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Patrick Cullen Pinney (born June 30, 1952) is an American singer and television, film and voice actor.

Early life, family and education

Pinney was born in San Francisco County, California. His mother's maiden name is his middle name.

He attended college at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where producer and director Dennis Jones was a classmate and roommate of his. Pinney's friends included assistant director Michele Panelli Venetis and San Francisco Bay area costumer Alison Barnwell Morris, with whom he costarred in The Deputy at the school's Rotunda Theatre.

Career

Pinney has performed in theaters in the United States and in Europe. After relocating to Los Angeles, he played three characters in a play. Afterwards he was approached by a producer who offered him a role in a Hanna-Barbera animation. From there he made the transition from a serious stage actor to voice.

He has also done work on the television series Harry & the Hendersons.

Voice-over career

Pinney has provided voices for a number of animated characters, including Mighty Mouse in the short-lived Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–1988), Pa Gorg, Uncle Traveling Matt, Flange Doozer, and additional voices in the animated version of Fraggle Rock, Chico the Bouncer in the hybrid live-action/animated film Cool World (1992), the speaking voice of Painty the Pirate from the opening theme of SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present) and Wormguy and Idikiukup in Men in Black: The Series.

He supplied the voice of the Fish Ghoulie in the Ghoulies sequel Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1987) and voiced Stan in the video game The Curse of Monkey Island.

Pinney has appeared on the stop-motion animation series Robot Chicken as He-Man, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester, Monterey Jack, Ted Kennedy, Dick Cheney, and O. J. Simpson.

In the late 1980s, he worked on a number of projects. One was providing the voice for Mainframe in G.I. Joe: The Movie in 1987. A couple of years later, he was involved in another project. It was on the X-Men in 1989. He provided the voice for Wolverine in Pryde of the X-Men which was the pilot episode for an animated series which was never produced. He had given the character an Australian sounding accent instead of the Canadian one that was expected. An article by Simone Pozzoli for the Italian language OverNewsMagazine website notices that Pinney's Australian accent interpretation of the character could be interpreted as prophetic as Australian Hugh Jackman has played the part. He has worked in the Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells directed animation An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. From 1997 to 2001, he worked on Men in Black: The Series in episodes which include The Long Goodbye Syndrome in 1997, The Buzzard Syndrome, also in 1997 and The Big Bad Bug Syndrome in 1998.

Acting career (physical)

Film and television

Although Pinney's voiceover work is his primary career, he has appeared in some television and film roles. In 1979, he played the Captain of the Guards in the Ken Annakin-directed feature film The Fifth Musketeer which starred Beau Bridges, Sylvia Kristel and Ursula Andress. In 1983, he played a heckler in the Fantasy Island episode "God Child/Curtain Call". He appeared in The Terminator in 1984. In 2014, he played the part of Eugene Dugan in Atwill Web Series which was directed by Charles Dennis.

He also voiced characters in Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Toy Story, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet, and Brother Bear.

Stage

In June 2015, Pinney appeared at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in the play Unnecessary Farce. The play also starred Daniel Hines, Kristin Howell, Ty Smith and Nick Ferruci. The story which was set in a small town motel with an embezzling mayor with undercover police trying to catch him. Pinney played the part of a 6.4 Scottish assassin. The reviewer for the Sierra Lodestar magazine said that audiences might recognize Pinney from his part as Painty the Pirate. Pinney and director Dennis Jones have a history that goes back to 1972 when they worked together at the theatre company for Fallon House.

Filmography

Film (animated)

Television (animated)

Acting roles (screen)

Acting roles (stage) (Selective)

References

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2. ^ "Kilts and hit men make for laughs at Sierra Rep" (PDF). Sierra Lodestar. June 2, 2015. p. 16.
3. Rowland, Marijke (May 20, 2015). "Comedic 'Unnecessary Farce' slams into Sierra Rep". The Modesto Bee.
4. "Patrick Pinney". talentforconventions.com. Talent for Conventions.
5. Terrace, Vincent. "Harry and the Hendersons". Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). p. 436 – via Google Books.
6. "G.I. Joe: The Movie - Acteurs : Cast". OhMyGore.com.
7. ^ "Patrick Pinney". BehindTheVoiceActors.com.
8. ^ Pozzoli, Simone (November 11, 2015). "La Prim(issim)a Serie Animata degli X-Men". OverNewsMagazine.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2017 – via ascwblog.blogspot.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
9. Beougher, Wayatt. "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 3.16 Review – 'Paradise Lost', The Review". 411Mania.com.
10. McCall, Douglas L. "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West". Film Cartoons: A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts. p. 8–13.
11. Honeybone, Nigel (April 19, 2017). "Film Review: Men In Black (1997)". Horrornews.net. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
12. "Patrick Pinney Biography". filmreference.com.
13. "Cast and credits of The 5th Musketeer". Listal.com.
14. "God Child/Curtain Call / Episode 4, Fantasy Island < Season 7". SolarMovie.ph. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016.
15. ^ "Patrick Pinney, Credits". TV.com.
16. "O Exterminador Do Futuro (The Terminator, 1984)". cineclick.com.br. Cineclick Participações Ltda.
17. "Hrají – Atwill Web Series". Osobnosti.cz.
18. "Judge Joanie (2015 SS Fest Entry)". ShortsShowcase.com.
19. Recordnet.com June 18, 2015 Friday, Theater: “Unnecessary Farce”
20. "Together again, Former 70s classmates teamed up this year for the first time since they were together at Pacific" (PDF). Pacific Review. University of the Pacific. Fall 2015. p. 40 – via pacific.edu.
21. ^ "Patrick Pinney". Osobnosti.cz.
22. "Judge Joanie (2015 SS Fest Entry)". ShortsShowcase.com.
23. "Patrick Pinney". MediaBang.com.
24. "The Fifth Musketeer (1979)". FrenchFilmSite.com.
25. "A.R. Gurney's Drama The Golden Fleece". Goldstar.com.
26. "The Alchemist of Cecil Street". CharlesDennis.com. Charles Dennis. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
27. "Tolstoy was Never There". CharlesDennis.com. Charles Dennis. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
28. "Dennis, Charles". canadiantheatre.com.
29. "Paid to Dream". dianegold.com. Verge Multimedia.
30. "Friday, Theater: 'Unnecessary Farce'". Recordnet.com. June 18, 2015.

External links

• Patrick Pinney at IMDb

• 1952 births
• Living people
• American male film actors
• American male video game actors
• American male voice actors
• Male actors from Los Angeles