Henry Polic II

Henry Albert Polic II
Born	(1945-02-20)February 20, 1945 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died	Sherman Oaks, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–2004

Henry Albert Polic II (February 20, 1945 – August 11, 2013) was an American stage, screen, and voice actor, best known as Jerry Silver on Webster.

In 1975, Polic was a regular cast member on the short-lived, Mel Brooks-created television comedy, When Things Were Rotten.

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 Dick Clark and John Davidson-hosted editions of The $100,000 Pyramid for producer Bob Stewart. Polic also 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 (1986–87).

Polic died on August 11, 2013 of cancer. His interment was at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona.

External links

• Henry Polic II at the Internet Movie Database
• Henry Polic II at Find a Grave