Whit Hertford
Encyclopedia
Biography
His mother, Carol Hertford, raised Whit and his two younger sisters, Chelsea (Major DadMajor Dad
Major Dad is an American sitcom created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. MacGillis and Shanna Reed as his wife Polly...
) and Brighton (General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
) in Oak Park, CA. He is the son of the late stage director, Bruce Hertford. He lives in Los Angeles.
Career
A veteran American character actor and writer. He is the co-founder (along with director Ryan Darst) of Sneak Attack films and wrote / produced / starred in their debut, Long Story Short, in which he plays opposite his longtime friend and collaborator, Nora KirkpatrickNora Kirkpatrick
Nora Kirkpatrick is an American actress and musician.-Career:Kirkpatrick graduated from UCLA in 2007 with a degree in Theatre Film and Television. She is probably best known for her role as Katherine, the stern president of Panhellenic, on the ABC Family TV series Greek...
(ABC family's Greek
Greek (TV series)
Greek is an American comedy-drama television series, which follows students of the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University , located in Ohio, who participate in the school's Greek system...
and member of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an American band led by Alex Ebert, vocalist of the power pop group Ima Robot. Their first full-length recording, Up from Below, was released July 7, 2009, digitally and July 14, 2009, physically on Community Records...
) and also co-stars Matt Jones
Matt L. Jones
Matthew L. "Matt" Jones is an American actor and comedian best known for his recurring role as Badger on Breaking Bad and for voicing Gunther on the animated series Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil.-Life and career:...
(Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad is an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White , a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer at the beginning of the series...
). In 2010 and 2011 it was screened at various festivals including: Ashland Independent Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, and DC Shortsfest among others. Hertford also co-wrote (along with Robert J. Gibbs) and co-produced Sneak Attack’s other short films, Elliott (which premiered at the Napa Valley Film Festival in 2011), and their first feature length film, Dreamworld. Sneak Attack is in current pre-production on the features, the indie musical "Willful Creatures", the comedy heist, "The Caper Kind", and a half-hour TV pilot entitled, "The New Life of Norman Reed" as well as several short films including "Peter at the End" (starring Jon Heder) and the thriller, "Time of Reckoning".
During the first season of the Emmy-awarding FOX comedy Glee (TV series)
Glee (TV series)
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
he played the tyrannical rival choreographer Dakota Stanley. Other recent TV credits include Raising Hope
Raising Hope
Raising Hope is a television comedy program first aired on September 21, 2010 on Fox. The series airs on Tuesdays at 9:30 pm. On January 10, 2011, Fox renewed Raising Hope for a second season, which premiered on September 20, 2011....
, Psych
Psych
Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...
, How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
, Glory Daze
Glory Daze (TV series)
Glory Daze is an American comedy-drama television series. The one-hour series revolves around a group of college freshmen who pledge a fraternity in 1986...
and various appearances on Conan, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show that featured Conan O'Brien as host from June 1, 2009 to January 22, 2010 as part of NBC's long-running Tonight Show franchise...
, as well as the voice of several characters on Cartoon Network's Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)
-Production:At April 2005's Star Wars Celebration III, Lucas stated that "we are working on a 3-D continuation of the pilot series that was on the Cartoon Network; we probably won't start that project for another year." In July 2005, pre-production had begun on the series, according to Steve...
and Chowder (TV series)
Chowder (TV series)
Chowder is an American animated television series which ran from November 2, 2007 to August 7, 2010 on Cartoon Network. The series was created by C. H...
. Whit has also worked with Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 comedy film co-written and directed by Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess and stars Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite. The film was Jared Hess' first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, Peluca....
alums Jared Hess
Jared Hess
Jared Lawrence Hess is an American filmmaker known for his work Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre , which he co-wrote and directed with his wife, Jerusha Hess....
& Aaron Ruell
Aaron Ruell
Aaron Ruell is an American director and photographer. He is also noted for his performance as Kipland Ronald Dynamite in the indie movie Napoleon Dynamite.-Director:...
on several commercials for Best Buy, Saturn and Comcast cable.
A longtime member of the famed Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre or UCB Theatre is an improvisational theatre and associated UCB Training Center with locations in Chelsea, New York, the EEast Village, New York and Hollywood, California.....
