Victor H. Perrin (April 26, 1916 – July 4, 1989) was an American actor and voice artist. He is best remembered for having provided the "Control Voice" in the original version of the TV series The Outer Limits (1963 – 1965).
During the 1940s and 1950s, Perrin was a regular performer on old-time radio, appearing in many shows. He was a regular guest star on the radio version of Gunsmoke and indeed, he wrote at least one script for that show.
One of his first TV roles was in a 1953 episode of Adventures of Superman titled "The Golden Vulture", where he played a hapless sailor on board a freighter run by a self-styled pirate. One of his greatest voiceovers, and a true legacy, is that his is the voice used on the AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) used all over the nation to save lives.
On camera, Perrin played minor character roles on numerous TV series in the 1950s and 1960s including Dragnet, Black Saddle, Gunsmoke, Have Gun — Will Travel, The Untouchables, Mannix and Mission: Impossible. He was a regular voice-over in the original Jonny Quest cartoon series (as the voice of Dr. Zin and other villains). He voiced the villain, The Gimmick, in an episode of Blue Falcon.
He played a voyeuristic serial killer in the 1966 made-for-TV movie Dragnet, which served as a pilot episode for the color version of the TV series. He also guest-starred on a 1981 episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century titled "The Guardians". Perrin was in The Twilight Zone episode titled "People Are Alike All Over" with Roddy McDowall.
Perrin also had voice-over and character roles in three classic Star Trek episodes. During the first season, he voiced the Metron in "Arena", where Kirk fought the Gorn. He also appeared on camera as the head of the ruling council on Halka, a planet of pacifists who would not trade dilithium crystals, in "Mirror, Mirror", and provided the voice of the reconstructed Nomad probe in "The Changeling", both second season episodes. To the legions of fans of the Super Friends series, Perrin's voice is well known as the voice of villain, Sinestro, an arch-nemesis of the Green Lantern.
He narrated portions of the original Spaceship Earth attraction at Epcot.
He continued to do voice-overs and to play character roles until a few years before his death from cancer.