Terence Sean McGovern (born May 11, 1942) is an American actor, voice
actor, television broadcaster, radio personality and acting
instructor. He was elected into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame as a
member of its Class of 2008.He was born in Berkeley, California, the
son of Roger and Phyllis McGovern. His father was an actor and
advertising copywriter.McGovern was schooled at Duquesne University in
Pittsburgh with a double major in journalism and English, and later
studied acting with Stella Adler and Milton Katselas. 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 further pursue his entry into
acting. He started his career in films with George Lucas, in Lucas’
inaugural film, THX 1138. It was on this film that Terry created the
word Wookiee. According to Lucas in a 1977 Rolling Stone interview, he
stated: " We were riding along in the car one day and he (Terry)
said: 'I think I ran over a Wookiee back there,' and this really
cracked me up and I said, 'What is a Wookiee?' and he said, 'I don’t
know, I just made it up.'"Lucas and McGovern continued their work
together in the 1970s classics American Graffiti and Star Wars.
McGovern played the role of the young high school teacher Mr. Bill
Wolfe in American Graffiti, and in Star Wars he provided voice-overs
for various personalities of the Empire. In 1993, he appeared in Mrs.
Doubtfire, playing a voiceover director who argues with Daniel Hillard
during the opening scene. McGovern also appeared in Back to the Future
in a deleted scene as the McFlys' neighbor, who pressures George into
buying an entire case of peanut brittle to help fund his daughter's
Little League team.
actor, television broadcaster, radio personality and acting
instructor. He was elected into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame as a
member of its Class of 2008.He was born in Berkeley, California, the
son of Roger and Phyllis McGovern. His father was an actor and
advertising copywriter.McGovern was schooled at Duquesne University in
Pittsburgh with a double major in journalism and English, and later
studied acting with Stella Adler and Milton Katselas. 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 further pursue his entry into
acting. He started his career in films with George Lucas, in Lucas’
inaugural film, THX 1138. It was on this film that Terry created the
word Wookiee. According to Lucas in a 1977 Rolling Stone interview, he
stated: " We were riding along in the car one day and he (Terry)
said: 'I think I ran over a Wookiee back there,' and this really
cracked me up and I said, 'What is a Wookiee?' and he said, 'I don’t
know, I just made it up.'"Lucas and McGovern continued their work
together in the 1970s classics American Graffiti and Star Wars.
McGovern played the role of the young high school teacher Mr. Bill
Wolfe in American Graffiti, and in Star Wars he provided voice-overs
for various personalities of the Empire. In 1993, he appeared in Mrs.
Doubtfire, playing a voiceover director who argues with Daniel Hillard
during the opening scene. McGovern also appeared in Back to the Future
in a deleted scene as the McFlys' neighbor, who pressures George into
buying an entire case of peanut brittle to help fund his daughter's
Little League team.
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