John O'Hurley

John George O'Hurley Jr. (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and game show host. He played J. Peterman on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, provided the voice for King Neptune on SpongeBob SquarePants, and hosted the game show Family Feud from 2006 to 2010. O'Hurley also hosted To Tell the Truth from 2000 to 2002 in syndication.

Early life O'Hurley was born in Kittery, Maine, the son of Jeana, a housewife and John George O'Hurley, an ear, nose, and throat surgeon. O'Hurley attended Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford, Connecticut, and Cardinal Gibbons High School his senior year, graduating in 1972. O'Hurley graduated from Providence College in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre.

O'Hurley performs charitable work for the Epilepsy Foundation due to the fact that his older sister, Carol, died in 1970 at age 17 due to epileptic seizures.

Career Seinfeld On Seinfeld, O'Hurley played J. Peterman, a fictionalized version of catalog-company entrepreneur John Peterman, from 1995 until the show's end in 1998. O'Hurley invested in the relaunch of The J. Peterman Company, and since 1999 has been a part-owner and member of the board of directors.

Dancing with the Stars O'Hurley was a contestant on the first season of the television show Dancing with the Stars, which aired during mid-2005. O'Hurley and his dance partner Charlotte Jørgensen made it to the final competition, which they lost to ABC soap opera star Kelly Monaco.

After fans alleged that Monaco's victory was a set-up, the network announced that O'Hurley, Monaco and their professional dancing partners would face off in a special "grudge match" episode broadcast September 20, 2005. Unlike the first episode, viewer vote solely determined the outcome as opposed to a combination between the three professional judges and the viewer votes.

O'Hurley and Jørgensen emerged as the winners. The rematch earned $126,000 for Golfers Against Cancer charity. Afterward the duo produced a dance instruction video called, "Learn to Dance with John and Charlotte".

Week # Dance / Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-Cha-Cha/ "September" 7 7 6 No Elimination 2 Quickstep / "Let's Face the Music and Dance" 8 9 9 Safe 3 Tango / "Dance with Me" 9 8 7 Safe 4 Samba / "Just the Two of Us" 7 8 6 Bottom Two Viennese Waltz / "I Got You Babe" No scores given 5 Foxtrot / "Let There Be Love" 9 9 9 Safe Pasodoble / "Bamboléo" 9 9 9 6 Quickstep / "Let's Face the Music and Dance" 9 9 9 Runner-up Freestyle / "I'm So Excited" 9 9 9 7 Rumba / "The Look of Love" 7 8 7 Winner Waltz / "You Light Up My Life" 10 10 10 Freestyle / "I Am What I Am" 8 8 9

Other roles

O'Hurley made two guest appearances on Baywatch in 1992 and 1994, in two different roles. The first was as villainous yacht club president Fred Adler in "Masquerade," and again as a grieving father named Bill in "Red Wind." In 2003, he played the role of Roger Heidecker on the UPN television series The Mullets.

O'Hurley returned to the Baywatch universe in a 1995 Baywatch Nights episode "Bad Blades," playing the villainous Kemp, in a roller hockey themed episode. He also co-starred on the short-lived sitcom A Whole New Ballgame, had a role as Ralph Stafford on the Murder She Wrote episode "Nailed", and guest-starred in an episode of Drake & Josh.

O'Hurley has been the host of Purina's annual National Dog Show every Thanksgiving since 2002.

In March 2007, O'Hurley took the lead role in the Wynn Las Vegas's production of Spamalot, in which he plays King Arthur. In July 2008, O'Hurley reprised his role as King Arthur in the Los Angeles production of Spamalot at the Ahmanson Theatre. In June 2013, he once again reprised the role of King Arthur in Spamalot at The Muny Theater in St. Louis, Missouri. O'Hurley starred on Broadway and on National Tour as Billy Flynn in Chicago. He has hosted the Mrs. America and Mrs. World Pageants.

O'Hurley is one of the guest speakers in the Candlelight Processional at Epcot in Walt Disney World. He is the voice of the owner of the Cow and Corset bar in the Fable II videogame for the Xbox 360. O'Hurley also replaced Frank Welker as the "Phantom Blot" for Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse. He has also provided the voice of King Neptune XIV on SpongeBob SquarePants and done voice-over work for radio stations, including WBEN-FM in Philadelphia, KPKX in Phoenix (as "Jim Peakerman"), KMAX in San Francisco (as "J.J. Maxwell"), and WARH in St. Louis (as "Simon Archer"). O'Hurley has also been the voice of Coors Light commercials for more than 10 years.

