Earl Boen is an American actor and voice actor, best known as criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in The Terminator, ', ' and . He is the only actor besides Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear in each of the first three Terminator films. Boen is also very active in the voice-over field. He is known for voicing characters such as Mr. Bleakman in Clifford the Big Red Dog, Police Chief Kanifky in Bonkers, the Narrator in World of Warcraft and Captain LeChuck in the Monkey Island series.
Early life
Boen was born in Pueblo, Colorado in 1941. Having started acting in the mid-1950s, he gained roles on the stage in several leading repertory companies between 1965 and 1976 before moving to Hollywood
Career
Boen is known to many TV viewers as the Harper family's pastor, Rev. Lloyd Meechum on the 1980s sitcom Mama's Family. His character was featured in several of the most memorable episodes. He also appeared as a clergyman in episodes of The Golden Girls, The Golden Palace, The Wonder Years, Boy Meets World, Seinfeld and Three's Company. He also appeared as Willie's boss in ALF, and as Patrick Morrison in the Matlock episode "The Cult". Boen commonly plays doctors in movie and television roles. He may also be noted for his role as Jim Petersen, Angela Bower's boss on the showWho's The Boss?. Earl had a recurring role as Dr. Kramer in the 1990s Fox series Get a Life. Boen also appeared in an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1993. Other films in which he appeared include The Main Event, Battle Beyond the Stars, 9 to 5, Soggy Bottom, U.S.A., The Man with Two Brains, To Be or Not to Be, Alien Nation, Marked for Death, ', and '. In 1987, came his first voice role as Taurus in the direct to video'. Some of his most well known voice roles have been villainous pirate LeChuck from the Monkey Island series of adventure games. He has also provided the introductions for World of Warcraft and its expansions, voiced Magtheridon in ' and King Terenas Menethil II in , including the ending cinematic for that expansion. Boen was also well known for voicing the dramatic thespian Edwin Blackgaard in Focus on the Family's “Adventures in Odyssey", as well as Edwin's nefarious twin brother Regis. Boen retired from screen acting in 2003, but continued his work as a voice actor in radio, television cartoons and video games.
Personal life
Boen married actress Carole Kean in 1970. She died on April 23, 2001, due to ovarian cancer.
Filmography
Live-action
Voice work
Miscellaneous voices in The Jetsons
Dr. Regis Blackgaard, R. Edwin Blackgaard, among other voices for Adventures in Odyssey
