Phil Hendrie

Philip Stephen "Phil" Hendrie (born September 1, 1952) is an American radio personality, actor, and voiceover artist. He is widely known for his voiceover talent throughout the radio and film industry.

Early life

Hendrie was born and raised in Arcadia, California. In 1958 when Hendrie was five years old, his family took a road trip to visit relatives in Toronto, Canada. They listened to the radio the whole way. He knew then he wanted to work in radio one day. He was one of four children in an upper-middle-class Catholic family and an altar boy at Arcadia's Holy Angels Church.

Hendrie's father was a salesman who came to Los Angeles in 1950 after serving in the Canadian army during World War II. When Hendrie was 12 years old, listening to radio was his escape. He was a huge fan of the Top 40 D.J. "Emperor" Bob Hudson and once rode his bike to radio station KRLA in Pasadena to meet him.

When he was 13 years old, Hendrie's parents divorced. His father moved to Europe and married a woman who had four kids. Hendrie's family home was repossessed, forcing them to move into a small rented apartment where he slept on the couch during his high school years. After graduating from high school, Hendrie attended Pasadena City College to earn an English degree. After one year at college, he left for Orlando, Florida, in the mid 1970s. He got a job in construction working on the build-out of Disney World.