O'Hurley guest-starred in an episode of The Emperor's New School called "Malina's Big Break", in 1999 as a cult leader in the Family Guy episode "Chitty Chitty Death Bang", and in 2010, guest-starred on Wizards of Waverly Place as Captain Jim-Bob Sherwood.

From 2008 to 2015, O'Hurley voiced Mayor Roger Doofenshmirtz, Heinz Doofenshmirtz's brother, in Phineas and Ferb. He also played in the award-winning 2000x dramatic series produced by the Hollywood Theater of the Ear for National Public Radio.

O'Hurley was a guest star on multiple episodes of the soap opera All My Children during its last month on ABC, in September 2011, playing Kit Sterling, a producer who approaches Erica Kane to make a movie based on the new book she has just written. O'Hurley previously appeared as Dr. James R. Grainger on The Young and the Restless from 1989-90, and acted in the soap opera Loving as Keith Lane / Jonathan Matalaine.

In 2015, O'Hurley had a recurring role as Dr. Christopher Neff on Devious Maids. He also provided the voice for Victor the Villain on the children's animated TV series Wallykazam!.

Game show host From 2000 to 2002, O'Hurley hosted a revival of To Tell the Truth. In 2004, he hosted the limited-run game show The Great American Celebrity Spelling Bee. On September 11, 2006, O'Hurley replaced Richard Karn as the fifth individual to host Family Feud. O'Hurley hosted the show for four seasons, before leaving the show at the beginning of 2010. He was replaced by fellow comedian and film star Steve Harvey. In a 2017 interview with Fox News, O'Hurley agreed that the show became less family-friendly and admitted that as one of the reasons for leaving. He went on to explain:I got tired of people writing to me saying: 'I can't watch your show. It's a misnomer calling it that because, it's not family. It feels like everything became a penis joke' and I got a little tired of that. I just felt that there are other ways to be more interesting on television and always trying to push that style of family entertainment. I had a great time doing it, but it was time to move on.

Personal life

O'Hurley is a self-taught pianist and classically trained vocalist, and has been composing since his teen years. In 2004, in tandem with cellist Marston Smith, he released a two-album project entitled Peace of Our Minds, a compilation of his original piano compositions. The piece "For Lisa" was written for O'Hurley's wife for their wedding day in 2004. O'Hurley was featured on the March/April 2009 cover of Making Music magazine.

O'Hurley was married to Eva LaRue from 1992 to 1994. Since August 14, 2004, he has been married to Lisa Mesloh. They have a son together.