, Hertford is a current performer and writer at their Los Angeles theatre.
In the online world, Hertford and Kirkpatrick created the Funny or Die
Funny or Die
Funny or Die is a comedy video website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions with original and user-generated content. Funny or Die contains exclusive material from a number of famous contributors and also has its own Funny or Die Team, which creates...
original webseries, Happy Place , about hosts (and best friends) of a local children's show in Chagrin Falls, Ohio and their struggle to practice what they preach. He and Phil Morris co-wrote the Funny or Die exclusive, Jackie Chiles: For the People featuring the beloved Seinfeld character
Jackie Chiles
Jackie Chiles is a fictional character portrayed by American actor Phil Morris in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. He appears in the series' seventh through ninth seasons as Cosmo Kramer's lawyer.-Character:...
. Whit, together with Josh Covitt and Ryan Darst, make-up the brain trust behind the acclaimed sketch video group The Attack!. Their videos have been featured on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
(Sketchies II finalist), Funny or Die
Funny or Die
Funny or Die is a comedy video website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions with original and user-generated content. Funny or Die contains exclusive material from a number of famous contributors and also has its own Funny or Die Team, which creates...
(2008 MTV Movie Award Short Film submission), Break.com
Break.com
Break.com is a humor website founded in 1998 that features comedy videos, flash games, and pictures among other material. The chief executive officer of Break is Steve Boss...
, Tilzy, Crackle
Crackle
Crackle is a digital network and studio, featuring commercially supported streaming video content in Flash Video format. It is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and its content consists primarily of Sony's library of films and television shows...
, With Leather, The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post is an American news website and content-aggregating blog founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, featuring liberal minded columnists and various news sources. The site offers coverage of politics, theology, media, business, entertainment, living, style,...
, and CNN.com. He and fellow UCB performer Nathan Barnatt
Nathan Barnatt
Nathan Barnatt is an American actor and comedian. Barnatt appeared on Comedy Central's The Gong Show with Dave Attell in 2008, on Comedy Central's GHOSTS/ALIENS pilot in 2009, and on in 2010...
created and co-hosted the variety show extravaganza,That's Incrediblé!. Whit occasionally still performs with several LA improv teams including The Universe.
His career began at an early age most notably with his appearance in Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park (film)
Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck...
, as well as Jacob in A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is a 1989 American slasher film and the fifth film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. It was directed by Stephen Hopkins. The film's general tone is much more gothic and dark than the films before, and used a blue filter lighting technique in most of...
and his recurring role on the sitcom Full House
Full House
Full House is an American sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the show chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner, who, after the death of his wife, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and...
as Walter "Duckface" Berman. He also appeared on multiple episodes of McGee and Me, a Christian children's video series produced by Focus on the Family. He received a Youth in Film award for his voice work on the animated series, Tiny Toon Adventures
Tiny Toon Adventures
Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures, usually referred to as Tiny Toon Adventures or simply Tiny Toons, is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. It began production as a result of Warner Bros....
.
He received a BFA from the University of Utah's Actor Training Program conservatory. There he received Irene Ryan nominations for his work in Georg Kaiser's From Morn to Midnight, The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi is a macabre, tragic play written by the English dramatist John Webster in 1612–13. It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre, then before a more general audience at The Globe, in 1613-14...
, and You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You is a comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The original production of the play opened at the Booth Theater on December 14, 1936, and played for 837 performances...
. He directed the Utah premiere of Eric Coble
Eric Coble
Eric Coble is a playwright and screenwriter. He is a member of the Playwrights' Unit of the Cleveland Play House.Eric Coble was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and raised on the Navajo and Ute reservations in New Mexico and Colorado...
's "Bright Ideas" and upon graduation he formed Shortcut Theatre Company and served as the Artistic Director, directing their inaugural production of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love (play)
Fool for Love (play)
Fool for Love is a play written by American playwright/actor Sam Shepard.-Plot:The "fools" in the play are battling lovers at a Mojave Desert motel. May is hiding out at said motel when an old childhood friend and old flame, Eddie. Eddie tries to convince May to come back home with him and live in...
and produced / starred in their follow-up production of True West. During his time in Salt Lake City, Hertford was also a company member of Salt Lake Shakespeare for five seasons.
