Philip Edward "Phil" Hartman (né Hartmann) was a Canadian-American actor, voice actor, comedian, graphic artist, and screenwriter. He was best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (1986–1994), Bill McNeal in the NBC sitcom NewsRadio, Captain Carl in the first season of Pee-wee's Playhouse, and for voicing Troy McClure, Lionel Hutz, Charlton Heston, Evan Conover, and Lyle Lanley in the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons from 1991 until his death in 1998 and he has done voice work in other shows, such as Tiny Toon Adventures, Tom and Jerry Kids, Dennis the Menace, The Smurfs, and Animaniacs.
His Disney roles are all listed below.
Hartman's marriage with his third wife Brynn Omdahl was rather strained and abusive. His success became intimidating to Brynn, who sought increasing solace in drugs and entered rehab numerous times. On the early hours of May 28, 1998, Brynn took a combination of cocaine and alcohol, entered her husband's bedroom, and shot him to death just before 3 A.M., then killed herself shortly afterwards.
The Disney dub of Kiki's Delivery Service was dedicated in his memory.
Filmography[]
- DuckTales - Sea Captain
- Darkwing Duck - Paddywhack
- The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) - Morris
- ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter - T.O.M. 2000 (original version; replaced by Tim Curry)
- The Brave Little Toaster - Air Conditioner and Hanging Lamp
- Gargoyles - Poacher #1
- Kiki's Delivery Service - Jiji; Disney dub
- TaleSpin - Ace London
- Houseguest - Gary Young
Roles[]
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Trivia[]
- His surname was actually "Hartmann", but he removed the second "n" to improve his I-Ching number.
- He was considered to voice Genie in Aladdin, along with several other actors, before the role was eventually given to Robin Williams.[citation needed]
- He auditioned for the role of Hades in Hercules before the role was given to James Woods.[1]
- He was supposed to voice Zapp Brannigan on Futurama, but unfortunately, Hartman was killed by his wife, Brynn, in a murder-suicide in 1998 - before the series began. In his memory, they named Fry after him, and Billy West, out of respect, tweaked his own voice to match his tone for Zapp.[citation needed]