O'Hurley identifies politically as conservative, and is a longtime fan of the Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, and New England Patriots.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 Billy the Kid Dolan Television film 1991 White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd Pat DiCicco Television film Night Eyes 2 Detective Turner 1995 The Power Within Lt. Cabrell Direct-to-video 1997 The Killing Secret Ted Dunleavy Television film Murder Live! Hal Damon Television film 1998 Tempting Fate Stewart Television film 1999 Love Stinks Walter Drooz 2001 Race to Space Barnett, PR Official 2002 Teddy Bears' Picnic Earle Hansen Buying the Cow Tim "Timbo" Chadway Tarzan & Jane Johannes Niels (voice) Direct-to-video 2006 Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen Kringle (voice) Direct-to-video 2008 An American Carol Silvano 2010 High School Drug PSA (voice) 2011 Beethoven's Christmas Adventure Mr. Rexford Direct-to-video 2013 Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright The Great Pauldini (voice) Direct-to-video 2014 Christian Mingle Donny De Bona 2015 The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! Mr. Slate (voice) Direct-to-video 2016 Swing Away Glenn 2019 7 Days in Vegas Walter 2020 Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe Mayor Roger Doofenshmirtz (voice) Streaming film Charlie's Christmas Wish God (voice) Post-production Christmas in New England Mr. Trowel Pre-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 1983–84 The Edge of Night Greg Schaeffer 1984–86 Loving Keith Lane, Jonathan Matalaine 1988 As the World Turns Douglas Prescott Something Is Out There Remar Miniseries 1989 Heartbeat James Thompson Episode: "Gestalt and Battery" 1990 The Young and the Restless Dr. James Grainger 3 episodes 1990–91 Santa Barbara Stephen Slade 75 episodes 1991 Nurses Dave Grady Episode: "Coming to America" 1992 General Hospital Greg Bennett Scorch Howard Gurman 6 episodes 1992, 1994 Baywatch Fred Adler, Bill Cooper 2 episodes 1993–94 Silk Stalkings Dan Borson, Dr. Scott Waverly 1994 Thunder in Paradise Bryden Chubshaw Episode: "Changing of the Guard" Valley of the Dolls Allen Cooper 65 episodes Frasier Thomas Jay Fallow Episode: "Slow Tango in South Seattle" 1995 Sisters Pizza Guy Episode: "No Pain, No Gain" Platypus Man Rance Episode: "Lou's the Boss" Pig Sty Rance Erik St. Damian Episode: "Party!!!" A Whole New Ballgame Tad Sherman 7 episodes Murder, She Wrote Ralph Stafford Episode: "Nailed" Living Single Jean Luc Gerard Episode: "Rags to Riches" Baywatch Nights Kemp Episode: "Bad Blades" 1995–98 Seinfeld J. Peterman 22 episodes 1996 Ned and Stacey Kyle Roberts Episode: "Promotional Rescue" Melrose Place John Marshall Episode: "The Bobby Trap" Coach Dr. Salters Episode: "Quarantine" Weird Science Mr. President Episode: "Lisarella" Mad About You Dr. VonDerphal Episode: "Dr. Wonderful" Boy Meets World Cal, Grant 2 episodes 1997 Over the Top Robert McSwain 11 episodes Life with Roger Dr. Noble Episode: "The Apartment" Lost on Earth Brand Shaw 1 episode Men Behaving Badly Johnny on TV Show (voice) Episode: "Playing Doctor" Temporarily Yours Dulles Lee Episode: "Temp-tation" Something So Right David Episode: "Something About New Beds and Old Friends" Smart Guy Hugh Sterling Episode: "A Little Knowledge" 101 Dalmatians: The Series Director (voice) Episode: "Swing Song/Watching for Falling Idols" The X-Files Dr. Pollidori Episode: "The Post-Modern Prometheus" 1998 Style & Substance Mr. Ferber Episode: "The Boss and Other Disasters" Diagnosis: Murder David Coopersmith Episode: "Rain of Terror" Damon Woody Woodson Episode: "The Actor" Ellen Announcer #2 Episode: "Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute: Part I" The Angry Beavers Snooty Narrator (voice) 2 episodes The Lionhearts Additional voices Episode: "The Poem" Hercules King Cinyras (voice) 2 episodes 1999 Sunset Beach Pete 1 episode Family Guy Cult Leader (voice) Episode: "Chitty Chitty Death Bang" Mickey Mouse Works Phantom Blot (voice) 1 episode For Your Love Roger Bakely Episode: "The Couple's Court" 2000 Hey Arnold! Councilman Gladhand (voice) Episode: "Helga's Masquerade/Mr. Green Runs" The Weber Show Mr. Bill Erlicht 3 episodes Buzz Lightyear of Star Command King Nova (voice) 5 episodes 2000–02 To Tell the Truth Himself/host 2000–25 SpongeBob SquarePants King