He is currently working on public art installations with Los Angeles visual artist & innovator, Jihan Zencirli, owner / founder of Geronimo Balloons.
Filmography
- "Raising HopeRaising HopeRaising Hope is a television comedy program first aired on September 21, 2010 on Fox. The series airs on Tuesdays at 9:30 pm. On January 10, 2011, Fox renewed Raising Hope for a second season, which premiered on September 20, 2011....
" (2011) - "PsychPsychPsych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...
" (2011) - "Dreamworld" (also writer, producer) (2011)
- "Elliott" (also writer, producer) (2011)
- Glory Daze Glory Daze (TV series)Glory Daze is an American comedy-drama television series. The one-hour series revolves around a group of college freshmen who pledge a fraternity in 1986...
(2010) - "Long Story Short" (also writer, producer) (2010)
- "How I Met Your MotherHow I Met Your MotherHow I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
" (2009) - "The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienThe Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienThe Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show that featured Conan O'Brien as host from June 1, 2009 to January 22, 2010 as part of NBC's long-running Tonight Show franchise...
" (2009) - "Glee (TV series)Glee (TV series)Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
"(2009)...Dakota Stanley - "Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)-Production:At April 2005's Star Wars Celebration III, Lucas stated that "we are working on a 3-D continuation of the pilot series that was on the Cartoon Network; we probably won't start that project for another year." In July 2005, pre-production had begun on the series, according to Steve...
" (2009) - "Chowder (TV series)Chowder (TV series)Chowder is an American animated television series which ran from November 2, 2007 to August 7, 2010 on Cartoon Network. The series was created by C. H...
" (2009)...Various characters - Hit List (2009)...Phil
- Break (2008)...The Lawyer
- Gerald (2008) ...Funeral Director
- Dark ReelDark ReelDark Reel is a 2008 horror/thriller starring Tiffany Shepis, Edward Furlong, Mercedes McNab, Alexandra Holden, Tony Todd and Lance Henriksen and directed by Josh Eisenstadt.-Plot:...
(2008)...Chef - The Pink Conspiracy (2007)...Nursey
- Moving McAllisterMoving McAllisterMoving McAllister is a 2007 American comedy film starring Mila Kunis, Jon Heder, Rutger Hauer, and Billy Drago. The film was shot largely in Utah and St Johns County, Florida and was produced by Camera 40 Productions...
(2007)...Fast-Food Cashier - MADMad (TV series)MAD is an American animated sketch comedy series created by Kevin Shinick and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Based upon the magazine of the same name, each episode is a collection of short animated parodies of television shows, movies, games, celebrities and other media using various types of...
(2011) - MADtvMADtvMADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...
(2000)...Billy - Minor AdjustmentsMinor AdjustmentsMinor Adjustments is an American television sitcom that appeared on the NBC network in the United States during the 1995–96 season. The show was then transferred to UPN to be rebroadcast during the 1996-1997 season.-Synopsis:...
(1996)...Rocky Delmond - The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great GivingThe Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great GivingThe Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving is a 1995 animated direct-to-video film directed by Roy Allen Smith. It is the second sequel to the The Land Before Time and the third film in the film franchise.- Plot :...
(1995)...Hyp - The Little MermaidThe Little Mermaid"The Little Mermaid" is a popular fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince...
(1992–1994) ....Ollie / Rex / Crapscout - My Summer StoryMy Summer StoryIt Runs in the Family is a 1994 film that follows the further adventures of Ralphie Parker and his family from the holiday hit A Christmas Story...
(1994)...Lug Ditka - Batman: The Animated SeriesBatman: The Animated SeriesBatman: The Animated Series is an American animated series based on the DC Comics character Batman. The series featured an ensemble cast of many voice-actors including Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Arleen Sorkin, and Loren Lester. The series won four Emmy Awards and was nominated...
(1994) ...Billy the Seal Boy* - Jurassic ParkJurassic Park (film)Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck...
