Henry Albert Polic II (February 20, 1945 â€" August 11, 2013) was an
American stage, screen, and voice actor, best known as Jerry Silver on
Webster.He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Florida State
University and later served in the military police at Fort Riley in
Kansas. While at Florida State University he starred in many stage
productions including Our Town. He also was an active member of Tau
Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In 1975, Polic was a regular cast member on
Mel Brooks' short-lived television comedy, When Things Were Rotten.
Polic also had a regular role as Dracula in Monster Squad (1976).In
the 1980s, Polic was often seen as a celebrity guest player on various
game shows. His most frequent guest spots were on the various
incarnations of Pyramid, as he appeared multiple times on The $25,000
Pyramid and the editions of The $100,000 Pyramid hosted by Dick Clark
and John Davidson for producer Bob Stewart. Polic did various other
work for Stewart, hosting the game show Double Talk in 1986, a pilot
for a revival of Stewart's Eye Guess called Eye Q in 1988, and sharing
announcing duties with Johnny Gilbert and Dean Goss on the latter
edition of The $100,000 Pyramid. His specialties included foreign and
regional accents, ballroom dancing and baritone singing.From the early
1990s until his death, Polic was perhaps best known as the original
British-accented voice of the Scarecrow in Batman: The Animated
Series. Originally he had a deep, gruff voice, but later made his
voice a bit higher for the role. Polic also worked at Florida State
University as a guest star in the School of Theatre's production of A
Christmas Carol, playing Scrooge in 1996. In addition to his game show
appearances, Polic himself hosted Double Talk (1986â€"87).
American stage, screen, and voice actor, best known as Jerry Silver on
Webster.He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Florida State
University and later served in the military police at Fort Riley in
Kansas. While at Florida State University he starred in many stage
productions including Our Town. He also was an active member of Tau
Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In 1975, Polic was a regular cast member on
Mel Brooks' short-lived television comedy, When Things Were Rotten.
Polic also had a regular role as Dracula in Monster Squad (1976).In
the 1980s, Polic was often seen as a celebrity guest player on various
game shows. His most frequent guest spots were on the various
incarnations of Pyramid, as he appeared multiple times on The $25,000
Pyramid and the editions of The $100,000 Pyramid hosted by Dick Clark
and John Davidson for producer Bob Stewart. Polic did various other
work for Stewart, hosting the game show Double Talk in 1986, a pilot
for a revival of Stewart's Eye Guess called Eye Q in 1988, and sharing
announcing duties with Johnny Gilbert and Dean Goss on the latter
edition of The $100,000 Pyramid. His specialties included foreign and
regional accents, ballroom dancing and baritone singing.From the early
1990s until his death, Polic was perhaps best known as the original
British-accented voice of the Scarecrow in Batman: The Animated
Series. Originally he had a deep, gruff voice, but later made his
voice a bit higher for the role. Polic also worked at Florida State
University as a guest star in the School of Theatre's production of A
Christmas Carol, playing Scrooge in 1996. In addition to his game show
appearances, Polic himself hosted Double Talk (1986â€"87).
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