Neptune (voice) 5 episodes 2001 Lloyd in Space Brock Rockman (voice) Episode: "The Hero of Urbit-Knarr" Son of the Beach Dr. Merlot Episode: "The Island of Dr. Merlot" 2001–03 The Legend of Tarzan Johannes Niels (voice) 2 episodes 2002–04 Teamo Supremo Captain Excellent (voice) 3 episodes 2002 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Professor Beltran Episode: "Guilty!" Kim Possible King Wallace II, Ancient King (voices) Episode: "Royal Pain" House of Mouse Phantom Blot (voice) 2 episodes 2003 Odd Job Jack Dr. Renfield (voice) Episode: "Fatal Extraction" Stripperella Fireman, Skip Withers (voices) 2 episodes 2003–04 The Mullets Roger Heidecker 11 episodes 2003, 2005 What's New, Scooby-Doo? Beavis Bottomczek, Mayor Snipper (voices) 2 episodes 2003–05 Duck Dodgers Captain Star Johnson (voice) 12 episodes 2004 Come to Papa Anderson Miller Episode: "The Salad" The Great American Celebrity Spelling Bee Himself/host Quintuplets Buck Reynolds Episode: "Working It" 2004–05 Father of the Pride Blake (voice) 4 episodes 2005 Drake & Josh Dr. Carlson Episode: "Paging Doctor Drake" 2006 Hope & Faith Peter (voice) Episode: "Charley Shoots Faith" 2006–10 Family Feud Himself/host 2007 Higglytown Heroes Uncle Zeke, Freight Train Conductor Hero (voices) 2 episodes 2008 The Emperor's New School Editor of Inca Teen Magazine (voice) Episode: "Malina's Big Break/Hotel Kuzco" 2008–2015, 2025–present Phineas and Ferb Mayor Roger Doofenshmirtz/Rodrigo, Additional Voices 36 episodes 2010 Wizards of Waverly Place Captain Jim Bob Sherwood Episode: "Captain Jim Bob Sherwood" The Super Hero Squad Show Grandmaster (voice) Episode: "Whom Continuity Would Destroy!" Big Time Rush Announcer (voice) Episode: "Big Time Christmas: Part I" 2010–13 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Skipper Shelton, Pirate Couple, Ska Zombie (voices) 8 episodes 2011 Retired at 35 Dan Episode: "Rocket Man" Pair of Kings Narrator Episode: "King of Thieves" All My Children Kit Sterling 5 episodes 2011–13 The Looney Tunes Show Walter Bunny (voice) 6 episodes 2013 The Mentalist Buddy Hennings Episode: "Red Velvet Cupcakes" 2014 Wallykazam! Victor the Villain (voice) Episode: "Victor the Villain" Gravity Falls Knight Lilliputian (voice) Episode: "The Golf War" 2015 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja P.J. McFlubusters Manager (voice) Episode: "McCluckerbusters" Devious Maids Dr. Christopher Neff 7 episodes Moonbeam City Vex Mullery (voice) 2 episodes 2016 American Dad! Dentyne Executive, Pilot (voices) Episode: "Widow's Pique" Archer Ellis Crane (voice) 3 episodes K.C. Undercover Buck Marshall Episode: "Spy of the Year Awards" 2017, 2019 The Lion Guard Hadithi (voice) 3 episodes 2017 The Powerpuff Girls Additional voices Episode: "Memory Lane of Pain" 2018 Mickey Mouse Additional voices Episode: "The Fancy Gentleman" 2019 The Tramp Chip Turner 1 episode Pawn Stars Himself Episode: "A Show About Nothing" 2020 That Totally Made Up Comedy Show Network Executive 2023 The Patrick Star Show King Neptune (voice) Episode: "Neptune's Ball" Monster High Hades Burns (voice) Episode: "Best Fiends/Scareer Day" 2024 The Really Loud House Prescott Moneygreen Episode: "The Boyfriend Stays in the Picture" 2025 Blaze and the Monster Machines Movie Narrator (voice) Episode: "Monster Machines at the Movies"

Video games Year Title Role 2003 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom King Neptune 2006 Family Guy Video Game! Additional Voices 2008 Fable II The Cow & Corset Owner 2010 Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet Grandmaster 2010 SpongeBob's Boating Bash Seymour Scales 2020 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated King Neptune (archival recordings) 2023 SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake King Neptune, Glovey Glove 2025 SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide King Neptune

Books It's Okay to Miss the Bed on the First Jump (2006) (New York Times best-seller) Before Your Dog Can Eat Your Homework, First You Have to Do It (2007) The Perfect Dog (2013)

Discography A medley (with Sarah Rice) of three songs ("You Found Me and I Found You," "Not Yet" and "Before I Met You") from the musical Oh, Lady! Lady!! on Ben Bagley's Jerome Kern Revisited, Vol. II, released 1990 Peace of Our Minds (double-CD), released 2005 Secrets from the Lake, released 2008