About Phil Harper
Lived 1940 – 2004 (aged 64). Phil Harper was a disc jockey and voice actor.
Phillip J. Harper (March 18, 1940 – October 11, 2004) was an American voice actor best known as the eponymous hero in the radio serial The Adventures of Harry Nile for more than 27 years.
Harper grew up in Flossmoor, Illinois. He joined the United States Army in 1962 and was assigned to a radio station in Berlin.
He returned in 1965 and began work as a disc jockey. After being cast in about a dozen radio plays written by Jim French at KIRO (AM), French created the first of 158 episodes of The Adventures of Harry Nile in 1976.
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Who was Phil Harper?
American actor (1940–2004)
When was Phil Harper born?
Phil Harper was born on 18 March 1940.
When did Phil Harper die?
Phil Harper died on 11 October 2004.
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Phil Harper was a disc jockey and voice actor.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Phil Harper. https://biography.guide/phil-harper/
MLA: "Phil Harper." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/phil-harper/.
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