstrator | |
| 1987 | Innerspace | Travel Agent | |
| 1987 | Amazon Women on the Moon | Salesman (segment "First Lady of the Evening") | |
| 1988 | Party Line | Jack | |
| 1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire | ADR Director Lou | |
| 1995 | Nine Months | Dr. Newsoe, the Anesthesiologist | |
| 1996 | Jack | Radio Personality | |
| 1998 | Around the Fire | Bill | |
| 2005 | The Californians | ||
| 2010/II | Blank Slate | Charles Milstead | |
| Year | TV Series | Episode(s) | Role |
| 1977 | Fernwood Tonight | 3 Episodes | Larry Guy / Terry Guy |
| 1979 | Blind Ambition | (TV Mini Series) | Jack Garfield |
| 1979 | Happy Days | Fonzie's a Thespian | Sloan Marlowe |
| 1980 | Mork & Mindy | Mork Learns to See | Marty, the Club Manager |
| 1980 | Hello, Larry | Larry's Mid Life Crisis: Part 2 | Buddy Summers |
| 1980-81 | Lou Grant | Goop
Venice |
Larry Riesen
Frank Harris |
| 1981 | Foul Play | Hit and Run | Assistant D.A. Wolfe |
| 1981 | One Day at a Time | Alex's First Love | Mr. Boyer |
| 1982 | Simon & Simon | Matchmaker | Ticket Agent |
| 1982 | Three's Company | A Night Not to Remember | Ray Hagen |
| 1982 | Benson | Benson's New Home | Walter Bunt |
| 1982 | Newhart | No Room at the Inn | Joe |
| 1983 | The A-Team | The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas | Prof. Bruce Warfel |
| 1983 | Tucker's Witch | Formula for Revenge | Driving Instructor Daives |
| 1983 | AfterMASH | Little Broadcast of '53 | Conway |
| 1983 | St. Elsewhere | AIDS & Comfort | Reporter |
| 1984 | Blue Thunder | Clipped Wings | Joe Roth |
| 1984 | Trapper John, M.D. | This Gland Is Your Gland | The Salesman |
| 1984 | The Facts of Life | Love at First Byte | Elliott Sincerre |
| 1984 | The Jeffersons | Bobbles, Bangles and Booboos | Undercover Cop |
| 1984 | Spencer | Pilot | |
| 1985 | The New Mike Hammer | Deadly Reunion | Taylor Wilson |
| 1985 | Code Name: Foxfire | Slay It Again, Sam | Wally |
| 1985 | Silver Spoons | What's Cookin'? | Vaughn |
| 1985 | Charlie & Co. | 13 Episodes | Jim Coyle |
| 1985 | Hotel | Hearts and Minds | Roger |
| 1985-1988 | Cagney & Lacey | Con Games
Old Flames |
Lt. Hubbell
Nunzio |
| 1986 | Foley Square | 24 Hours | Tourist |
| 1986 | Me & Mrs. C. | The Checks Are in the Mail | Turner |
| 1987 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | The Khrushchev List | Brady |
| 1987 | Valerie | A Room with No View | Buddy Natkin |
| 1987 | 1st & Ten | 3 Episodes | Sportscaster / Sports Show Host |
| 1988 | My Sister Sam | Life, Death and Admiral Andy | Admiral Andy |
| 1997-1999 | Nash Bridges | Shake, Rattle & Roll
Swingers Power Play |
Gary Goldman
Realtor Dan O'Malley |
| Year | TV Movie | Role | |
| 1983 | Dempsey | Benson | |
| 1984 | Me & Mrs. C. | Ethan Connelly | |
| 1984 | Sins of the Past | ||
| 1984 | His & Hers | Pete - Jimmy's Friend | |
| 1985 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Ira | |
| 1985 | Radioactive Dreams | Nicky Nuker | |
| 1988 | Dear Penelope and Peter | Cliff | |
| 1988 | Miracle at Beekman's Place | ||
He's also appeared in the shorts Gone Bad (2001) The Priest; A Summer in Winterbury (Short) (post-production)
From the early 1980s he began doing voice work for many TV shows, especially in the DuckTales with shows and TV Movies like: Goldie Gold and Action Jack (1981); The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985-1986); Kissyfur (1986); The Transformers (1985-1986); Moon Dreamers (1986); Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987); Foofur (1987); CBS Storybreak (1987); The Magical World of Disney (1989-1990); DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990); DuckTales (1987-1990); Darkwing Duck (1991-1992). And video shorts such as Samson and Delilah (1986) Noah's Ark (1986) Moses (1986) Joshua and the Battle of Jericho (1986) David and Goliath (1986) Daniel and the Lion's Den (1986) The Nativity (1987) The Creation (1988) Raw Toonage (1992)
As Video games became more indepth he was in demand especially for the Star Wars games: DuckTales: The Quest for Gold (1990); Police Quest: Open Season (1993); Lego Island (1997); The Curse of Monkey Island (1997); Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith (1998); Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within (1998); The Clue Finders' 4th Grade Adventures (1998); Star Wars Trilogy Arcade (1998); Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1998); Star Wars: DroidWorks (1998); MechWarrior 3 (1999); The Clue Finders' 5th Grade Adventures: Secret of the Living Volcano (1999); Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time (1999); Star Wars: Jar Jar's Journey (1999); Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (1999); Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman (1999); Dead or Alive 2 (2000); Star Wars: Force Commander (2000); Star Wars: Episode I - Racer (2000); X-Squad (2000); Star Wars: Episode I - Battle for Naboo (2000); Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (2001); Shadow of Destiny (2001); NFL 2K2 (2001); Jet Set Radio Future (2002); Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color (2002); SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs (2002); Ty the Tasmanian Tiger (2002); Shinobi (2002); The Sims: Superstar (2003); ESPN NFL 2K5 (2004); Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2 (2004); Armies of Exigo (2004); Batman Begins (2005); Ty 3: Night of the Quinkan (2005); The Godfather (2006); The Godfather: Mob Wars (2006); The Godfather: The Don's Edition (2007); The Godfather: Blackhand Edition (2007); All-Pro Football 2K8 (2007); Sam and Max: Ice Station Santa (2007); Sam and Max: What's New, Beelzebub? (2008); Sam & Max Season Two (2008); ZEN Pinball (2008); Family Feud: 2010 Edition (2009); Press Your Luck: 2010 Edition (2009); Mountain Sports (2009); Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse (2010); Family Feud Decades (2010); Law & Order: Legacies (2011); The Walking Dead (2012); DuckTales: Remastered (2013); The Wolf Among Us (2013); Moebius: Empire Rising (2014); Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition (2014); 2064: Read Only Memories (2016); Kat Meoz: Here I Wait (2018) [1]
Mork & Mindy[]
Terence played the small role of Marty, the Manager of The Purple Grotto Nightclub where Mr. Bickley's son, Tom, is performing. Marty comes out while Mork & Mindy are talking with Tom to inform him that there's a message from Bickley for him, informing him his father can't make it.
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Terence subsequently went on to 'haunt' both lead actors, appearing in Pam Dawber's My Sister Sam, as Sam's favourite childhood TV persona, Admiral Andy, who turns out to be a creep and promptly dies on her floor (1988). In 2003, he then played Robin Williams, ADR Director (possibly a nod to his extensive Voice Over work!) who fires him at the star of Mrs Doubtfire.