Phil Austin
Phil Austin (often
Philip) (born
April 6,
1941 in
Denver, Colorado) is a comedian and writer. He grew up in
Fresno, California, attending
Fresno High School. He attended
Bowdoin College and
UCLA, joining the staff of
KPFK radio in Los Angeles in the late 1960s.
Austin is best known for his work as a member of
The Firesign Theatre, where he plays the group's best-known creation,
Nick Danger. Other big roles are as Harry (Happy) Cox, the narrator of
Everything You Know Is Wrong and Bebop Loco on
Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death. He is also serves as the troupe's musician and record producer. His collection of short stories, titled
Tales of the Old Detective and Other Big Fat Lies, is published by Audio Editions. Two of his stories appear in the third volume of
Mirth of a Nation.
Austin also wrote a solo work
Roller Maidens From Outer Space and directed (and acted in)
Eat Or Be Eaten.
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Phil Austin's Blog of the Unknown*
Austin's bio on Firesign Theatre site*
Phil Austin: The Man Under The Hat*
Phil Austin on IMDB