(1993)...Volunteer Boy - Civil Wars (1993)
- The Ben Stiller ShowThe Ben Stiller ShowThe Ben Stiller Show was the name of two sketch comedy television shows that aired on MTV from 1990 to 1991, and then on Fox from September 1992 to January 1993. The Fox show starred Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, Janeane Garofalo and Bob Odenkirk. Character actor John F. O'Donohue also appeared in every...
(1993)...Kreepee Kid - Tiny Toons (1990–1992)...Duncan Duff / Flio
- Capitol CrittersCapitol CrittersCapitol Critters is an animated television series about the lives of mice, rats, and roaches who reside in the basement and walls of the White House in Washington, D.C...
(1992) - MikeyMikey (film)Mikey is a 1992 horror film directed by Dennis Dimster and starring Brian Bonsall. The film centers on the character of Mikey Holt, a young boy who is adopted by a family after his previous adoptive family dies...
(1992)...Ben Owens - The Addams FamilyThe Addams FamilyThe Addams Family is a group of fictional characters created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. As named by Charles Addams, the Addams Family characters include Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandmama, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Thing....
(1991) .... Little Tully - Empty NestEmpty NestEmpty Nest is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1988 to 1995. The series was created as a spin-off of The Golden Girls by creator and producer Susan Harris. For its first three seasons, Empty Nest was one of the year's top 10 most-watched programs...
(1991) (2 episodes)...Timmy / Alec - Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream ZoneMidnight Patrol: Adventures In The Dream ZoneMidnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone / Potsworth and Company is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera in conjunction with Sleepy Kids PLC and is known outside the USA as Potsworth & Co....
(1990)...Nick - Taking Care of Business (1990)... Yuppie Son
- The Munsters TodayThe Munsters TodayThe Munsters Today is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from 1988 to 1991. The series served as a sequel to the 1960s sitcom The Munsters.-Production:...
(1990)...Kid Grandpa - TalespinTaleSpinTaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series based in the fictional city of Cape Suzette, that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book. The name of the show is a play on "tailspin", the rapid,...
(1990)...Ernie - Full House (TV series) (1990) (3 episodes)....Walter "Duckface" Berman
- Peter Pan and the PiratesPeter Pan and the PiratesPeter Pan & the Pirates is an American animated television series based on J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan that originally aired on Fox Broadcasting Company from September 8, 1990 to September 10, 1991. Repeats continued to air until September 11, 1992. A repeat of the series' Christmas episode was aired...
(1990) ....Michael Darling - A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)...Jacob
- Mr. BelvedereMr. BelvedereMr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series was based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted into the 1948 film Sitting Pretty...
(1989) ....James Montgomery - McGee and Me! (1989) TV mini-series ....Phillip Monroe Jr.
- Beaches (1988) ....Tom
- Family ManFamily ManFamily Man is an album released by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag in 1984. It is unique in that one side features spoken-word tracks by vocalist Henry Rollins and the other side mainly features instrumental tracks...
(1988)...Josh Tobin - Side By Side (1988)...Newsboy
- Cagney & LaceyCagney & LaceyCagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from October 8, 1981 to May 16, 1988...
(1 episode, 1988)...Bobby Gorvel - RampageRampageRampage may refer to:* Rampage , an American rapper* Dodge Rampage, a subcompact, unibody pickup truck* Rampage , a video game series....
(1987) .... Will Tippetts - Home FiresHome FiresHome fires, from the expression "keep the home fires burning", is a common title for artistic works:* Home Fires , a Canadian dramatic television series in the early 1980s* Home Fires , an album by Kasey Chambers...
(1987)...Will - In Self Defense (1987)...Evan
- Poltergeist II: The Other SidePoltergeist II: The Other SidePoltergeist II: The Other Side is a 1986 horror film. A sequel to Poltergeist, it features the return of the original's family and once again sees a spirit trying to harm their daughter, Carol Anne. It received mixed reviews from critics and did not gross as much at the box office as its...
(1986)...Kane's People - Second ServeSecond ServeSecond Serve is an American biopic of eye surgeon, professional tennis player and male-to-female transgender woman Renée Richards. The made-for-television film is based on the book The Renée Richards Story: Second Serve by Richards with John Ames. The script is by Stephanie Liss and Gavin Lambert...
(1986) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
)...Richard/Renee as a child - The Twilight Zone (1985 series) (1985)...Young Boy